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| Harvard's Loss Summers’ vision of a worldly university should serve as model for Harvard’s next chief By THE CRIMSON STAFF Wednesday, February 22, 2006 5:51 AM Summers can only be faulted for being too much a public intellectual and too little a politically aware university president—a fault of excess, perhaps, but not a fault that should have cost Summers his job. No Confidence in ‘No Confidence’ The Faculty needs to end its groundless campaign to oust the president By THE CRIMSON STAFF Monday, February 13, 2006 4:05 AM The time has come to move past the melodrama that plagued last year. Summers has done his part; Faculty members must do theirs. Faculty, Forgive Summers As important initiatives hang in the balance, the Faculty remains distracted By THE CRIMSON STAFF Wednesday, February 08, 2006 3:28 AM Bored by the challenge of redefining higher learning through the once-per-quarter-century Harvard College Curricular Review, professors hijacked yesterday’s Faculty meeting and directed its agenda once again toward criticisms of University President Lawrence H. Summers. LETTERS March 17, 2006  Lack of Faculty Tolerance Bodes Ill For Students March 3, 2006 Summers' Financial Aid Initiatives Must Be Extended Summers' Tenure Echoes Experience Of Presidents Past Summers Is Blunt Instigator, Not Courageous Martyr A Plea For Complexity In A World That Demands It Students Must Demand Focus On Undergraduate Education Next President Should Not Cave In To Faculty's Bullying February 24, 2006  Summers Was Always Supportive of Law School Alumni See Summers As Strong Leader, Not Firebrand Summers Resignation Indicative of Intolerance Campus Political Correctness Revealed By Resignation Loss Of Summers’ Strong Leadership A Shame Faculty’s Actions Will Harm University in Long-Run Summers’ Presidential Conduct Merited Resignation Summers’ Presidency Stifled Progress at Harvard |
The Misuse of ‘Anti-Semitism’ By AVI MATALON Thursday, March 09, 2006 2:26 AM How did “anti-Semitism,” with its specific political meaning and with all its horrific historical connotations, come into the discourse of what is essentially a management dispute at a Massachusetts university named Harvard? Pundits stain Harvard’s name as professors, improbably, stay mum
Monday, March 06, 2006 To the rest of the world, I’m now being taught by flag-burning, Communist draft-dodgers. Pundits have co-opted Summers’ resignation to discredit the education that is one of the best in the world. To explain their silence, Faculty members cite their unwillingness to discuss confidential academic matters in public. O Captain! My Captain! By JAMES R RUSSELL Friday, March 03, 2006 4:25 AM And at this point, let’s lose the goose metaphor. This was an academic 9/11, this was an act of spiritual assassination, an assault on free speech, intellectual inquiry, and ideology-free academic standards aimed at the heart of American scholarship. We are Manhattan now; and we cannot rest from this mental fight. The Revolution at Harvard By LAUREL T ULRICH Friday, March 03, 2006 4:28 AM In an op-ed column in the New York Times last week, John Tierney claimed that the Faculty of Arts and Sciences rejected University President Lawrence H. Summers because he tried to get us to take undergraduate teaching seriously. But faculty members hardly fit the stereotype of the “paleo-faculty” who supposedly resisted President Summers invocations to shapeup. Don't Neglect Grad Students By CRYSTAL M FLEMING and BENJAMIN G LEE Friday, March 03, 2006 4:23 AM The absence of the University’s president at such an important juncture leaves the impression that he or she is uninterested in the graduate student body. This must change, starting with the coming presidential search. A Saga Misconstrued by the Media Tuesday, February 28, 2006 The recent resignation of University President Lawrence H. Summers has predictably generated waves across the country. Yet as an undergraduate at this fine university (and perhaps an aspiring journalist), it was disappointing to see the current fracas oversimplified and grossly misconstrued. Summers of Our Discontent Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Those who characterize Summers as an undeserving victim of “political correctness” fail to apprehend the real significance of his truncated tenure. Tuesday, February 28, 2006
At a moment of such uncertainty and change for Harvard, a single universal truth about the community remains unaffected: that the University’s foremost priority must remain the improvement of the undergraduate experience. Tuesday, February 28, 2006 Harvard stands at a critical moment in its history: as the University braces to choose a new leader, and as the Harvard College Curricular Review lies fallow, students should seek an active role in both processes by staying informed on developments and voicing their opinions. Of Chair Legs and Tub Bottoms Summers’ failures should not discourage attempts to further centralize the University
Summers and the Students By DAVID I. LAIBSON Friday, February 24, 2006 3:03 AM Summers stood for many things, but most importantly he represented the interests of our students. In the Shadows News From Mass. Hall Eclipses Kirby Once Again Friday, February 24, 2006 2:59 AM Kirby’s legacy may be marred by a halting curricular review, fiscal struggles, and an inability to provide meaningful leadership to FAS, but it is more likely—for better or worse—that he will once again be viewed only in the context of Summers. Losing Money on Larry An elegy for Harvard’s outgoing 27th President By PIERPAOLO BARBIERI Thursday, February 23, 2006 2:17 AM Any economist would judge a bet supporting Summers on tradesports.com to be a poor one. Probably. But the overall performance of Summers’ stock in Harvard’s history is overwhelmingly positive. That is a certainty. A Legacy of Searching for the Truth By EDWARD L. GLAESER Thursday, February 23, 2006 2:27 AM The tragedy of University President Lawrence H. Summers’ tenure at Harvard is that Summers put forward a superb vision for Harvard’s future, but he could do no more than begin the implementation of that vision. Leaders Who Listen By HOWARD E. GARDNER Thursday, February 23, 2006 2:30 AM The most effective academic leaders do not rule by fist, fiat, furor, or fear, but rather by listening, building consensus, and creating a context for the institution to thrive. Don’t Delay the Curricular Review, but Do Delay Concentration Choice By EMILY E. RIEHL Thursday, February 23, 2006 2:33 AM Despite the uncertainty about the future composition of Harvard’s administration, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences should not be distracted from curricular reforms; rather, it should make every effort to vote on the proposals of the EPC this spring. The Economist As ‘intrinsic aptitude’ fades, Summers’ compelling vision for Harvard will endure By ALEX SLACK Wednesday, February 22, 2006 4:05 AM Though they are the traits that angered Faculty members the most, Summers’ strong opinions and single-mindedness have begun the transformation of Harvard into an institution at once more dedicated to its students and more centered on cutting-edge research. Sectional Thinking Summers and the Faculty should act less like the rest of us By MARGARET M. ROSSMAN Tuesday, February 21, 2006 2:47 AM This dynamic of a Harvard discussion section is analogous to the ongoing saga of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) and University President Lawrence H. Summers, and what appears to be its approaching denouement. |
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