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...Summers is on his way out, one would hope that the secret meetings to determine the course of the curricular review and to discuss concerns about Summers would be things of the past. Instead, faculty members seem unable (or unwilling) to articulate their actual grievances with Summers or explain the motivation behind the HCCR. In lieu of clarity, we have closed door sessions; instead of open discussion of the troubles facing the Faculty, we have accusations of anti-Semitism...
...receiving extended applause at the end of his 30-minute speech and words of praise from numerous audience members. But it was a prickly subject for the embattled president, who made headlines last year when he hypothesized that “issues of intrinsic aptitude” might partially explain the dearth of females in science and engineering fields. “You can imagine that I was a little bit puzzled as to what I should say in speaking to a conference on women in leadership,” Summers joked at the beginning of his remarks. Grasping...
With midterm elections approaching, no politician wanted to go home and explain to voters why a company controlled by the government of Dubai was taking over operations at six U.S. ports-without so much as a meow of protest from Congress. As it turns out, that won't be necessary. Dubai Ports World, the firm at the center of the controversy, announced today that it would give up its bid to manage U.S. ports, agreeing to transfer the contracts to a ?U.S. entity...
...very premise of divestment, from Israel or any other entity, operates on the delusion of “clean money=clean mind,” and betrays a deluxe disregard for the way capital moves and shakes in globalization. It would have been useful if economists at Harvard could explain the solipsistic futility of divestment in economic terms, rather than parsing constructed distinctions between alleged bigotries of “intent” versus “effect.” It would have been useful if University leaders could explain that the complex situation in Israel and Palestine...
...been largely baffled by the blazes since the churches targeted were home to both white and black congregations. Perhaps they hadn't considered the possibility that they were just adolescent pranks rather than hate crimes. At this point, investigators say the "thrill" motive is the best way they can explain...