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After the first vote of no confidence, which, one must remember, represented the opinion of about two-sevenths of the 703-strong Faculty of Arts and Sciences, which is itself only one of several faculties of this University, Summers tried to address his critics’ concerns. The second motion of no confidence was a set-up that showed that nothing would do. It’s plain his enemies were out for blood. 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...
...graduate students support the change in grading policy according to a 2002 grade inflation survey, a recent Brown Daily Herald poll found that 70 percent of Brown undergraduates oppose the change.The Undergraduate Council of Students (UCS) is hosting a forum this afternoon in an effort to voice student opinion before the faculty votes to amend the grading system.Brown’s current curriculum, implemented in 1969, does not have distribution requirements and allows students to take courses pass/fail or with whole-letter grades.Brown’s College Curriculum Council proposed last semester to add pluses and minuses...
...episodes that drove the Faculty to oust its president mainly took place behind closed doors. But professors are facing a backlash in the court of public opinion-, as the response to the resignation drains ink barrels across the country. A piece in The Washington Times called Lawrence H. Summers’ opponents “the Lilliputians guarding their miserable little nests of selfish indifference.” The editor in chief of The New Republic, Martin Peretz, wrote in the magazine that an “alliance of frightened souls and hyped-up orators” chased Summers...
It’s time to talk about political issues like they matter. People across the country suffer because of the ideology that motivates people like Dewey. Though he has every right to voice his opinion, those who disagree with him on these important issues have an equal right and, furthermore, a great responsibility to fight...
...alone, according to Connor: “[University Professor] Helen Vendler has said that our students watch [recent Hollywood film] ‘Troy’ and don’t read ‘The Iliad.’ And she is someone whose opinion I take very seriously.”Vendler, who is currently on leave for the academic year, could not be reached for comment.Teskey’s worries stem in large part from the limited time an undergraduate has to receive an education.“It’s always important to remember...