Posted on 02/13/2007 2:34:38 PM PST by ellen_rometsch
Controversial figure Lawrence Summers is due to speak at Tufts next month. The question is, will anyone listen?
The former Harvard president, whose alleged views on race and gender have sparked controversy, is scheduled to deliver this semester's Richard E. Snyder Presidential Lecture. His speech will be entitled "Rethinking Undergraduate Education."
The speech will come on the heels of Shelby Steele's fierce criticism of affirmative action in last semester's Snyder Lecture and the nationally-publicized parody in The Primary Source that condemned affirmative action while using language that many considered racially insensitive.
This combination of events has led many to oppose Summers' appearance on campus.
Associate Professor of Music John McDonald is suggesting that faculty and students boycott the event.
(Excerpt) Read more at media.www.tuftsdaily.com ...
Nazism. Thuggry. Communism. Liberalism, ah, but I repeat myself.
That's what they did to Annie C. up here at UCONN...
Hope somebody is there with a video camera.
Jumbo is dead. Long live Jumbo.
Another post regarding Tufts. Good article:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1783939/posts
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