Andrew Golis

on the eve of a possible “no confidence” vote from the faculty on Larry Summers, the Crimson has released a poll that suggests that while Larry will keep his job, he’s not exactly Mr. Popular:

Do you approve of Summers’ leadership of the University?
Approve: 108 (40%)
Disapprove: 140 (52%)
Don’t Know: 22 (8%)

If a confidence vote in Summers was held today, how would you vote?
Confidence: 136 (50%)
No Confidence: 105 (38%)
Don’t Know: 32 (12%)

In case you didn’t know, there’s going to be an “anti-sexism” rally at the Science Center at 3. Should be interesting to see whether or not progressives can, for once, stay on message to get something done. From their emails, it looks like that’s doubtful and instead they’re going to yell about everything they can think of:

On Tuesday, faculty continue to meet to discuss Summers’ tenure. Join students, alumnae, and workers in symbolically demonstrating our “VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE” in President Summers, and demanding:

* a centrally located Women’s Center with full-time staff
* childcare for all Harvard workers
* more tenured women and minority faculty
* that Women, Gender, and Sexuality be made a department, not a standing committee
* that Harvard take steps to dismantle the Final Club system and create gender neutral social space
* the democratization of administrative decision-making

We will cast our ballots on Summers and deliver him a huge reportcard on women’s issues.

At least they didn’t also call for our withdrawal from Iraq. They stayed in one genre, that’s good. Do they realize that when they throw the Final Club thing on there about half of the people who would come to their rally all of the sudden don’t want to? Big tent people, that’s what wins.

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