Shots In The Dark

The agenda for the March 15th faculty meeting has been e-mailed around, and the following two motions are on the docket:

<< 1. Professor J. L. Matory will move that the Faculty vote on
the following resolution:

The Faculty lacks confidence in the leadership of
Lawrence H. Summers.


2. Professor T. Skocpol will move that the Faculty vote
to affirm the following statement:

The Faculty regrets the President's mid-January statements
about women in science and the adverse consequences of those
statements for individuals and for Harvard; and the Faculty also
regrets aspects of the President's managerial approach as
discussed in recent meetings of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

The Faculty appreciates the President's stated intent to address
these issues, and seeks to meet the challenges facing Harvard
in ways that are collegial and consistent with longstanding faculty
responsibilities in institutional governance.">>