Harvard Rules in... Harvard Magazine?
It's true. The May-June issue of
Harvard Magazine contains a lengthy article on the Summers controversy—more on that in a second—which includes this paragraph:
"A wider audience was invited to peer more deeply into the dynamics of the Summers administration with the publication of
Harvard Rules: The Struggle for the Soul of the World's Most Powerful University, by Richard Bradley, A.M. '90, a decidedly unauthorized portrait. Its critical retelling of the first three years of Summers's tenure—Cornel West; the controversy over Zayed Yasin's 2002 Commencement address...and other disputes about speech on campus; the talk on anti-Semitism; control of fundraising and appointments; the president's staffing and media relations—echoed some of FAS's debate and provided fresh grist for external reporting on the politics of contemporary Harvard."
Okay, HM could have mentioned what a great read Harvard Rules is. But on the whole, I can't complain with that write-up. It's straightforward and perfectly fair.
And then, in
the "Off the Shelf" section of the magazine, there's
Harvard Rules again! Here's the one-sentence description: "An anecdotal and often negative assessment of Lawrence H. Summers and his Harvard presidency, as of Commencement 2004, by a former editor at
George magazine."
And did I mention it's a great read?
