Faust Gets The Rudenstine Seal of Approval In the Crimson, Javier Hernandez smartly thinks to get former president Neil Rudenstine on the phone to see what Rudenstine thinks of the choice. The answer: Two thumbs up!

"I think she is a person who can bring other people together and at the same time she has tremendous clarity of vision and she's able to be very, very decisive in her very tactful and very strong way," the former president, who first appointed Faust to be dean of Radcliffe in 2000, said.

Of course, it's not a shock that Rudenstine would support Faust. But would someone please, please get Larry Summers on the phone and hear what he has to say? It would probably be diplomatic, but...you never know. One suspects that he would have an interesting take on the decision.  ¶ 12:25 PM