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Written by Kendra Albert on 2024-10-24 at 20:14

...gotta admit, I did not see that one coming. https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/10/25/faculty-members-suspended-harvard-library/

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Written by James Grimmelmann on 2024-10-24 at 20:18

@kendraserra “Faculty members were told their borrowing privileges from the library had not been affected and that they would still be able to access other locations in the library system.”

Even as Harvard wipes the remnants of the cream pie off its face, it hands the faculty another one, with straight-faced obliviousness to what the laws of comedy dictate must happen next.

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Written by Kendra Albert on 2024-10-24 at 20:23

@jtlg Like, I thought I was sufficiently cynical about Harvard administration own goals, but apparently not! Truly incredible.

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Written by Jonathan Kamens on 2024-10-24 at 20:32

@kendraserra

Good for the faculty for standing up for the disciplined students. I wonder what the next escalation is going to be.

Having said that, how did this obviously wrong sentence get through the editor?

"The faculty protest forced University administrators to choose between maintaining the disciplinary precedent it set by suspending student activists or taking action against their own colleagues."

I'll just put this here to save somebody the trouble of putting it in a reply to my post:

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Written by guyjantic has moved! on 2024-10-25 at 02:18

@jik @kendraserra A major unspoken (but critical) requirement of upper administration in higher ed is "taking action against [one's former] colleagues." It's an important way to indicate to other administrators that you have switched teams and are in no danger of going back.

Nothing about this surprises me. The attempt at aggression for violating rules the administration refuses to say out loud, the visible act of putting those who don't toe the line on a list, the wishy-washy, impotent publicly-visible retaliation... it all seems exactly how administrators handle these situations.

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Written by Andres Salomon on 2024-10-24 at 21:00

@kendraserra wipes glasses clean to make sure that the link says "thecrimson" and not "theonion"

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Written by LM Little on 2024-10-24 at 21:04

@kendraserra #FreePalestine #settlercolonialism #FreeSpeech #PeacefulProtest #Harvard #universities #epicFail #uspol

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Written by Kathmandu on 2024-10-24 at 21:35

@kendraserra

It is, unfortunately, consistent with how they treated previous protests and how they barred people from the graduation ceremony.

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Written by Kendra Albert on 2024-10-24 at 21:37

@Kathmandu the consequences for faculty had been relatively minimal, so far though. or at least they were up until August, which was when I left.

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Written by guyjantic has moved! on 2024-10-25 at 02:20

@kendraserra @Kathmandu I'm going to guess that the real retaliation will come in the next few years when those faculty request sabbaticals, apply for grants, try to be included in policy-relevant committees and work groups, and apply for promotion.

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Written by This is Hell on 2024-10-25 at 04:10

@kendraserra @bicmay Zionists are fucking out of control!

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Written by Jasmine Rae Friedrich on 2024-10-25 at 12:43

@kendraserra oh no, slightly more words in a library, oh no

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