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AmericaTheBrave
05/13/19 1:17:19 PM
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https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/443260-harvard-says-law-professor-representing-weinstein-wont-return

Harvard told students on Saturday that a professor who represents Harvey Weinstein in court will not return as faculty dean at one of the college's undergraduate residential houses.

Harvard College Dean Rakesh Khurana emailed students and staff Saturday to say that professor Ronald S. Sullivan Jr., who represents Weinstein, and his wife Stephanie Robinson, a Harvard lecturer, would no longer be faculty deans after their term ends in June, according to The New York Times.

He said in the email that a number of considerations went into the decision.

Over the last few weeks, students and staff have continued to communicate concerns about the climate in Winthrop House to the college, he wrote. The concerns expressed have been serious and numerous. The actions that have been taken to improve the climate have been ineffective, and the noticeable lack of faculty dean presence during critical moments has further deteriorated the climate in the house. I have concluded that the situation in the house is untenable.

According to The Times, the change does affect their other positions at the school.


So Harvard students felt "unsafe" because a lawyer who taught at their school was doing his job? Also fun fact: Ronald Sullivan represented the family of Michael Brown.
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Antifar
05/13/19 1:19:22 PM
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spudger
05/13/19 1:20:31 PM
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6 degrees of shaming
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pinky0926
05/13/19 1:23:38 PM
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Antifar posted...
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https://twitter.com/verysmallriver/status/1127374371386003456


Go away Antifar, this kind of sensible and nuanced consideration straight from the mouth of a person who was actually there is really getting in the way of OP's rabbling and clearly isn't welcome in his shit topic
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JE19426
05/13/19 1:30:56 PM
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AmericaTheBrave posted...
So Harvard students felt "unsafe" because a lawyer who taught at their school was doing his job?


Your own article says he is often absent during critical moments, that's hardly "doing his job".

the noticeable lack of faculty dean presence during critical moments has further deteriorated the climate in the house
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DarkChozoGhost
05/13/19 1:32:04 PM
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Antifar posted...
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https://twitter.com/verysmallriver/status/1127374371386003456

Ah.

Fair, next. Shame one the TC for spreading fake news
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pinky0926
05/13/19 1:33:05 PM
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To quote that woman:

So in conclusion, Sullivan:
didnt address student concerns
allegedly berated tutors he viewed as disloyal
allegedly misused House staff for personal errands
repeatedly failed to foster a healthy, comfortable working/life environmentthe literal job of a faculty dean.


Christ, a guy at my work guy fired last week for being slightly belligerent. Sounds like this dean was way beyond stable employment.
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Vita_Aeterna
05/13/19 1:39:40 PM
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DarkChozoGhost posted...
Antifar posted...
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https://twitter.com/verysmallriver/status/1127374371386003456

Ah.

Fair, next. Shame one the TC for spreading fake news

Grounds for a ban, I'd say.
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darkjedilink
05/13/19 1:45:45 PM
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pinky0926 posted...
To quote that woman:

So in conclusion, Sullivan:
didnt address student concerns
allegedly berated tutors he viewed as disloyal
allegedly misused House staff for personal errands
repeatedly failed to foster a healthy, comfortable working/life environmentthe literal job of a faculty dean.


Christ, a guy at my work guy fired last week for being slightly belligerent. Sounds like this dean was way beyond stable employment.

He's not even fired. He's still a Harvard law professor. He's just not a house Dean anymore.
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ultimate reaver
05/13/19 1:50:10 PM
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flopic
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Kitt
05/13/19 1:53:37 PM
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King_Hellebuyck
05/13/19 2:02:18 PM
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Antifar posted...
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https://twitter.com/verysmallriver/status/1127374371386003456

Thanks, glad you cleared this up before this topic went off the rails
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Musourenka
05/13/19 2:23:06 PM
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King_Hellebuyck posted...
Antifar posted...
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https://twitter.com/verysmallriver/status/1127374371386003456

Thanks, glad you cleared this up before this topic went off the rails


There was a topic elsewhere about this, and it ended up about as well as you can expect.

Thank you, Antifar, for giving us further context here.
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