University President Lawrence S. Bacow and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Claudine Gay explained Ivy League decisions regarding athletics competition amid the coronavirus pandemic to Harvard student athletes in a webinar Tuesday.
The event, moderated by Director of Harvard Athletic Director Erin McDermott, allowed student athletes to communicate directly with administrators about the Ivy League s decision to cancel athletics competition for the entire academic year as well as Harvard s planning for athletics during the fall semester. In advance of the event, student athletes submitted questions for the administrators.
Some students raised questions about the Ivy Leagueâs recent decision to extend a temporary waiver permitting seniors to compete for their current insitutions next year provided they are enrolled in a graduate program. The decision, made during a global health crisis that has led to the year-long cancellation of Ivy League sports, marked a departure fro
The grandson of a Korean independence activist withdrew his offer to donate family historical archives to Harvardâs Schlesinger Library in anger over the Universityâs failure to respond to a professorâs controversial paper on the issue of âcomfort women.â
Philip âFlipâ Ahn Cuddy â grandson of Korean independence activist Ahn Chang-ho, known by his pen name Dosan â wrote in a letter to University President Lawrence S. Bacow Wednesday morning that he was withdrawing the submission of family historical materials to Harvard âin direct consequence ofâ Japanese Legal Studies professor J. Mark Ramseyerâs controversial paper about comfort women, which is slated to be published in the International Review of Law and Economics.
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The International Review of Law and Economics will temporarily delay print publication of Harvard Law professor J. Mark Ramseyerâs controversial paper claiming sex slaves in Imperial Japan, known as âcomfort women,â were voluntarily employed, the journal told The Crimson Friday.
The journal initially issued an âExpression of Concernâ earlier this week in response to mounting backlash, announcing that concerns over the articleâs âhistorical evidenceâ are currently under investigation.
âComfort womenâ is a term used to refer to women and girls from Japanâs occupied territories, including Korea, who were forced into sex slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army before and during World War II.
University President Lawrence S. Bacow said in an interview Wednesday he is âhopefulâ the Department of Justice will side with Harvard should the Supreme Court take up a lawsuit brought against the University by the anti-affirmative action group Students for Fair Admissions.
The Justice Department dropped a similar lawsuit accusing Yale University of discriminating against white and Asian American applicants on Feb. 3, a move that Bacow called âa good signalâ for Harvard in its admissions lawsuit.
âI was pleased when the Justice Department dropped the Yale lawsuit, and I would certainly hope that they would support our position on affirmative action should the case go to the Supreme Court,â Bacow said.