This Harvard President Thing Really Is A Thing

As a public service in this momentous time, we will be removing the paywall for our coverage of Harvard president Claudine Gay and her academic papers from the 1990s.

— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) December 26, 2023

Bill Ackman does not make one hopeful that Harvard grads can avoid becoming megalomaniacal narcissists https://t.co/ToA7dHhfRs

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) December 24, 2023

If my wife was chummy with Jeffrey Epstein, I’d probably stay away from defending Dersh

— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) December 23, 2023

This is the direction of Harvard unless DEI is eliminated pic.twitter.com/JwU0UFHE0S

— $8 Bartemy (@BartemyS) December 23, 2023

I’m pretty sure citing Dilbert disqualifies you from any further participation in the conversation.

Claudine Gay has lost the Washington Post.

This is the signal that it's over. pic.twitter.com/iunes6RLth

— $8 Bartemy (@BartemyS) December 23, 2023

I didn’t realize the tenure of the President of Harvard depended on the support of WaPo. Then again, didn’t this guy disqualify himself?

This is probably because Alan Dershowitz is a terrible writer, far below the standards of any serious college newspaper.

Did he get some help, and resubmit?

— Keith Olbermann⌚️ (@KeithOlbermann) December 23, 2023

I’m more concerned about the fact the New York post buried this story because of an empty threat of litigation

Seems like a free press requires some stones

— Gregg Re (@gregg_re) December 23, 2023

Do we get to vote on who the President of Harvard is?

@BillAckman, @thecrimson doesn’t even let readers freely comment on its articles. Its staff selectively moderates comments in advance, and sometimes simply kills comments altogether. That’s how important stories at Harvard get buried (and stay buried) in the first place.

— Benjamin B@dejo (@benjamin_bdj) December 23, 2023

I’m old enough to remember “Letters to the Editor.” Am I the only one left?

Harvard is an embarrassment to what it claims to stand for

— Joshua Robinson (@JRobFreedom) December 23, 2023

Just a thought: is it really in Harvard's best interests to produce alumni who go on to become more powerful than the institution themselves?

Is that why they've embraced DEI?

— Laurie (@laurieinri) December 23, 2023

(No, I don’t follow that one, either.)

Harvard is officially done. It doesn’t even matter if they do fire her now, the damage to the Harvard name/brand cannot be undone at this point.

— queen ann (@kimamfb) December 23, 2023

Harvard is done.

Don't hire people from this school any longer

— digitalphotobuzz (@digitalphotobuz) December 23, 2023

Who would hire a graduate of a college that has clearly abandoned meritocracy?

— Scott (@AmericaUchoose) December 23, 2023

Twitter has spoken. Harvard had a good run, but it’s all over. The Crimson was their doom.

Citizen journalism will rise to fill the gap.

— Laurie (@laurieinri) December 23, 2023

Twitter will show the way.

(They do understand this is a student newspaper, right?And that there are other outlets giving them the opinions they want to hear? That Dershowitz could put his words on the Internet if he chose?)

I heard a story about someone who worked in DEI getting fired for saying “merry Christmas” at his university’s mandatory rally for Palestinians and now I’m going to have to vote for Trump again

— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) December 25, 2023

The academy has lost its way—we must return to the era when we pursued truth, regardless of politics. We simply cannot ignore the views of a substantial proportion of the population, no matter where they may lead. As the Jeffrey Epstein Chair for Phrenological Studies,

— Daniel Litt (@littmath) December 25, 2023