<p>The apologies hurt. People who fiercely applauded his approach were, if anything, a bit dismayed that he kept appeasing the feminist harpies.</p>
<p>In the end, however, such supporters were willing to cut him some slack, just as they did when he "appologized" to that loathsome fraud, Brother Cornel West, as he broomed him out the door.</p>
<p>You are laughably wrong if you think that "current students" hope "his days are numbered." Larry Summers is, quite possibly, the most popular president of Harvard with undergrads in the past 100 years. Everything he is fighting for will benefit THEM - including <em>making teachers teach</em> and opening up the tenure process by getting it out of the grip of fossilized departmental insider groups. </p>
<p>In the battle to remake Harvard for the 21st century, the forces of darkness battling the effort lie within the faculty. I hasten to aid that not ALL of the faculty members are obstructionists.</p>