Reply #9: I have to agree with you completely, and I do think the guy is an ass

[MADem]

I used to tell my female subordinates in the military that though it was unfair, wrong, sexist, and disgraceful, that the fact of the matter was that they would have to be twice as good at most commands to get half the credit, and that I would make it a point NOT to apply that standard to them, but to keep their guard up when they moved on. I was especially aware of the angry atitude towards them, as though they were mucking up the 'boy's club,' having been on active duty when females began being integrated into sea duty jobs. What those brave souls went through just to get "equal credit" was mind-boggling.

So when I see this kind of language, decades later, coming from someone who is supposed to be heading up one of the most prestigious universities in the nation, it makes me wonder: What kind of assholes is that overpriced diploma club putting out? He's damaged the reputation of the place. That kind of speculation isn't "academic freedom," it belongs in the same fetid discard pile that says all Asians are geniuses (they aren't, I have had some real clods work for me, I know!) and people of African ancestry aren't as bright as the white boys (and we know where that sort of racist speech comes from)....it's hate speech, IMO. And it's bullshit.

And it probably has something to do with his past--he probably hit on a good looking smart babe, and got brutally rejected!!!! The putz....may the ghost of Marie Curie haunt him forever!