Harvard's First Female President

American Voiceseducationgendercollege ISSUE 43•07 Feb 14, 2007

Harvard University has selected its first female president. What do you think?

  • “This is quite a sea change. One has to wonder whether this will lead to new policies, like admitting the smart poor, or the non-gentry idiots.”

    Pam Garber –
    Systems Analyst

  • “This only proves that to get the same opportunities as men, women have to work twice as hard and have twice as many fathers on the board of trustees.”

    Kent Livermore –
    Hammock Maker

  • “She's still white, though, right? Thank god.”

    Dabney Alterman –
    Video Rental Clerk

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