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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have not read this entire thread, but wanted to mention that reading the student newspaper periodically this year - it seems like Harvard is a mess. Will it be able to keep its standing?[/quote]
It'll be fine. It's filled with controversy just because of Congressmen getting pissy. Where did those Congressmen go to college? Oh right, Harvard. 
For every plagiarizer they have on campus they have hundreds of faculty doing important work and who, often, are the most famous in their field. 
It is still Harvard.[/quote]

Oh - I am not just talking about that. Just take a look at the current edition of the student newspaper. A controversy about a law professor making statements that offend students to such an extent they want to ensure that no law student has to take a class of his; several people stepping down from leading Harvard's Legacy of Slavery initiative. Etc.[/quote]

You make an interesting point, but my hunch is that Harvard has been dysfunctional since it's founding in the 1600s and it hasn't hurt it one bit.  With respect to the article about the law professor you point to, I haven't had a chance to read it yet, but I am reminded of a time many years ago that the law school in particular was said to be so dysfunctional that some famous magazine (rolling stone?  vanity fair?) actually came to Harvard Law to investigate and write an article about the law school that had so many warring factions that it was called the "Beirut on the Charles [River]"  For some reason, negative press has the way of making Harvard look even more enticing for some reason.  [/quote]

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