2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 22, 2006 Summers resigns amid controversy NATION/ WORLD 0 Harvard president will step down because of divisive climate caused by his comments on gender CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Lawrence Summers ended his tumultuous stint as Harvard University presi- dent yesterday, choosing to resign June 30 rather than fight with a faculty angered by his management style and comments that innate ability may explain why few women reach top science posts. "I have reluctantly concluded that the rifts between me and segments of the Arts and Sciences faculty make it infeasible for me to advance the agenda of renewal that I see as crucial to Harvard's future," Summers wrote in a letter posted on the school's website. "This is a day of mixed emotions for me," he added in a conference call with reporters. Effective at the end of the academic year, Summers' move brings to a close the briefest tenure of any Harvard president since 1862, when Cornelius Felton died after two years in office. Summers has led America's wealthi- est university, with an endowment of more than $25 bil- lion, since 2001. He became embroiled in several controversies early in his tenure, among them the departure of prominent black studies professors such as Cornel West. Last year's comments to an academic conference on women in science grew into a broader debate of Summers' management style, which some considered brusque and even bullying. He was also criticized by some for his handling of plans to expand Harvard's cam- pus across the Charles River in Boston. The discontent prompted a 218-185 no confidence vote from Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences last March. Faculty votes are symbolic because the seven- member Harvard Corporation has sole authority to fire the university's president. Another no confidence vote was scheduled for next Tuesday. It was called following the resignation of Fac- ulty of Arts and Sciences Dean William Kirby: Some faculty believe he was pushed out by Summers, though Harvard University President Lawrence Summers, center, speaks outside his office in Harvard Yard after announcing his resignation yesterday. Kirby has said the decision was mutual. Yesterday, Kirby issued a statement saying Sum- mers had accomplished a great deal during his ten- ure, and "he has set in motion important initiatives for the university's future." Derek Bok, Harvard's president from 1971 to 1991, will serve as interim president of the University from July 1 until the conclusion of the search for a new president. Hey, Sophomores and Juniors... I for more information call 734/998-6251 The University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts presents a public lecture and reception SfegR~eflectionsI on a Train SuferngAncestors, Lost Briefcases, "nd the Writing of Africa - A David William Cohen - <>Lemuel A. Johnson Collegiate Professor of African History and Anthropology Wednesday February 22, 2006 Rackham Amphitheater 4:10 PM WASHINGTON Court mulls partial-birth abortion ban The Supreme Court said yesterday it would consider reinstating a federal ban on what opponents call partial-birth abortion, pulling the contentious issue back to the high court on conservative Justice Samuel Alito's first day. Alito could well be the tie-breaking vote when the court decides if doctors can be barred from performing the abortion procedure. It is the first time the court has considered a federal restriction on abortion, and conservatives said they expect the membership change to affect the outcome. "This is the frontline abortion case in the country," said Jay Sekulow, chief counsel for the conservative American Center for Law and Justice, who represents members of Congress in the case. Justices split 5-4 in 2000 in striking down a state law barring the same pro- cedure because it lacked an exception to protect the health of the mother. Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who was the tie-breaking vote, retired late last month and was replaced by Alito. SAN QUENTIN, Calif. Ethical objections delay execution The execution of a convicted killer was postponed yesterday after two anesthesiolo- gists refused for ethical reasons to take part, renewing the long-running debate over what role doctors may play in the death chamber. Michael Morales, 46, was supposed to die by lethal injection at 12:01 a.m. But the execution was put off until at least yesterday night after the anesthesiologists objected that they might have to advise the executioner if the inmate woke up or appeared to suffer pain. "Any such intervention would clearly be medically unethical," the doctors, whose identities were not released, said in a statement. 'As a result, we have withdrawn from participation in this current process." The doctors had been brought in by a federal judge after Morales' attorneys argued that the three-part lethal injection process violates the Eighth Amendment. WASHINGTON Bush threatens veto over port deal President Bush said yesterday that a deal allowing an Arab company to take over six major U.S. seaports should go forward and that he would veto any con- gressional effort to stop it. The Senate's Republican leader had promised just such an effort a few hours earlier, and the House's top Republican called for "an immediate moratorium" on the deal. "After careful review by our government, I believe the transaction ought to go forward," Bush told reporters who had traveled with him on Air Force One to Washington. "I want those who are questioning it to step up and explain why all of a sudden a Middle Eastern company is held to a different standard than a Great British company.Iam trying to conduct foreign policy now by saying to the people of the world, 'We'll treat you fairly."' BAGHDAD Violence plagues capital; 30,dead A car bomb exploded yesterday on a street packed with shoppers in a Shiite area of Baghdad, killing 22 people and wounding 28, police said. It was the deadliest bomb attack in the Iraqi capital in a month. Terrified children screamed and several women wailed for their dead, crying, "the terrorists, may God punish them." Shattered bits of fruits and vegetables from vendors' pushcarts lay scattered on the street amid pools of blood. At least eight other people were killed and more than 30 injured yesterday in bomb- ings and shootings elsewhere in Baghdad. 40 ...syour b simply not C ng You've got the business savvy, but things aren't challenging. 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