To the Editor,

My comments in the Argus last week in the story on Howard Bernstein have attracted several responses in the Sept. 22 edition. I wish to clarify for your readers, as I made very clear to the reporter, that I was not speaking either for the Advisory Committee, or even as a member of the committee. Though Mr. Duda came to me because I was Vice Chair of the committee last year, I declined to answer any specific questions about the Bernstein case. I was asked, and as I told him, responded as a member of Wesleyan’s faculty, about the Blue Book procedures on appointments, which all can read for themselves. In responding to the question of how student opinion was viewed, I referred to the Blue Book. At all levels of deliberation, including departmental, student evaluations of teaching are the primary data on which judgments concerning teaching are made. Other criteria and considerations in personnel decisions are also mentioned; if readers are interested in understanding all aspects of Wesleyan’s procedures, they should consult the Blue Book to see what is there, and what is not.

Sincerely,
Carla M. Antonaccio
Associate Professor
Department of Classical Studies