Again, the Globe fails to note that the title "Master" was already subject to a complaint before the "lash" comment was made. This is important as it means the comment wasn't coming out of nowhere but out of an argument being had at the college. It would be interesting to know if any of the three Junior Fellows were party to that earlier complaint.

Master Segal has dodged a bullet this time. Dr Marrus was not drawing a salary and had no teaching duties. Having him there was a prestige thing. Now, had the complaint been aimed at a professor with tenure, what would Master Segal do? Debate the various meanings of the word "master"? Or wrongfully dismiss someone?

In a strange coincident, the NYTimes published an article on Saturday about "Professors Behaving Badly", about underpaid adjunct professors who haven't any hope of tenure who have been, so to speak, "radicalized" by enormous student debt, low job prospects, long hours, and an indifferent administration. Is there a link?

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