Harvey Silverglate
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As I said, I would fire 95% of them, and I would be more careful in who I...
elected to lead these institutions.
I said Pauline Gay is probably gonna be a disaster at Harvard.
Correct.
Well, there's a debate whether it's a mistake.
They took money from him.
Is it a mistake to take money from bad people?
Do you have to do a morals test of a potential donor?
I don't think so.
It's complicated because... If there are no conditions attached to it, I think it's emotionally complicated.
I don't think that it is rationally complicated.
It's emotionally complicated.
It's particularly complicated if they want naming rights.
You know, the Jeffrey Epstein Biological Laboratory...
That would be a problem for most universities.
I don't think that naming rights have to be given to somebody that you don't think is worthy of having their name.
I think the university has the right to say, no, we'll take your money, but we will not