Paglia's Editorial Raises Questions

Your publication of Camille Paglia's "Guest Commentary" (Feb. 17, 1994) raises a number of questions that we hope you plan to answer in print.

Will it continue to The Crimson's practice to publish opinion pieces that make multiple unsubstatiated allegations about whole Harvard departments? (And if so, which departments will be next?)

Did The Crimson solicit Paglia's piece, or did she offer it uninvited? Did The Crimson pay, or offer to pay, Paglia for her guest appearance? (If so, how much?)

Does Paglia have, or does The Crimson have evidence to support Paglia's claims against the English department and related fields at Harvard, and against particular faculty members?

If Paglia is such a fan of scholarly rigor, why, in this piece, doesn't she practice what she fulminates?

Does Paglia--who both accuses others of fascist connections and claims to have "a world plan for a truly scholarly and depoliticized multiculturalism"--actually read anything she herself writes?

And finally, weren't Paglia's 15 minutes up about 12 minutes ago? Phillip Brian Harper   Assistant Professor, English and Afro-American Studies.   Jeffrey Masten   Assistant Professor, English

Editor's Note: Guest commentaries represent the opinions of their authors and not necessarily the opinions of The Crimson. Paglia's editorial was solicited, as are most guest commentaries. The Crimson does not compensate the authors of guest commentaries.