Editor's Note: The Scientist published this piece online on July 31, 2007 (see http://www.the-scientist.com/news/display/53451/). Frank Douglas resigned from senior positions at MIT earlier this summer, in the wake of the Institute's controversial denial of tenure to James Sherley, who staged a hunger strike in protest in February. Please comment on this piece and related issues by clicking here.
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