Larry Summers Ghosts Harvard Over Epstein Emails, Students React

KEY POINTS

•Larry Summers announced his departure from Harvard teaching after his emails with Jeffrey Epstein surfaced publicly in November 2025.
•During a class called 'Political Economy of Globalization,' students loudly debated missing Summers' 'wisdom,' with mixed reactions.
•A student feminist group started a petition demanding Harvard revoke Summers' tenure and sever ties with Epstein.
•Epstein, who died in prison in 2019, had extensive connections including uncomfortably close emails with Summers about mentoring and dating.

In a Harvard classroom drama worth more plot twists than a Netflix binge, Larry Summers—former Treasury boss and Harvard prez—announced he’s retiring from teaching after his cozy email chats with Jeffrey Epstein went public in November 2025. Students debated live over whether to miss his 'wisdom' with one shouting 'No, we won't'—the other, 'Yes, we will,' because totally, a sex-fueled Epstein link screams academic brilliance. This absurd debate unfolded in the 'Political Economy of Globalization' course, interrupted only by surprise guest former UK PM Tony Blair. Meanwhile, the Harvard Feminist Collective stirred up a petition demanding Summers lose his tenure and university ties, citing incriminating emails where Summers sought romantic advice from Epstein. Peppering this political soap opera: Epstein's 2019 suicide, Trump's begrudging release of his dodgy docs, and Summers' regretful statement about his 'misguided' emailing habits.

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Larry Summers drops teaching gig because apparently 'how to romance a mentee' advice from Epstein isn't Harvard approved. Students didn’t exactly throw him a going-away party either.

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