Source: The Harvard Crimson
Written By Michael M. Grynbaum and Zachary M. Seward

It was a semester of bad headlines for University President Lawrence H. Summers, but nothing a little Photoshop couldn’t fix.

The new edition of the Harvard College viewbook, the official brochure sent to prospective applicants around the world, features a doctored photo of The Harvard Crimson’s March 9, 2005 front page. The top headline of the day, “Summers To Face No Confidence Vote,” was replaced by an illegible block of text.

Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons ’67 was taken aback when he was first told of the altered photo last week by a Crimson reporter.

“I’m every bit as surprised as you,” he said. “Obviously it’s sitting here with a Harvard Crimson masthead and [the replaced headline] would be, you know, pretty obvious to anyone who’s connected to The Crimson or anybody who is an undergraduate really.”

Fitzsimmons later confirmed that someone involved with the production of the viewbook had decided to remove the headline, and reiterated that he was surprised by the inclusion of the peculiar photo.

“It’s a mistake, and it should not have happened. And it won’t happen again,” Fitzsimmons said.

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This is the altered photograph in question.

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