This is simply Harvard protecting it's own revenue stream. Universities, especially Harvard, routinely trade respectability for cash. Harvard is unusually rel

This is simply Harvard protecting it's own revenue stream. Universities, especially Harvard, routinely trade respectability for cash. Harvard is unusually reliant on private endowments. Taking rich people's money and making them look respectable in return is a core part of their operations. So why was taking Epstein's money unusual or wrong? At the time, it wasn't. He was known in certain circles, but not famous, and certainly not infamous. He had money to spend and universities tend not to look too closely at where money comes from if there's enough of it. Quantity has a quality all it's own. Then Epstein became infamous. Even Harvard's ability to confer respectability is finite. Harvard likely started this investigation shortly after the Epstein story trended, not because they didn't know what had been done, but because they needed to be able to say they had handled the situation once people noticed. If they had simply swept it under the rug and then been found out it would have harmed the Univeristy's reputation and ability to confer respectability. Who would buy respectability from a university that thinks nothing of selling it to people like Jeffrey Epstein? Nobody noticed, so Harvard was able to let the "investigation" drag on for a couple years to the point where Epstein should have been mostly forgotten, were he not living on as a meme. The longevity of the Epstein meme and his continuing infamy is likely why Nowak is getting more than a slap on the wrist. Justice must be seen to be done, even if Nowak did nothing that isn't still going on every day at Harvard.