, </ blockquote > ▁after ▁The ▁Sunday ▁Times ▁and ▁Cher well ▁revealed ▁that ▁around ▁ 1 0 0 ▁Oxford ▁academ ics ▁had ▁been ▁sent , ▁an onym ously , ▁phot oc op ied ▁pages ▁from ▁The ▁Le cher ous ▁Professor , ▁a ▁University ▁of ▁Illinois ▁publication ▁on ▁the ▁pre val ence ▁of ▁sexual ▁har ass ment ▁in ▁American ▁univers ities , ▁describing ▁two ▁such ▁accus ations ▁made ▁against ▁Wal c ott ▁at ▁Harvard ▁University ▁and ▁Boston ▁University . ▁Wal c ott ' s ▁candid acy ▁had ▁been ▁controvers ial ▁within ▁the ▁university ▁from ▁the ▁beginning , ▁some ▁coun s elling ▁against ▁on ▁grounds ▁of ▁Wal c ott ' s ▁university ▁past , ▁others ▁arg uing ▁that ▁his ▁record ▁was ▁imm aterial ▁since ▁he ▁would ▁have ▁no ▁contact ▁with ▁students . ▁New sp apers ▁had ▁previously ▁claimed ▁Wal c ott ▁was ▁the ▁favour ite , ▁although ▁Lib by ▁Pur ves ▁suggested ▁that ▁this ▁claim ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁a ▁misunder standing ▁of ▁the ▁elect oral ▁system . ▁P adel ▁critic ised ▁the ▁anonymous ▁miss ives ▁and ▁denied ▁any ▁knowledge ▁of ▁them , ▁though ▁many ▁in ▁the ▁media ▁continued ▁to ▁ins inu ate ▁her ▁invol vement . ▁After ▁her ▁election , ▁two ▁journal ists ▁who ▁had ▁previously ▁requested ▁information ▁from ▁P adel ▁regarding ▁vot ers ' ▁opinions ▁revealed ▁that ▁she ▁had ▁c ited ▁to ▁them ▁the ▁source ▁of ▁some ▁people ' s ▁une ase ▁about ▁the ▁suit ability ▁for ▁appointment ▁of ▁someone ▁with ▁such ▁a ▁university ▁record . ▁P adel ▁stated , ▁' I ▁wish ▁he