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...SASC gears up its activities for the fall, the group is not looking at tactics such as a shantytown to spark enthusiasm. Benz said that the student group will probably coordinate more activities with Alumni/ae Against Apartheid and a group of alumni and local activists formed during the 350th called the 350th Divestment Coalition...
During the 350th, the coalition blockaded Memorial Hall, forcing the cancellation of a formal dinner in the building for alumni. Although students were on hand to support the protesters, no student was committed to being arrested, Benz said...
...September 6 address before the crowd at Harvard's 350th birthday celebration, Secretary of State George P. Shultz pointed out the evils of isolationism, warning of "thoughtless escapism, a retreat from responsibility, an attempt to evade the reality of our dependence on the world and the world's dependence...
...350th anniversary has passed, and while the rest of the world took some time out to examine Harvard, the University managed to delude itself again. But amid all the self-indulgent hoopla earlier this month, one protest managed to make an impact despite efforts by Harvard to ignore its implications...
Arresting the protesters would have allowed the dinner to go on. More important, it also would have forced Harvard to admit that, yes, there is dissent on this venerable, ivy-covered campus--something the University had been loathe to do in all previous 350th anniversary press releases...