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LAST WEEK, seven members of the Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (ACSR) attended an open forum--sponsored by the Institute of Politics--on whether Harvard should invest in the nuclear arms industry. The rambling discussion on the University's nuclear investments was certainly only a start in the complicated task of forming a comprehensive policy on the subject No conclusive answers were sought, none were provided...
...least one thing emerges certain from last week's forum And that is that the ACSR itself has to hold more open meetings...
...shareholder--held a highly successful open meeting on the proposed lifting of Harvard's ban on investing in banks that loan to South Africa More than 300 people jammed Emerson Hall to hear numerous impassioned and reasoned speeches against the change. Thanks largely to the session, both the ACSR and the Corporation rejected lifting the ban shortly thereafter...
...find it hard to believe that if seven members of the ACSR could find the time to make it to an unofficial open meeting, the full committee could not have found adequate time for an official date. It doesn't take much--just a hall, some ACSR members, some students and a topic...
...ACSR is, among its other functions, a forum through which students can let their feelings be known on topics related to the ethical management of Harvard's immense portfolio. Open meetings are the most direct and forceful way for students to do this...