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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...campaign that Evan Grossman joins began last winter when the Committee on College Life recommended that the University divorce itself from the Clubs if they refused to admit women. Even the metropolitan press showed mild interest. Before the issue was finally joined, however, the Clubs acted unilaterally to sever the ties. (Which consisted, apparently, of access to alumni mailing lists and the privilege of renting phones and buying heat through the University. Plus, according to a recent re-run of old revelations, the Fly Club's use of a strip of university land as part of its "members' only" garden...

Author: By E.l. Pattullo, | Title: Final Clubs: A Curious Target for Reformist Zeal | 1/24/1986 | See Source »

...wrong, as witness Jeanne Wirka, president of the Radcliffe Union of Students, quoted in the January-February 1985 issue of Harvard Magazine: "The problem with clubs is that they are denigrating to the outgroup in general. It's too bad that the issue has become 'should the clubs admit women?' The point is that the clubs should exclude everybody [sic]--they simply shouldn't be here, and Harvard shouldn't have anything to do with them." Jake Stevens '86, a member of the Committee on College Life, puts it less broadly, "The Committee acts under the assumption that no College...

Author: By E.l. Pattullo, | Title: Final Clubs: A Curious Target for Reformist Zeal | 1/24/1986 | See Source »

...actions--only to reject the idea of building a shelter for the homeless because the project was "A difficult, expensive, time-consuming, labor-consuming effort." Well, defeating racism is a similar task, but its problems and side effects can never be overcome unless people take the first step and admit that this country still has a tremendous problem with racism. As long as we say, "look how much better things are now," or "we could stop it any time," America will be in need of enrollment in a Racism Anonymous clinic...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Raining On Reagan's Parade | 1/24/1986 | See Source »

When testimony in the case began in Natal province on Oct. 21, the prosecution's star witness turned out to be Isaak de Vries, a political scientist at Rand Afrikaans University, who spent weeks describing the U.D.F.'s violent aims and A.N.C. connections. Under withering cross- examination, however, he admitted that his knowledge of both organizations was limited to a reading of their literature and other research materials. Finally, two weeks ago, De Vries was forced to admit that his previous testimony had contained "fundamental mistakes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa Unexpected Courtroom Triumph | 12/23/1985 | See Source »

...second reason--the ethical grounds--is probably the more operative. According to the same official, Harvard did not want to be "associated with a pot company." Well that certainly sounds reasonable, one must admit, picturing the images conjured up by such a phrase. Of course, just as Harvard would not hold stock in a company whose agents sell loose joints to unsuspecting children, the University does not want any connection to a firm that claims--and trumpets--its links to the substance with which loose joints are made. And how do we know that McKinney won't diversify...

Author: By Mitchell Berman, | Title: At Long Last, Divestment | 12/11/1985 | See Source »

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