Word: africas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Board of Overseers this month seemed to have an original answer for the thorny question about whether the 30-member body, elected by University alumni, should endorse a policy on Harvard investments in South Africa related businesses: form a committee. But even after the vote for a committee was fresh on people's minds, one board member decided to use the bimonthly meeting to call again for an Overseers position on divestment...
...proposal advocated a vote "in response to the worsening situation in South Africa, and in order to clarify the current position of this Board for the Corporation, the joint committee, and for the Harvard community as a whole," it reads in part...
...informal vote on the issue was debated for an hour before failing to pass. Bok and his advisers have decided to address this pressing moral question by resorting to procedural wrangling. But while the meaningless arguments continue, the efforts at obfuscation increase, and the gamesmanship goes on, in South Africa as Transafrica's Randall Robinson said at Harvard, "the clock continues to tick...
...stands now, some two years after Tutu's challenge, Harvard is still sitting on its hands. Divestment as a tool to overturn apartheid and as a symbolic affirmation of freedom should still be expected of Harvard. The University can still have an impact in the United States and South Africa, and may even be able to take a leadership role by pulling out of South Africa-linked companies...
...Divestment: Bok has not only refused to divest of Harvard holdings in companies doing business in South Africa, he has also attempted to stifle other opinions from being expressed on the issue. Last week he successfully prevented the Board of Overseers from taking a full vote on divestment. Does this procedural stalling set an example of ethical conduct for students to follow...