Word: africas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although much of the talk centered around how the students and their dormmates liked their lives at Harvard, Bok and company also discussed the possiblity of the University's divestment from South Africa, the controversy over Harvard's shares in the strike-involved Pittson Steel Company, the presence of ROTC on campus and changes in the house assignment lottery...
...vigil, organized by the Southern Africa Solidarity Committee (SASC) and funded in part by Education for Action, was intended to raise the Harvard community's awareness of the ongoing problems in South Africa, said SASC member John M. Richardson...
...situation in South Africa is very bad," Richardson said. "SASC's goals are more than just pushing Harvard for divestment...
Exxon Corporation, a controversial Harvardinvestment because of its ties to South Africa,moved up in the ranks last year to number three,accounting for more than $45 million in stock.Last year, the University held slightly more than$25 million in the oil company...
...among alumni last year, and both sides of the divestment issue took turns at dishing out the rhetoric. Robert P. Wolff '54, who directs the pro-divestment alumni group which nominated Tutu, often said Tutu's mere presence on the Board could force Harvard to divest completely from South Africa-related investments...