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This would seem to be the case from Harvard's reaction to the Students Against Sweatshops (SAS) movement, a national initiative that PSLM signed on to early this year. The movement calls for the regulation of factories that manufacture Harvard apparel...
...assault in the fall of 1998. The students called for "justice"--a cry that united activists from the Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM), the Coalition Against Sexual Violence and the Living Wage Campaign. Earlier that week, the University publicly endorsed "full disclosure" of the locations of factories where Harvard apparel is made, partially assuaging PSLM's demands...
...year of negotiations on sweatshop concerns, Harvard officials agreed to disclose publicly all information relating to the licensed manufacture of insignia clothing. Also, the University agreed in principle to support a code of conduct specifying minimum working conditions to which factories must adhere in order to produce Harvard apparel. With other colleges around the country making similar efforts, Hennefeld hopes the policy shift will make a difference in the industry's working...
When the University declared at the rally that it would fulfill one of the SAS's major demands by adopting a full disclosure policy of all Harvard apparel factory locations, it constituted the culmination of months of hard work. Still, the activists were understandably far from satisfied with Harvard's mere verbal acceptance of the need for change and have kept the pressure on the administration...
Also, to answer one of the great riddles of our time: What's the big deal with racing? Essentially, 40 extremely mobile billboards circle a track for three hours, driven by men in jumpsuits that make bowling apparel look sharp. And yet car racing continues to be the hottest, fastest-growing sport in America, generating $2 billion in revenues and drawing gazillions in sponsorship money. In TV ratings, NASCAR racing blows away every major sport but pro football. With California-born Gordon as its poster boy, NASCAR is expanding beyond its Southeastern roots, going after the wine-and-cheese crowd...