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...students declared "sanctuary" in the church on Friday. At that time, the worshippers announced their support for the candidacy of South African Archbishop and Nobel Peace Prize-winner Desmond M. Tutu, who is seeking election to Harvard's Board of Overseers on the Harvard-Radcliffe Alumni Against Apartheid slate...
Seeking to advance the candidacy of Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu to Harvard's Board of Overseers, about 15 Divinity School students yesterday declared "sanctuary" in Memorial Church, saying they planned to spend two days fasting and praying there...
...last four years, HRAAA has independently nominated candidates for the 30-member alumni governing board in an effort to force a vote on the University's current "selective divestment" policy. This year, their slate includes South African Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu, whom most say is a shoe-in to win a seat...
According to a letter written by Peter L. Malkin '55, one of HAA's ten official nominees, HAA wants to insure that "dissident" candidates, including South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, are not elected to the 30-member alumni governing board. Malkin said he wrote the letter in response to strong campaigning for five independently nominated pro-divestment candidates...
Among the U.S.'s 233 Catholic colleges, Curran's former employer is unique. The Catholic University was chartered in 1889 by the papacy, and its theology school grants Vatican-authorized degrees. While most U.S. Catholic universities are run by predominantly lay boards, the school's chancellor is the Archbishop of Washington, and 16 bishops, usually including all active U.S. Cardinals, sit on its 40-member board. Last year the board carried out a 1986 Vatican directive and barred Curran from teaching Catholic theology. Curran, 54, retained tenure but spurned compromise offers to teach nontheological subjects in other departments...