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...alumni, the ACSR has traditionally lagged politically behind the rest of the campus on the South Africa issue. That it has moved as sharply as it has would seem to suggest a growing polarization on the subject on campus. The sad thing is that such a polarization does not bother the men of Massachusetts Hall, who sit pretty as waves of students and ACSR members shuffle through Harvard's revolving door. Next fall, the excitement of this spring's divestiture drive will have died down, a whole new batch of ACSR members will have to start the long process...
...Captain watches with amusement as some preppie-looking young men buy from a dealer standing three yards away from police. "The police don't want no hassle-just score and split and they won't bother you," he says. He is waiting for his "tout," Chino, who helps the Captain and others buy the purest drugs. Chino arrives, walking sideways like a drunken crab. He wears a green, cowled sweatshirt and a smelly blue coat. "What's good, Chino?" the Captain asks. Chino blinks and stabs the air with a sticky claw of a hand...
That was the moment when Nelson, 71, who won eleven consecutive tournaments in 1945, appeared at Watson's side almost like a fairy godfather to explain the pressures that visit a man on the verge of winning a major championship. Why did Nelson bother? He found something appealing about Watson. Nelson did not approve of Watson's flailing swing, but he admired his aggressive manner, and says, "I liked his freckle-faced grin...
Still, not caring about baseball is pretty sad. But I can accept that attitude rather easily. Different people have different tastes Now, however, popular sentiment no longer runs along the lines of just: "I don't consider baseball worthwhile and interesting enough to bother or concern...
...faculty and alumni. On the few occasions, when students engineer a majority on the ACSR--as they did in recommending divestiture from Carnation last year, the Corporation routinely ignores the ACSR vote. This year, 82.4 percent of the undergraduates voted for immediate divestiture from Carnation: the corporation did not bother to respond. For six years, students have been marching, signing petitions, attending open meetings, and voting to get Harvard out of South Africa, and the Corporation has treated us like a distracting nuisance...