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...reportedly will follow Lou Reed and cancel Austrian concert dates to protest Haider's policies. Earlier this month, the lead singer of the band Bush chanted a Jewish prayer during a concert in Graz, and the London Times reports some artists are thinking of planning a "Rock Against Haider" boycott. Native son ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER expressed concern, saying, "I am hopeful that Austria will find a way through this. I am so saddened that with all the progress we've made working for an open and tolerant society, one man's statements can taint world opinion of an entire country." More...
...rabble-rousers have rushed to the defense of two endangered Mass Ave. establishments: The Bow and Arrow Pub and Dunkin' Donuts. Responding to their impending eviction by a perennially remodeling COOP, one student has sowed the seeds of a spirited grassroots campaign. Another has called for a campus-wide boycott of the COOP in the hope of bringing the cold-hearted corporate monster to its knees...
...According to Ensler, The Vagina Monologues is meant to inform the world about the sexual injustices forced upon women by society. Her aim was not so much to declare a feminist boycott against men as to educate women about the beauty of their own femininity. Unfortunately, the current production often loses sight of this perspective throughout the performance. The production even seems to perpetuate the hatred of men at times, leaving behind the opened-minded ideas of discovery, tolerance, and understanding...
What better mode of protest for the busy Harvard student than one that requires absolutely no extra effort--one, in fact, that requires you to stop doing something and thus will be sure to free up your schedule? By the time we reach the second semester of the boycott, the Coop will be so frightened of losing all its business to amazon.com that they will accede to any demand. Our demand, of course, will be that they leave the Bow and its neighbors alone or, failing that, take some precautions to ensure their return in the fall...
Because I would never be so foolish as to ask this campus to rise out of its communal apathy without a good reason, I've come up with a series of arguments carefully crafted to convince the disparate portions of the Harvard student body that a Coop boycott is a good idea...