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...dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night At Annenberg's back door. "They're serving grapes to the Harvard kids," Says Joe, tears in his eyes. There's some who say the boycott's done, "But it's never done," says Joe. "So long as workers toil and sweat With neither voice nor pay." From San Fernando up to Mass In every school and U Where students protest for the cause It's there you'll find Joe Hill. It's there you'll find Joe Hill. --Richard L. Brown, general counsel, Delaware River Port Authority, Parent...
...last few weeks, I have counted at least three Crimson staff editorials which supported the grape boycott while denigrating those who were against it as either insensitive to the plight of workers or simply taken in by "catchy phrases" about student choice. While the amount of editorial space used to advocate the same position on the same issue is the prerogative of The Crimson staff, I became disturbed when the bias seemed to spill over into the actual coverage of the debate, a phenomenon that culminated in the naively uncritical interview of the former grape worker who was chosen...
While this strange idea of student choice might seem trivial to The Crimson, to many of us who voted against the boycott it is singularly important. I do not particularly like grapes, and I found the literature from both the self-interested pro-grape lobby and the notoriously disingenuous UFW less than credible. Nonetheless, I do not feel that I have the right to decide for other Harvard students whether or not they wish to make such a political statement. --Allan L. Hill...
...recent grape debate is only an extreme example of this persistent pattern. As the Wall Street Journal noted in its December 10 article on the Harvard grape controversy, "The recent ferment at Harvard is odd, if only because the grape boycott had pretty much died on the vine elsewhere." In fact, the grape boycotts (1967-70, 1973-78) succeeded, leading one to wonder why were we still at it only a week...
Stewart said that many of her campaign platforms--including putting an end to council concern with larger political issues such as the recent referendum on Harvard Dining Services' boycott of California grapes--may cause controversy within the council. But she said the conflicts will be short-lived...