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...recent resurgence of student activism in support of minority and women faculty recruitment, including last week's boycott of classes, is an encouraging indicator of College-wide interest in "minority issues." The Minority Student Alliance (MSA) has been energetic and imaginative in its efforts to raise awareness of Harvard's shameful dearth of minority faculty members...
...they were finally taking a cue from the movie of a decade ago, the three largest sellers of canned tuna in the U.S. made a decision last week in which they came off as the good guys. Faced with a growing consumer boycott of their product, the companies said they would no longer sell tuna caught by methods harmful to dolphins. Star-Kist Seafood, the world's largest tuna canner, led the way last week. "Star-Kist will not purchase any tuna caught in association with dolphins," said Anthony O'Reilly, chairman of H.J. Heinz, which owns Star-Kist...
...From what I gathered, classes during the boycott were half full on average although I heard of extreme cases where certain classes were only one-third full. In general, I think the boycott was a very good success...
...Randal S. Jeffrey '91, member of the council's ad hoc committee on minority and women faculty hiring, after Tuesday's boycott...
...nothing which caused me to think the boycott was likely to improve the minority and women hiring situation...