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William D. Swislow '79, an UCHSR member, said yesterday that if the ACSR is not democratic or representative of the Harvard community, he does not see why UCHSR "should be involved in the ACSR's processes at all." Swislow said he will probably support a boycott of the ACSR's undergraduate seat...
...already announced that Iran will no longer sell oil to Israel. But what else will it do? The P.L.O. announced last week that the first task of its new Tehran "embassy"-located in what had been the Israeli mission -will be to persuade Iran to impose a stringent boycott against Israel, including a blacklisting of all foreign firms that do business with Jerusalem...
...that individuals have racist attitudes, but that institutional practices are insensitive and have racist consequences," George J. Sanchez '80, a member of the conference's Third World Committee, which organized the boycott, said yesterday...
During its first session, the student assembly had no problem in passing numerous resolutions indignantly calling for change. The assembly called for a boycott of Nestle products in the dining halls, resolved that the name of the Engelhard library should be changed, demanded that the Corporation live up to its commitments on shareholder responsibility, and recommended that the boycott of CRR remain in force until the Faculty Council agreed to certain reforms. As the term progressed, the assembly passed resolutions dealing with Hispanic studies, the tuition increase, alternative meal plans, and, lest we forget, toilet paper...
...only when it followed up its resolutions by communication with University officials. Ironically, the toilet paper issue poses a good example. A number of assembly members spoke with various administrators, presented unambiguous poll results, provided persuasive arguments, and, eventually, met with success. The limited success of the Nestle boycott stands as another good example of the possibilities of resolution follow...