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WALTHAM -- Red bandanas appeared on the arms of many students at Brandeis University yesterday in a show of solidarity with three clergymen who began a two-week hunger strike Sunday in protest of the university's investments in South Africa.
The two-week-long fast is the third phase of a plan by the Chaplaincy of Brandeis University to pressure the Waltham school to divest of its $1.5 million in South Africa-related investments. Students were encouraged to join in the first two phases of protest, which consisted of skipping...
But Hose said that student support for the fast is widespread. "The range of political opinion [at Brandeis] runs from left-of-center to radical left," he said.
Brandeis President Evelyn E. Handler was out of town and unavailable for comment. Hose said, "The administration doesn't have an opinion [on the fast]--it's personal statement [by the clergy]."
The fast comes at a time of great tension at Brandeis over the divestment issue. The Board of Trustees recently voted to postpone consideration until may of divestment of the $1.5 million in companies connected with South Africa. Conflict over the divestment issue is likely to come to a head...