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Last week, the council passed a resolution asking Harvard Dining Services to re-sign with Coke because of student preference and PepsiCo's investments in Burma, a country known for its human rights abuses...
...last night's meeting, the council passed a resolution 30-7 asking HDS to stay with Coca-Cola because of student preference for Coke and concerns about Pepsi's investments in Burma, a nation known for its human rights abuses...
Members of the Progressive Undergraduate Council Coalition, or PUCC, have led a large bloc of delegates that is wary of accepting money from PepsiCo, whose overseas investments support a military government in Burma...
...increased. Any money accepted carries with it the burden of helping to rectify the wrongs perpetuated by PepsiCo. The money is in part a product of their irresponsibility; it should be used to improve the situation. There are a lot of people in the world, including many groups in Burma, that need this money a lot more than the Undergraduate Council does...
...democracy movement in Burma is not dead, but it is substantially weakened by the imprisonment of many of its leaders and eight years of brutal repression. Aung San Suu Kyi herself, the charismatic woman who has led the peaceful struggle for democracy, could use donations of money or supplies. Refugee camps along the Thai-Burmese border need medical supplies in order to treat the casualties of SLORC shelling. Student groups in exile need funds to help raise awareness worldwide about the plight of the Burmese people...