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Divinity School students who spent the weekend praying and fasting in Memorial Church to protest the University's $164 million in South African-related investments ended their two-day vigil quietly at yesterday morning's service...
Although the students were not allowed to speak during the service, church officials agreed to include the protestors' statements in the service bulletin. The students, wearing armbands, were also allowed to greet church-goers with banners and to speak to worshippers during the coffee break...
...addition, church officials invited the demonstrators to sponsor follow-up vigils and discussions weekly at the church, said Div School student Phillip E. Stolzfus, the students' spokesperson. He said the demonstrators are still considering that offer...
...students declared "sanctuary" in the church on Friday. At that time, the worshippers announced their support for the candidacy of South African Archbishop and Nobel Peace Prize-winner Desmond M. Tutu, who is seeking election to Harvard's Board of Overseers on the Harvard-Radcliffe Alumni Against Apartheid slate...
Stoltzfus said the vigil was "not an attempt to alienate the church administration because they are not the ones we want to target...