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...Counsel Daniel Steiner '54 and Secretary to the Governing Boards Robert Shenton--journeyed to several cities to "discuss governance questions," according to Steiner. Steiner and Shenton pressured overseers to seek non-confrontational, "informal" channels for expressing their discontent about campus unionization, tenure battles, and the University's failure to divest...
Harvard's contribution will be the Kuumba singers, who will sing only on Monday night. "We see it not only as an opportunity to perform, but as an effort to get Harvard to divest," said Karla A. Selmon '88, vice president of the group. Todd E. White '88, the group's president, said, "I don't want to make it seem like Kuumba's making a political statement, but a majority of the group would support divestment...
Honorary trustee Jesse Philips said that it would be productive for students to gain first-hand knowledge of the situation, especially in light of Oberlin's recent decision to divest...
While last year no money was raised for the fund created to pressure the University to divest from South Africa, Martin said that he and Honig will try to resurrect the fund this year...
...divestment activist Robert Weissman '88-'89said he did not think a vote by the Overseerswould have much effect, unless they actively pressthe Corporation to divest."If they vote on it[divestment] I don't think it would be more than asmall step, because the vote takes place in avacuum," he said. But, he added, "If the Boardwere to vote and then vociferously advocate theposition," then the Corporation might heed theBoard's advice...