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...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 meals. The money from the missed meals is going to Oxfam America...
However in the spring of 1985, the body was revived amid widespread student protest over Harvard's refusal to divest of its South Africa linked investment. It heard the cases of 25 students who were involved in two separate divestment protests at 17 Quincy Street and Lowell House. All 13 house committees voted not to send delegates...
...Alumni Against Apartheid candidates deserve broad-based support, despite a single-minded commitment to one cause. For one thing, arguments against divestment have now completely expired; American corporations themselves have admitted defeat. It's impressive that Harvard has the fortitude to withstand increasing public pressure on divestment, but its resilience lacks moral backing. Electing the six outside candidates will not immediately force Harvard to divest, but it would be the most substantial advance for divestment advocates...
After the meeting, trustees had to try to obtain their coats off coat racks near the protesters. Students kept the coats from the trustees shouting "No. If they want their coats, they'll have to divest first...
Tsongas Predicts Yale Will Divest...