Word: grapes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...write is to be fair, to level the playing field between the P.R. hack and the grape worker...
This is one of the most selfish bits of propaganda I have heard on campus. The idea behind "Harvard Students First" was the momentum behind the pro-grape forces during the recent grape referendum, and came up again in December's campaigns for the Undergraduate Council presidency and vice presidency...
Many of the arguments in the grape debate centered on the notion that Harvard students should not be concerned with alleged mistreatment of grape-pickers. The implication was that students have no greater responsibility to society, particularly if such a responsibility might interfere with their food consumption...
...council supported returning Coke to the dining halls. Following our example, other campuses did the same. Neither Michigan nor the University of Pennsylvania serves Pepsi. Moreover, I recently got a call from a high school classmate who had read the front-page Wall Street Journal article on our grape referendum. We clearly have a voice that reaches farther than Johnston Gate or the Massachusetts state line...
...Sadly," states the editorial, "the majority of the student body chose to place their confidence in the grape farm owners." The editors do not allow for any other possible motivation. Everyone who voted "yes" is automatically branded as a supporter of greedy capitalism and an enemy of human rights. The condescension here is clear: Crimson editors set themselves up as the enlightened ones, having the right to judge their peers from their politically correct vantage point. Such an attitude is not only insulting, it is also inappropriate. I know where my conscience is, and so do most Harvard students regardless...