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...promised land, a remote country in which to found a farming colony. Such migrations are nothing new to the Mennonites, who number about 600,000 worldwide. Founded in 1525 in Zurich, Switzerland, and named for Menno Simons, a Roman Catholic priest who became their most famous leader, the group insisted on voluntary adult baptism, which earned it the hostility of both Catholics and established Protestant churches. Devout and pacifist, the Mennonites repeatedly had to flee persecution; some groups from Germany and The Netherlands ultimately migrated to Russia and then to the New World. This time, however, the reasons for moving...
...responsible for the debacle? "It just doesn't make sense to me that a group of law-abiding people like the Mennonites would come in here on tourist visas and settle down and start farming," says Seminole Mayor Bob Clark. "They were just getting some bad advice?or someone was deceiving them." Says Reimer: "Rumors, rumors, all is rumors. But I cannot explain to them myself how it happened." Says Seth Woltz, a real estate appraiser who helped sell the Mennonites the land: "They had very few questions about the deal when we closed it. As far as their immigrant...
...Harvard/Radcliffe Racial Issues Study Group charged Harvard plays a key role in maintaining social attitudes which "oppress people on the basis of their national origin or color" in a report issued Monday...
Some assembly members said this week they believe student input into the current system is too decentralized. "We need a more concentrated focus--a representative, elected student group that can draw attention to specific issues and argue our opinions persuasively." Bruce S. Ives '82, one of the assembly members who drafted the "letter of intent", said this week...
...doesn't make much of a difference whether or not two freshmen support SASC. But it seems a shame that anyone who opposes apartheid should be alienated by a group dedicated to the eradication of it. The South African people deserve all the help they can get; it is sad thing that they are denied the organized support of anyone due to the extraneous political beliefs of SASC...