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According to a preliminary ballot released yesterday afternoon by Harvard Dining Services (HDS), students will have not two but six options in the upcoming "Great Grape Referendum"--the juicy battle of culinary wills that has all but consumed the Harvard campus...
Alexandra McNitt, a project manager at HDS, said the "Limited Yes" voting options were added after students pointed out that not all table grapes are produced in California, and that foreign grape producers would not be subject to the United Farm Workers (UFW) boycott on California grapes that has been in effect since...
According to Brad Woodgate, vice-president of Costa Fruit and Produce, which currently supplies fruit to HDS, any grapes Harvard purchases would come from California between late spring and late fall. During the rest of the year, grapes would come from Chile, due to seasonal availability in the northern and southern hemispheres...
...reflect the seasonal availability of grapes, and the possibility of serving grapes that do not fall under the the UFW boycott, HDS is offering students four additional voting options to express "limited" support for grapes. As of 5 p.m. yesterday, the tentative options were...
...response to complaints from students who would not be present for the referendum--notably members of the Harvard football team, the Glee Club and the Band, who must leave early to prepare for The Game with Yale this weekend--HDS will issue "absentee ballots" on an individual basis to students who request them...