Word: hsa
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Three weeks ago, John Gordon, the manager of HSA's concession stand in the Union, was all ready to go ahead with plans to sell condoms and vaginal foams at his place of business. He had already been given the legal go-ahead from HSA's lawyer, Harold Rosenweld, who opined that the proposed under-the-counter sales were legally aboveboard. HSA President Arthur Segel had cleared the way by announcing that the aforementioned items would be sold at cut-rates with no profits for HSA. And all Gordon needed to begin his magnanimous project was the high sign from...
Shortly after the UPI release a letter arrived at The Crimson from Los Angeles, along with a clipping about HSA from an unidentified paper. "I always considered Harvard a place of 'intelligence,'" the California Jeremiah wrote. "Not any more...
MEANWHILE, BACK AT HSA Gordon got a more down-to-earth message from one Mr. Fishbein, who had read about Gordon's plans in the Times. Mr. Fishbein, who represents Akwell Industries in New York, offered to supply HSA with his products in four models--prime, contour, black, and Tahiti. Gordon took the offer to heart and says the chances are good that he and Mr. Fishbein may strike up a successful business relationship...
...last few days, a new obstacle has cropped up in the calculus from within the HSA hierarchy. Apparently, some of the faculty and alumni members of the Board of Directors among them Admissions Dean Fred Jewett have decided that these particular sales are an issue worth discussing at their next meeting. Jewett denies any personal reservations about the sales, but taking note of the "very catholic opinions" of the large number of people who eat at the Union every day. It's concerned that "people with some religious views might be offended" by the business...
Still, no university administrator has spoken officially against contraception in the Union. It might be a relief if someone honestly repulsed by the idea vented his opposition while the whole mucky issue is unresolved. Religious hesitations and debates over sexual freedom aside, there remain reasonable grounds for objecting. HSA is supposed, after all, to be the mercantile servant of the University. It's not performing any huge service by opening up this new line of goods at the candy counter, given the ready availability of the same things nearby. And HSA is, let's be frank, introducing that subtle element...