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...such event, a “Day of Dialogue” in December 1983, included over a hundred students in discussions on US involvement in the apartheid state. The idea of the event, which was cosponsored by the Harvard Race Relations Foundation, was first suggested during a hunger strike the previous spring to protest the University’s policy on divestiture. More than 19 undergrads and one professor fasted for a week to protest Harvard investments in South Africa. That same year, seniors established the Endowment for Divestiture, with the intention that Harvard would receive the money only when...
...investment, but first you have to give them a lot of money and make sure other people also sign up after you leave.” Yet, despite how cute and creative the responses are, they only serve as a red herring to divert attention from the name and idea of Harvard...
...good grooming—not just neat, but impeccable”—the competition went on. Cabot and Holmes were the only dormitories that did not express any qualms about the competition, according to a Feb. 14, 1959 Crimson article.Carleton said that she had no idea that some dormitories had refused to participate in the pageant, but she did remember a “cute” girl in the dorm who did not want to get involved. She was aware that there was some controversy involved—she used to joke that the competition was canceled...
...brand ambassador,” Kumar said. This spring, with Kumar’s friends gathered at Small Plates for tea, Aggarwal proposed—though Kumar will have to wait until the official engagement ceremony on June 7 for a ring. While most undergraduates still tremble at the idea of marriage, Kumar said she never had that “phobia” and that she realized almost immediately that Aggarwal was the right man for her. She says he, on the other hand, “took a little bit more convincing...
...student council at the time—like hitting a small question with a big hammer,” said council-member Abe F. Lowenthal ’61, now a professor of international relations at the University of Southern California.Whether students were outraged at the idea of loyalty oaths or not, the political and social climate at the time seems to have stifled any potential engagement—students simply had other priorities.“There was not a great deal of [political] activity at the time of my graduation,” said John F. Dobbyn...