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...Grape Coalition, chaired by Adam R. Kovacevich '99, was created to support the repeal of the boycott. Existing organizations such as the Progressive Student Labor Movement and Harvard-Radcliffe RAZA led concerted efforts against the repeal...
...Kovacevich, whose family owns a grape farm in Calif., told The Crimson in 1997 that he was pleased with the campus vote to uphold HDS's decision...
...think a yes vote was a sign of Harvard students turning their back on farm workers," Kovacevich said in 1997. "[Students] are tired of being force-fed ideologies...
After a month of highly publicized debate andanimosity between pro-and antigrape factions, the"Great Grape Referendum" returned thepreviously-banned fruit to dining halls for Sundaybrunch. Adam R. Kovacevich '99 led the GrapeCoalition, which pressed for an end to the grapeban, while several student groups called forcontinuing the ban to protest the workingconditions of California grape workers. Morestudents participated in the referendum than inany other vote in recent memory...
...play it safe and avoid intimidating situations, or we can take advantage of those opportunities and let loose a parade of possibilities. If we take a few chances, we'll never wonder about what might have been, and we'll never again have to make excuses. Adam R. Kovacevich'99 is a government concentrator in Quincy House. This is his final column...