Word: marches
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...concept of activism on campus elicits a sardonic smile from many, if not most, Harvard students. Despite the snickers, however, Hennefeld and PSLM succeeded this year in forcing a change in University policy, an unusual accomplishment for a campus group. In March of this year, after more than a year of negotiations on sweatshop concerns, Harvard officials agreed to disclose publicly all information relating to the licensed manufacture of insignia clothing. Also, the University agreed in principle to support a code of conduct specifying minimum working conditions to which factories must adhere in order to produce Harvard apparel. With other...
Within a year, the group had several dozen active members and an e-mail list of several hundred students. Through the PSLM Hennefeld helped organize several protests, including a visit by two sweatshop workers from the Dominican Republic. In March, he helped organize a "Rally for Justice" which featured hundreds of students chanting slogans outside University Hall. "The strategy here is two-pronged, involving both education and action," Hennefeld says. "We also felt we would be most effective on campus by getting students involved with issues relating to their own university...
Hennefeld also spends a good part of his time rooting for all of New York City's professional sports teams. He says the most difficult time of the year for him is March, because of the annual NCAA basketball tournament...
Finally in March, about eight months after thefirst informal talks began, Sheerr's team produceda discussion paper for consideration...
David L. Okrent '99 died March 15, 1998 in Boston's Massachusetts General Hospital...