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Some council members said they were concerned that to divest from Nigeria would send the wrong message to Shell...
...with no opposition and 11 abstentions, "requests the Harvard Corporation and Board of Overseers of Harvard College to adopt a policy of selective purchasing which would prohibit any part of the University or its subsidiaries from buying products from or entering into contracts with oil companies which invest in Nigeria...
...resolution also calls for complete divestment of the University from oil companies presently investing in Nigeria...
...further requests that President Neil L. Rudenstine sign letters to Shell Oil, a leading investor in Nigeria in which the University is reportedly a shareholder, "expressing out-rage and dismay at the executions...
Freeman added that because students and their parents pay tuition to the University, it is their money which is being invested in Nigeria...