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Finally the University became embroiled in perhaps the largest controversy this year when it included a letter by Board of Overseers President Joan T. Bok '51 (no relation to Derek Bok) in the official election packet for that governing body, which is sent to all alumni. That letter criticized the campaign of three graduates running for the board by petition and on a pro-divestment platform. A blatant attempt to influence the election, the letter elicited strong protests from alumni. Yet, not only did University officials defend their misguided attempt to tamper with an election, Derek Bok failed to present...
This year's Overseer election has gained unusual attention because of both the self-nomination of the divestment candidates and the inclusion with the official ballot packet of a letter critical of their campaign...
...activists said Butler and Bok agreed totheir demand that the overseers study a packet ofinformation prepared by SASC when they review theelection procedures...
...demanded that the University fund a "full alumni mailing" on behalf of the three divestment candidates. He did so in response to a letter from Overseers President Joan T. Bok '51 included with a statement of Harvard's position toward divestment in the official election packet. The letter cautioned alumni against voting for candidates running on a single issue...
...wait for that second packet, I can think back on the record of Harvard's administration over the past two decades of our mutual acquaintance. While I was an undergraduate, the administration argued that undergraduate training for military duty deserved a separate department, but that Black or women's studies did not, and that research directly tied to military and counterinsurgency programs should be exempt from moral review. At least our administration has remained consistent--support of the status quo is neutral, and change is an intrusion into the academy...