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That proposal, which would have required students to file their study cards one semester in advance, turned the current shopping period into a liberal add-drop period. More than 1,200 students signed a petition opposing the proposal before it was abandoned last month.
“Even when people come to Harvard, not everyone has the same educational opportunities,” said Josefowitz, who spearheaded a petition to preserve shopping period earlier this semester. “If you’re in a small concentration, you get significantly more faculty contact...
But due to tactical concerns, the statement does not call for divestment or donation of profits to charitable organizations—both ideas that have been raised by several Faculty members who have signed the petition. Instead the group intends to send a letter to Harvard’s Advisory...
“There may be moments in this war where groundwork words towards a divestment petition may have more support,” he said.
The next step for the petition is a return to the City Council which has traditionally been more receptive to Riverside residents’ concerns and has echoed some of their qualms.