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At the same time, we've learned that close elections do strange things to ostensibly reputable intellects. How else to explain the ludicrous petition that appeared in The New York Times last Friday, urging a "re-vote" in Palm Beach County, among other inanities, on the grounds that Gore won...
During the last week of October, 400 students signed a petition addressed to the Harvard Corporation. The Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM), author of the petition, has been pressuring the University to implement a living wage and a conscionable sweatshop policy for several years. This is the first time, however...
In the petition to the Corporation we stated three demands. First, we urged Harvard to adopt an effective sweatshop monitoring strategy. Last spring, Harvard agreed to a strong code of conduct for all overseas labor, but has since failed to implement this code by refusing to join an effective monitoring...
The extent of the Corporation's inaccessibility cannot be understated. When submitting our petition, we were told that the Corporation's meetings are not open to students--ever--and that the times and places of such meetings are confidential. Furthermore, we were told that our petition--the demands of 400...
Therefore, consider our lonely petition the first step among many. We will adhere to the formal protocol until we have exhausted those efforts. Should the Harvard Corporation refuse to allow students at their next meeting, we'll invite them to ours. We hope that you and the other 3,000...