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Taking the prediction to heart, Kaku has spentthe last year and a half helping to circulate ananti-Star Wars petition among scientists.Initiated in May of '85 by John Kogut, a physicsprofessor at the University of Illinois, thedocument comes, Kogut says, "in direct response tothe government's attempt to militarize science...
Two years ago, according to Kogut, the federalgovernment made a nationwide overture tophysicists at major universities to solicit helpon the Star Wars program. The petition, which nowbears the signatures of 6500 Americanscientists--including 15 Nobel Prizewinners--states that the signer will notparticipate in any Star Wars research.
Before Tsongas spoke, about 200 anti-apartheid protesters peacefully demonstrated for divestment outside the Yale Corporation meeting, and the body was presented a pro-divestment petition signed by 172 Yale faculty members.
About 40,000 signatures had been collected as of yesterday by the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless at its Boston headquarters, said petition coordinator Susan Marsh.
The Coalition, one of several groups directing the petition drive, recently enlisted the aid of several Harvard affiliates in an attempt to garner support from the Harvard community.