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Divinity School students yesterday presented a petition with 184 signatures to President Bok and the Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (CCSR) calling for Harvard to divest of its holdings from companies doing business in South Africa.
The petition drew the backing of five Divinity School faculty members, 141 students--30 percent of the school's enrollment--as well as other Harvard affiliates, said first year Divinity School student Henry C. Simoni, the organizer of the four-day petition drive.
Simoni said he did not talk with Bok, and gave the petition to a secretary in the President's office.
He added that the commission would probably not use its perogative to petition the City Council to declare the building a protected landmark, which would prevent construction altogether.
According to reports from Khartoum, the bloodless coup was greeted by tens of thousands of Sudanese celebrating in the streets. Two days earlier, the capital had resounded with the largest and most vocal antigovernment demonstrations since Nimeiri came to power in his own military coup almost 16 years ago. At...