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...debate surrounding divestment from PetroChina has taken some unusual turns this week among seniors...
Their letter sparked immediate tension, with the officers of the Senior Gift Campaign saying that PetroChina and the Senior Gift were unrelated...
Currently, Senior Gift volunteers are under siege by an organization that will withhold gifts until Harvard divests from PetroChina, a company that invests in Sudan. Recently, they’ve co-opted the Senior Gift name, confusing our classmates and distracting attention from the causes of financial aid, college improvements, and giving back to Harvard. It’s difficult to talk to busy seniors, and it’s always awkward to ask for money, but we’re now also being painted as supporting the Sudanese genocide. Rather than allow two important issues to be debated...
Just as participation in the Senior Gift signifies student confidence in Harvard, SGP indicates to our community and to the world that we value human life, and positively contributes back to Harvard. Upon Harvard’s divestment from PetroChina, all SGP funds will be contributed in their entirety to the Senior Gift. If, however the University fails to divest, we will contribute to Harvard’s Carr Center for Human Rights—an example of one part of the University that is working to end genocide. To be sure, giving to worthy organizations working directly...
Finally, in response to the contention that we have created division, we contend that we are expressing the legitimate voice of many seniors. We have never meant to insinuate that supporting the traditional Senior Gift is supporting genocide. We have instead underlined that by doubling its holdings in PetroChina, Harvard insinuates that we are not concerned about genocide...