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...SASC and TWSA will start formalizing plans for the April rally this week and next week, while the faculty will discuss the issue of divestment in a full faculty meeting on March 11. SASC members agree that in no way will the divestment movement this spring be unnoticeable...
...divestment movement has been around for over a decade and is not something that is going to go away," says Stam. "The driving force does not hinge on any one group of individuals. SASC is going to keep on putting political pressure on the administration and insure that the administration remains accountable to the Harvard community...
...quiet. At times there have been so few people in the movement that it cannot concentrate on both agitation and education. Two years ago marked a particular low in the movement, and much of last year was spent attempting to regain some of the momentum the movement had lost, SASC members say. This year, SASC numbers 30 core members...
While last year, divestment activists concentrated on recapturing the fervor of the past, this year they will be concentrating on branching out and attempting to reach a broader section of the Harvard community. Members continue to solicit alumni support two nights a week, because as Sara L. Szanton '88, SASC coordinator of the drive, says "alumni are a lot more powerful than...
...SASC is attempting to coordinate its activities with faculty members, partially spurred on by Dartmouth's success at persuading faculty members to join the movement, say SASC members. "The Dartmouth faculty certainly showed that faculty can play an important part in putting pressure on the administration," says Dane F. Smith '88, a SASC member who is involved in establishing a link between the divestment group and the faculty...