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WITH ITS Orwellian name, lofty charge to review the decisions of Harvard's seven-man governing Corporation, and limited authority, the Board of Overseers is regarded widely as a small joke with a big title. The group seldom does anything more substantial than author reports on Harvard's more obscure departments. That's why apathy at first seems. like an appropriate response to the attempts by some administrators to interfere with its up-coming election...
...marking the emotional end of the first dog-team expedition known to have reached the top of the world without resupply since Robert Peary did it in 1909. The $700,000, 1,000-mile, 55-day trek was grueling; along the way two members of the seven-man, one-woman expedition team had to be airlifted out because of injuries. "It was an exercise of the human spirit that the world needed to see," said Co-Leader Will Steger, 41, who is already planning his next demonstration of human willpower: a 100- day, 2,500-mile dogsled trip across Antarctica...
...rest of the lightweight boat is a constant, with Kevin Bedell as seven-man, Jim Himes at five, Dave Berger at four, Chris Wendland at three, Trip Switzer at two, and Duncan Robbins in bow. Marty Katz will cox the varsity for the second race in a row after a mid-season shake-up that resulted in veteran Ogan Gurel leaving the team...
Last year the University called on the CRR to investigate charges stemming from two South Africa-related protests: the blockade of a South African diplomat in Lowell House and the occupation of the 17 Quincy St. headquarters of Harvard's seven-man governing Corporation...
Callers also campaign for support for the three pro-divestment alumni running for Harvard's 30-member Board of Overseers, which is secondary to the seven-man governing Corporation in managing the University. "If they could come out for divestiture, it would be great," Szanton said...