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Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III tried; Dean of the Faculty A. Michael Spence tried, and a group of seniors, who said they did not want the unsightly structures marring their Commencement, tried to persuade the activists to remove the shantytown for June...
...activists maintained their stance and would not agree to move the town unless the University conceeded to one of many demands. The University refused and the shantytown--with its centerpiece of a 16-foot symbolic Ivory Tower--graced Commencement...
Dorothee Benz '87, a member of the student divestment group the Southern Africa Solidarity Committee (SASC), said, "I'm not surprised or particularly disappointed that the University took the rest of the shantytown down. It's fair to say we would have taken it down had we had the time and staff...
...everyone was pleased with the effects of the shantytown. "I think many of us had mixed feelings. Many of us felt very satisfied with what we had done, and many of us felt dissatisfied that the shanties weren't used for things as successfully as they could have been," said Richard H. Drayton '86, a former SASC member. Drayton suggested that the group could have used the shanties as a base for other activities, such as sit-ins, take-overs or rallies...
...SASC gears up its activities for the fall, the group is not looking at tactics such as a shantytown to spark enthusiasm. Benz said that the student group will probably coordinate more activities with Alumni/ae Against Apartheid and a group of alumni and local activists formed during the 350th called the 350th Divestment Coalition...