Word: shantytowns
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...know, there was no opposition on the part of the administration to the construction of the shantytown," said MIT spokesman Robert DiOrrio...
Following the example of protesters at Dartmouth, Brandeis, and elsewhere, divestment activists at MIT have constructed a shantytown to urge the Institute to sell its holdings in companies that do business in South Africa...
...Coalition Against Apartheid, a group of 20 undergraduates, graduates, and faculty members who organized the shantytown, is demanding a public forum with the 100-member governing body and the right to speak at Friday's Corporation meeting, where divestment is slated for discussion...
...this in light of an incident that I witnessed at Brandeis the day the shantytown was erected there. It was 10 p.m., and there were about 15 students huddled around a small fire just outside the shanty. The group was planning to keep the shanty occupied 24 hours a day until Brandeis agreed to completely divest from all companies doing business in South Africa...
Stanford's month-old shanties were torn down early this week, while members of the student activist group Stanford Out of South Africa took shelter from a rain storm, said senior Lisa L. Lynch, an editor of The Stanford Daily. The pro-divestment group Thursday rebuilt the two-structure shantytown out of cardboard boxes, Lynch said...