Word: shantytowns
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Dartmouth gained attention this month when its pro-divestment shantytown was torn down first by students against divestment and later by the college. Following Dartmouth's lead, shantytowns have sprung up at Stanford and Brandeis Universities...
...There's been plenty of time. It's not like this shantytown just popped up," Creed said. He said a recent student attempt to raise the divestment issue at a meeting of university trustees was "rebuffed...
...shantytown is meant to be "symbolic of the way Black South Africans live," said Hilary Bluestein, a freshman participating in the protest...
...protester said a leaflet signed by the Committee for a Better Brandeis and threatening to "axe the shantytown tomorrow" was delivered to a campus newspaper hours after the shantytown was completed...
...recent destruction of a similar shantytown at Dartmouth was a partial catalystfor the decision to build one at Brandeis,coalition members said...