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Many have pointed out that Harvard’s sale of stock is a mere blip in the stock’s overall price and claim that it will have little effect on the profitability of others’ investments in Sinopec. Instead, they argue, Harvard’s action is only symbolic. Harvard, however, has attracted media attention to the genocide, and its PetroChina divestment set a precedent followed by a number of other institutions, including Amherst College, Yale University, Stanford University, and recently the entire University of California system. Furthermore, the University’s profiting from slaughter...
...Khartoum regime. While we still believe that HMC cannot feasibly operate with constant oversight of all its holdings, the Sudanese genocide is an exceptional circumstance that warrants extreme measures such as disclosure, and possibly divestment. It would be hypocritical of the University to hide its holdings on foreign stock exchanges of other oil companies doing business in the Sudan, which Harvard can theoretically do since regulations only require HMC to disclose its holdings on domestic exchanges. In particular, Harvard may still hold shares of five such companies from which other universities have divested. Most notably, Harvard holds a nearly...
...People should not stop at the recommendations to stock up with food and water," says Monica Schoch-Spana, senior associate at the University of Pittsburgh's Center for Biosecurity. "Individuals should be calling the hospitals that they rely on and asking them, do you have a pandemic flu contingency plan in place? People need to start putting more pressure on the institutions that we rely on to protect...
...grabbed a spoon. The soup rocked. The chili balanced and electrified the saffron; chicken stock and the fregula smoothed everything out. Seeing my surprise, West shrugged. "The man knows how to cook...
When the crowds cross the ranches along and near the border, they discard backpacks, empty Gatorade and water bottles and soiled clothes. They turn the land into a vast latrine, leaving behind revolting mounds of personal refuse and enough discarded plastic bags to stock a Wal-Mart. Night after night, they cut fences intended to hold in cattle and horses. Cows that eat the bags must often be killed because the plastic becomes lodged between the first and second stomachs. The immigrants steal vehicles and saddles. They poison dogs to quiet them. The illegal traffic is so heavy that some...