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Israel's ties with South Africa are extremely relevant to U.S.-Israeli relations. America's pledge against arming South Africa loses meaning when its closest ally does it instead. When Israel provides the means of defense for the most vicious racist system in the world, the U.S. ought to take notice. And Harvard ought to as well...
Last year, of course, those same officials waged a vicious campaign against overseers candidates nominated by the pro-divestment group, Harvard-Radcliffe Alumni Against Apartheid (HRAAA). As it had in past years, HRAAA was simply putting forward an independent slate of candidates to force the University's divestment from companies that do business in South Africa...
...poorer countries. Then antiabortion lobbyists persuaded the White House to halt U.S. participation in overseas programs that sanctioned abortion. Nowhere is the slogan pro-life more cruelly inappropriate than in the vast famine-stricken regions of the Third World, where birth and death rates are entwined in a vicious spiral. Lester Brown of the Worldwatch Institute notes that 40,000 babies die each day from malnutrition and disease, and that many of these deaths occur in areas where overpopulation has destroyed ecosystems vital for human survival...
Currently the University is trapped in a vicious circle on the issue of minority and women representation on the faculty. The effect of the undiversified faculty is to discourage talented young minorities from applying for positions because of a lack of mentorship and networking possibilities. So the faculty remains entrenched, narrow and lacking in role models for a new generation of scholars...
Every element in this situation could be reversed, changing the vicious circle into a virtuous cycle of minority participation and contribution in the Harvard community. Clearly the University must step up its efforts to attract minority and women scholars...