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...Sunday morning at the end of April, the Harvard Darfur Action Group (HDAG) drew a crowd of 40 students to a vigil on the steps of Memorial Church before joining a citywide rally. The group’s demand: that Harvard adopt a policy of divesting from companies that do business with the Sudanese government.Harvard continues to hold investments in firms accused of financing the ongoing genocide in Darfur. And despite selling its direct stakes in two oil firms with ties to Sudan, the University continues to maintain “indirect” investments in such companies through funds...
...Prior to their installation of the Iraq Awareness Display, the Dems held a Candlelight Vigil at Tercentenary Theater. There were also a number of projects undertaken to physically support the troops (a phrase we invoke, but often don’t act upon), including a donation drive they co-sponsored with the Harvard Republican Club and ROTC. In other words, the Iraq Awareness Project was a series of solidly forward-thinking events. But the display–well that’s a prime example of how progressives lose focus at Harvard...
Meanwhile, about 25 students held a candlelight vigil Wednesday night outside of Elmwood, the currently unoccupied official residence of Harvard's president, in an apparent attempt to pressure Interim President Derek C. Bok to meet with protesters...
...vigil had been advertised as taking place at Bok's house, but while serving as interim president, Bok has continued to reside in his East Cambridge apartment, leaving Elmwood vacant...
...their jobs two years prior, a change that signaled a hard-fought victory for the guards and student activists. CORRECTION: The original online version of the story “Second Hunger Striker Hospitalized” and an accompanying photo caption incorrectly stated that student protesters had held a vigil outside the home of Interim President Derek C. Bok. In fact, the students’ vigil took place at 33 Elmwood Ave., the currently vacant official residence of Harvard’s president...