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...This week, a group of undergraduates--30 by the fast's end--and one professor ended a week-long hunger strike protesting Harvard's investments in South Africa. That fast, which drew national media attention, ended Wednesday with a service in Memorial Church that included remarks from Boston mayoral candidate Melvin H. King and State Sen. Jack H. Backman. But Shaw said the weekly fasts will seek to involve and educate students rather than following the tactics of the earlier hunger strikers, who sought to attract outside attention. "The only way Harvard will divest is if students take...
...week-long hunger strike is neither idealistic not overly impractical. The fasters have already dramatized on an international scale the indifference of the Harvard Corporation to repeated demands by faculty and students for divestment from companies operating in South Africa...
That loss to the Tigers Saturday capped a winless week-long venture, one that had already seen the Cantabs drop a heartbreaking double overtime game to Maryland and allow Temple to post a last-second goal to salvage...
Tomorrow, the club will begin a week-long series of events to celebrate that tradition--now 75-years'-worth. The festivities will include performances by the principals of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Din and Tonics as well as a $300-a-plate, black-tie dinner-dance to fund Harvard college scholarships...
...spots remain for students willing to pay $155 for the six-day trip, which begins Saturday. The Ski Club is also planning weekend and seven-day trips during reading period and intercession. They range in price and length from a $75 weekend trip to Loon, N.H., to a week-long trek to the snowy mountains of Aspen...