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Collin’s proposal comes amidst similar calls for divestment at Harvard, which owns shares of PetroChina, a Chinese oil company that does business with the Sudanese government. A group of Harvard seniors has recently created a campaign called Senior Gift Plus that is lobbying seniors to withhold their donations to the Senior Gift until Harvard divests from PetroChina...
Currently, Senior Gift volunteers are under siege by an organization that will withhold gifts until Harvard divests from PetroChina, a company that invests in Sudan. Recently, they’ve co-opted the Senior Gift name, confusing our classmates and distracting attention from the causes of financial aid, college improvements, and giving back to Harvard. It’s difficult to talk to busy seniors, and it’s always awkward to ask for money, but we’re now also being painted as supporting the Sudanese genocide. Rather than allow two important issues to be debated...
Terry and Mahan started a site along with their campaign—seniorgiftplus.com—which asked students to withhold donations from the traditional Senior Gift Fund in light of the Harvard Corporation’s investments in PetroChina...
...their letter to their peers, Mahan and Terry claim, “that there is a clear moral imperative,” to withhold donations to the Senior Gift. We disagree, and see no reason that support for divestment and support for one’s Senior Gift should be considered mutually exclusive. To say that seniors who choose to donate are complicit in the horrifying situation in Darfur is ludicrous and forces an unfair and unnecessary choice on Harvard seniors. The Senior Gift’s mission is an intensely positive one, and its goals need not be jeopardized...
...practice of giving back to Harvard post-graduation—a practice which is engendered by the tradition of the Senior Gift. Mahan and Terry’s proposed boycott would hold hostage much of the potential impetus for such desirable changes in the future. Seniors should not withhold donations to financial aid initiatives to achieve a desirable change in Harvard’s investment policies. There are other, less detrimental ways to demand divestment from Sudan...