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...writing in response to the April 26th editorial piece, "E4D: The Classier Class Gift." We would like to clarify some misinformation in Beth Pinsker's article. She states that supporting the Senior Gift "frees up more money for investment which means that a contribution to Class Gift could end up supporting a company that profits from institutionalized racism...
That is why contributing to E4D is such an important symbolic statement. Although the amount collected by E4D is small compared to the Class Gift and insignificant compared to Harvard's endowment, contributing to E4D is a way of telling the Harvard administration that it risks losing the financial support of an entire generation of graduates by continuing its morally reprehensible investment policy...
...strong show of student support for E4D will definitely be noticed by President Derek C. Bok and the members of the Corporation. As Harvard undertakes its biggest fund drive ever, administrators will surely be concerned if a large proportion of graduates begin demanding accountability for their contributions...
...believe in "giving something back" to Harvard in order to help out future generations of students, you cannot lose by giving to E4D. Should Harvard divest, your money will go for the same purpose it would have had you given to the Senior Class Gift. In addition, you can have the satisfaction of helping to throw Harvard's weight behind the struggle to rid the world of one of its most repugnant regimes. Corny as it may sound, your $20 contribution represents another chink in the armor of apartheid...
...E4D's goals are not achieved in the next 13 years, your money--along with the interest the fund has accrued--will still go to improve undergraduate life. Aren't the possible outcomes worth the cost...