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Calkins acknowledged that there is a problem in Harvard's ability to monitor companies operating in South Africa, adding he "is quite in sympathy" with the issues the hunger strikers and the other protesters...
Hours after a group of students ended their hunger strike calling for Harvard to divest from companies that do business in South Africa, a Black student organization pledged to continue the protest with a series of weekly fasts...
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...
Everett I. Mendelsohn '57, professor of the History of Science and one of the speakers who addressed the hunger strikers earlier this week, said yesterday that the fast would serve as "a continuing reminder of the moral softness of Harvard's position on investments in South Africa," adding, "I would intend to join them...
Proceeds from the walk will go primarily to Boston-based food programs and shelters. However, 10 percent of the funds will be distributed among five international hunger organizations, including Oxfam America...