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Many say the visibility of the official candidates puts HRAAA's slate at a comparative disadvantage. And some add that the Alumni Association has picked more liberal candidates specifically to draw votes away from the HRAAA nominees...
Glimp, however, says the Alumni Association's candidates are picked as the result of a "carefully constructed" process designed to offer an official slate with the breadth of experience to advise on many different areas of University policy...
...even this doesn't fit the administration's plan. In recent years, the University has used all the resources it can to block the election of Overseers candidates from the Harvard-Radcliffe Alumni Against Apartheid slate, which is committed to getting Harvard to divest from its holdings in South African-related companies--a cause I agree with. Alumni Association officials have sent letters at University expense to convince alumni not to vote for them. A few weeks ago one said publicly that these candidates "do not have Harvard's best interests at heart...
...President Charles J. Egan '54 --who paid the $9500 to run Kennedy's letter as an advertisment in Harvard Magazine, harshly criticizes HRAAA's leaders and their slate of what he calls "single-issue candidates" for the Board of Overseers. HRAAA Executive Director Robert P. Wolff '54 calls the remarks "slanderous" and demands an apology...
Although his positions often coincide withthose of the CCA-backed councillors, Velluccifiercely maintains his independence. He bristlesat the suggestion that he votes along with theorganized progressive slate...