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...recent years, Harvard/Radcliffe Alumni Against Apartheid (H/RAAA) has focused on the alumni-elected Board as a means of forcing the University to divest of its $230.9 million South Africa-related holdings. By submitting an independent slate of candidates and winning seats on the 30-member board, H/RAAA members hoped to gain enough support among the overseers to force a vote on Harvard's divestment policy...
...show the future locations of the new Fine Arts Library reading room, the new galleries and display rooms and the renovations to be made in the Fogg. The two large colored prints show what the new museum should look like on the outside: squarely angular and covered with square slate and pink granite tiles arranged strategically. Samples of the tiles themselves are displayed nearby...
Design-wise, the simple, rectangular building will complement the ultramodern, cement Carpenter Center and the majestic red-brick Fogg without mimicking either. To enhance the structural unity are the proposed exterior materials, "warm gray" porcelain metal panels, honed, green Vermont slate tiles and flame-finished pink granite, "intended to mediate the monolithic scale of the concrete Carpenter Center on the one hand, and the brick of the Fogg on the other...
...first match against Wellesley, the swordswomen proved their superior fencing skills, grabbing a 11-5 victory. Captain Penelope Papailias easily outfenced her Wellesley opponents, grabbing all four bouts. In fact, Papailias maintained a clean slate throughout the tournament, winning all of her 16 bouts...
Across the street from the Bay Square development, a small frame house and a gas station have been replaced by 931 Mass. Ave., a tall, slate-grey condominium development...