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...recommended changes attempt to eradicate what little freedom of choice remains in Board elections. University alumni elect five Board members annually, for which Harvard has usually recruited a slate of 10. In recent years, alumni intent on turning around Harvard's refusal to divest from companies doing business in South Africa have also sponsored a slate of candidates, using petition nominations to get three elected...
...policy changes would boost the hand-picked candidates' chance of winning. Harvard would only field a slate of eight candidates, thereby reducing risk of splitting the vote among candidates. A top University official would act as an "executive search director" to recruit candidates. Petition candidates would have to present 800 signatures, instead of the current 250, to gain a place on the ballot...
...changes would also skew the very process of voting in the administration's favor. University candidates would be listed first on the ballot followed by petition nominees, instead of in the currently random order. Harvard would send a report to alumni promoting its slate. Ballots would be counted by the Harvard Alumni Records Office, rather than an independent accounting firm...
...making process, the administration moved swiftly to block their path. President Bok directed Board President Joan T. Bok '51 (no relation to President Bok) to send a letter to alumni in the same packet as ballots asking them not to vote for single-issue candidates, specifically the pro-divestment slate...
...about 225 miles southeast of the Dominican Republic, it was officially designated a hurricane when its winds exceeded the required 74 m.p.h. It sideswiped Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Haiti on Sunday before reaching a raging fury over Jamaica on Monday. In Kingston the sky darkened and turned slate blue, as winds tore into the unprotected tropical island. Streets became rivers; trees were abruptly upended; and four out of five rooftops were ripped off. Said a U.S. airman trapped on the island: "There was no power, no water, no phones, no radio, nothing. The place was wrecked...