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...intervening years some of the Vietnam-era changes have per- sisted. The official slate of candidates foroverseer is more diverse, including Blacks andwomen. And six times each year, the overseers holdday-long meetings to see where the Universitystands on issues ranging from the dining halls tothe faculty. But the Board does not take an activerole in determining University policy on activelydebated issues within community...
...once again find itselfimmersed in controversial policy issues. Somealumni favoring divestment are working toreinvigorate the Board by forcing it to considerissues of political import. Saying the overseersrepresent a chance for democracy in the governanceof Harvard, a group calling themselves AlumniAgainst Apartheid (AAA) will this week submitpetitions to get a slate of pro-divestmentcandidates on this year's overseers ballot...
With just over a week left before the divestment candidates formally submit petitions to be placed on the Overseers ballot, the anti-apartheid group says it is concerned that the University's election rules favor official slate of 12 candidates. Alumni Against Apartheid is currently collecting signatures to place six of its own candidates on the ballot for the April election...
...concerns are similar to those leveled in last year's election, the first to see an independent prodivestment slate. That contest was married by charges that Harvard had acted improperly to prevent the election of the pro-divestment candidates. One of the candidates, Gay W. Seidman '78 won and was seated on the Board this year...
Board Secretary Robert Shenton, the University administrator who supervises Overseers elections, has ignored requests by Alumni Against Apartheid that Harvard not campaign for the official slate before the upcoming vote, Hartman said...