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...incident also helped spark a broad survey of undergraduates, graduate students and Faculty members concerning sexual harassment. The results will be released later this fall...

Author: By Holly A. Idelson, | Title: Harvard Disciplines Professor For Sexual Harassment | 9/28/1983 | See Source »

...they're trying to re-radicalize Harvard. But they're going to do it at the expense of South African Blacks." She explains that because of Harvard's prestige, other institutions, and even countries might sever ties with the nation. This would lead to an economic depression which would spark a revolution before the Blacks were ready to take control of the government...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: South Africans at Harvard | 9/15/1983 | See Source »

...majority of moderates. In any event, no one was rushing to take advantage of last week's outpouring of emotion. "It would not take a lot to ignite something in the present political climate," said a leftist with links to the Communist leadership. "But once you ignite that spark here, we would have a military government, and [the left-wing organizations] don't want that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines: A Mass Requiem in Manila | 9/12/1983 | See Source »

...March, the Committee stumbled upon information that would spark the reinvigorated debate over South African investments this spring. One company in the Harvard portfolio, Carnation, received a failing rating for the third year in a row on the Sullivan Principles, a set of fair employment guidelines for American companies operating in South Africa. In looking into the Carnation matter, the ACSR decided to check up on the Sullivan ratings of all the companies in the portfolio. This review revealed that Harvard held shares in two companies which had not even signed the Sullivan Principles, let alone received unsatisfactory ratings...

Author: By Jonathan G. Cedarbaum, | Title: ...And the Inside | 9/12/1983 | See Source »

...they're trying to re-radicalize Harvard. But they're going to do it at the expense of South African Blacks." She explains that because of Harvard's prestige, other institutions, and even countries might sever ties with the nation. This would lead to an economic depression which would spark a revolution before the Blacks were ready to take control of the government...

Author: By Diane M. Cardwell, | Title: South Africans at Harvard | 9/12/1983 | See Source »

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