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From: knutsonk@stolaf.UUCP (Kari E. Knutson)
Newsgroups: net.college
Subject: Fall break and other topics
Message-ID: <4982@stolaf.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 17-Nov-85 13:42:40 EST
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Posted: Sun Nov 17 13:42:40 1985
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Here at St. Olaf we do indeed have a Fall Break, usually right
about the end of October. I guess, living in my sheltered little
world, that I just assumed everyone had one.  On the other hand,
I'm not even sure if "the college on the other side of the river", 
Carleton College has one. I do know their Fall Term is OVER by 
Thanksgiving, so they have a somewhat diminished need for a Fall
Break. :-)

Glad to see a little action on net.college. Last year this news
group was a veritable hotbed of activity on the subject of
"suicide pills" being handed out to students in the event of a
nuclear war. Far from wishing to resurrect that particular topic,
maybe we could come up with something controversial, too.

How about divestment? 
Here at St. Olaf, we are attempting to get our Board of Regents to
divest all portions of the College's Endowment that are invested in
companies with holdings in South Africa. Many students and faculty
insist that this be done on moral grounds; how can we, as a Christian
institution, continue to support (albeit indirectly) the racist
apartheid regime while secular schools have had the moral fortitude
to do so? This is not by any means an attempt at any sort of 
comparison between religious and secular institutions, just one part
of the divestment issue for us.

What about the rest of net-land?

Kari Knutson
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