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From: gerber@mit-amt.MIT.EDU (Andrew S. Gerber)
Newsgroups: net.college
Subject: Re: Apartheid
Message-ID: <42@mit-amt.MIT.EDU>
Date: Thu, 21-Nov-85 22:50:24 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov 21 22:50:24 1985
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References: <4982@stolaf.UUCP> <4992@stolaf.UUCP> <4993@stolaf.UUCP>
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Summary: PLEASE!  Politics to net.politics, or net.aparteid, or whatever

In article <4993@stolaf.UUCP>, knutsonk@stolaf.UUCP (Kari E. Knutson) writes:
> > > 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. 
> > > Kari Knutson
> > > ...ihnp4!stolaf!knutsonk
> > 
> > I would just like to point out that not every student at St. Olaf
> > is clamoring for divestment.  I for one think the whole issue
> > .......and on, and on
> 
> Looks like my article has served its purpose--generated discussion.
> I guess I'll have to say explicitly that I don't suffer from the
> ......and on, and on

Folks, this is net.college.  While I agree that aparteid is a burning
issue on college campuses these days (even here at MIT), and the
discussion of what your college is doing about it, the protests, what
the administration does about it, etc, are well and good, discussion
on the RIGHTS and WRONGS of aparteid DO NOT BELONG HERE.  They could
easily fill up this group, casting out the people who don't want to
deal with it. 

I hope people will reply to all pro/con apartied stuff to
net.politics, or net.apartied, if it exists.  When I first saw the
aparteid articles showing up I worried that this was going to happen.
Perhaps this will help to slow it down.

				-Andy
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