knutsonk@stolaf.UUCP (Kari E. Knutson) (11/17/85)
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 ...ihnp4!stolaf!knutsonk
burk@uwvax.UUCP (Bill Burk) (11/20/85)
> > 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 > ...ihnp4!stolaf!knutsonk *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** UW-Madison divested long ago (I've forgotten how many years) .... last semester, a group of students started a movement to try to convince the state to divest. It was kind of wild .... the students "took over" the Capital for ~1 week. They were able to convince the Governor to form a panel to look into the merits of divesting .... I haven't heard anything since. DISCLAIMER: I did not take part in this movement, details that I have given are from people who DID take part. I apologize if I have in some way given wrong information. New Topic: The big question here lately, is whether or not porno mags such as Playboy, Playgirl, and Penthouse should be sold in the campus unions. Anything like this happening elsewhere?? -Bill Burk