Editorial in The Daily Pennsylvanian, the newspaper of the University of Pennsylvania on September 27, 1985. The editorial says following a semester of intense student protest and a summer of increased turmoil and racial abuse in South Africa, Columbia University most likely will divest of all of its holdings in companies which do business in that racist country. The editorial says whether the decision was based on students or conscience it immaterial. The editorial says an emergency situation in South Africa became an emergency situation at Columbia, and the school's officials examined the issue and made a quick but thoughtful decision. The editorial says here, the Trustees are waiting...
Editorial in The Daily Pennsylvanian, the newspaper of the University of Pennsylvania on September 27, 1985. The editorial says following a semester of intense student protest and a summer of increased turmoil and racial abuse in South Africa, Columbia University most likely will divest of all of its holdings in companies which do business in that racist country. The editorial says whether the decision was based on students or conscience it immaterial. The editorial says an emergency situation in South Africa became an emergency situation at Columbia, and the school's officials examined the issue and made a quick but thoughtful decision. The editorial says here, the Trustees are waiting until January to address the University's investment policies. The editorial says Trustee Chairman Paul Miller has issued a statement reaffirming the University's position, and that's it. The editorial says yet the University is taking a stand by maintaining investments is signatories of the Sullivan Principles, a set of guidelines which even Rev. Leon Sullivan now denounces. The editorial says the violence in South Africa is occurring now and growing steadily. The editorial says if the Trustees were truly concerned, they would have studied the policies over the summer and had concrete resolutions ready for their October meeting. The editorial says the key point in Miller's statement is the ludicrous claim that the University could lose certain tax breaks by divesting - other institutions have divested without problems. The editorial says several Trustees, including Miller, sit on the boards of companies that do business in South Africa. The editorial discusses morality and human rights. This editorial was copied and circulated by the Penn Anti-Apartheid Coalition, presumably not in color.
