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Apartheid divestment spurs Beyond Coal campaign
http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2013/03/apartheid-divestment-spurs-new-campaign
Apartheid divestment spurs Beyond Coal campaign
By Sarah Niss | The Daily Tar Heel
Updated: 03/21/13 10:45pm
Students calling for UNC to divest from coal are looking to the 1980s for inspiration in their ongoing campaign asking administrators to take a moral stance on climate change.
In 1987, student-led protests culminated in UNC divesting funds from companies doing business in South Africa in response to apartheid.
And now, Stewart Boss, events coordinator of the Sierra Student Coalition’s Beyond Coal campaign and a Daily Tar Heel columnist, said the campaign is urging the University to divest from coal to set an example.
Jim Leloudis, a history professor and associate dean of UNC’s honors department, said divestment campaigns in general call into question the ethical responsibility universities have in controversial areas.
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Rudi Colloredo-Mansfeld, co-president of the Campus Y during the time of the campaign and now a professor of anthropology at UNC, said the shantytown was essential in inspiring campus awareness of an international issue.
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Apartheid divestment spurs Beyond Coal campaign
By Sarah Niss | The Daily Tar Heel
Updated: 03/21/13 10:45pm
Students calling for UNC to divest from coal are looking to the 1980s for inspiration in their ongoing campaign asking administrators to take a moral stance on climate change.
In 1987, student-led protests culminated in UNC divesting funds from companies doing business in South Africa in response to apartheid.
And now, Stewart Boss, events coordinator of the Sierra Student Coalition’s Beyond Coal campaign and a Daily Tar Heel columnist, said the campaign is urging the University to divest from coal to set an example.
Jim Leloudis, a history professor and associate dean of UNC’s honors department, said divestment campaigns in general call into question the ethical responsibility universities have in controversial areas.
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Rudi Colloredo-Mansfeld, co-president of the Campus Y during the time of the campaign and now a professor of anthropology at UNC, said the shantytown was essential in inspiring campus awareness of an international issue.
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Wow - remember the campus shanty-towns?
