The Nation - News from Feb. 16, 1986
Dartmouth College trustees, calling for “stability and calm” after a week of protests, rejected student and faculty demands to remove President David McLaughlin and divest $63 million in holdings linked to South Africa. Trustees told more than 200 student protesters that repeated calls for divestiture would not solve problems in racially divided South Africa. Protesters circulated petitions calling for McLaughlin’s removal and accusing him of creating a “consistently unacceptable rapport” between students and administrators.
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