Black South African leaders noticed when Harvard partially divested in October of some of its investments in companies that do business in that country. Commenting on the growing company pullout of South Africa, Themba Vilakazi, a U.S.-based representative of the African National Congress, mentioned the Harvard divestment.

Speaking to the Associated Press, Vilakazi said that the $159 million divestment wouldn't bring about any noticeable change in South Africa. "But the announcement itself adds to the climate and helps achieve the goal of isolating South Africa," said the U.S. spokesman for the outlawed Black nationalist group.

Go to School in Cambridge

Going to school in Cambridge is getting better all the time. The Cambridge School Board was named "the best school board in America," by the National Education Association's newspaper NEA Today.

According to the Cambridge Tab, a strong recommendation from Cambridge Teachers Assocaition President Susan Noonan-Forster helped propell the local board to the top.

"They do represent the kind of school committee we can communicate with, we can disagree with and we can be heard," Noonan-Forster is reported as saying.

Council Songbirds Croon

The Undergraduate Council is getting into a festive mood. But not by singing holiday tunes. This weekend and last weekend, council members found themselves singing happy birthday to two of their members.

Former council chairman Brian C. Offutt '87 celebrated his 21st birthday with a resolution from the student government proclaiming him a good guy and a rousing chorus of Happy Birthday.

Last night, when the council took a vote on whether to sing to Tab T. Stewart '88 for his 21st, one member took exception to having to stretch his vocal cords two weekends in a row. Council Chairman Richard S. Eisert '88 graciously excused the dissenter from joining the chanting council's chorus.