But Cornell has created an optional retirement fund that does not have South Africa-related investments. This fund exists only as a supplement to the mandatory pension fund, Lewis said.

University of Pennsylvania

A 20-day student sit-in in the hallways of the main administration building at the University of Pennsylvania ended Monday, said senior Adrian J. Goldszmidt, former managing editor of The Daily Pennsylvanian.

Each night during the sit-in, 25 to 30 anti-apartheid students slept in the hallway outside the University president's office. The students were protesting the disciplinary charges brought by the university against seven students. The seven are charged with violating protest rules as stated in the university's Guidelines on Open Expression by entering the president's office during an earlier sit-in held on the day the university trustees voted not to divest, Goldszmidt said.

One of the seven students is a South African national who, if suspended, will lose his visa and be forced to return to his homeland, Goldszmidt said. The other six students also face possible suspension.

Despite the focused attention the issue of divestment is receiving from students and faculty on campuses nationwide, administrators don't seem to be yielding to student pressure.

Said Cornell's Lewis: "What's going to happen [with divestment] will depend on what happens in South Africa."