Rawlins, Professor of Afro-American Studies and Philosophy of Religion Cornel R. West '74, HDS Dietitian Theresa Fung, syndicated columnist George F. Will, entertainer and activist Dolores O'Riordan and Richard E. Rominger, deputy secretary of agriculture, are all listed as speakers in the grape forum. None had any plans to take part in such an event.

November 13, 1997

New posters, announcing a grape forum protest, immediately preceding the grape forum, are added to the original posters.

The person or persons responsible for the posters have yet to be identified.

November 15, 1997

A disagreement over the grape boycott between a member of Raza, an association of Chicano students, and a member of the Harvard-Radcliffe Republican Association (HRRA) escalates into an e-mail exchange between the two organizations. Gonzalo C. Martinez '98, president of Raza, says later that the e-mails resolved any tension between Raza and HRRA.

November 16, 1997

A resolution to endorse a "no" vote in the Nov. 21 grape referendum fails at council meeting.

November 17, 1997

Members of the ad hoc Grape Coalition, which wants to remove the boycott, meet in advance of the upcoming referendum. More than 20 students attend the planning session, led by Adam R. Kovacevich '99, chair of the Coalition and son of a California grape grower.

November 18, 1997

HDS adds four new voting options to the referendum ballot after students point out that not all table grapes are grown in California, and that foreign grape producers--notably Chilean growers, who supply most of the winter demand for grapes-would not be subject to the UFW boycott.

The four new options are:

I support only the serving of Chilean grapes in the dining halls.

I support only the serving of Chilean grapes and organic grapes in the dining halls.