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Article

25 Sep 2001

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The Cavalier Daily [University of Virginia]

Lead Editorial: Convince BOV on Burma

Time is winding down for the Board of Visitors to show University students that their opinions matter. Tomorrow is the final docket meeting to determine the Board's agenda for its next meeting, to be held Oct. 18-20. If Rector John P. Ackerly III declines to place divestment from Burma on the agenda, he risks losing student confidence in the Board's ability to govern the University in a fair and open manner. The resolution Student Council passed last week was not the first time students have asked the Board to discuss divesting the $1.6 million the University has invested in Unocal, a corporation with ties to the abusive Burmese regime.