Nationwide, Sweatshop Activists Set Precedent

"What do we want? Full disclosure! When do we want it? Now!"

This week, Harvard students added their voices to the chorus heard at colleges and universities around the country protesting the manufacture of college insignia apparel in factories with sub-par labor conditions.

After sustained pressure on their schools' administrators, student activists at Duke, Georgetown and the University of Wisconsin have reached major compromises with their administrations regarding the use of sweatshop labor in recent months.

Now, Ivy League schools such as Harvard and Princeton are beginning to follow suit.

At Harvard, after a protest outside Tuesday's Faculty meeting, the University committed itself to the principle of "full disclosure" of factory locations from companies that manufacture apparel bearing the Harvard name.

After a similar protest several weeks ago at Princeton, Vice President Robert Durkee told demonstrators that the administration agreed with the principles behind the rally and anticipated that most of the protestors' demands would be met, although he provided no timetable for change.

"We're a few days away from an announcement," Durkee told The Crimson yesterday. "We have stated that a provision on public disclosure will be a part of our announcement."

The recent outburst of activism began Jan. 29 at Duke, where Students Against Sweatshops (SAS) staged a 31- PROTESTS

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During her first show as an analyst on a CBSNews special about the Watergate hearings, themale analysts at first did not let her say a word.

Stahl said she was suddenly asked a questionabout "the latest gossip" from then White Houseaide John Erlichmann. When she didn't speak, Stahlsaid journalist Daniel Schorr responded.

"If it's gossip you want, that's why we have awoman here," Shorr said.

A graduate of Wheaton college in Norton, Mass.,Stahl began her journalism career in 1968, whenshe worked as a writer-researcher for NBC News.She joined CBS in 1972 after a stint as a producerfor then-CBS Boston affiliate WHDH-TV.

From 1979 to 1986, Stahl served as a WhiteHouse correspondent. She joined "60 Minutes" in1991 after 12 years as a Washington-basedreporter.

Most recently, her investigative reporting onthe Gulf War has earned her and others at "60Minutes" adulation from the journalism industry.

Stahl's compilation of her memoirs, ReportingLive, was published by Simon and Schuster lastyear.

CBS Evening News managing editor and anchor DanRather won the Goldsmith Award last year.

Last night's ceremony also honored theinvestigative journalism of a team of reportersfrom the Miami Herald.

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"They have both smiled their way througheverything they've gone through," Stahl said."Their faces say, `Hey, we're not disgusted, we'renot guilt-ridden, were not agonized, so why shouldyou be?"

The Clintons have used other images to boosttheir image, Stahl said.

"All of the sudden, the scandal's erupting, andwe're seeing pictures of Chelsea," she said.

Stahl pointed to the acquisition of Clinton'sdog, Buddy, as another way they helped promote afavorable impression.

"I mean, what picture says, `what a great guy!'more than a guy and his drooling dog?" Stahlasked.

But holding up a copy of yesterday's New YorkPost, which had the headline "Chillary" emblazonedacross the masthead, Stahl said the Clintons arenot always able to keep up appearances. The storyreported that Hillary Clinton had not accompaniedthe president on his trip to Latin America thisweek because she was angry with him.

"Here, the New York Post has finally got theone time when their game faces weren't there,"Stahl said.

Stahl closed her speech with a story about herearly days at CBSNews, where she said she was hired because of anaffirmative action policy aimed at making genderratios more equal.

During her first show as an analyst on a CBSNews special about the Watergate hearings, themale analysts at first did not let her say a word.

Stahl said she was suddenly asked a questionabout "the latest gossip" from then White Houseaide John Erlichmann. When she didn't speak, Stahlsaid journalist Daniel Schorr responded.

"If it's gossip you want, that's why we have awoman here," Shorr said.

A graduate of Wheaton college in Norton, Mass.,Stahl began her journalism career in 1968, whenshe worked as a writer-researcher for NBC News.She joined CBS in 1972 after a stint as a producerfor then-CBS Boston affiliate WHDH-TV.

From 1979 to 1986, Stahl served as a WhiteHouse correspondent. She joined "60 Minutes" in1991 after 12 years as a Washington-basedreporter.

Most recently, her investigative reporting onthe Gulf War has earned her and others at "60Minutes" adulation from the journalism industry.

Stahl's compilation of her memoirs, ReportingLive, was published by Simon and Schuster lastyear.

CBS Evening News managing editor and anchor DanRather won the Goldsmith Award last year.

Last night's ceremony also honored theinvestigative journalism of a team of reportersfrom the Miami Herald.

Manny Garcia, Dan Keating, Joseph Tanfani andAndres Viglucci won a $25,000 prize for their workon the series, "Dirty Votes: The Race for Miami'sMayor," which revealed corruption in Miami'sadministration