Council Passes Anti-Sweatshop Bill

Harking back to the Harvard student body's activist days, the undergraduate Council set aside its avowedly bread-and-butter agenda and endorsed a University-sponsored bill which would prevent the Harvard name from appearing on any goods made in sweatshops.

The council passed a resolution supporting the efforts of Harvard Students for a Sweat-Free Campus, an organization working with University administrators to ensure that no officially licensed Harvard apparel is manufactured in sweatshops.

The bill, sponsored by council representatives Emma C. Cheuse '98 and Neil Sinhababu '01, approves the creation of a manufacturing code of conduct for Harvard clothing manufacturers like Champion Apparel, as well as an independent monitoring service to ensure compliance with the rules.

The bill will help "allow Harvard students to wear the Harvard name proudly," Cheuse said, and "will provide crucial leadership to help other universities adopt similar codes."

The organization Harvard Students For a Sweat-Free Campus is planning a rally for today at 1 p.m. in front of University Hall.

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Justin D. Lerer '99 also announced the changing weekend schedules of Harvard Libraries. Widener Library will now close four hours earlier on Fridays, at 6 p.m. instead of 10 p.m., to save money for an extension of open hours on Sundays, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

The change is in response to traffic analysis determining that while only 100 students use the facility on the Friday hours eliminated, approximately 500-600 students would take advantage of the prolonged Sunday hours.

Lamont Library will also extend its Sunday hours, opening at 8 a.m. instead of noon.

The council also unanimously approved a proposal to finance Springfest, which will now include a total of six student bands. The budget allocates a total amount of $4632.82 to the festival.