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USC Students End S. Africa Protest

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Leaders of an anti-apartheid demonstration at USC said Tuesday that they were ending their weeklong sit-in at the school’s administration building after receiving assurances from the president of the university’s board of trustees that the issue will get “serious consideration” when the board meets this summer.

Jim Rosenthal, a spokesman for the protesting students, said the decision to end the sit-in Tuesday afternoon came after a meeting with board president Carl Hartnack.

“Substantial progress” was made at the meeting, according to student senator Mark Decker.

Rosenthal said Hartnack promised that the issue of USC’s investments in firms with ties to South Africa will receive “serious consideration” at the board’s August meeting.

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The trustees will receive a report on South African investments from the USC Commission on University Policy at that time, Rosenthal added.

Although Hartnack could not be reached for comment, a university spokesman confirmed Tuesday that Hartnack had told the students that the board will consider the issue.

Meanwhile, an anti-apartheid “camp out” continued at UCLA, and there were more protests at the University of California, Berkeley.

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