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Members of the Harvard Initiative for Peace and Justice (HIPJ) met in front of University Hall North at 11:00 a.m. on Friday to challenge the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, which bars openly gay citizens from joining the military...
...HIPJ did not apply for a protest permit until yesterday afternoon. The Harvard College Dean’s Office sent an e-mail to the group late yesterday afternoon saying that the application “has been rejected by the Dean’s Office” and that HIPJ would need to obtain permission from Wright-Swadel. Wright-Swadel said yesterday evening that he had not been contacted by HIPJ...
...Still, HIPJ activist Johnhenry R. “Hank” Gonzalez ’06 said that the group would meet in front of University Hall today at 11 a.m. and march across the river to the track center...
That means HIPJ protesters will march off Harvard property and beyond the campus police’s jurisdiction. Riley said that Cambridge, Boston, and state police officers could arrest student protesters if the march blocks traffic...
According to Gonzalez, HIPJ has not registered as an official student organization and therefore is not eligible to apply for a protest permit. HIPJ is a non-hierarchical organization and does not have designated student officers...