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David N. Hollander '71, former president of The Crimson, concedes that many people probably can't remember the six demands of the 1969 strike, but that the basic ideas behind the demands still flourish. "People still think that Harvard shouldn't eat up Cambridge and drive the workers out. We...
Hollander graduated from Harvard Law School in 1974 and practiced for nine months before joining New Times magazine as managing editor. "The effect of those (undergraduate) years was permanent. A handful of us are doing committed political work, and people who became doctors will be committed to giving good medical...
"There was a tremendous change in attitudes. The attitudes we had then are still the attitudes of students now, but you don't have to sound radical and act violently because the battles have already been won," Hollander said.
Hollander claims that Harvard students were so involved in anti-war demonstrations because many people from Harvard helped plan the war. "For us to be getting all of the benefits of Harvard made us feel incredibly guilty. The war was continually present in our lives. Many of us felt personally...
"We were all so alienated. Harvard seemed so foreign to us and Pusey (former President Nathan M. Pusey '28) was such an unappealing figure. We really hated Harvard but at the same time we loved it. The ambivalence could really be gutwrenching," Hollander said.