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...after its distortion last fall. I cannot agree; we have spent four years at Harvard, and the best thing that Harvard has taught me is to engage the issue. If we do not argue with some substance, if we do not take the time to consider, to listen, to open our minds in new ways, to test our assumptions and others, we are missing out on the one big principle we should have learned: nothing is beyond question, and the basis of an academic community is the willingness to listen. Jihad does not have to have a violent meaning. Words...
PSLM was able to effect real change because it was annoying and loud. The group’s members forced administrators to listen to them by rallying, circulating petitions, educating the student body and engaging faculty members. Everyone on campus—administrators, faculty and students—now knows what PSLM’s goals and concerns are, even if they do not agree with them...
PSLM had to be annoying and loud because there are no institutional mechanisms for Harvard students to influence University policy in any meaningful sense. Harvard does not like to listen to students, and usually it does not have to. The instruments of power at Harvard are shrouded in secrecy and closed to students. The Harvard Corporation, the clandestine cabal responsible for ruling the University, operates entirely without student input. The Administrative Board judges students’ disciplinary matters and metes out punishments with no opportunity for legal review and no regard for due process. The Freshman Dean?...
...Harvard can be even better. If students voice their concerns, and if the University listens, Harvard will improve. The University is more progressive on labor issues and a better place for workers now than it was four years ago. PSLM envisioned a better Harvard and its members fought relentlessly to pursue their goals. By being active, they forced the administration to listen and inspired real change at Harvard...
...active. Rally for more space for student groups, a fair and accountable Ad Board, a diverse faculty and lower tuition. Rally for your concerns, whatever they may be. But most importantly, rally to make the University listen to its students. Fight for your voice to be heard. Harvard may be here forever, but the University will be a better place if it listens to you for the brief time that you are here...