Word: protested
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Last Friday night, Doris Tanner of Oxford St. planted herself next to the Holyoke Center Christmas tree. It was quite cold, and she is quite old, but threat of eviction from her Harvard-owned housing ignited protest. The apartment she lives in is one of 700 formerly rent-controlled units which the University plans to convert into student and faculty housing. Even if she was offered a option to buy, Tanner regrets, she could not afford the going market rates...
Despite the turnout of 750 participants--significantly lower than the goal of 5,000--Pan said the protest was successful because it was a "big step" for students to overcome their apathy and show up at 1 p.m., which, he said, was an inconvenient time for many to attend...
...didn't seem like a rally in terms of what I thought a rally should be. It didn't seem like a protest but more like a big get-together in the Yard," said Jason E. Schmitt...
...have been known as one to complain about the lack of real "news" on the Harvard campus. I have said that there has been very little which excites and motivates students on this campus to demonstrate, protest and rally for those issues which are important to them, those principles which cannot be infringed upon or ever taken away. On Thursday, December 7, close to 1,000 Harvard students proved me wrong...
...everyone concurs with Parsons' position. Many alumni and architectural historians have written letters protesting the plans to Goody, Parsons and President Neil L. Rudenstine. And a number of letters of protest have been published in Harvard Magazine...