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Less than an hour after the PSLM protesters left Mass Hall, administrators clustered in the building to discuss the demonstration. The group included Ryan, Riley, Associate Dean of the College David P. Illingworth '71 and Executive Assistant to the President Beverly B. Sullivan. Harvard President Neil L. Rudenstine, who was on the second floor of Mass Hall during the protest, did not attend the meeting...
...practicallyanywhere.com) and Harvard insignia gear (the man behind the escalator in the T station will get you a fabulous deal). If you have a young child in the family that cannot, simply cannot go on without that "Someone at Harvard loves me" teddy bear, you are exempt from this protest movement--who am I to crush the dreams of a child? (If you yourself simply cannot go on without a daily supply of Harvard clothes, stationary and teddy bears, you too are exempt. Because you scare...
What better mode of protest for the busy Harvard student than one that requires absolutely no extra effort--one, in fact, that requires you to stop doing something and thus will be sure to free up your schedule? By the time we reach the second semester of the boycott, the Coop will be so frightened of losing all its business to amazon.com that they will accede to any demand. Our demand, of course, will be that they leave the Bow and its neighbors alone or, failing that, take some precautions to ensure their return in the fall...
...Although women say they have prevailed in ROTC, many people protest other forms of discrimination in the program. The program has been kept off the campus for decades, although the reasoning has changed. Initially, the University booted ROTC in 1969 after pressure from members of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) stormed University Hall and took over the administrative offices over night to protest the Vietnam War. Today though, ROTC's problems stem from gay rights issues and the military's seemingly prejudiced "don't ask, don't tell" policy against homosexuals. ROTC students say they tend not to mind...
...just weren't getting anywhere in dialogues," said Miriam R. Joffe-Block, the Penn senior who coordinated the protest. "We felt this was the only way to get the administration to see that we were really serious and to take action...