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...PSLM Protest Showed Disrespect
...shocked and dismayed to read about the recent Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM) protest outside Loeb House during the announcement of Lawrence H. Summers as the 27th president of Harvard University (News, "PSLM Protests Search Process," March 12). Though I admire the PSLM's campaign for a living wage, and though their commitment impresses me, I now question my respect for them...
...fact, this is all about respect. One of the PSLM's goals is for Harvard to respect its workers' right to a living wage. The very least the PSLM can do, in my opinion, is offer a little respect to Summers as the new man at the top. PSLM members claim that the protest targeted the confidentiality of the selection process and not Summers himself, but the rude timing and manner of the protest still disrespected...
...send him the message that we want to work together to make Harvard a better place, just as The Crimson did in its staff editorial ("Welcome, Summers," March 12). To greet him with an obnoxious protest for the sake of publicity is petty and confrontational. I challenge the PSLM in the future to accomplish their goal with the same degree of dignity and respect they claim to extend to Harvard's workers...
...perhaps more importantly, keeps the troops in line. For example, on a recent visit to the White House to discuss campaign finance reform, "Hanoi" Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) seemed to sell Bush on the idea (which increasingly reminds me of the Living Wage campaign with McCain playing the PSLM), but was stymied by Cheney, quietly sitting at the side of the room...