Word: silents
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...ONCE pulsating spirit of rebellion in the Square seems to have vanished now, perhaps into the depths of an MBTA Hades. Unlike Commencement circa 1970, tomorrow's ceremony will probably proceed without visible protest. But look carefully. Look carefully, as one senior after another marches silently into the Tercentary Theater between Widener Library and Memorial Church. They are silent--no riots, no speeches, no alternate ceremonies--but the vast majority are protesting...
...silent majority takes its final steps as Harvard students, a smaller more vocal group will probably linger outside the gates around the Yard to hand out anti-Cotrell and Leonard literature and to enlist support among Commencement participants. Such a group, made up of officials from the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) and student sympathizers, picketted Cornell's commencement ceremonies last week. And ILGWU officials have repeatedly warned the Harvard community that if anyone wears Cotrell and Leonard gowns during Commencement, the union will set up "informational picket lines...
...University theater opened in the Square sometime in 1926 and it put on two movies nightly--one silent and one talking--and the place was well patronized. One hot night a few mischievous students gathered outside of the theater and started annoying a couple of Cambridge cops for whom they had little respect. More cops appeared and more students. The taunts continued. One officer used his stick on one fellow and the riot began. It lasted well into the night and a lot of boys wound up in jail, some of them hurt quite badly. It was a big story...
...grouped in tight lines, silent, waiting, praying for and half-expecting a repeat miracle while the straggling protestors wandered in from blocking traffic on Route One and the cameras whirred. "Form two wedges," came the command, and the marching step turned into a curious shuffling advance, as the boots came closer and the cries of "Hup, Hup, Hup," meant to intimidate us (they worked) rose to fever pitch. The troops drew up to the first row, hesitating for an instant that was an eternity, and suddenly they were upon us, stomping and shoving and kicking and dragging demonstrators...
Ever since the landmark Miranda decision in 1966, police have been prohibited from formally interrogating any person they take into custody if he invokes his right to remain silent until his lawyer is on hand. But does that mean officers cannot try to maneuver a suspect into speaking up about his crime in, say, casual chitchat? Yes indeed, the Supreme Court said last week. In a 6-to-3 ruling in a Rhode Island murder case, the Justices declared that Miranda bars "any words or actions ... that the police should know are reasonably likely to elicit an incriminating response from...