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...Ticket distribution: The decision to hold the speech in Sanders Theatre was not appropriate. The auditorium is split into two areas (mezzanine and balcony) that cannot see and hear each other. In particular, the press in the mezzanine could not see what was happening in the balcony. The lottery procedure was biased, far from random. According to The Crimson (Oct. 23), more than 1,100 members of the Harvard community entered the lottery for about 500 to 600 seats. Out of 34 Harvard students who participated in organizing the protest rally,19 took part in the lottery (the others mostly...
...Providing ground on campus for Jiang supporters: While the protest rally was whisked off campus, Jiang supporters were whisked in Chinese children from Cambridge schools were hidden inside Gund Hall and poured out to welcome Jiang when the motorcade approached This area was officially accessible only to ticket holders...
...plans (see The Crimson, Oct. 30). During Jiang's speech there were many free seats inside Sanders Theatre. This was clearly embarrassing for the Fairbank Center organizers. As a result, ushers were asked to sit in the most obvious gaps in an attempt to cover up the failed ticket distribution system...
...Freedom of expression violated inside Sanders Theatre: According to an information sheet provided to ticket holders by the Fairbank Center, posters and banners were forbidden inside Sanders Theatre. This is a blatant violation of freedom of expression, as banners and posters do not pose a security risk...
Gordon and co-producer Adam S. Hickey '99, who is a Crimson editor, have said they wanted the show, which closed Saturday night, to do more than just entertain the audience. The American Repertory Theatre and the producers of the play agreed to pledge 50 percent of ticket sales from last Wednesday and Thursday's shows--about $900--to the not-for-profit Cambridge Cares About AIDS...