Word: bannered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Still having no luck, I called and visited Dudley House eight times in the following weeks, each time with no result. Two of the visits included guided tours of Dudley House in search of the banner. One of these tours was on May 25th at which time there was no sign of the banner. Each time I called or visited I was told at the House Office that efforts were being made to contact the person who had it or saw it last. At no time were my messages or calls returned. Nor was the mystery person ever found...
...asked about compensation for the banner and the House Office told me I would have to talk to the Master, who would not return until the fall. At this point I went about trying to locate the owner of the banner and a receipt on which to base compensation demands. With letter and receipt from the owner in hand I went to see Dean of Students Archie Epps about the banner. He told me that this was a responsibility of Dudley House and that I should see the Senior Tutor if the Master was not in. When I made...
...Master was clearly briefed on the matter before our meeting, but he was shocked to know that I had enquired about the banner well before Commencement and that I had confronted the guard on his way down the stairs from the room where he had confiscated the banner...
...went back to Dean Epps immediately. He admitted responsibility for such matters. However, he laughed at my request for compensation. His argument was that if I went to his house and put up a banner he would throw it out and not pay compensation. There could hardly be a clearer statement about how Harvard looks upon revolutionary activity on campus...
...RADACADS (Radical Academics) vow to expose the ways of the Harvard Administration until the banner is paid for or returned. We call on others who have been harassed to contact us so that we may add to our forthcoming compilation of examples of political harassment. There will be a rapid escalation of exposure of the Harvard Administration in the coming months. Only in this way--not by the old idealist arguments for free speech--will revolutionary and progressive groups be relieved of a pattern of political repression. Henry C. Park '84 RADACADS spokesperson