Word: berge
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Middlesex District Court found John Berg guilty of criminal trespass for being inside University Hall during the protest against the Cambridge Project this September. Berg's conviction shows that the Committee of Fifteen seriously intends to compel students separated or dismissed last spring to stay off Harvard property...
...University has tried to justify bringing a criminal charge against Berg in two ways. Dean May argues that Berg's presence on Harvard property endangered the safety of University officers. James Q. Wilson, spokesman for the Committee of Fifteen says instead that when Berg was "separated" last spring the University meant to deny him both the right to register for classes and the right to associate with the Harvard community. Berg had to be kept off the campus. Wilson says, to show the gravity of his offense last year...
Judge Edward M. Viola yesterday found John Berg, a former graduate student, guilty of trespassing in University Hall September 26, and ordered him to pay a $20 fine...
Dean Watson testified that Berg, who was separated from the University last June for his role in the occupation of University Hall, had come onto Harvard property after receiving warning from the Committee of Fifteen...
...Berg handled his own defense in Cambridge's Third District Court, and decided to pay the fine rather than appeal the case to Superior Court...