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...protest--and it will be as unremitting, vocal and publicized as ever. Furthermore, if it is perceived that the Board was deliberately and unjustly heavy-handed in their treatment of students-if it is felt that they seek not only to curtail "improper" conduct but also to chill ligitimate dissent, few students, I believe, will stand...
...meantime, what really hurts in all of this misplaced activity is the very real harms to the University that it inflicts--in the chilling of rightful and desirable student dissent, in the ever-widening rift between the Administration and the student body it purports to administer to, and in the injustices done to some of the most deserving and selfless members of our community. Jinku Lee 1L Law School
...student activism had been rare on American campuses for more than a decade when, in the spring of 1985, growing numbers of students at Harvard and elsewhere became increasingly concerned about issues connected with South Africa. Many demonstrations during that spring, including a mass rally in Harvard Yard, expressed dissent on this issue in a legitimate fashion. The free exercise of the rights of dissent is explicitly protected by the Faculty's Resolution on Rights and Responsibilities. Unhappily, two incidents in the late spring, at 17 Quincy Street on April 24 and at Lowell House on May 2, involved actions...
Although the sit-in at 17 Quincy Street had raised questions about whether the protesters would remain within the bounds of the Resolution, the spring's demonstrations at Harvard had generally expressed legitimate dissent on an important issue in a civil fashion. The free exercise of these rights of political protest and debate is expressly protected by the Resolution. Against this background, the Lowell House incident was shocking and disgraceful. Fundamental civil liberties were violated in a most shameful fashion. To be sure, much of the misconduct during this incident may not have been premeditated; many of those who behaved...
...dissent, Justice Neil L. Lynch said that the roadblock "resulted in an intrusion into the right of several hundred people to be free from arbitrary interference by law enforcement officials...