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Though the “sleep outs” have gained little traction on its founding campus—last semester’s nighttime events attracted an average of five students—the campaign has recruited roughly 500 students, an estimated 200 of whom will camp out on...
Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds said in an interview this February that she could not allow SJSF to hold sleep outs due to the “safety and security” risk Harvard’s urban campus poses for students.
“We would not go after a student for protesting,” Ellison said. “But if it’s illegal protesting, that’s different.”
Given the chance that the Boston police may file charges or even arrest tonight’s protestors for trespassing on Boston Common, Rosenthal says participating Harvard students will most likely spend the night in Church on the Hill near the Common instead.
Unlike Harvard, other colleges such as Tufts and Brandeis have allowed and even encouraged on-campus sleep outs—the Tufts administration provided protestors with easy access to bathrooms for the night, campus coordinator Heather E. Bruckner says—and other coordinators say they were unaware of any...