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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...administration knows that bringing [ROTC] back means student protests," said Robert Weissman '88-'89, head of Harvard Watch, a group that monitors University decision-making. "It is appropriate to take over the Undergraduate Council office not just to say we're angry, but as a demonstration of what's to come...
Weissman told the group that a sit-in would not be possible today, since the council's office will be closed while members attend a meeting with the Harvard Corporation...
...although the protesters agreed to launch a grassroots campus movement, the council's decision appears to have taken the activist community by surprise. At last night's meeting, the group was divided over how to advance its case against ROTC...
...others at the meeting said that it would be wrong for protesters to ignore issues such as the military's role in Third World countries. Some participants also argued that the group should focus on what they saw as the "hypocrisy" of council members who said they opposed homophobia but supported last night's resolution...
...What has to happen is a break with the Undergraduate Council, a statement that we're not represented by the Undergraduate Council," said Lukas P. Barr '91. He added the group should not demand a binding student referendum on the ROTC issue because "we would lose...