Word: hoppenstein
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...stood in the tunnel for about five minutes, waiting for the police car to be positioned," he says. When it arrived, the group ran to the car and took Hoppenstein to the airport...
...Hoppenstein, the Consul-General from South Africa, two years ago eluded divestment protesters by going through the tunnels after giving a speech in Lowell House. Hoppenstein had been invited to speak at Harvard by the Conservative Club. Protesters gathered during and after the speech, and blockaded Hoppenstein within the Junior Common Room...
With the help of a human battering ram formed by University police, Hoppenstein forced his way to a nearby room that had tunnel access and descended the staircase. More police prevented protesters from following...
...past few days the Conservative Club has been outraged by the sympathetic treatment given by the Committee on Rights and Responsibilities to those students who attacked, intimidated, and harrassed South African diplomat Abe S. Hoppenstein at Lowell House last spring. By effectively condoning the actions of the protestors, the CRR has both insulted Mr. Hoppenstein and demonstrated that Harvard will take no action against those who disrupt conservative speakers, making sure that such speakers will hesitate to come to Harvard in the future. Further, if such speakers do come, the CRR's actions only encourage protestors to disrupt their speaking...
Last year, when a wave of anti-apartheid activism was at its crest, the Conservative Club invited South African diplomat Abe S. Hoppenstein to a private reception. The Lowell House event precipitated a major demonstration that last week resulted in disciplinary action against 10 students...