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Several days after the Kirkland flag made its debut, another flag appeared--this time in the window of Cabot House resident Timothy P. McCormack '91-'92. McCormack said he made his display to protest what he called an unduly harsh criticism of Kerrigan's flag...
...forum intended to address various campus issues turned into a fiery debate when several parents spoke passionately against the displays, some addressing their remarks directly to Kerrigan, who was invited by the administration to attend the meeting...
...limits of free speech have been a consistent topic of controversy at Harvard and other universities. In spring 1990, a Confederate flag hung outside Leverett House by Jon P. Jiles '92 was voluntarily removed by Jiles after students complained. And in fall 1989, Kerrigan's Peabody Terrace flag was removed by the superintendent because it violated a clause against irregular window displays in her rooming contract...
...while administrators refuse to legislate the problem away, and Kerrigan and McCormack enjoy the increased attention to their anti-PC activities, protesters and banner-hangers may find themselves stalemated in a long, symbolic game of capture the flag...
...recent campus-wide controversy concerning the display of offending symbols was sparked two weeks ago, when Kirkland resident Bridget L. Kerrigan '92 hung a Confederate flag from her window. The next day, Timothy P. McCormack '91-'92 put on display a similar flag from a window in his Cabot House suite...