Word: leverett
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...controversy over the limits of free speech at Harvard ended Tuesday, when a Leverett House sophomore took down a Confederate flag that had been hanging in his towerroom window...
...student, Jon P. Jiles, said that continuing to display a flag some Leverett House residents have described as "racist" would be "an act of rebellion and controversy...
Admission to the cabaret will be $3 for residents of Leverett House, $4 for other students and $5 for non-Harvard attendees...
...hanging of a Confederate flag in the Leverett Towers does not constitute a legitimate exercise of free speech. The flag is a form of harassment of the members of the Black community at Harvard. The College has an obligation to demand the removal of the flag in accordance with its position as a guarantor of an environment free from harassment...
...hanging of a Confederate flag in the window of the Leverett Towers constitutes a legitimate--and insensitive--exercise of free speech. Accordingly, the Harvard community has a dual responsibility: first, to affirm the right of the student to display the flag and second, to register enough thoughtful disapproval to persuade the person to remove...