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...When Benjamin L. McKean left Mass Hall after the 21-day PSLM Living Wage Sit In, he didn’t even have time to shower--he went straight to the induction dinner for Phi Beta Kappa, wearing the “ratty-ass t-shirt [he] had been wearing for three weeks...
...Despite the honor of being named to Phi Beta Kappa, McKean had a more important victory on his mind this May. After two and a half years of vigorous protests, McKean and his fellow PSLMers attempted a form of protest unseen at Harvard since the ‘60s--they overtook Mass Hall and refused to leave until the administration granted them the concessions they felt essential, a minimum wage of $10.25 for all Harvard workers...
...conditions for Harvard’s lowest-paid workers are completely unfair,” McKean says. “I saw this as a way I could make a difference where the difference really needed to be made...
...McKean says it is odd to single out any particular person for accomplishments with the PSLM--it was a team effort, he says...