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Because of their concerns, a group of residents joined to sign the Loose Petition, calling for an 18-month moratorium on development in the Riverside neighborhood. When the Cambridge City Council passed the petition last fall, Harvard’s museum plans were effectively halted.
Several prominent figures came out in support of the measure, including State Representative Jarrett T. Barrios ’90, who said the measure also had the support of Representative Alice K. Wolf. The Mass. State legislature would have to approve any home rule petition passed by the council.
Councillor Jim Braude, who introduced the measure, had not formally submitted a petition to the council, but had simply submitted a report from one of the council’s committees.
The committee argued that the graduate schools and other colleges with fraternities had more relaxed parietal rules than those of the Houses. The petition eventually grew to include more than 1,000 signatures, but the Committee on Houses voted against the change.
Iftakar is concerned that McMillan will continue to petition City Hall until a midnight curfew is enforced.