Word: protestation
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This statement was approved by the students who participated in the protest, according to SASC members Dorothee E. Benz '87 and Noah M. Berger...
...interesting twist in ideologies took place Tuesday night. The Conservative Club brought South African Vice Consul Duke Kent-Brown to Harvard to voice an alternative view that might otherwise not have been heard on campus. But Kent-Brown's speech was disrupted by campus protesters on a cue from a members of the Southern African Solidarity Committee who stood up in the middle of Kent-Brown's speech and announced that he was collecting money for the ANC. As soon as this announcement was made, protesters swarmed in from all sides and attempted not only to disrupt Kent-Brown...
...believed that as our action was accompanied by a clear statement of our peaceful intent to protest without shutting down the speech, the deans and police would be able to respond reasonably and commensurably to this statement of our intent by our appointed negotiator, after which the speech would continue with our group sitting in silent protest at the sides of the stage...
...planning the protest we envisioned two possible University responses. They could have heard our intent, negotiated, agreed to have Kent-Brown exit through the lobby doors, and then let the speech continue...
...believe that these protesters are a disgrace to the liberal principles which they profess to hold. We recommend that those who engaged in Tuesday night's protest be removed from this university as just punishment for their unlawful and outrageous behavior and as an example to those who condone violence and infringement on freedom and infringement on freedom of speech at Harvard. Marci Bobis '88 President, Harvard-Radcliffe Conservative Club