Word: protestations
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...This was a time when Harvard was expanding itsreal estate holdings into the surroundingneighborhood," Duehay says; upset with theescalating rents that accompanied Universityexpansion, local neighborhood activistscommandeered Harvard's 1970 commencement ceremonyin protest...
...hunkered down in his chair, his face stony. But they stuck it out for the full 90 minutes, raising their voices over heckling, shouts and chanted slogans like "We don't want your racist war." When campus police hauled out some of the loudest, other students joined in the protest. Voices from the balcony of the 13,897-seat arena screamed, "The whole world's watching!" It was a bit of a time warp; Berkeley and the '60s fast-forwarded...
...should remember this contribution in less turbulent times when enjoying the church's creative role in the production and performance of theatrical events, including a nod to ancient comedy in last year's "Menaechmi" of Plautus. In the late '60s and early '70s, the church was a center of protest for those politically opposed to the draft and to the Vietnam War as a whole. In the '80s, it was part of the vocal opposition to the violence and political persecution in Central America...
...Solomon Amendment, this fiscal year Harvard Law School (HLS) stands to lose almost $1 million in federal grants due to its ban on military recruitment at its Office of Career Services (OCS). The ban, which exists because of the military's policy regarding homosexuals, is an important measure of protest that HLS should uphold. The loss of funding with which the law school is threatened is an act of aggressive financial coercion which inappropriately ties scholarship money to the school's right to uphold its on-campus non-discrimination policy...
...society currently has no other plans to protest, El-Alami said, though he added that such a decision "depends on the situation...