Word: protesters
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This was in accordance with a University policy never to leave a door unbarred when a student protest is taking place. Harvard learned this lesson the hard way; 30 years ago this spring, anti-war protestors took over University Hall and held it for a day before they were expelled in a violent assault by state and local police...
...After a protest outside a Faculty meeting on March 9 this year, Henry Louis "Skip" Gates Jr., chair of the Afro-American studies department DuBois professor of the humanities, said "this reminds me of the late '60s. This is great...
...worse, using the imagery of the '60s, he says, can lead to accusations that protestors aren't as sincere as their predecessors--merely enamored of a kind of protest chic...
...Protestors recycle chants from the '60s. Even this winter's anti-impeachment rally ended with a rendition, by Carly Simon, of the protest anthem "We Shall Overcome...
...Morse says the rising cost of college, paired with increasing reliance on loans instead of grants in financial aid, could be affecting students' desire to protest. Previously, she estimates, 80 percent of financial aid packages came from grants and 20 percent were loans. Today the numbers are roughly flipped at many schools...