Word: protesting
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...their March 7th editorial, The Crimson's staff describes the weekend protest on ethnic studies courses and minority faculty hiring as "half-hearted" and as "protest for the sake of protesting." This was manifestly not the case and I hope that by writing in, I can supplant the staff's speculation with facts...
This year, however, the students haven't done much until now, Indeed, even this weekend's protest seemed half-hearted. As Gardner puts it, "It was a very last-second sort of thing so it leads me to wonder just how much momentum they had going into...
Speaking privately, organizers of the weekend suggest that Bragg's participation in the panel and the protest was disconcerting. We'd go a step further, and say it was inappropriate. Even though the protesters weren't challenging Junior Parents Weekend, their rally detracted from the weekend's events...
...condemning the protesters for voicing their concerns, But we hope that, in the future, they choose the forums for expressing themselves carefully, and not simply protest for the sake of protesting...
...Hostile Sport: Believing gold medalist Cathy Turner of the U.S. had knocked her off balance in the 500-m short-track speed-skating final, Chinese silver medalist Zhang Yanmei refused to pose with Turner at the podium and flung her bouquet to the ground. As China lodged a protest, Canadian Nathalie Lambert sympathized, calling Cathy Turner "the dirtiest skater." On Saturday, Turner was disqualified from the 1,000-m for illegally cutting off another competitor. Said Turner: "The judges were just waiting...