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...campus saw active and organized student opposition to PSLM—as opposed to support or silence. This was unusual and unexpected, and we thought it was important to note that some students opposed the sit-in strongly enough to protest against it. We had already reported that PSLM had taken over administrative offices, and that the group had mobilized support outside of the building in the form of rallies and speakers. The counter-protest was therefore the major new development for that day and merited the highest placement...
...only indicator of its significance. We had covered demonstrations in support of a living wage that attracted fewer than 20 students because they illustrated increasingly visible and public activism on campus. It seemed only fair to cover demonstrations of similar size and significance when they opposed PSLM...
...member of the Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM), McKean has been interested in labor issues since his first year at Harvard. He was among the 23 members of PSLM to participate in the recent Mass. Hall sit-in for the full three weeks...
...with the Mass. Hall occupation. But it prompted him to investigate the issue of a living wage for the first time. Milikowsky is a moderate Democrat who owes his seat on the Katz committee to a bloc of conservative voters in SAC. For the moment he says he opposes PSLM's living wage proposal, but adds that he is open to being persuaded...
This background made him a logical choice when PSLM discussed which of its members should run. Some other PSLM members who considered running opted out to prevent multiple PSLM candidates from splitting pro-living wage SAC votes...