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Students do agree that the sit-in them more aware of the living wage issue. That the PSLM brought the plight of the modern industrial worker to the forefront of debate must be considered some kind of success. Caroline E. Adler ’04 encapsulates the general feeling of most students when she remarks that the sit-in “got me thinking—I didn’t realize there was such a problem and realized there needs to be a solution...
...were working off a high of “sticking it to the man” and rumors of booty calls had some students wondering if it wasn’t just a big slumber party with Rudenstine as the unwilling host. But today, a majority of students describe PSLM students as “passionate” and “committed.” Sandhya Ramadas ’04 said that she sees the PSLM as “committed seriously to bringing a living wage” and as “social justice advocates...
...while the PSLM hasn’t convinced everybody, only a few see them as patronizing rich kids. Instead, students attached labels of “grungy” and “kinda hippy dippy” to the PSLM protestors. Dede A. M. Addy ’03 described them as “granola” after saying that she knew several and that they “tend to be very liberal, community-active...
Other students would disagree with even Dede’s poke at the PSLM. Some, in fact, see them as quite pluralist. For Michael J. Palmer ’03 “it’s actually a pretty diverse group of people.” Patrick J. Aber ’02 responded that “I don’t think you can really characterize them one way or another...there are really lots of different people involved in it.” James Peacock ’02 concurred: “I think they?...
Moreover, nearly all of the students agreed that the PSLM could “understand and appreciate the issues that Harvard workers face.” Rennie M. Taylor ’04 thought “they do their research and know the people who do work at Harvard.” Sean Cloonan, who didn’t think the takeover was justified, said “they can appreciate it, but I don’t think it is necessarily their place to protest on their behalf...