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...noon that day, 100 members and supporters of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) entered University Hall...
Four days later, between 10,000 and 12,000 students met at Harvard Stadium to ratify the strike and back a list of demands similar to those proposed by SDS during the takeover. Demands included the abolition of Harvard's participation in the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) program, and an end to the expansion of University facilities into poor neighborhoods...
...vote taken outside University Hall at 1 p.m. on the day of the takeover found the majority of students opposed to the takeover. Two hours later, some students burned an effigy of an SDS member...
Some of the 1972 graduates thought the student body supported SDS's motives, but not its methods...
Barbara Slavin '72, a member of SDS who occupied University Hall, says that many people questioned the manner in which the students staged the takeover...