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...board's recent actions seem to be symptomatic of the general tenor of its activities this past summer and fall. After slapping 10 students on the wrist for their participation in the sit-in at 17 Quincy Street last fall, the ad board undertook to prosecute students who signed a letter of solidarity with the 10 who were inside the building. It also placed a warning in a weekly law school publication threatening more severe discipline for future illegalities...
Catherine E. Johnston '87 said she and other protesters are following a "guerilla sit-in strategy," the aim of which is to get two students arrested each day. "They sit in the Administration Building until the building is officially closed, and then they are arrested and charged under New York State Law with criminal tresspass...
...normal functions of the offices at 17 Quincy Street, and that they refused to leave the building when instructed to do so by officers of the University. All eleven students charged have been formally admonished. Had the protesters not taken responsible efforts to minimize the disruptive character of the sit-in, the violation of the Resolution on Rights and Responsibilities would have been more serious. The degree of informal cooperation between the protesters and the University authorities at 17 Quincy Street blurred certain disciplinary issues. However, this cooperation helped to maintain a constructive level of civility in the events...
Although the sit-in at 17 Quincy Street had raised questions about whether the protesters would remain within the bounds of the Resolution, the spring's demonstrations at Harvard had generally expressed legitimate dissent on an important issue in a civil fashion. The free exercise of these rights of political protest and debate is expressly protected by the Resolution. Against this background, the Lowell House incident was shocking and disgraceful. Fundamental civil liberties were violated in a most shameful fashion. To be sure, much of the misconduct during this incident may not have been premeditated; many of those who behaved...
...following 18 students faced charges from the CRR for their involvement in two spring anti-apartheid protests--the April 24 sit-in at the 17 Quincy St. headquarters of Harvard's governing boards and the May 2 blockade of a South African diplomat in the Lowell House Junior Common Room. The CRR yesterday served 10 students with a suspended requirement to withdraw from the University for their actions at Lowell House, and formally admonshed the 11 students charged with participation in the 17 Quincy St. sit-in. NAME PUNISHMENT Anthony A. Ball '86 Admonition for 17 Quincy; Suspended Requirement...