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...administration announced the termination of the varsity program at the university, compounded the bitterness and disappointment of team members and supporters. The elimination of hockey, along with the announced cancellation of professional theater at the Annenberg Center, formed the emotional basis for what developed into a monumental four-day sit-in at the Philadelphia campus...
...crux of the sit-in, which involved more than 600 students for an 87-hour stretch, was student outrage over the administration's tendency to make decisions with what students described as a "lack of regard for the opinions of the rest of the university community...
What occurred after the rally, however, was totally unexpected. Following the final speaker-- the university chaplain--students stormed the steps to College Hall and marched into the building. In a spontaneous burst of activity, a rally had turned itself into a sit-in, and the students said they meant business...
...NEGOTIATED END to the four-day sit-in by more than 600 students at the University of Pennsylvania marks a step in the right direction towards increasing administrative recognition of student opinion. The Pennsylvania administration's agreement to establish numerous programs to involve students more directly in the administrative decision-making process is an extremely welcome outcome of the more than 87 hours of negotiations. However, the problem of administrative disregard for student opinion is not limited to the Philadelphia campus...
Although such direct representation would be a far more substantial involvement for Harvard students, the indirect committee route which now exists is the only means for the expression of student opinion on the Core issue. The Pennsylvania sit-in demonstrates once again that an organized student voice can be effective. If the student opinion at Harvard is to be heard on an issue as vital to this University as the Core proposal, the students need to make greater use of the existing options for expressing their opinions...