Word: sit-in
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Fortunately, however, the sit-in was conducted peacefully. This is due, in great part, to the professional and responsible attitude with which the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) approached the students. For weeks, HUPD officers managed to provide adequate security inside and outside Massachusetts Hall in addition to covering their regular patrols and keeping the campus safe...
Throughout the sit-in, by most accounts, HUPD acted with commendable restraint and sympathy for the students involved. Though there were some tense moments at the beginning of the occupation, protesters and police eventually settled into a stable coexistence...
...University’s decision to follow a conciliatory policy rather than initiate a crackdown similar to 1969. But during the uncertain days at the beginning of the sit-in, all it might have taken to turn the protest quite ugly was a single shove by a tired, overworked police officer. In such a tense situation, with both parties weary and tempers surely on a short fuse, HUPD managed the sit-in in a way that showed its respect and care for Harvard’s students. HUPD’s conduct over the course of the protest...
...sit-in is now over, yet the issue of the living wage goes on. Also, there is the question of disciplining students, and this too seems something worth addressing by the senior minister on campus. Like others I hope to hear the Reverend’s views soon, perhaps in these pages...
...appreciate the staff’s comments that a PSLM member should be included on the committee (Editorial, “Welcome Resolution to Sit-In,” May 9), as I agree that the group has important knowledge and interests that would merit inclusion. However, I take issue with your description of the seizure as “unjustified” and your assertion that “whatever their punishment, PSLM would have no right to complain...