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When the Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM) sit-in began, some feared that the protest might end like the University Hall takeover in 1969—with Cambridge city police and Massachusetts state troopers storming the building in riot gear, firing tear gas and clubbing protesters in an attempt to...
Some of the supposed accomplishments of the sit-in, renegotiations of some workers’ contracts and a moratorium on out-sourcing, are things the University would have agreed to without the sit-in, especially since the moratorium doesn’t even apply to the entire University.
Student representation, for one thing, doesn’t mean PSLM representation. The students chosen by the Undergraduate Council may not even support a living wage: The council roundly condemned the PSLM sit-in less than two weeks ago.
Still, it would be a mistake to judge the sit-in a victory. On the whole, Harvard students failed to rally behind the living wage. The concessions made by the University are temporary at best, and non-existent for the rest. At the end of the day, things only look...
In addition to HUPD's costs, the Harvard News Office spent several thousand dollars in advertising, videotapes, film, and overtime for staff during the sit-in, according to spokesperson Joe Wrinn--who often spent more than 12 hours a day dealing with the media during the protest.