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But ultimately, even impeccably designed and interpreted surveys that capture the public opinion of the majority cannot be the basis for decisions about the fair treatment of people whose disadvantaged economic and social status silence their voices. Harvard’s decision to pay all its workers a living wage?...
...While sitting on the floor of the Harvard Club lobby, the graduates read a statement of support for the sit-in. Meanwhile, another group of alumni walked through the lobby, passing out living wage literature and collecting signatures.
As they entered the lobby, 10 graduates locked arms and sat on the floor in an attempt to recreate the sit-in, said Liz Cladeck '99, who helped organize the action.
At a faculty meeting called last week to discuss the sit-in, University President Neil L. Rudenstine announced his intention to form a new committee to reexamine issues of low-paid workers at Harvard.
“Yeah, two things caught our attention,” confirmed another officer, thankful for being re-assigned from the PSLM sit-in to the Soman case (“Those PSLM kids are great,” she said, “but boy, they reek?...