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Just last week, four Harvard undergraduates were arrested in Maine for staging a protest against the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy at a recruiting station. Harvard Divinity School student Jacob Reitan was arrested at a military recruiting station in New York City this week too. Both events were part of a "Right To Serve" Tour organized by Harvard students...
...members remained in the station to protest the policy, and after approximately 30 minutes, the police came to formally ask the group to leave the premises. Four of the 20 did not cooperate, leading to their arrest...
During the conversation between the protesters and the military officials at the station, some officials showed sympathy for the cause, according to Ross...
Ross said they suggested the group lobby lawmakers, not the officials carrying out the law. But the rising Winthrop House senior said that he believed that the recruiting station is a site of discrimination and thus a valid place to protest...
Reitan, who has now racked up 11 arrests for protesting various gay and lesbian causes, said the group members were well aware of the likelihood of arrest when they entered the station...