Word: students
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Before marching on the plant, members of the organizing Clamshell Alliance formed a large circle to honor the Chinese killed this weekend when troops crushed the student protest in Beijing...
Parietal rules applied to student groups as well as dormitories. In mixed organizations such as the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra (HRO), there were special hours during which women were allowed to work in the group offices. The Student Activities Center was open from only 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. for women, and even organizations like WHRB, The Crimson and the Hasty Pudding Club had parietal hours...
Officially, the purpose of the parietals was moral. As Dean Watson said at the time, "It is not appropriate for a Harvard student to entertain a girl in his own room." Other attitudes that concerned the parietal rules were also morally grounded. David E. Owen, Master of Winthrop House, told The Crimson that "people are concerned about the unusual situation in which unmarried men are entertaining young women in what amounts to their bedrooms. This is not an accepted procedure in the United States or anywhere in the Western world...
...Radcliffe administrators were more tolerant about student sexuality. As Radcliffe President Mary Bunting told The Crimson, "of course, I don't go through the Houses on Saturday night, and I haven't been making a special point of talking to the girls on the subject, but Radcliffe College should not ask what everybody is doing every minute...
...student told The Crimson, "some College officials think the current undergraduate attitude is "what the hell; the College authorities know we don't have girls in our rooms just to hold hands and do intellectual exercises, so they must approve of what we are doing...