Word: tented
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...officer was dispatched on a report of people stealing a table from under a tent in the yard of Thayer Hall. Officer determined it to be students involved in a prank...
...nonprofit group has assembled a 30-member Circle of Tribal Advisers to promote Indian participation, and the National Park Service has chosen a Mandan-Hidatsa, Gerard Baker, to be superintendent of the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail. His traveling exhibit, "Corps of Discovery II," will be "a tent of many voices," he says, focusing on native cultures and their "hope for the future...
...unusually dedicated group of first-years joined McKean for a battle that would last throughout their time at Harvard, climaxing in a sit-in last April. With the occupation of the Massachusetts Hall president’s office and the construction of Tent City in the Yard, PSLM moved from the fringes of the Harvard service community to the forefront of campus discussion...
...protest have occurred throughout the past four years. But the prominence of student activism as an issue for Harvard students and historians alike was established by the 21-day occupation of Massachusetts Hall by members of the Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM) in April 2001. The sit-in spawned Tent City in the Yard, national media coverage and heated debates in dining halls and dorm rooms about the merits of PSLM’s tactics and their demands for an hourly living wage of $10.25 for Harvard’s lowest-paid employees. In the spring of 2002, the University...
...occupied Massachusetts Hall have scored an important and necessary victory: workers’ wages have increased significantly. But most of the unions have since put down their picket signs and concluded deals with the University, leaving the liberal student activists searching for a new cause. The heady days of Tent City are gone, and the Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM) is struggling to redefine its purpose. Its recent activities, including a bake sale and rallies for security guards, have failed to capture the interest of the student body. PSLM is squandering its time, energy and credibility...