Protesters take over HarvardYard Metro/Boston Globe. First #OccupyHarvard General Assembly Draws 500+; Harvard Yard Locked Down to Public, Press and Some Students. Cambridge, Mass. - Harvard University's main quad - the famed Harvard Yard, bounded by Mass Ave., Peabody St., Cambridge St., Broadway and Quincy St. - was locked down in response to Harvard students, staff and faculty calling the first general assembly of Occupy Harvard this evening.
All visitors without a Harvard affiliation - including members of the press - are being stopped at the five open gates of the walled complex by a combination of private security guards, Harvard University Police and Cambridge Police. Some Harvard students, including residents of dorms on the yard, have also been prevented from entering the yard seemingly at random throughout the evening. When it became evident that outside supporters would not be allowed to enter the Yard shortly after the scheduled 7 p.m. start time of the general assembly, the initial Occupy Harvard participants exited Johnston Gate and blocked Mass. Update 11/10/11 2:13 a.m.: VIDEO of Harvard Professor Timothy P. Sincerely, Occupy Protest Shuts Down Harvard Yard. GSAS student Marissa M. Egertsrom teaches the basics of "General Assemblies" while facilitating a conversation Wednesday night on the Law School campus.
UPDATED 4:34 a.m. 11/10/11 A tent city was hastily constructed in front of University Hall Wednesday night during a tense dialogue between “Occupy Harvard” protesters and Dean of Student Life Suzy M. Nelson. The occupation followed a protest on campus involving more than roughly 350 participants sympathetic to the Occupy movement, during which Harvard Yard was shut down by Harvard University Police officers and Securitas guards. The protest was intended to convey disapproval of the University’s perceived complicity in growing income inequality across the country. Around 7 p.m., protesters were met with increased security that would prevent Boston residents who were not Harvard affiliates from entering the Yard. “I think it’s absurd. In response to the limited access to the Yard, demonstrators relocated to the Harvard Law School campus. Why We Need Occupy Harvard. I didn’t expect to support Occupy Harvard. While I agree wholeheartedly with the broader Occupy movement’s critique of the financial industry and think the current level of economic inequality in the United States is beyond defense, I had strategic reservations.
I thought the occupiers should have targeted members of Congress with the power to pass legislation benefiting the 99 percent, rather that banks that aren’t going to be persuaded of their own evils anytime soon. Occupiers, I reasoned, should get up in the faces of the people actually holding the cards. But Occupy Harvard is doing just that, by congregating in front of University and Massachusetts Halls, where the people with the power to change course are working. It is easy to dismiss the tent-dwellers on Harvard Yard as dumb hippies with inchoate demands, but as the group’s press release yesterday showed, they know exactly what they are doing.
Their demands—our demands—are specific and Harvard-focused. Dylan R. Student Perspectives on Occupy Harvard. A selection of Crimson editors respond to Wednesday’s night’s Occupy Harvard protest. Harvard’s Identity Crisis Occupy Harvard Wednesday night: listening to the booming rhetoric of Timothy P. McCarthy, hearing the stories of two workers who were fired injudiciously, absorbing the feeling that hundreds of people were in order to pursue change.
Occupy Harvard the next day: demonized by a significant portion of the student body, complaints about not being able to walk through the Yard, accusations that the protestors were whiny. However, there was nothing whiny about the chants of "Harvard for the 99 percent,” and there was nothing unsubstantiated about "Banks got bailed out/we got sold out. " At Harvard, there is a deep identity crisis that is not dissimilar to that present amongst the American population. Christine Ann Hurd ’13 is a Crimson Arts writer. HMC and Financial Aid The Occupy Harvard folks say they want a University for the 99 percent, not a corporation for the one percent. Christine Ann Hurd (@xinehurd) sur Twitter. Evan Ribot (@EvanRibot) sur Twitter. Marina bolotnikova (@mbolotnikova) sur Twitter.
Occupying Harvard Online | Flyby. Occupy Harvard's Media and Outreach team has launched a website intended to facilitate communication between occupiers and the rest of Harvard community. The website includes a statement of purpose, a frequently asked questions section, and an online forum meant to function as an "electronic general assembly. " The Disgrace of Occupy Harvard. It has taken almost two months for the Occupy movement to hit Harvard. Since Wednesday night, protesters have occupied tents outside of University Hall, while Harvard University Police Department officers have occupied the gates of the Yard to limit the crowd to Harvard affiliates only. The movement as a whole has occupied the minds of students across campus. Leaving aside the inconvenience of having to show identification to enter the Yard—because most good protest movements create a degree of inconvenience in gaining recognition, and there is no reason to fault Occupy Harvard for garnering attention—the Harvard-specific manifestation of the Occupy movement is problematic in a number of ways.
To see these dangers, it is important to understand how Occupy Harvard departs from the overarching Occupy movement from which it seemingly arose. For all of the pitfalls associated with Occupy’s perpetuation of class division, the movement’s validity is rooted in genuine frustrations. Evan A. Occupy Harvard Security Measures Cause Tension. Tercentenary Theatre is usually a bustling and popular area for tourists, but with the increased security due to Occupy Harvard, the only people visiting Widener Library are students. As the Harvard community continues to deal with heightened security measures surrounding the Yard—including checkpoints and restricted access to freshman dorms—Occupy Harvard protesters are fighting the sentiment that occupiers are to blame for the increased security, asserting that the administration is leveraging the security measures to cast the demonstration in a negative light.
Protesters and non-participants sympathetic to the movement argue that the security measures are an overreaction and send an antithetical message to the occupation’s goals of creating an inclusive space for public dialogue at Harvard. “In the past, Harvard has not acted this way towards much larger security risks ... Last year there was an armed robbery in front of Thayer and the Yard wasn’t shut down then,” said Taras B.
Students Launch 'Occupy the Facts' About 20 students Sunday night launched “Occupy the Facts,” a nascent student organization hoping to combat charges that protestors in the Occupy movement are uninformed about public policy issues. The organization seeks to conduct important policy research and make their findings accessible to Occupy protesters and the public. The group will spend the next three weeks developing information packages. “I want to see if we [can] create something that could research public policy surrounding the occupiers’ demands,” said Peter D.
Davis ’12, one of the project facilitators. “We want to be able to create fact sheets.” One of the projects’ goals is to eventually transform their policy findings into various formats, including educational YouTube videos and info-graphics. Davis said that the inspiration for “Occupy the Facts” is the potential for Occupy to affect social change. Talia B. “I’ve noticed this persistent criticism that the demands of the movement aren’t specific enough,” Talia B.
Tourists and Affiliates Respond to Closing of Harvard Yard. Occupy Heckles Newt Gingrich. Former Speaker of the House and presidential candidate Newt Gingrich spoke of American exceptionalism and his views on the country's political and economic issues. Republican Presidential Candidate and Former Speaker of the House of Representatives Newt Gingrich hosted a movie screening and forum at the Harvard Kennedy School on Friday, prompting a group of Occupy protesters to disrupt the beginning of the event with a rehearsed chant. Shortly after Gingrich arrived, Occupy protesters began chanting, “Mic check. Mic check! We love you Newt. Gingrich started to respond to the protesters, but they interrupted him mid-sentence to continue their chant. “Thank you for understanding that simple point. Many audience members were frustrated by the protesters. “Go back to your tents!” But Gingrich was unfazed by the interruption. “I think we are 100 percent. Institute of Politics Director C.
“Before I introduce the Speaker and Mrs. The former Speaker and his wife, Callista L. Occupiers Share Thanksgiving Meal. Occupy Harvard sports a new sign on the first day of Thanksgiving break, soon followed by new tents and new restrictions on Yard access. Even for those who remained in tents in Harvard Yard over Thanksgiving break, there was a holiday dinner provided.
Faculty from the Romance Languages and Literatures Department and the director of the Harvard Foundation brought smoked turkey, mashed potatoes, and pumpkin pie to the Yard dwellers in support for the Occupy movement. The event was promoted on Facebook with the tongue-in-cheek title “Occupie Harvard.” Organizers said about 40 people gathered around tables made of wooden boards and milk crates to celebrate the holiday and discuss the movement’s goals. Later that night, about 20 supporters camped out, according to Timothy S. McGrath, a student at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. The Occupy movement is now shifting its energy to campaigning for socially responsible investments and endowment transparency, organizers said. —Nathalie R. Occupy | Search Results | The Harvard Lampoon. Let It Ride # February, 2014 || Issue editor: ERB '14 Cheese Whiz (hosted by Trent Dilfer) Host: Hello, and welcome to Cheese Whiz, the cheesetastic game show that’s just audacious enough to ask the question, “Are you a Cheese Whiz?”
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Something came up and never is no good for us after all, @BobMankoff. Apr 7 Once in my zone, no one can touch me. Apr 6 Woah WARNING: promotional tweet … BostonChannel: Occupy Harvard begins protesting the corporatization of education at Harvard -- 11/9/11. Occupy Movement Spreads To Harvard. Occupy Harvard (11/10/2011) USATODAY: Police confront Berkeley 'Occupy' camp. BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) – Dozens of people were arrested during Occupy demonstrations at the University of California , Berkeley campus, as authorities twice clashed with protesters trying to set up encampments. The bulk of the arrests came Wednesday night, as authorities in riot gear confronted demonstrators. Television news footage from outside the university's main administration building showed officers pulling people from the steps and nudging others with batons as the crowd chanted, "We are the 99 percent!
" and "Stop Beating Students! " Thirty-two people were arrested on suspicion of resisting and delaying police officers and failing to disperse, UC Berkeley police Lt. University police didn't immediately return calls from The Associated Press. The officers eventually formed a perimeter around the steps of the building. As the evening wore on, the crowd swelled as protesters debated whether to stay overnight. One of the seven was also charged with striking an officer. University Maintains Heightened Security for Occupy Harvard. A student reads the cardboard protest sign proclaiming “HARVARD IS THE 99%” as she walks by. The Occupy Harvard movement is beginning to attract more bystander attention. Harvard will retain heightened security measures in the Yard for the time being, according to a statement that the University sent out to members of the community on Thursday. Protesters participating in “Occupy Harvard” demonstrations pitched about 20 tents in front of University Hall Wednesday evening and have since peacefully camped out despite the rain.
Dean of Student Life Suzy Nelson met with the protesters yesterday evening and said she will join the “Occupiers” again during their general assembly at 5 p.m. The statement, co-signed by University Provost Alan M. Raising concerns over safety, the administrators said access to the Yard will remain restricted to those with Harvard identification. In an emailed statement signed by the Registrar of the Division of Continuing Education Susan E. –Staff writer Jose A. Harvard Joins the Occupy Movement. Share This release was issued this morning by Occupy Harvard. At 10:30 pm on November 9, hundreds of Harvard students and affiliates put down tents to begin an occupation of Harvard Yard. Currently, thirty tents occupy the Yard in solidarity with the global Occupy movement. Earlier Wednesday, around 800 Harvard students, faculty, staff, and community members gathered in a rally, general assembly, and march to Occupy Harvard.
Harvard is a diverse community that includes both the 1% and the 99%; we occupy here in solidarity with the global Occupy movement and with Occupy Boston. We are Occupy Harvard. We are here in solidarity with the Occupy movement to protest the corporatization of higher education, epitomized by Harvard University. We see injustice in the 180:1 ratio between the compensation of Harvard’s highest-paid employee—the head of internal investments at Harvard Management Company—and the lowest-paid employee, an entry-level custodial worker.
Can Occupy Harvard Be Taken Seriously? Students React | Bostinnovation: Boston Start-ups, Innovation and News Blog. The Atlantic Wire: Harvard Keeps Occupy Harvard for Harvard Students Only. The Harvard iteration of the Occupy protests is ironically, appropriately, and unwillingly now the most exclusive Occupy protest in the country. Guards closed and locked the gates to Harvard Yard in the minutes leading up to the inaugural Occupy Harvard general assembly, meaning that the tent city now built in front of the John Harvard statue will be as exclusive as the university itself. Only people flashing Harvard IDs were allowed in the Yard for the 7 p.m. protest, and Harvard police officers stood sentinel into the night to keep the riffraff out. The enforced exclusivity reads as a pretty ironic asterisk on the latest iteration of the supposedly all-inclusive protest movement, and the students participating in the occupation aren't too happy about it.
"I think it's absurd. With the acceptance rate having dropped to a record low of 6.2 percent this year, Harvard College is already a problematic place to represent the interests of the 99 Percent. Occupy Harvard gets the old college jeer. I Saw You Harvard. Caught Red Handed. Occupy someone else’s Yard. John C. Berg: Howie Carr seems to think... #OCCUPY Harvard. Harvard Restricts Access To Harvard Yard After Occupy Protestors Try To Set Up Camp. University authorities seek to block and isolate Occupy Harvard. Richard D. Wolff: Harvard Students Join the Movement. Occupy Harvard's Big Solidarity Problem - National.