News
Progressive Labor Party Organizes Solidarity March With Harvard Yard Encampment
News
Encampment Protesters Briefly Raise 3 Palestinian Flags Over Harvard Yard
News
Mayor Wu Cancels Harvard Event After Affinity Groups Withdraw Over Emerson Encampment Police Response
News
Harvard Yard To Remain Indefinitely Closed Amid Encampment
News
HUPD Chief Says Harvard Yard Encampment is Peaceful, Defends Students’ Right to Protest
At their first unforgettable meeting, this year's freshmen were told they had a great deal of knowledge, but that they would shortly lose it. This, the sages explained, is how Harvard has acquired its vast storehouse of learning. It is obvious, then, that the freshman sets the pattern for the entire University. At other institutions the frosh is frowned upon as the lowest form of invertebrate, but not so here.
Recently, however, several things have puzzled and confused him. Carefully calculating the number of $90 rooms in each House, the number of "cums" in each field of concentration, and the most fool proofway of establishing foreign citizenship-he has not seen the posters nor heard the ticket hucksters advertise his Spring Dance. Only fifteen tickets were sold, so last Saturday's affair was called off.
But this is not surprising. During the last fortnight his confusion has been built into delirium. Every night at dinner two giant speakers blare weird music at him. It is the music that is distracting his mind. It is the music that is making the milk sours and the spoons disappear. It is a violation of most fundamental human rights to dignity, and peace, and privacy.
When the Union Executive Committee meets tonight, it should observe one minute of silence-heavenly silence-and it will be convinced.
Want to keep up with breaking news? Subscribe to our email newsletter.