"We shall not rest, but we have good reason tobe encouraged by our recent progress," he wrote.

Parent reaction to yesterday's protest wasmixed. Some said they thought Sandel's lecture wasan "inappropriate forum" for airing grievances,while others spoke positively of Ching's speechand said the group had made valid points in itsdemonstration.

In a flyer titled "A Dream Deferred," theprotestors elaborated on their complaints.

The flyer states that faculty diversity andethnic studies "are indispensable assets to auniversity that claims to promote an understandingof different cultures andcommunities...Shamelessly, Harvard does nothesitate to show its superficial commitment tothese goals and will continue to produceculturally-unaware graduates."

While Ching said she is unsure to what extentlast year's Coalition will now be revived, shesaid the groups that banded together yesterdaywant to work together this spring.

"This weekend is the beginning of an attempt atchanging the administration's postition on theissue [s]," she said.

This fall, leaders of minority organizationshave been gathering regularly at meetings of theMinority Student Alliance, according to former AAAPresident Joan R. Cheng '95.

In his lecture, Sandel did not discuss theprotest that had immediately preceded his speech.He spoke about the ethical validity of argumentsfor and against the ban on gays in the military.

"All of us...in one way or another, engage inpolitical philosophy all the time," Sandel saidafter several parents offered their views on thedebate. He said that through his course MoralReasoning 22, "Justice," he has attempted to helpstudents link contemporary issues with the classictexts of philosophy