Although only a small minority of studentsparticipated in this protest, the lives ofeveryone at the College were changed and disruptedby the events.

Most classes were canceled during that monthand student strikes blocked avid learners fromentering the few classes that were still beingheld.

I was very unhappy because my classes werestopped," says Anne Pusey. "I did not like havingmy learning interrupted."

Pusey, who was an international student fromChina, managed to go to her classes that werestill being held by dodging the protesters.Despite her and other students' commitment, theprofessors did not expect students to do anyclasswork.

"I went to classes," she recalls. "We juststopped reading the books."

Anne Pusey says she did not take a stand duringthe student protests because she was not on campusduring the takeover and was not well-informed onall the issues. She also found herself in adifficult situation because of her familial ties.

"It was so hard for me emotionally," Anne Puseysays. "I felt the beating was very wrong, but whenyou are not there to see the interaction youcannot make a judgment. My father-in-law took thatstep because he felt that the students were notgoing to leave."

Other students also felt torn--not by studentdemands themselves but by the fervency of thoseoccupying University Hall.

"That kind of rabid reaction does not do thetricks," says former Student Faculty AdvisoryCommittee member Lawrence DiCara '71. "Some feltthat you had to engage in that type of violentactivity."

Weeks after the University Hall takeover, thestudents in the Class of 1969 graduated in aceremony marked by the same activism thatprevailed during the previous years.

Traditional festivities were marred by moreprotest and disruption. Some students worearmbands and white T-shirts adorned with red fistsover their black gowns to signify their support ofthe anti-war movement.

"There was a giddiness and also a real sense ofsobriety at the same time," Hodgson says. "It wassomber. I remember having an armband. I remembersaving my armband and my T-shirt for years."

"Graduation was very emotional. Harvard turnedinto an angry demonstration," Anne Pusey says."Because of that anger, people lost some of thecommon courtesy and happiness of graduation."

DiCara says that although he was only asophomore during the occupation of UniversityHall, it left a "sour taste" in the Harvardexperience for even the Class of 1971.

"We were the first class to have somenormalcy," DiCara recalls.