In a written statement in the program, Offner noted the irony in awarding a peace award to "a group that rallies...loudly against low-wage labor."
"We make life decidedly unpeaceful in Harvard Yard. Our work is rooted in an understanding that peace and justice are not served by restfulness and complacency," she wrote.
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For PSLM, although the award was unexpected, it adds another feather to their cap.
"It helps give us a certain legitimacy with the Boston press, but I am not sure it will seriously impress the administration," McKean said.
McKean, however, did have one criticism.
"I was hoping the food would be better than dining hall food...[but] it was activist food," he said.