HSAS member Benjamin L. McKean '02 was pleased with the supportive crowd.
"I thought it went very well. We went through so many balloons we had to run out and buy more," said McKean, who is also a Crimson editor.
After about 20 minutes of balloon signing, 30 HSAS members, supporters and curious students walked to Mass. Hall carrying the balloons and signs, chanting "Hey hey, ho ho, Harvard sweatshops have got to go."
"I felt like they could use a little volume," said Emily J. Carmichael '04 an onlooker and Crimson cartoonist who decided to lend her voice to the chants.
When they reached Mass. Hall, the crowd was met by a Harvard police officer who told the demonstrators that taping balloons to the building was an arrestable offense.
When some students continued to tape balloons to the building, the officer took the balloons down and asked for one persistent protestor's student ID.
The crowd was then told to leave the steps of Mass. Hall and proceeded to decorate the stakes that encompass the lawn.
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