Mather did not return a request for comment.
While Halpern's was the only signature on the contract, an undergraduate was listed as a contact person.
Halpern said that after his conversation with Mather, he met with other members of PSLM to plot a course of action. He ultimately re-contacted Mather and offered various proposals intended to allow the posters to remain.
Benjamin M. Stoll '04, a member of PSLM, said, "We offered to take the posters down for the weekend. We then offered to have someone else from PSLM or someone from Amnesty International sign the contract."
"Anyone could have signed it," Halpern said, but "Mather maintained that it would have to come down."
Ultimately, Halpern and Stoll said, their protest changed Mather's mind. After the group of PSLM members assembled in front of the poster at 4:45 p.m., the deadline for the display's removal was moved back to 6.
Finally, Mather announced that the posters could stay up over the weekend pending a meeting on Monday to discuss the dispute.
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