Representatives from the lab have told The Crimson in the past that the criticisms have no validity and that their animal experiments are subject to strict protocols and oversight.
The protests last night drew students and older activists from all over the Boston area, and even a few from Ohio and Chicago. Noticeably absent were Harvard students.
According to event organizers, they sent e-mail messages to Harvard's activist community but did not feel they had to recruit them specifically.
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"We've come here as outsiders, but we're really not," Tessier said. "Harvard isn't paying for these experiments, the taxpayers are. And that is everybody."