Rally organizers spent the weekend researching the president-elect and distributing information about Summers' labor history via e-mail, after spending much of the week searching for information about University of Michigan President Lee C. Bollinger, seen by many as the frontrunner for the Harvard presidency.

PSLM framed the rally as a "hunt" for the Harvard Corporation. As the rally wound from Mass. Hall to Loeb House, protesters carried cardboard cutouts introducing members of the Corporation, which they described as "the single most important body standing in the way of a living wage policy at Harvard."

The cutouts included the names of Corporation members, the companies they direct and their net worth. The piece of cardboard representing Summers read, "Larry Summers: secretly chosen Harvard President."

Throughout the course of the hour-long event, College administrators, Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) officers and photographers crowded the Yard.

The protest began as PSLM Member Molly E. McOwen '02 addressed the crowd to a soft background drumbeat.

She explained that just this past fall, PSLM "discovered" the Corporation as the University's ultimate decision-making body.

HUPD Chief Francis D. "Bud" Riley noted PSLM's changing strategy.