Both Bordone and Fisher agree that negotiation is essential at a time like this.
"It seems like a ripe situation for a skilled negotiator," Bordone says.
"When emotions run high, the likelihood of this escalating goes up."
A good negotiator would spend a lot of time talking to both parties and get a sense of their positions and possibly find a mutually acceptable solution.
Fisher, although he is critical of the tactics of both sides, will not venture a prediction as to how the occupation of Mass. Hall will end.
But he does say that if the protestors persist in turning the situation into a power struggle in which they have "basically declared war" on the University, the consequences could be grave. In a battle of power, Harvard could kick the students out of Mass. Hall and possibly expel them from the school.
"Harvard is being very gentle allowing the students to stay in the building," he says.