Alternatively, he’ll follow the example of his predecessor and receive the report with a smile and a handshake, promise to take it under the utmost consideration, and then bury it under all those letters to prospective donors.
Ending our little trip to the future, let’s get back to the present.
To give them credit, PSLM was courageous to take over Mass. Hall and insist on their demands. Not only did they get the attention of the University, they also got national recognition. Students around the country looked on as Harvard students demonstrated leadership in an area of global concern.
Still, it would be a mistake to judge the sit-in a victory. On the whole, Harvard students failed to rally behind the living wage. The concessions made by the University are temporary at best, and non-existent for the rest. At the end of the day, things only look bleaker for the living wage.
But it’s spring, and the next round of the game is about to begin. Right now the score is Harvard 1, PSLM 0.
Summers, you’re up.
Meredith B. Osborn ’02 is a social studies concentrator in Leverett House. Her column appears regularly.
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