After the defeat, the proponents—who had come out in droves—were speaking of continuing the movement next year and changing the composition of the council in the upcoming November elections.
“This just encouraged us to continue working,” said CRLS student Paul Heintz. “This will come up again.”
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Janice Y. Lee, who had worked with the students and helped direct them through the Cambridge political arena, had no definite plans for how the movement would proceed after the motion’s defeat.
“That’s up to the young people,” said Lee. “I don’t think they’re very satisfied.”
—Staff writer Imtiyaz H. Delawala can be reached at delawala@fas.harvard.edu.
—Staff writer Lauren R. Dorgan can be reached at dorgan@fas.harvard.edu.