Rachel Bolden-Kramer ’06, a member of the Campaign for Campus Liberty, said that her main concern was the Patriot Act.

“The Patriot Act is especially dangerous for foreign students at Harvard,” she said.

While some protesters said that U.S. forces should immediately leave Iraq, others said they thought the withdrawal should be more gradual.

Ted Virdone, a non-student who described himself as a member of the Socialist Alternative, said he thinks U.S. troops are not solving any of Iraq’s problems and should immediately leave the country.

“Occupation is not in the interest of ordinary people here or in Iraq,” he said. “People like us get killed in occupation. [The war] costs our money, our lives and I don’t get the oil profits that come from it.”

But Aaron K. Tanaka ’04 said he believes the U.S. needs to make plans to leave Iraq.

“As we withdraw we must not siphon away resources from the Iraqi people,” Tanaka said.