“Bush isn’t out here, but there is a lot of excitement and I guess that’s what really matters,” said Geoffrey D. Kearney ’07, a member of the College Dems. “I was hoping Bush would arrive and we could give him a hard time about his policies.”

While no Harvard students were arrested, several other protesters were apprehended by the police for disorderly conduct.

At 7:00 p.m., the HAC members walked to the back of the hotel after hearing that Bush might be exiting from there.

The members were quickly deterred however, by a strong security presence.

“The riot police are scary,” said Tina M. Valverde ’06, a HAC member. “We don’t want to get arrested.”

At one point during the protest, the HAC members engaged in a fake shouting match with some of the members of HIPJ who were dressed as “Billionaires for Bush.”

The “Billionaires for Bush” mocked Bush’s policies by donning tuxedos, drinking champagne, and smoking cigars as they shouted statements such as “Lower the minimum wage” and “Profits before patients.”

Kathryn E.C. Berndtson ’06, one of the HIPJ members who was dressed as a billionaire, was glad she came.

“It was one of the most fun protests I’ve been to,” Berndtson said.