“I’m really conflicted myself on that—so I don’t know,” she says.

The undergraduate group advocating animal rights, The People for Animal Welfare, adopts an even rarer position—they do not participate in protests, even peaceable ones.

“We saw how PETA [People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals] functions, and they’ve done great things for animal welfare, but not all their tactics are approved by the general public,” said Jeffrey A. Barnet ’06, president emeritus of the group. “As opposed to making a joke of it, we felt that education and volunteer work would be a much better forum for an undergraduate group.”

As April draws to a close, so too, it seems, will the threat of protesters.

The increased security at William James Hall will come to a close when the 24-hour watch guard is relieved from around-the-clock duty on May 2.

—Staff writer Robin M. Peguero can be reached at peguero@fas.harvard.edu.