Much like their AWOL counterparts at Occupy London, the brave activists of Occupy Harvard–whose presence has caused Harvard Yard to be closed to the general public–apparently prefer the comforts of their dorm rooms to sleeping in their expensive tents.
A Harvard blogger visited the site, only to find Occupy Harvard was strangely… unoccupied:
On the first morning of the encampment, the Harvard Crimson did a photo essay on how things were going on Day 1, which documented about half a dozen protesters on site at around 9 a.m. (here). So I wondered, how are things going on Day 3? Especially on a day on which classes were not in session, so the members of the movement are able to devote their full attention to the encampment, would a larger contingent of space occupants be on site? Perhaps dozens of space occupants?So what did I find? Nothing! When I arrived shortly before 10 a.m., I found no space occupants at all. On site were just 2 photographers (including myself) and 2 Harvard University police officers…
Meanwhile, according to the Harvard Crimson, Harvard faculty and students who support the Occupy movement are objecting to the security measures established by the university to keep activists from outside the university from joining the protest.
Harvard law professor Duncan Kennedy, for example, is a staunch opponent of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, but a firm advocate of the (absentee) Harvard occupation: “[A]s a participant,” he complains, “the massive security presence, albeit friendly enough, had a Homeland Security feel to it.”
The “massive security presence” amounts to a few Harvard University police officers posted inside and outside the Yard.
It is about as “massive” as the presence of the Occupy activists themselves–who, despite the nifty camping gear, seem quietly to have decided they have better things to do after all.
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