NYC Alums Join Locals in Protest

Thursday's protest against potential layoffs of University workers was more than just a local effort. Students and employees protesting outside the Holyoke Center were joined by Harvard alums 200 miles away rallying outside the Harvard Club of New York

According to an e-mail sent by the "Concerned Alumni of New York," the group shares the Cambridge protesters' demands, which include that the university stop layoffs, reinstate all previously laid-off workers, and lift all hiring freezes currently in place at the University.

The organizers of the protest—including Michael A. Gould-Wartofsky '07, Kelly L. Lee '07, J. Claire Provost '07, and former campus activist Kyle Krahel '08—said in the e-mail that they would continue to rally alongside the Cambridge protesters seeking to put an end to layoffs at what they called "the wealthiest university in the world."