A rally that began at Harvard University’s Science Center Plaza was attended by hundreds of students yesterday (February 14), the latest event in a scandal that has engulfed the campus community.
The protest—one of the largest such gatherings at the university in recent years, according to The Harvard Crimson—was organized to show support for three graduate students who filed a lawsuit against Harvard University last week alleging that the institution had failed to act on allegations of sexual harassment and professional misconduct by anthropology professor John Comaroff.
“This case is not about three of us. This case is about all of us,” plaintiff Lilia Kilburn said at the rally, the Crimson reports. “This case is about Harvard’s failure to provide the prompt and equitable process for dealing with claims of harassment and discrimination that’s required by law.”
The students’ suit, filed last Tuesday (February 8), describes years of alleged harassment ...
