"[PSLM's new strategy] is not going to change things," Grogan says. "They're going to a lot of effort to reopen this whole campaign on the narrow question of a wage standard. The prospects of doing that are remote, no matter how many Corporation members' houses they go to."
Taking It To The Top
PSLM member Aaron D. Bartley says he began to recognize the Corporation's unparalleled decision-making ability after examining a University charter dating back to the 17th century.
"We realized that the Corporation exercises almost complete legal authority over every matter on campus," says Bartley, a third-year student at the law school.
As a result, the organization rethought its focus.
It no longer made sense to plan elaborate actions to target deans who are not ultimately in charge, says Benjamin L. McKean '02, a member of PSLM. In addition, the administrators who were the focus of actions for the past two years no longer seemed willing to do anything more than listen.
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