The Harvard professors took issue with the fact that students were disciplined for a silent protest in the Widener Library last month.

Thirty Harvard University professors from different departments gathered at Widener Library on Wednesday The professors gathered in the Loker Reading Room for an hour-long silent “study-in.” The demonstration denounced what the professors called the university’s restrictive free speech policies,

Dozens of professors at Harvard University staged a “study-in” protest at the school’s library Wednesday, in solidarity with students disciplined for taking part in a pro-Palestinian demonstration. Thirty professors sat down inside Widener Library to take a stand against the university’s decision to suspend 12 students from using the facility.