Fire Alarm Cuts Short Yo-Yo Ma, Stephen Colbert Event as Graduate Student Union Pickets Outside

William Z. Ge, Ayraah Lodha, and Mayas Smith
The Harvard Crimson

A sold-out panel event featuring cellist Yo-Yo Ma ’76 and comedian Stephen Colbert was cut short by a fire alarm Thursday night, forcing attendees to evacuate Sanders Theatre as roughly 80 Harvard graduate student union demonstrators picketed outside.

The alarm sounded about 40 minutes into the conversation, as Colbert and Ma were answering questions from students. Colbert initially continued speaking before security ushered him and Ma offstage and instructed the audience to leave. Union president Denish K. Jaswal said the organization had no involvement in triggering the alarm. “We would not do such an action. We were out here to peacefully picket,” she said.

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