Word: aaa
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Yankees will win the World Series despite a 45-year-old Opening Day pitcher. The Red Sox will win it all despite 71 years of frustration. The Orioles will take the pennant despite 1001 good reasons why they should be playing AAA ball...
...minority groups self-segregating? Everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion. Albert Hsia, in his March 9 editorial, criticized the Asian American Association (AAA) and other minority organizations for what he believed was their tendency toward self-segregation. But in backing up his opinion with outright falsehoods and blanket statements, he overstepped his bounds and demonstrated an ignorance of what minority groups strive to do and actually...
...AAA was formed 13 years ago to address the cultural, educational, political and social needs of Asian Americans on campus: culturally, to celebrate the richness of our heritage; educationally, to discover our identities; politically, to obtain the rights to which we are entitled as human beings and as minorities are being denied; socially, to develop ties with those with whom we share commonalities. Our focus is the Asian American community, and we have and always will encourage all Harvard-Radcliffe students to explore its many facets...
Third, the quotes from the position paper submitted by a pair of candidates for co-president in our organization misrepresented their ideas. Their comprehensive five-page plan, including strategies for strengthening AAA's political voice and ties with other non-Asian minority groups, and adding a program to the Model U.N. Conferences, was summarized as plans for "long nights of Pictionary...
There is no doubt that AAA and other minority organization do serve a social function on campus. But we feel that the "true spirit which drives our minority organizations" has been negligently misrepresented. Even as we strive to understand ourselves, we strive to share our experiences with others. But it is not enough for us to reach out with one hand. We hope that all our fellow students will reach their hands out to us as well. David Chiu Arlene Mayeda Co-Presidents Asian American Association