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...year cold war" has existed between Counter and the administration, citing only "Counter's assistance to leaders of the Asian-American Association in drafting a letter to the editors of The Crimson that attacked Epps's handling of campus race issues" as evidence. But the assertion that Counter assisted AAA is both careless and misleading, implying a collusion that did not occur...
...letter in question was submitted in June, 1993 by then-AAA co-presidents Joan E. Cheng '95 and Haewon Hwang '95. Counter did not help write the letter, as The Crimson irresponsibly reported then and repeats now, but only suggested that they could make Epps aware of their grievances through a variety of channels, among them a letter. The letter Cheng and Hwang then wrote expressed the authors' personal concerns regarding Epps, in particular with respect to a perceived insensitivity to Asian-American students...
Other students counter that AAA should, instead of claiming to offer a political voice, simply serve an educational purpose as a forum for debate...
...instance, in the tabling against proposition 187, Jung says AAA was serving an educational purpose...
...critics, however, the tabling against Proposition 187 shows how impossible it is for AAA to both take a stance and engage all 1200 Asian-American students...