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...Joan R. Chen '95, co-chair of the Asian American Association (AAA), expressed disappointment that the handbook contains no description of racial tensions on campus or of a coalition of minority student groups and its recent push for a multicultural center...
Chen--who said Epps called her Several weeks ago to request information about AAA activities for the handbook--said all of the material in the handbook is available from other Harvard handbooks and publications. "I guess it's informational for the average student on campus, but for minority students, a lot of this stuff we already know," she said...
Constance I Chang '94, the former president of the Asian American Association (AAA), said she agrees that the University's main problem is that students do not freely discuss racial issues...
...those who claim that AAA is too political an organization, I would like to remind them that AAA was founded in the late '70s in response to administration policies that were biased against Asian American students. One issue in particular was the admittance of Asian American students at Harvard (the class of 1973 had less than 25 Asian students and the class of 1980 had less than 60 Asian students). Through protest and activism, as well as changing demographics, policies within the administration changed and the composition of the class of 1993, which now stands at over 300 Asian students...
...urge any and all who are interested in AAA to first and foremost get involved. Come to steering committee meetings, come to general meetings, come to forums, call your officers. The elected officials of AAA are students just like yourselves and more than welcome any feedback that you can give them. And, as always, if you feel that the AAA officers have done an unsatisfactory job after a year, come to elections and either run for office or at least vote for candidates that you feel are better suited for the job. AAA is a democracy and as such, requires...