Word: asia
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College South Asian groups are wrestling with the problem of not accurately representing all of South Asia in their events. Since most of the membership of these groups is Indian, it is easy to overlook some of the other countries in the region such as Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka...
...past few years the South Asian Association at Harvard has made a serious effort to address issues of all of South Asia. That is why I was upset that The Crimson's headline, "India Celebrates Independence" (News, Nov. 10) pertained to our forum on 50 years of independence...
Every attempt was made to include more than India in our forum. In fact, one of our main speakers, Dr. Siddiq Abdullah, is president of the Pakistani Association of the Greater Boston Area. We hope that next time our earnest attempts to represent all of South Asia are not forgotten. --Uttam K. Tambar '00, Academic-Political Chair, South Asian Association
While the deadline for entering the lottery was Oct. 16, the lottery results were released very late, on the night of Oct. 29. That afternoon, the Coalition for Freedom and Human Rights in Asia, the organizer of the protest rally, held a press conference laying out its plans (see The Crimson, Oct. 30). During Jiang's speech there were many free seats inside Sanders Theatre. This was clearly embarrassing for the Fairbank Center organizers. As a result, ushers were asked to sit in the most obvious gaps in an attempt to cover up the failed ticket distribution system...
...Petition: A petition addressed to Rudenstine to be handed over to Jiang was prepared by the Coalition for Freedom and Human Rights in Asia. The text expressed concern about the state of Tibet, the Tiananmen Massacre and the threats to Taiwan. In three days it gained 411 signatures spanning the Harvard community--undergraduates, graduates, faculty and alumni. The petition was accepted by Vice President and General Counsel Anne Taylor on Oct. 31. Taylor however failed to hand it over to President Rudenstine; instead she sent it over to Deirdre Chetham, the executive director of the Fairbank Center...