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...writing to rebut an assertion made in The Crimson (staff editorial, "Counter Drags the Foundation Down," Oct. 25, 1994) that Dr. S. Allen Counter helped the Asian-American Association draft a letter criticizing Dean of Students Archie C. Epps...
...staff alleges a "two-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...
...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...
...There's a difference between how we're perceived and what we are," Jung says. "There's a tendency for the general population to look at a group as a voice for the whole minority. We're just a group of individuals who are interested in Asian-American issues...
...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...