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While I am glad that a permanent position has been established for Asian-American literature, it should not have come at the expense of one of the visiting professorships for Ethnic Studies...
...recent decision by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences to create a junior faculty post in the English Department for Asian-American literature seems to fulfill a need for diversity in faculty and curriculum which until now has been ignored. The only problem is that this position will displace one of the visiting professorships allotted to the Committee on Ethnic Studies--one of the few instruments backed by the Administration which brings to Harvard a diverse group of scholars interested in race and ethnicity within an American context...
...administration with a weak commitment to ethnic studies would accommodate one student group by ignoring another, thereby attempting to pit students against each other. Afro-American studies at Harvard is very strong; with this new junior faculty position I hope to see the beginnings of an equally strong Asian-American program. But where are Latinos left? Have we no place? We are supposed to be the largest minority group within the United States come the 21st century, yet our presence has been all but ignored by the Harvard administration...
...June 1996 fund raiser at the palatial San Francisco home of Senator Dianne Feinstein and her financier husband Richard Blum. The $25,000-a-couple dinner has already gained notoriety because of its guest list, a power lineup including President Clinton, top party and Administration officials, even Asian-American fund raiser John Huang. Given all those luminaries, hardly anyone noticed the presence of Judith Vasquez, a thirtysomething Filipina developer, who pledged $100,000 for a chance to be photographed with the President. As a foreigner, she couldn't legally contribute to his party, so she directed her donation to Vote...
...young Asian-American woman whose family has owned the Golden Donut Restaurant on 638 Mass. Ave. for six years said she cares little for political debate...