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...This week's entry is the Half Asian Persons Association (HAPA). This association, formed by Christine Muraski Millett, a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in the department of East Asian languages and civilizations, hopes to congregate students of this particular biraciality to promote discussion of multicultural issues. Although a unique attempt at social awareness, HAPA's existence reinforces the ugly truth that Harvard students need to categorize and label just about everything and everyone...
...also find a dividing point, a point where we can be separated from the next person. Self-identification and individualism are extremely important, vital factors to a healthy individual, but we seem to have lost the pure definitions of these words and exaggerated the limits. If this is our attempt at uniting the student body, we should stop and take a look at how divided the students body has already become...
...very nature, the study of race and ethnicity is political because it challenges the dominant. European body of knowledge that has historically posed as race-neutral and universal. Having acknowledged the inherently political nature of the call for Ethnic Studies, we are quite puzzled by The Crimson's apparent attempt to delegitimize our demands by noting that movements for Ethnic Studies have employed tactics--specifically, hunger strikes, sit-ins, organized protests--that have historically secured "justice when ordinary channels of protest have broken down." We are honored to be considered a part of this tradition, and we hope that...
...Crimson will attempt to dazzle the fans with is premier "Madness," which is open to all students with valid Harvard identification. The team will open the Bright Hockey Center doors at 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, October...
...President Ernesto Samper, are blaming the cartel for the tapping, American officials believe blame lies elsewhere. "The American embassy is absolutely livid about this. They think the Colombian government is behind the taps," reports TIME's Elaine Shannon. "Pointing the finger at the cartel is seen as a desperate attempt by Samper to save his administration. He's terrified that the cartel's bookkeeper in custody is going to tell just how involved he has been with the cartel, so he is trying to deflect attention onto the cartel." Last month, the cartel's accountant, Guillermo Pallomari, surrendered...