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This is a letter in response to a Dartboard piece ("A Beef With Bamboo Shoots," Feb. 19, 1995) about the art exhibit co-sponsored by the Harvard-Radcliffe Asian American Association (AAA) displayed in the Science Center. We hadn't realized The Crimson had the luxury of replacing editorial space with tabloid gossip. We guess you couldn't even call it that--though the cattiness is there, most columns do a bit more research into their subject to avoid looking foolish after publication...
...BEEF WITH BAMBOO SHOOTS...
...exhibit consists of pieces of imperial red parchment mounted on sticks of bamboo. Yes, you heard correctly: bamboo. Using bamboo sticks for a display that questions Asian American stereotypes is the equivalent of triumphantly shouting, "Ah-so! Me breakee stereotypes!" Come on people, get with the program. This is the nineties and the medium is the message...
...States. But Bechtel's reputation for product quality in developing oil pipelines was not matched by its performance in building nuclear waste disposal facilities. The leaky Taranpur nuclear facility in India is one example. To help cover up the problem, Bechtel hired Indian workers to spread radioactive waste with bamboo poles...
...quarrel between East and West about human rights. Several large Asian countries, China among them, argue that the U.S. has no business criticizing their own, equally legitimate values. But Japan stresses majority rights too. So does Hong Kong. Neither is watering its economic miracle with the blood from a bamboo cane...