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...curry. "These two people are stupid!" snaps one hacker. "They joined another stupid person, David Letterman, who does not have any respect for other cultures!" Among better-educated Bangladeshis, the unease is scarcely less intense. The Bangladesh Association of New England meets next month to draft a letter of complaint to the Late Show -- the first such formal protest. bane president Shahjahan Mahmood recalls how a graduation party for the son of a friend was consumed by talk of Mujibur and Sirajul. Nancy Hossain, wife of Mukit (and a graduate of Letterman's alma mater, Ball State), has also noticed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dispatches: The Amos 'n' Sirajul Flap | 6/27/1994 | See Source »

Potter said she is "on the verge" of filing a formal complaint with the Cambridge Zoning Board...

Author: By Terry H. Lanson, | Title: Noise Annoys Residents Near Divinity School | 6/9/1994 | See Source »

Mark Stonecypher, a white male student rejected by Harvard last year, filed a complaint last year with the Department of Education charging Harvard with reverse discrimination. Though the complaint was dismissed last year, the Stonecypher charges embody the ongoing debate in implementing affirmative action: is the "College sacrificing academic quality for diversity...

Author: By Jonathan A. Lewin, | Title: Yield for Black Admits Stays High | 6/9/1994 | See Source »

Stonecypher's complaint addressed "all Black minority students that applied to Harvard receiving special treatment." He singled out his high school classmate Eugenia Kay Harris, a Black female, who was accepted to Harvard. Stonecypher, a sophomore at Vanderbilt, was rejected by Harvard in the spring...

Author: By Jonathan A. Lewin, | Title: Yield for Black Admits Stays High | 6/9/1994 | See Source »

...complaint claimed that Harris had lower standardized test scores and took a less rigorous course load than Stonecypher. It also alleged that Harris failed to meet the application deadline...

Author: By Jonathan A. Lewin, | Title: Yield for Black Admits Stays High | 6/9/1994 | See Source »

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