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...latest example of this desire is the emergence of the Cuban-American Undergraduate Students Association (CAUSA) whose members maintain that since "Cubans are culturally different from other Hispanics" a club specifically targeted to the interests of their culture must be formed. One of CAUSA's founders, Cesar R. Conde '95, told the crimson a couple of weeks ago that "we felt there was a need to form a unified community for the Cuban-Americans on campus," because there were a large number of Cuban-Americans on campus but before CAUSA there was not an organization just for them...
...sortie) in order to search for balseros -- rafters -- who are risking their lives to make the 90- mile crossing from Cuba. Each of the Brothers' planes is decorated, bomber- style, with stickers representing rafts saved -- Domaniewicz's alone boasts 32. The Brothers, founded in 1991 by two Cuban-American veterans of the Bay of Pigs invasion, have rescued a total of 1,286 men, women and children; the oldest was 77, the youngest a five-day-old infant. Last year, as economic conditions worsened in Cuba, the number of rafters rose to 3,656 -- the highest since the 1980 Mariel...
...felt there was a need to form a unified community for the Cuban-Americans on campus," Conde said. "There's a decent-sized number of Cuban-Americans at Harvard, but so far there has not been a [specific] Cuban-American organization here...
Conde, who is also acting president of the group, said CAUSA's primary purpose is to promote social and cultural awareness of Cuban-American issues on campus and to build a sense of identity among Cuban-American students. Students said several issues will likely galvanize CAUSA's membership...
Leaders said the group hopes to host Cuban-American speakers in the future. The Harvard Foundation invited CAUSA to attend a speech by Andy Garcia, a Cuban-American actor...