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...example of an unfortunate stereotype that is easily disproved when looking around at the active role of Asian-Americans on campus. Finally, it’s important to note that Asian-Americans include a wide spectrum of groups, from S Asians to Central Asians, not all of which fit the authors’ idea of high-achieving students. Each of these groups face unique challenges in college admissions. The editorial does not present a satisfactory explanation of why Asian-Americans face higher college admissions standards and perpetuates certain stereotypes. After casting aside these stereotypes, it’s difficult...
...Harvard Undergraduate Student Government, headed by a separately elected chairman. The greatest irony of the current UC presidential election is that two of the candidates should be running for completely different positions. Tom D. Hadfield ’08 is a phenomenal administrator and would be a natural fit for chairman of the overarching Harvard Undergraduate Student Government; Ryan A. Petersen ’08 is a proven advocate for student needs and would be the perfect candidate for the advocacy-focused UC president position outlined in Brian’s model...
...disagree about the degree to which racial differences affect life experience in America, only the most foolish would suggest that they do not exist. Yet what is profoundly mystifying to me, is why racism, or “differential treatment,” or whatever else one sees fit to call it, is somehow supposed to magically skip over Asian Americans in general and the sort of first-generation Asian Americans taught by my mother in particular...
...Renaissance Cities and Courts: Studies in Honor of Lewis Lockwood” was published. And just last year, the American Musicological Society—of which he was president from 1987-88—established the Lewis Lockwood Award for promising young music scholars. Lockwood is as fit as any to lend his name to such an award, having made an early entrance into the music scene himself. Born in New York to a musical family, Lockwood played cello by the age of nine. The future scholar quickly became proficient, and by his teenage years Lockwood had begun...
...racquet, won in three quick games. Freshman Colin West also had an easy time in the third slot for Harvard. After winter break, the Crimson will face its toughest competitors of the season when it takes on Trinity, Penn, Princeton, and Yale. “Everyone is fit and playing well,” Suchde said. “If we keep putting in the effort, we should be in good shape...