Word: hsu
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According to John Y. Hsu ’03, Knowles said there was very little he could do and that the changes would instead be up to individual departments—which he said were already making progress in hiring more faculty members with interests in ethnic studies...
...Hsu said University-wide reform is necessary to create the best possible ethnic studies program...
...Hsu said the very idea of studying ethnic studies within individual departments is yet another problem with the University’s current system...
Julian O. Breece ’03: Contributor, Diversity and DistinctionErnani J. DeAraujo ’03: Speakers Director, Harvard Republican ClubRoss G. Douthat ’02: Editor, Harvard SalientBrandon A. Gayle ’03: President, Black Students AssociationJohn Y. Hsu ’02: Member, Ethnic Studies CoalitionSujean S. Lee ’03: President, Undergraduate CouncilTouissant G. Losier ’04: Secretary, Black Students AssociationTimothy P. McCarthy ’93: Tutor, African-American studies and history and literatureR. Gerard McGeary ’04: Campus Outreach Director, College DemocratsOlamipe I. Okunseinde...
...Hsu: I don’t know how everyone else feels, but I think that the reason why there are tenured positions is for a certain level of intellectual freedom. The Afro-American studies department—or any ethnic studies department—should in general steer away from whatever Eurocentric standards may be used to apply to academia. And the existence of tenure and academic freedom is what allows more creativity and extension in these fields. If one person believes that a spoken word CD is not academia, then it is not in his position to pass judgment...