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...little over a year ago, Fong, a Crimson editor, wrote an endpaper for this magazine. His opus for Fifteen Minutes, “The Invasian,” was one of the most ruckus-raising pieces of writing ever published on this campus. Protesters said The Crimson had published a poor piece of unnecessarily inflammatory journalism. Fong himself was inundated with e-mail. His article was widely circulated around the nation, sometimes with choice—and he says unfair—comments prefacing it. The Crimson published an apology that earned both ire and praise from all over...
...Fifteen Minutes, the weekend magazine of The Crimson, printed an endpaper-a personalized opinion piece-by Justin G. "Juice" Fong '03, on March 15, entitled "The Invasian." The piece bombastically criticized what Fong considered the self-segregating tendencies of Asian Harvard students, often resorting to what many readers saw as crude negative stereotypes...
...article drew scores of angry letters to the editor of The Crimson-over 60 in just three days. Fong himself received about 90 e-mails on the day "The Invasian" ran, most of which he said were critical...
...attempt to help the campus sort out some of the contentious issues raised by the Mansfield, Horowitz and "Invasian" controversies, Dean Harry Lewis worked with S. Allen Counter, director of the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations, to organize a panel discussion, entitled "Free Speech & Responsible Journalism in the Academic Community...
...other hand, the Dean of the College says he supports The Crimson's publication of Fong's "Invasian" piece...