Word: kiang
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...Terrific, terrific student," said Nelson Y.S. Kiang, the infirmary's former director of speech and hearing sciences. "Not only was he extremely competent technically, his goal was to bring several fields together which had not been very much in contact," he said, describing him as "a true leader...
Other speakers at the conference include Carlos Munoz Jr., professor of Chicano studies at U.C. Berkeley; Ling-Chi Wang, chair of the Asian-American Studies Department and former chair of the Ethnic Studies Department at U.C. Berkeley; Patricia Hilden, professor of Native American Studies at U.C. Berkeley; Peter Kiang, an assistant professor at the Institute of Asian American Studies at UMass Boston; and Juliana Chang, assistant professor of English and American literature at Boston College
Lowell's apparent lack of facilities is another drawback, which annoyed Kiang and her roommates. "We tried to make gingerbread cookies for a holiday party, but we couldn't find the kitchen. After wandering around the tunnels for a while, we found a tutor who told us we probably didn't want to go there because it was roach-infested. She took us to her room to use her convection oven instead. She had a pigeon living in her room that she found in the belfry. It has some sort of neurological disorder, so its head is kind of cocked...
Neurologically-disturbed avian acquaintances notwithstanding, Kiang and some of her roommates have decided to search for a friendlier environment by moving to the Radcliffe Quad. Although "quadbuster" houses remain popular among first years, a significant number of undergraduates are choosing to relocate to more suburban climes found off Linnean Street...
...despite the prospect of long, cold, salty walks during the brutal winter months, those who choose to transfer to the Quad embrace what they call "going home." "I've done it in the cold. I've done it in the snow. I really don't mind," says Michelle Kiang, ostensibly referring to the long trek. Cabot House resident Justin C. Label, vice-president of the Undergraduate Council, succinctly sums up the best reason he sees for moving to the Quad: "Everything about it is better than anything else...