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...fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in the department of East Asian languages and civilizations, hopes to congregate students of this particular biraciality to promote discussion of multicultural issues. Although a unique attempt at social awareness, HAPA's existence reinforces the ugly truth that Harvard students need to categorize and label just about everything and everyone...
...students at Harvard who are from mixed descent. These students often feel that they are overlooked, simply because they don't fit the profile of any of the specific cultural clubs which already exist. Further-more, the mere presence of these clubs often pressures students to choose a label. And so to maintain their biraciality, students prefer not to become at all involved with these clubs. Feeling left out, students take measures like forming clubs similar to HAPA. Why do students feel that forming a club is the only method by which they can achieve a sense of identity...
Former vice president Justin C. Label '97 never had an opportunity to head up a major project while on the Student Affairs Committee, and he hasn't really proven his abilities as a leader. Jeremy R. Jenkins '97-'98, who is a member of the Progressive Undergraduate Council Coalition (PUCC), would come to the office as an outsider. We admire his stance against PUCC's proposed politicization of the council, but it's not as though any of the other candidates advocate PUCC's position. Apart from this issue, Jenkins is simply inexperienced--it's his first term...
Emphasizing that he has not studied the issue in so much depth as the AAC and the administration, Label said the council's experience in dealing with the administration could be utilized to broker a compromise...
...Label recommended a slow but steady increase in course offerings and the appointment of a handful of visiting or associate professors who specialize in ethnic studies as a short-term solution...