Word: lai
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...Lai is the kind of woman who turned in her Social Studies senior thesis—an examination of the legitimacy of Asian American studies in higher education—and celebrated by attending a conference on Asian American issues the next...
...Lai says she became interested in political issues at a young age, in part because of her family’s connection to Taiwan...
...Sophia Lai ’04 is unabashedly idealistic...
It’s not that Lai doesn’t know how to have fun—she’s quick to laugh and has a huge circle of admiring friends, at least 359 of them according to thefacebook.com. Rather, she says she just has the most fun when she is challenging herself and others to engage deeply with what she calls her “issues,” whether it’s during marathon conversations in the Currier dining hall with blockmates or through her leadership in the movement for Ethnic Studies...
...prisoner abuse, in addition to its intrinsic evil, has further tarnished the image of America worldwide, particularly in the Middle East. Already, pundits across the world are comparing Abu Ghraib to My Lai, the infamous massacre of Vietnamese civilians by U.S. forces in 1968. This damage may become irreparable unless decisive action is taken immediately. The nation must dissociate itself from those who allowed the torture and death of detainees to take place under their watch, and Americans must prove that they are serious when they say that such practices are not “the true face of America...