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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...
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...
...Lai says that as she learned more about what she called systemic injustices against people in Taiwan, she became increasingly interested in broader issues of racial and ethnic prejudice in the United States as well...
...Lai lived a relatively sheltered life growing up in Pittsford, N.Y., a small suburb outside of Rochester...