Word: msa
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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While we applaud the ends of the MSA's plans, race elations at Harvard ultimately transcend the interaction of ethnic groups. Pluralism will only come through the interaction of ethnic individuals, not ethnic student groups...
...writing in response to the article regarding Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III's response to the petition of the Minority Student Alliance (MSA) for a multicultural student center ("Officials Deny Request for Minority Center," News, Nov. 2). First, I believe that both The Crimson and Dean Epps misrepresented the goals of the movement spearheaded by the MSA. Additionally, there were a number of factual errors in this article which I would like to bring to your attention...
Both R. Alan Leo's reference to a "minority student center" and Dean Epps' description of the movement as a "Third World center promoting racial separation" misunderstand the basic principle upon which this movement was founded. From its inception the MSA's effort has included organizations from all races...
...would like to discuss the reasons why MSA, along with over 15 ethnic and cultural organizations, made this request to the administration. We all believe that a multicultural student center will: facilitate coordination among ethnic and cultural groups; provide a resource center to which undergraduates interested in learning about other cultures could turn; provide centrally located conference rooms and exhibition space; provide a concrete example of Harvard's commitment to diversity...
...would like to also point out some factual errors in R. Alan Leo's article. First, the MSA currently does not have office space of any kind. Like many ethnic and cultural organizations at Harvard, the MSA has no formally assigned university space...