Word: msa
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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However, this celebration cannot be limited to blindly paying homage to that person, especially at an institution of higher learning. We should take the time to study the achievements of the person who the holiday is named after. It is in this spirit that the Minority Student Alliance (MSA) sponsors the observance of Columbus Day on Widener stems this afternoon. This observance of the holiday consists of a silent vigil from 12 p.m. until 1 p.m. and will be followed by a speakout by student leaders of the sponsoring organizations...
...History has always glorified the colonialists," said E. Franklin Miller '94, the event's organizer and the Black Student Association (BSA) representative on the MSA. "We're trying to shed a little light from some different perspectives...
...want to let people at Harvard know that Columbus Day is not just a day of celebration," said Susan Tien '93, an Asian-American Association (AAA) representative in MSA...
...MSA members stressed the diversity of the groups expected at the event, including members of AAA, La O, Raza, Native Americans at Harvard, BSA, the Chinese Students Organization, the Korean Students Organization, Harvard Hillel and others...
...That's many peoples," Franklin said. "That's why it's an MSA thing...