Word: ocasio
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Sitting up with Wendell C. Ocasio '90 into the early hours of morning two years ago, Henry C. Hsia '90 recalls, the roommates engaged in one of several intense talks they would share in the Yard that year...
...says. One morning, conversation turned to philosophy: "the Heisenberg randomness principle, how it related to people's fate and religion and other metaphysical stuff," Hsia recollects. To himself, Hsia says, the notion of life's dependence on random chance posed no dilemma. But for the Catholic, intellectually committed Ocasio, the idea his actions might have no effect was unacceptable...
...Ocasio, who is president of the Puerto Rican student group at Harvard (La Organization) and spokesperson for the Minority Students Alliance (MSA), being in the forefront of movements and at the center of controversy has always been as natural as breathing and speaking...
...Ocasio said the University did not approve of La O's choice and has not acted on this information. He labeled administrators' inactivity as "neglect," and said, "We cannot accept this kind of statement that says `In order to hire minority faculty we [are lowering] the standards.' We can't accept this...
...There is a social and cultural part to our organization," said Wendell Ocasio. The second part of our organization is the support part. As leaders and members of these organizations it is our mandate and our responsibility...