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"There was certainly a community [of hapa people at Harvard]," Weisinger says. "We felt underrepresented."
The recent elections did not occur on a level playing field for all candidates and therefore should not be considered valid in the minds of the members of the council or of anyone on this campus. In our minds, there is no doubt about it: Driskell and Burton cheated, and...
Weisinger, now president of the organization, says the group began meeting in October and now has a mailing list of 70 students with about a dozen active members. HAPA meetings are held Wednesday nights at 8 p.m., usually at Herrell's Ice Cream or Loker Commons.
According to the group's Web site, the word "hapa" is of Hawaiian origin. Originally intended to describe individuals of mixed Hawaiian heritage, the word was adopted by the Asian community in Hawaii as a label for children who were mixed-Asian.
"It just wasn't the comfort level I was looking for," Weisinger says of her experience with CSA and AAA.