Article: Students fight for Asian-American Studies at Tufts U.

Kelly Mcanerney
University Wire
04-28-2005
(Tufts Daily) (U-WIRE) MEDFORD, Mass. -- Approximately 40 students gathered Wednesday to protest the absence of an Asian American Studies program at Tufts University during the open block. The protest began and ended at Ballou Hall.

Protestors began by holding signs and chanting on the steps of Ballou. From their spot on the academic quad, the group eventually marched downhill, through the Mayer Campus Center, around the bookstore, past the Tisch Library and back up to Ballou.

Many of the student protestors were members of the Asian American Curriculum Transformation project. Established in 2001, the main purpose of the AACT is to create an Asian ...

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