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Politics or Prejudice? An Incident at the Temple Bar

But, for now, the council has not decided what action to take.

"We have composed the letter, but we haven't sent it. We haven't boycotted it yet, either. Right now, we're seeing what APALSA will do. We're willing to support them in whatever they choose," Delgado told The Crimson.

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The Debate

Over the next few days, the incident escalated, causing internal problems within APALSA as well.

APALSA members began to accuse Perng of exploiting the incident to advance her political agenda.

In interviews with The Crimson, several said that although Perng wrote the original e-mail message, it was Chang who turned it into an official APALSA statement by affixing her name.

"It reads like a press release," Severino said.

Perng's executive board was more ideologically oriented than the new board, and had been pushing for APALSA to become more politically active, Severino said

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