"Recently APALSA has been more of a social organization. They were trying to make it more political at that [Tuesday night] meeting," said another member, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Severino said the two former co-chairs, Perng and Lincoln Pan, created the appearance of an official APALSA response to the incident, when, in fact, there is was no consensus that what happened constituted discrimination.
"I think there was some manipulation, certainly. The old co-chairs were running everything from behind the scenes," he said.
Daniel Choi '94, a vocal critic of leadership's handling of the incident, said he worries that APALSA made accusations without bothering to hear Temple's side.
"I think they are more eager to accuse racism than to find justice," he said.
The Meeting
Choi, who is not a member of the group, invited both Lee and Sheerin to attend.
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