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When further questioned about the initial days of his teaching, McBride says, “I came here to teach in 1990. Teaching is not really the thing in the academy. Most goes to researchers. Teaching is a very personal relationship built. You can’t teach anybody if they don’t like you and respect you and this has to do with really getting to know people and there is, of course, disparities and as you get older and you have more experiences but that doesn't mean that you know everything and that your experiences are so comprehensive that you can’t learn from the students.”
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On April 3, 2010 the Yuri Kochiyama Cultural Center sponsored a lecture with Professor C. N. Le titled “What does it mean to be Asian American?” Prof. Le, director of the Asian and Asian American Studies Certificate Program. So, what does it mean to be American? The answer should be citizenship or even pride in the United States but, to the 21st Century society of the States, is the answer only skin deep?
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Over 200 marchers, comprised of students and local community members rallied and walked in clusters from their respective locations towards the Student Union on April 4th, 2012 for a powerful gathering in the name of Trayvon Martin.
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It’s easy to think that the possibility of any “community building” is out of the question when living on a campus comprised of almost thirty thousand students. However, CMASS “Community Building Day” accomplished this feat on March 9, 2012 with food, refreshments and the extraordinary guest speaker Markeysha Davis.
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