In July,  Pvt. Danny Chen, 19 yrs. old, committed suicide while stationed in Afghanistan.  According to New York Times, the reason behind the Private Chen's suicide was that he was "being harassed by his superiors". Sgt. Adam M. Holcomb was charged of negligent homicide and few other crimes. However, Sgt. Holcomb argues that the reasoning behind Pvt. Chen's death was because he was doing poorly as a soldier and his parents disown him.


Here is the article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/27/nyregion/pvt-danny-chen-talked-of-suicide-over-hazing-friend-testifies.html?_r=1&ref=asianamericans

Do you believe that Private Chen's mistreatment from his comrades was an act of discrimination due to his ethnicity that may or may not have triggered his suicide? Or do you have other opinions about Private Chen's mistreatment or about his reason for suicide? What do you think about the actions led by some of these comrades relating to or was part of the young man's suicide? What do you think about Sgt. Holcomb's response to Pvt. Chen's suicide?  Please share your opinions and let us know what you think.


If you want to follow up more on this issue, here are more links to other articles following up on Pvt. Chen's suicide case.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/31/nyregion/army-jury-acquits-sergeant-of-driving-pvt-danny-chen-to-suicide-in-afghanistan.html?ref=asianamericans

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/01/nyregion/jury-recommends-30-day-sentence-for-sergeant-in-death-of-pvt-danny-chen.html?ref=asianamericans

Please check out these articles and let us know what you think about the verdict of the Pvt. Chen's suicide case.

New Exec Board Members~

Welcome new Execs!!

I am glad we have a new board this semester. I hope that this year would be a good year for the AAA.
We will soon be coming up with events to do for our members. 

That's all for now.

P.S. I will be posting up some more stuff in the very near future. :P


~BTG