Community Prioritizes Domestic Disaster Victims

To the editors:



Daniel J. Hemel’s comment on Harvard’s deafening silence towards the catastrophic quake that killed over 40,000 Pakistanis (“A Truly Global University,” Oct. 14) deserves high praise. His is the first voice out of Harvard to speak out and question why the University with its billions is being miserly in donating to the millions left homeless. Such an uncharitable attitude from the world’s richest academic institution only betrays a callous bias against people far off and thus out of Harvard’s radar.

As a Pakistani-American and an Extension School student at Harvard, I am disappointed at the lack of interest and concern shown by those who know me. Having spent two months at Harvard Summer School this past summer, I thought I had made some inroads with people who knew where I was coming from. I was wrong.



ANJUM NIAZ

East Hanover, N.J.

October 15, 2005