Just answer the questions folks. Or don't. What's the point in criticizing some student's half-assed survey, considering Nair won't even pass your comments through to miss Chivonna. (What kind of a name is that anyway?)
And Goker, you're middle eastern.
Asian and Oriental mean the same thing and cover a lot of ground. An Asian could be Chinese, Indian, Persian, Arab and some other races so it's a handy catch all for everyone who isn't Polynesian or American Indian etc.