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Top news stories personally selected by the publishers for their relevance to the Asian-American community.
February 2008 - Posts
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In the past few weeks, I have had the pleasure of hearing a wide array of feedback relating to the most recent issue of the Pennsylvania Punch Bowl Humor Magazine. Read More...
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Specialists at the Reproductive Science Center have devised an innovative approach to help women get pregnant: sharing eggs from one female donor between two recipients. Read More...
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Jacqueline Moscou has been returned to her job as artistic director of Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center, four months after she was... Read More...
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African-American superdelegates said Thursday that they?ll stand up against threats, intimidation and "Uncle Tom" smears rather than switch their support from Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to Sen. Barack Obama, the Politico reports. ?African-Ameri Read More...
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Wayne Lee sings "Amazing Grace" during the Asian American Christian Fellowship event Asian Light at the HUB last night. Read More...
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In this presidential campaign, both print and electronic media refer only to Caucasian, African-American and Latino voters and fail to recognize the presence and power of Asian American voters. Read More...
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African-American superdelegates are being harassed to switch from Clinton to Obama. Read More...
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THE fugitive father of Pumpkin, the toddler famously dumped in Australia, was turned in by people supposed to be looking after him, cops reveal. Read More...
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At On The Boards, South Korean-born, Pullman-raised, hipster New York playwright Young Jean Lee will not deliver a play about "what it means to be Korean-American." But she may get slapped. Read More...
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"Taiko" means "drum" in Japanese, but performances by Portland Taiko go way beyond the beating of a big drum. Read More...
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This academic year, students have made efforts to bolster the Asian-American Studies Task Force, to push for an increase in courses addressing Asian-American issues and to encourage an increase in the number of Asian-American faculty. Read More...
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The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has approved a $1.6 million settlement of a lawsuit filed by 12 police officers who accused the Police Department of reverse discrimination by illegally favoring black candidates for promotion to lieutenant. The Read More...
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Steeped in tradition, Chinatown is one of the city's few neighborhoods to fend off gentrification, keeping its cultural fabric intact through a constant infusion of immigrants who keep the neighborhood true to its roots. Read More...
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To understand any of this fully - and I mean fully - the opinion piece entitled "If It's War the Asians Want" by Max Karson is absolutely required reading. My jaw is still in my lap. Read More...
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Listen to the fevered rhetoric of the presidential candidates and you get the impression that the country is in a state of crisis. Read More...
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B.D. Wong wears many hats -- successful television and film actor, award-winning Broadway star, father and son -- all set in the daunting framework of being an Asian-American and a gay man. Read More...
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That a stream of the New York Philharmonic?s performance made its way out over the Internet was nothing short of amazing. Read More...
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In order to keep his favorite bookstore from being turned into a beauty shop, Harvey Dong transformed himself from customer to owner of Eastwind Books in 1996. Read More...
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AUSTIN In 2007, 28 percent of Austin residents' trash made it to the city's only recycling center. By 2040, the city wants to eliminate trash altogether through Austin's Zero Waste Plan. Read More...
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Learn the best ways to target a specific community. Read More...
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The U.S. Census shows Asian Americans make up five percent of the national population, which has more than doubled in ten years. Experts say the Asian American vote could make all the difference in a decisive swing vote. Read More...
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Dear FSB: Way back when, there were low-interest rate loans from the government for women and minorities in small business. They no longer exist, business advisors say. Why is this? I am an older woman in business and find it all but impossible to get Read More...
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The Asian-American community at UConn used its music and dance to celebrate their culture on Saturday night at the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts during Asian Nite '08. For the 14th year in a row, the Asian American Cultural Center with help Read More...
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The prize is a $17,500 pay increase, a massive office, giant staff, instant renown, control over millions in campaign contributions and a coveted seat at the table of power beside celebrity Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in the nation's largest state. Read More...
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A frican wisdom says you can gauge your power of persuasion this way: If people follow you up a hill, you're a leader. If no one does, all you're doing is taking a walk. Read More...
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The Chinese New Year Banquet sponsored by the Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Student Association in Leverett Dining Hall on Saturday night featured a 15-course meal and a lion dance performance by the Wong Keung Academy. Read More...
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On the Move Name: Thomas B. Breiner. Title: Managing director and head of the Indianapolis office at Marsh Inc., an insurance broker and risk adviser. Read More...
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The U's Asian American Student Association invited high school students to learn about college life through a series of workshops about scholarships, relationships and study abroad programs. However, the association had fewer students attend this year's Read More...
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In the wake of a column by Campus Press writer Max Karson that raised controversy by claiming Asians at the University of Colorado were out for war, the Camera talked to Chris Choe, president of the Korean American Students at Boulder. Read More...
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A black and pewter pseudo-blog adorned with self-aware advertisements and caricatures, VoteForTheWorst.com has been dutifully and thanklessly disturbing the melismatic peace on pop-culture juggernaut "American Idol" for four years now. Read More...
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Colorado's Asian-American community is taking action in response to a controversial editorial that ran in the University of Colorado's Campus Press last week. Read More...
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For many, including University of Colorado Chancellor G.P. “Bud” Peterson, a column written for CU's student newspaper, The Campus Press, fell far too short of its intended goal of being funny. Read More...
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My wife Mara and I have been ecstatic about the idea of Barack Obama as the first person of color to become president of the United States. But she sadly pointed out something recently: Chances are that many Filipinos will not vote for a black person Read More...
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The tumultuous ‘60s zeitgeist that transformed pop music so deeply touched the classical composers of the time too (well, to some extent), inspiring concert works with overtly progressive political messages. Read More...
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The fact that a woman and an African-American are front-runners in the Democratic race for president is historic and certainly newsworthy. But need Hillary Clinton's gender and Barack Obama's race be part of every news story about them? Read More...
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The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) has honored Safeco (NYSE: SAF) Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Arthur Chong, with the 2008 Justice in Action Award. Chong received the award for his leadership and contributions Read More...
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SEATTLE----The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund has honored Safeco Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Arthur Chong, with the 2008 Justice in Action Award. Read More...
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Sutherland Global Services, a leading multi-national Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) provider, today announced that DiversityBusiness.com, the nation's leading multicultural internet site, ranked Sutherland the number 2 Subcontinent Asian American Read More...
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ROCHESTER, New York----Sutherland Global Services, a leading multi-national Business Process Outsourcing provider, today announced that DiversityBusiness.com, the nation's leading multicultural internet site, ranked Sutherland the number 2 Subcontinent Read More...
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Sutherland Global Services, a leading multi-national Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) provider, today announced that DiversityBusiness.com, the nation’s leading multicultural internet site, ranked Sutherland the number 2 Subcontinent Asian American Read More...
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Speaking Freely is an Asia Times Online feature that allows guest writers to have their say. Please click here if you are interested in contributing. Read More...
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Chance of a lifetime . . . The people over at Manhattan- based A Better Chance proudly note that alum Justin Martin, who starred for two years as Simba in Broadway's "The Lion King," moves to TV this Monday as a star of ABC's "A Raisin in the Sun.".. Read More...
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CU-Boulder students and community members are up in arms over a column published Monday on CU's online student newspaper that some readers say was a racist attack on the Asian-American population. Read More...
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CU-Boulder students and community members are up in arms over a column published Monday on CU's online student newspaper that some readers say was a racist attack on the Asian-American population. Read More...
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Professors have cofounded a colloquium devoted to bringing Asian-American issues to students. The UA has entire departments devoted to regional studies and classes designed to educate students about issues, past and current, faced by ethnic groups. Read More...
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Asians have become a critical swing voter bloc in the US presidential election race, with rival parties courting them ahead of another intense White House contest. Read More...
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Asian-Americans have been perceived as the invisible or silent minority in America and, some claim, at Cornell. In an attempt to dispel that stereotype, more than 1,200 students gathered Feb. 15-16 on campus for the 31st annual East Coast Asian American Read More...
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AsiAm HSV- meets on the second Saturday of each month. Our goal is to promote friendship and personal growth among Asian-American women in Hot Springs Village through a variety of social and community service activities. Call Monita Collins at 922-8493 Read More...
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The article “Striking a Balance” [ Feb. 8 ] portrays a misinformed view of the Asian American Activities Center’s (A3C) After Dark Series and the seriousness of its purpose. Read More...
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Astudy featured in the current issue of the UCLA Journal of Education and Information Studies found that affirmative action disadvantages Asian American applicants more dramatically than any other racial group. Read More...
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The candidate's failure to draw much support from the ethnic community has sparked an ugly debate over whether his race is the reason Read More...
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On Feb. 19, 1983, at a private club called the Wah Mee in the International District, 13 men and women were robbed and killed. It was the worst mass murder in state history. Read More...
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Our bodies are not created equal. A particular lung cancer treatment can be riskier for people of Japanese ancestry. And there's a new heart failure drug that helps African Americans more than other racial groups. Read More...
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THE VILLAGES — Oh, go fly a kite. Heard that before? Well on Sunday, being told to “go fly a kite” was a good thing. Read More...
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CONWAY — The town that gave country singer Conway Twitty his first name is getting a bit of culture. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Northwest Edition) Read More...
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ITHACA — Before being cast on the CBS reality show “Survivor: Cooke Island,” Yul Kwon was told to dress up in a suit and glasses for his audition. When he arrived, he was the only guy out of 20 wearing a suit and glasses. Read More...
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Preliminary enrollment figures from the 12th class day for the spring 2008 semester show increases in certain minority groups on campus. Read More...
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With the number of searchable Web pages now somewhere in the mid-11 figures, information is both more plentiful and harder to find than ever. Composers know, though (or should), of one prime central point for contemporary-music information, news, and Read More...
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