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Top news stories personally selected by the publishers for their relevance to the Asian-American community.
November 2009 - Posts
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When I first learned about libraries growing up, I concluded the fiction section was relegated to interesting books. These were books in which woodland creatures wore overalls in abundance — the Berenstain Bears books, “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” — Read More...
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A global recession can sometimes produce strange bedfellows. Read More...
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The founders of a Christian leadership and lifestyle initiative have had to revamp their efforts after concerns were raised over the Asian theme infused into their latest book and their website. Read More...
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New summer music fest planned for Churchill Downs Read More...
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The Department of Sociology in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has lost a lot of faculty members over the years. In response, the department has reinvented itself as a "smaller, leaner department," says Dr. Barbara Risman, Head of the Department. Read More...
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"There is more to Greek life," says Edmar Viloria, president of Kappa Pi Beta Incorporated, a fraternity geared mostly towards Asian Americans. His fraternity promotes "gentlemen values" and service for the community, according to their website. For Viloria, Read More...
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MONDAY, NOV. 30 Career-Prospectors, http://www.career-prospectors.com, a job-search networking group, meets every Monday at 7:30 a.m. in the conference room at Long & Foster, 9321 Midlothian Turnpike. Details: Michael Soden, (804) 594-7065. “Retirement Read More...
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MONDAY, NOV. 30 Career-Prospectors, http://www.career-prospectors.com, a job-search networking group, at 7:30 a.m. in the conference room at Long & Foster, 9321 Midlothian Turnpike. Details: Michael Soden, (804) 594-7065. TUESDAY, DEC. 1 Women’s Business Read More...
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What would have been a two-day Thanksgiving break may have turned into a week-long vacation since many professors have decided to take furlough days this week due to the holiday. Read More...
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As the nation's military academies try to recruit more minorities, they aren't getting much help from Congress members from big-city districts with large numbers of blacks, Hispanics and Asians. Read More...
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Major Wendy J. Galloway received the Athena Award from the Greater Monmouth Chamber of Commerce. Galloway is the first African-American woman to achieve the rank of major with the New Jersey State Police. Read More...
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Currently, legal immigrants, who work and pay taxes that contribute to our health care system will continue to be ineligible to receive federally-funded Medicaid services for five years. Read More...
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CASCADE TOWNSHIP — A book on Christian leadership, based on kung fu imagery, has raised an uproar in the Asian-American community and led local Christian publisher Zondervan to take it off the market. “Deadly Viper Character Assassins: A Kung Fu... Read More...
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CHICAGO, Illinois – Several news organizations in the United States have launched fund drives for the families of the Filipino journalists slain in the politically motivated killings in Maguindanao. Read More...
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Former Ehrlich aide hews to GOP line of backup candidacy if ex-governor opts out It seems to be a tradition in Maryland for Republicans to say they are planning to run for governor - but would happily bow out if Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. gets in the race Read More...
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WASHINGTON - Beyond the noisy town hall meetings, Tea Party protests and sky-is-falling speeches characterizing much of the health care debate is a less visible, but no less intense push to broaden the face of the immigration reform movement. Read More...
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Providence Cicero reviews the Capitol Hill New American/Asian restaurant Huiyona, where the husband-and-wife owners' Korean and Filipino origins influence a menu of small plates and large. Read More...
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WASHINGTON — With the 2010 election year looming, Democrat Barack Obama in the White House and increasing numbers of Asian-American and Pacific Islanders in Congress, many groups, including the NAACP, are working harder in the traditionally Latino-led Read More...
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Beyond the noisy town hall meetings, Tea Party protests and sky-is-falling speeches characterizing much of the health care debate is a less visible, but no less intense push to broaden the face of the immigration reform movement. Read More...
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Evangelical publisher Zondervan has pulled a leadership book featuring a kung fu theme after Asian-American Christian leaders led an online protest against its imagery. Read More...
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Yeah, it's a slow news day. Well, it's sort of slow. (SFO is busy! Lafayette is gassy and damp ! Canopy Financial is a total sham !) But we would be remiss if we didn't tell you about this youthful bit of human interest news: at the ripe age of 26, Campbell's Read More...
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Director Rensil D'Silva is upset with UTV, co-producers of his directorial debut Kurbaan , for dubbing into Hindi a crucial English-language classroom discussion on Islam and the Western world featuring Saif Ali Khan, Vivek Oberoi and caucasian Asian-American Read More...
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Asian American hotel owners in Florida say new fees approved by the legislature are discriminatory. Read More...
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The Republic Cafe in Salinas served as a gathering place for the local Asian-American community for decades and now federal funds are helping transform it into a museum and cultural... Read More...
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SALINAS, Calif. (AP) — The Republic Cafe in Salinas served as a gathering place for the local Asian-American community for decades. Now federal funds are helping transform it into a museum and cultural center. The renovation got a boost last week from Read More...
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As the namesake college of the most diverse county on earth, Queens College (QC) will soon broaden its academic horizons with the Asian American Pacific Islander Community Studies (AAPICS) program. Read More...
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Associated Press - November 24, 2009 3:24 PM ET SALINAS, Calif. (AP) - The Republic Cafe in Salinas served as a gathering place for the local Asian-American community for decades. Read More...
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The Republic Cafe in Salinas served as a gathering place for the local Asian-American community for decades. Now federal funds are helping transform it into a museum and cultural center. Read More...
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The U.S. Senate has scheduled a vote on Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Jacqueline H. Nguyen’s nomination to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California next week. Read More...
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Director Rensil D'Silva is upset with UTV, co-producers of his directorial debut 'Kurbaan', for dubbing into Hindi a crucial English-language classroom discussion on Islam and the Western world featuring Saif Ali Khan, Vivek Oberoi and caucasian Asian-American Read More...
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By Subhash K. Jha, Mumbai, Nov 24 : Director Rensil D'Silva is upset with UTV, co-producers of his directorial debut "Kurbaan", for dubbing into Hindi a crucial English-language classroom discussion on Islam and the Western world featuring Saif Ali Khan, Read More...
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PASADENA — The caller sounded like he had just won the lottery. After years of trying, he finally had reached the disc jockey at his favorite radio station, KAZN-AM 1300. Read More...
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Hawaii is producing young filmmakers who are making an impact on the national scene, thanks to community support and high school and university programs that foster their creative skills. Read More...
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Sarah Chaney, an 18-year-old sophomore from Sunnyvale, Calif., is proud to be an out-of-state student. “My hometown is about 45 minutes from the ocean,” Chaney said. “And you can see lots of mountains in the distance.” Read More...
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By Subhash K Jha, UTV the co-producers of the just-released Kurbaan, have gone and dubbed into Hindi a crucial English-language class-room discussion on Islam and the Western world featuring Saif Ali Khan, Vivek Oberoi and a large group of Caucasian Asian-American Read More...
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An organization that protects the civil rights of Asian Americans said it is investigating complaints of voter harassment during the Nov. 3 City Council race between Dan Halloran and Kevin Kim, who is Korean American. Read More...
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As the nation's military academies try to recruit more minorities, they aren't getting much help from members of Congress from big-city districts with large numbers of blacks, Hispanics and Asians. Read More...
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. — As the nation's military academies try to recruit more minorities, they aren't getting much help from members of Congress from big-city districts with large numbers of blacks, Hispanics and Asians. Read More...
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Coming up DEC. 2 Virginia Asian Chamber of Commerce presents the first Asian chamber gala, 6 p.m., The Jefferson Hotel, 101 W. Franklin St. Theme: “Gateway to Success.“ Speakers: Bernie Niemeier, publisher of Virginia Business. Topic: “Virginia: The Best Read More...
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Among challenges: The subject is nearly taboo in many Asian countries, and research in this country tends to lump the diverse group into one ethnic category. Since she was a teenager, Stella Ho has wrestled with fainting spells, seizures and suicidal Read More...
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The San Francisco native and film student at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts is currently in pre-production on his film called “The Sunset,” which deals with racial prejudices and violence between Asian-American and Irish-American teens Read More...
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If you have a candidates' debate and only one of six candidates shows up, does that say something about you or the candidates? The Asian American Action Fund claims the latter. Read More...
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The Asian-American Donor Program is hosting a free bone marrow drive clinic from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Pleasanton Public Library, 400 Bernal Avenue. Read More...
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>>Medicare Open Enrollment, Now is the Time to Review Plans >>Japanese Mother Denied Legal Access to her Children for 8 years, when American Father Absconded with them to Redwood City, CA from Tokyo, Japan >>KCI 2009 Holiday Gala >>Kathy Chow Joins Asian Read More...
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“To ensure that our community embraces and supports individuals from all racial, ethnic, religious, gender, sexual orientation, class, disability, and nationality groups in their chosen pursuits.” — A Cornell Diversity Goal As Cornell students, we feel Read More...
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Asian-American filmmaker Krishna Shah is set to make a biopic on Indira Gandhi and has roped in Bollywood diva Madhuri Dixit to play the role of India's first and only woman prime minister. Read More...
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New Delhi, Nov 20 : Asian-American filmmaker Krishna Shah is set to make a biopic on Indira Gandhi and has roped in Bollywood diva Madhuri Dixit to play the role of India's first and only woman prime minister. Read More...
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The U.S. Department of Education has awarded a $1.2 million grant to Queens College’s Asian/American Center to launch a new program that will focus on studying the borough’s burgeoning Asian population, school officials announced Monday.The Asian Ame.. Read More...
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The U.S. Department of Education has awarded a $1.2 million grant to Queens College’s Asian/American Center to launch a new program that will focus on studying the borough’s burgeoning Asian population, school officials announced Monday. Read More...
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As students are registering for classes for next semester, a student may think what other classes, besides requirements, one needs to take for the upcoming semester. These classes, like electives in Arts & Sciences, are going to be the last few chances Read More...
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For many individuals identifying as homosexual, the process of coming out - publicly declaring their sexual orientation to friends or family - can be an understandably nerve-wracking one. But to what degree does the intersection of racial and sexual identity Read More...
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An organization that protects the civil rights of Asian Americans said it is investigating complaints of voter harassment during the Nov. 3 City Council race between Dan Halloran and Kevin Kim, who is Korean American.Glenn Magpantay, a staff attorney.. Read More...
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WALNUT CREEK, Calif., Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- San Francisco Bay Area women affected by domestic violence will benefit from $40,000 in donations from Verizon Wireless to organizations that focus on domestic violence prevention and awareness in the Asian-American Read More...
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San Francisco Bay Area women affected by domestic violence will benefit from $40,000 in donations from Verizon Wireless to organizations that focus on domestic violence prevention and awareness in the Asian-American community. Read More...
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WASHINGTON DC - "He's the only reason I watch any boxing," Deputy Mayor Valerie Santos admitted at a meeting with Filipino American community leaders the morning after the Pacquiao-Cotto fight. Santos, 36, is the highest ranking Fil-Am in city hall. She's Read More...
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Asian stocks mixed as recent gains add to caution that markets are overstretched Asian American - Ethnicity - Asian - Asia - Business Read More...
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Tuberculosis presents an ongoing community health challenge for King County, and reflects a local symptom of a continuing global epidemic. In 2008, 121 people were diagnosed with active tuberculosis, a drop from the 30 year high of 161 cases reported Read More...
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When Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives in Washington on Sunday, he may well be pleasantly surprised to find that Indians figure not just in his delegation but also across the aisle. American President Barack Obama’s Administration has a record number Read More...
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Oil hovers below $79 as investors look to Asian growth to offset US weakness US - Asian American - Ethnicity - Asian - Business Read More...
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Asian markets mostly lower on profit taking as commodities retreat; Europe falls Ethnicity - Asian - Asian-American - Asia - Organizations Read More...
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A note was found in a bathroom threatening a mass shooting of Asian students. It said it would happen Monday. Read More...
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Until this summer, Loc Tran, 59, was a technician at Nortel, a global communications company that has facilities at Research Triangle Park here. Then she left and opened Pho' Cali, a Vietnamese restaurant. Read More...
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A series of messages written on a male bathroom stall in the Everitt Laboratory threatened that a shooting targeting Asian American students may occur Nov. 16 in the building. Read More...
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Ethnic studies departments came together Friday to help Northwestern’s Asian American studies department celebrate its 10th anniversary.... Read More...
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Victor Kim, from the winning dance crew Quest of Americas Best Dance Crew, break dances in front of students at the Asian American Student Association's Kaleidoscope Closing Ceremony at the Reitz Union Amphitheater Friday. Read More...
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For many Asian Americans, cultural factors help limit recession's impact as their jobless rate is far lower than other groups. Read More...
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Senate Republicans have quietly used their minority power to block candidates to the lower federal courts. A showdown is set for Tuesday with Judge David Hamilton's nomination. Despite a solid Democratic majority in the Senate, President Obama is on pace Read More...
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3rd annual Capital Improvements Program event Tuesday, November 17 with Erica Estetter, Executive Director, Austin Asian American Chamber of Commerce (AAACC). Read More...
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Around Metro, Lt. Ben Kim is known as the "Mayor of Chinatown." Over the years, he has developed personal and political connections with Southern Nevada's Asian-American community. Read More...
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The Asian American Society of Central Virginia last night honored Dominion Virginia Power and four Richmond-area residents for their contributions to the community. During the third annual Asian American Awards Gala at the Westin Richmond, the nonprofit Read More...
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On a bleak Saturday morning a group of elderly Filipino veterans eat their burgers in a small McDonald’s, on Roosevelt Avenue in Elmhurst, and talk about family and fighting the Japanese. Read More...
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NEW ORLEANS -- Sue Fiscoe of Modesto, Calif., the first female to serve as a PGA Section president, has become the first woman district director appointed to the PGA of America's Board of Directors. Fiscoe joined five other directors, who were sworn in Read More...
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Editors and contributors will read from the anthology of crime writing about New Delhi. The free event is part of the Asian American Writers' Workshop literary festival. For more information, call 718-666-3049. ... Read More...
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(Crain’s) — State and federal banking regulators have hit American Metro Bank, a small Asian-American-owned bank in Uptown, with an order demanding that it beef up management and raise capital. American Metro Bank, launched in 1997, has $100 million in Read More...
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On April 12, 1995, 17 Northwestern students began a 12-day hunger strike to demand an Asian American Studies Program. The eventual result of the strike — the Asian American Studies program — will celebrate its 10th anniversary Friday.... Read More...
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On April 12, 1995, 17 Northwestern students began a 12-day hunger strike to demand an Asian American Studies Program. The eventual result of the strike — the Asian American Studies program — will celebrate its 10th anniversary Friday.... Read More...
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Kenneth Turan offers up a raucous oral history of a New York theater titan. Read More...
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By Lee Ngo Bụi Đời (Dust of Life) - R - Le Van Kiet, dir. Le Van Kiet’s first feature-length film is a tour-de-force that thousands within the diasporic ethnic Vietnamese communities around the globe have been waiting to see. Based on true events in Westminster, Read More...
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The FIL.I.AM benefit showcase drew more than 300 members of the Claremont community to the Pitzer Mounds for an evening of charitable entertainment on Oct. 29. Organized by the Center for Asian Pacific American Students (CAPAS), in collaboration with Read More...
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MILLBRAE — A white police commander has repeatedly harassed an Asian-American sergeant for minor infractions and manufactured complaints against him because of the officer's race, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court. Read More...
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Word on the campaign trail was that rookie City Council candidate Leland Cheung was not to be underestimated. Turns out that word was right. Once the unofficial election results were made public Thursday night after the Nov. 3 election, the 31-year-old Read More...
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I'm back from my vacation, with an interim stop in San Francisco for an Asian American Journalists Association board meeting. While I was in SF, I snapped this Twitpic of a Windows 7 ad at Union Square. Read More...
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The Asian American Writersâ Workshop, one of the most prominent Asian American groups in the country, announced the confirmation of Morteza Baharloo to the Workshop board. Baharloo is the author of the novel The Quince Seed Potion and is the first Iranian Read More...
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>>John Liu Makes History as First Asian American Controller >>JAMA Study: H1N1 Hits Hard at All Ages >>2009 Mr. Hyphen >>One Night Only Benefit: REAF with Cast of Wicked and Lucie Arnaz >>New People’s New Japanese Pop Art Exhibition Compiled by Melissa Read More...
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UCSB English professor Shirley Geok-Lin Lim was recently honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award for her contributions to and study of Asian American literature. Read More...
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Jin Wang, 19, serves roasted red pork, a Chinese dish, at the Asian Food Festival — One Flavor. The event was held at the Indian Center of Culture and Education for Kaleidoscope Month, a celebration of Asian and Asian American culture. Read More...
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By Jessica Pourian STAFF REPORTER Leland Cheung, a graduate student in the Sloan School of Business, will become the first Asian-American and the youngest member ever of the Cambridge City Council, preliminary results from the city show. Read More...
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MIAMI----The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP announced that Meital Stavinsky, who serves as an Israeli Business Consultant for the firm, was among the presenters at the Friends of the Asian-American Advisory Board’s Annual Student Scholarship Read More...
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Harris is certainly the first African American woman to become a District Attorney in California. But she's also the first Asian American to accomplish that impressive feat. Read More...
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It’s that time of year again! The fourth annual Mr. Hyphen rounds up a remarkable group of dedicated men in the Asian American community who are devoted to and tireless in enriching their communities through service in worthy causes. Presented by Hyphen Read More...
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Students packed into the Rainbow Center Friday evening for "Japanese Gender Identity," a cultural program that included a showing of the documentary "Shinjuku Boys" and a panel discussion with Dr. Schlund-Vials, the associate director of the Asian American Read More...
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The audience is especially crucial to "The Women of the Hill," says writer/director Ping Chong. Read More...
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Cultures were connected Saturday at the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point at the ninth annual Taste of Toj Roob - The Mountains. This years theme was A Family Portrait: Gender Roles and Generations Gaps. Duachee Yang, 26, the president of the Hmong Read More...
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Playwright Jon Shirota, considered one of the most important writers to come out of the Asian American community, is in Hawaii. His play, "Voices from Okinawa," is being staged at Kumu Kahua Theatre in downtown Honolulu. Shirota will give a talk, "Akisamiyo! Read More...
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Proceeds of project will benefit health center in Los Angeles. Read More...
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Tuesday’s Cambridge municipal elections were a landmark for the city, marked by the election of the first Asian-American City Councillor and the first write-in candidate, according to new results released by the Cambridge Election Commission yesterday Read More...
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Almost 48 hours after polls closed, the Cambridge Election Commission announced the unofficial winners of the 2009 City Council and School Committee elections. Among the highlights: Leland Cheung, a 31-year-old joint MBA student at Harvard and MIT, will Read More...
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Just when you thought the local film festival season was over, three more movie bashes, each with a unique flavor, unspool tonight through next week. With the Austin Gay and *** International Film Festival, Fantastic Fest and the Austin Film Festival Read More...
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Ranch Market 99, 1005 Blalock, in the the former Fiesta Mart building, opened Tuesday and will celebrate its grand opening Nov. 6-8. The 83,791 square-foot Houston supermarket marks the California-based Asian-American chain’s first store in Texas. Read More...
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For the first time ever, black, Latino, and Asian politicians will outnumber white politicians in the City Council. In last night's election, minority candidates secured 28 seats while white candidates won 23, according to the Daily News . Currently in Read More...
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With his resounding victory as the next City Comptroller (76% of the vote to Republican candidate Joseph Mendola's 19%), City Councilman John Liu is the first Asian-American elected to citywide office. Liu, who was born in Taiwan and immigrated to NYC Read More...
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Queens City Councilmember John Liu became the first Asian American elected to citywide office in New York with a resounding victory in the race for City Comptroller. Read More...
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History was made yesterday – but not the sort of history that would unseat a mayor with a four-term empire or introduce the first Asian-American deputy mayor into Boston ‘s City Hall. Rather, mayor Thomas Menino secured a historic and unpreced... Read More...
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John Liu made history on Tuesday becoming the first Asian-American controller in the city and doing it with a whopping margin. Read More...
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In a landslide election, Queens City Council member John Liu (D-Flushing) was elected as city comptroller and the first Asian-American to win a citywide election.With 99 percent of the vote counted at press time Liu received 76 percent of the vote (6.. Read More...
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In a landslide election, Queens City Council member John Liu (D-Flushing) was elected as city comptroller and the first Asian-American to win a citywide election. Read More...
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The Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Speakers/Workshops Event Committee and the Office of Asian American Student Services will offer an evening filled with facts and fun when it hosts its own version of “Politically Incorrect” tonight at Independence Read More...
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Associated Press - November 3, 2009 11:55 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) - New York City has elected its first Asian-American to citywide office. Democrat John Liu (LOO) easily defeated Republican... Read More...
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New York City has elected its first Asian-American to citywide office. READ MORE>> Read More...
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Democrat John Liu has won a decisive victory in the race for New York City Comptroller. The Queens Councilman has made history, becoming the first Asian-American elected to citywide office. They pretty much knew they were having a victory party at John Read More...
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New York City has elected its first Asian-American to citywide office. Democrat John Liu easily defeated Republican challenger Joe Mendola in Tuesday's election for comptroller. Liu had 77 percent of the vote with 24 percent of precincts reporting. Read More...
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New York City has elected its first Asian-American to citywide office. Read More...
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NEW YORK -- New York City has elected its first Asian-American to citywide office. Democrat John Liu easily defeated Republican challenger Joe Mendola in Tuesday's election for comptroller. Liu had 77 percent of the vote with 24 percent of precincts.. Read More...
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A Vietnamese-speaking election worker has been ordered out of Dorchester polling places after the Menino campaign accused her of telling voters to back challenger Michael... Read More...
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New York City is expected to elect its first Asian-American to citywide office. Read More...
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New York City is poised to elect its first Asian-American to citywide office. Read More...
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Associated Press - November 3, 2009 5:55 AM ET NEW YORK (AP) - New York City is poised to elect its first Asian-American to citywide office. Read More...
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What if the world were tailored toward five-foot-two, tattooed Asian females? Award-winning spoken word artist Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai asked her audience that question in Salomon 101 Monday night as she recited her poem Self-centered. The performance was part Read More...
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Hundreds of students, staff and faculty gathered Monday for a speech and rally to show solidarity against hate graffiti that threatened people of color at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. Read More...
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Just a few unsolved problems -- and one final sales job -- stand between House Democratic leaders and a landmark vote on President Barack Obama's promised remake of the nation's health care system. Read More...
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Many residents of Flushing say the teeming neighborhood has become too crowded. Read More...
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Campaign staff members for Mayor Bloomberg are hoping for warm temperatures, while a little rain might help his challenger’s prospects. Read More...
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US lawmakers led by Asian Americans on Monday pushed to ramp up spending to fight hepatitis B and C, warning that the disease is causing a long-term burden for the costly US health care system. Read More...
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St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman will be challenged at the polls Tuesday by Republican-endorsed business executive Eva Ng, who has made her disdain for rising property taxes her central issue. Read More...
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By Alex Beam, Globe Staff Top 10 reasons to vote for Michael Flaherty: 10. At a Flaherty event, Haitian activist Sylvane Simon compares Menino's years in power to the genocidal Duvalier regime in Haiti. 9. His wife Laurene is a... Read More...
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A spokesman confirmed Sunday that Jason Shih was one of more than 100 canvassers who have been working on grass-roots outreach efforts. Read More...
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A Family Portrait: Gender Roles and Generation Gaps is the theme for the ninth annual Taste of Toj Roob the Mountains event from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday in the Dreyfus University Center Laird Room at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. It is Read More...
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Haas, Manchester, and Iowa are among the B-schools striving to build Asia ties through EMBA and alternative degree programs Read More...
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Editor's note: On Oct. 15, Cheyenne author Mark Junge began his fifth long-distance bicycle ride. Read More...
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The Asian continent has nearly four billion people living in 47 different countries, and each of these groups has their own unique set of health issues. But when they come to the United States, they're often lumped into one large demographic: "Asian/Pacific Read More...
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Poll workers weren't the only ones with nothing to do at September's feeble Democratic runoff election. The New York City Board of Elections hired more than a thousand Chinese and Korean interpreters at $200 a pop to work the polls -- but nearly a .. Read More...
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An office in Kerckhoff Hall was broken into on two occasions two weeks ago, raising the question of security in and around student organization facilities. Read More...
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As the gift-giving season approaches, your thoughts may tend toward impressive coffee-table books. Read More...
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'THIS IS IT' EARNS $101 MILLION IN GLOBAL DEBUT: Documentary easily wins domestic and foreign box office; theatre run extended three more weeks. Read More...
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*Taped during rehearsals for the late Michael Jackson's London comeback tour which was not to be, This Is It is captures the essence of a Prince of Pop concert, only sans audience. Read More...
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Ball State students Kyle Stepler, Blake Myers and others play costume dodge ball in the Noyer Bowl Saturday afternoon. After one game of dodge ball the students played freeze tag. Read More...
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MONDAY, NOV. 2 Greater Richmond Chamber offers “Starting a Business 101,“ 11:30 a.m., Hanover Department of Economic Development, 9097 Atlee Station Road, Mechanicsville. Cost: $20. Details: Jackie Carter, (804) 783-9314 or jackie.carter@grcc.com. “Retirement Read More...
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Veterans meet for what may be the last meeting between a Texas infantry regiment and the Asian-American unit that saved them from Germans. Read More...
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The Middlesex County Democratic Organization has fired a paid canvasser who falsely claimed to be the assistant deputy director of Governor Corzine’s re-election campaign when arrested by East Rutherford police Friday night. Read More...
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