04.10.08
Posted in Media and Entertainment, Racism, Education, Sexuality at 10:57 pm by alvin_lin_guest
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“Dark Matter,” the filmmaking debut of Chinese-born opera and theater director Chen Shi-zheng, gets full credit for slamming head-on into any number of hot-button topics in American society. First and most interestingly, Chen’s film captures, from the inside, the strange and insular world of the Chinese graduate students who increasingly dominate the math and science fields at major American universities. It also engages the subtle forms of racism and stereotyping that continue to inform non-Asians’ perceptions of this “model minority.” I guess this is a spoiler, but there’s no way around it: Finally, “Dark Matter” tries to convey how an underslept, overworked, culturally dislocated student could erupt in a psychotic outburst of violence, as has happened in a couple of notorious cases.
Chen’s film (written by Billy Shebar, from a story he co-wrote with Chen) is based on a shooting incident at the University of Iowa in 1991, and was completed well before the Virginia Tech shootings in April 2007. Neither the movie nor the Iowa case bears any resemblance to the Virginia Tech case, in which the shooter was an undergraduate English major and a longtime legal resident of the United States, not a foreign student. (If you don’t want to know more about the plot of “Dark Matter,” don’t read news accounts of the Iowa case, as the fictional events follow the real ones closely.)
“Dark Matter” is rich with interesting themes and ideas, from the slippery, sycophantic nature of academic success to the Orientalist attitudes of rich Americans and the outer edges of astrophysical theory.
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Posted in Education at 9:41 am by william_lee_intern
The Multiracial Greek Council hosted a debate which consisted of eight questions reflecting current political issues facing presidential candidates.Among the most heated debate topics was the Iraq War.Healthy political banter filled the air at the Asian American Culture Center when the UConn College Democrats and College Republicans went face-to-face in a debate.
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Posted in Culture, Education at 9:20 am by william_lee_intern
Students from different cultural backgrounds hold different views about studies. Many Latino students are choosing cool over school which means that they are not good at studying. However, all the parents value education and expect good grades….
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04.09.08
Posted in Education, History at 9:39 am by william_lee_intern
On Sunday, Yasui, 84, and three other former students were back on the Eugene campus. The university awarded honorary degrees to all 20 of the expelled students on what President Dave Frohnmayer called “a day of many emotions, of joy and regret.”
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04.08.08
Posted in Culture, Education at 9:24 am by william_lee_intern
Missouri State University’s Office of Multicultural Student Services is presenting a month-long celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage.A variety of workshops and activities will take place during the months of April and May recognizing the history and cultures of these communities.The celebration is co-sponsored by the Asian American Pacific Islander Organization (AAPIO), the Multicultural Resource Center and the Student Activities Council.
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Posted in Education at 8:47 am by william_lee_intern
The Jacksonville Asian American Bar Association, the D.W. Perkins Bar Association and the Hispanic Bar Association have teamed up to sponsor the continuing law education seminar which is held from 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m. on Thursday at Florida Coastal School of Law in Room 425.
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04.04.08
Posted in Education at 9:17 am by william_lee_intern
Students of all ages in the Los Angeles Unified School District may have the opportunity to learn about the Mandarin Chinese language and culture if a new program is adopted. There are currently about 800 students enrolled in the new Mandarin programs. By 2020, every high school and middle school and 100 elementary schools in the district would have a Mandarin program under the proposal.
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Posted in Culture, Education at 8:47 am by william_lee_intern
To celebrate Asian Americans’ achievements and culture as well as promote diversity on campus, Student Senate passed a resolution 27-0-1 in support of an Asian American Heritage Month in April. Currently, the population of Asian American students on campus is 3.29 percent, according to the resolution, and while UW-Eau Claire holds other heritage months, there isn’t one specifically for this.
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04.03.08
Posted in Education at 8:53 am by william_lee_intern
A teacher at a special-purpose high school that operates an international program for students who want to study overseas sighed heavily. The score sheet of students’ admissions tests at American universities this year showed him that the number of students who were admitted to Ivy League schools including Harvard University dwindled sharply compared with last year. Only 22 of the graduating students from Korean Minjok Leadership Academy, which was the first in the country to start an international program in 1998, were accepted to Ivy League schools this year, down from 24 in 2007.
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04.02.08
Posted in Community Alerts, Education at 6:01 pm by admin
Why can’t you say “sexual” and “Asian Man” in the same sentence? Why aren’t Asian American Guys allowed to date white women? Why do so many Asian American women prefer white guys?
No topic will be off limits in this open dialogue about the Asian man’s place in America’s sexual food chain.
What: Workshop on Asian American Male Sexuality
When: Saturday, 4/5/08 @ 2:30PM
Where: Wellesley College
Library Lecture Room
Wellesley, MA 02481
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