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Japantown Bowl Property Sold
Editor’s note: The following letter was sent via mass e-mail.Dear Editor: Despite months of promises to work with the Japantown community to find a buyer from within the community, Kintetsu Enterprises Co. of America dropped a bombshell by apparently selling the former Japantown Bowl property to a group of investors that includes John E. McInerney, […]
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President Bush’s Pride
Although he was not the presidential candidate favored by many traditional civil rights and community activists, President George W. Bush, Jr., is to be heartily commended for shattering the glass ceiling for women and people of color who seek to serve their government at it its highest level. For Asian Americans, the Bush appointments of […]
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SUNY Wrestler Involved Another Assault
By Associated Press
SIDNEY, N.Y. — A former Binghamton University wrestler awaiting sentencing for assaulting a Korean American student last year is accused of punching another man in the face in an unrelated incident.
Sidney Village Justice Dennis Martin on Jan. 17 refused to dismiss third-degree assault charges against Chad W. Scott, 19, of Walton. The misdemeanor […] -
Here Comes the Bride
Pulitzer winning writer marries fellow American in Indian wedding
By Chandra Banerjee/AP
With the chanting of Vedic hymns and the blowing of conch shells, Pulitzer prize-winning Indian American author Jhumpa Lahiri married fellow New Yorker and journalist, Alberto Vourvoulias, in a traditional Hindu ceremony on Jan. 15.
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Sumo Champ Steps Down,Akebono, sumo’s first foreign-born grand champion, retires
By Eric Talmadge/APHawaii-born Akebono, the first foreign wrestler to reach sumo wrestling’s highest rank, is quitting.
The 6-foot-9, 510-pounder, formerly Chad Rowan, informed the Japan Sumo Association on Monday that he intends to retire.
“My body doesn’t listen anymore,” the wrestler said at a news conference at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan Sumo Arena. “This wasn’t an easy decision. […] -
Unanswered Questions
Man sues police over handling of sister’s suicide
By associated press
A man who claims he was beaten and handcuffed during the investigation of his sister’s suicide is suing the city of Portsmouth, N.H., and its police department.
In his federal lawsuit, David Lee contends that he called police on the night of Jan. 13, 2000, to report […] -
Businessman Claims He Gave Money to U.S. Diplomat
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National Monument Status Stirs Memories — and Controversy
Former internee recalls life in Japanese American internment camp
By Melanie Carroll/AP
Seichi Hayashida remembers the 1943 train ride from Seattle to the Japanese American internment camp in south-central Idaho.
“We traveled only at night,” Hayashida, a second-generation American said. “The blinds were drawn so no one could see in or out.”
Hayashida, 81, of Caldwell, was one of […] -
Preserving History
The following is an excerpt from former President Clinton’s proclamation to make Minidoka a national monument. The Minidoka Internment National Monument is a unique and irreplaceable historical resource, which protects historic structures and objects that provide opportunities for public education and interpretation of an important chapter in American history — the internment of Japanese Americans […]
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Inaugural Musings
Bush’s beginning accompanied by setbacks for Asian Americans
The inauguration of President Bush last Saturday in Washington was symbolic of the continued divide in our personal and political lives in this new millennium. Republicans cheered their standard-bearers, but were muted in their cheers for Democrats Al Gore and ex-president Jimmy Carter. Democrats, Greens, and even some […] -
Making Minorities Count,By Neela Banerjee
Whether or not to adjust for the damaging undercount of racial and ethnic minorities in the 2000 census is quickly shaping up to be one of the major civil rights issues of the new millennium.Statistical agencies, civil rights organizations and community groups are all pushing for the use of sampling, along with the raw data […]
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Underscoring Our Needs
The President’s Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders faces an uncertain future under a new administrationBy Joseph Hong
One of the last testimonies of the evening at the Los Angeles Town Hall meeting held last year, was that of a single Asian American mother, limited in her English skills. The woman described her frustration in […]
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