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	Speak-out at Wellesley Sees Results By Ji Hyun Lim Dressed in black, a protest color, with yellow armbands to signify solidarity among and with Asian Americans, some 160 Wellesley University students gathered in front of Green Hall, the campus administrative building on Feb. 22. They were there to protest the college’s lack of commitment to multiculturalism, specifically, the denial of tenure of one of the only Asian American studies instructors, Elena Creef. Her rejection unleashed underlying discontent on key issues, such as the lack of a full-time Asian American cultural advisor and the insufficient hiring of Asian studies professors. Wellesley Asian Action Movement (W.A.A.M.), a diverse coalition of students and organizations, staged the speak-out and a sit-in, chanting in unison “one, two, three, four, you say part-time, we want more,” while marching with megaphones to the administration building’s stone tower. COMPLETE STORY...		Same-Sex Partners in California Rally for Family (in Bay Area News) Broadband Technology: How fast is fast enough? (in Business) The Sweetest Taboo: Same-sex love in 16th-century Japan (in A&E) Emil Amok: A yellow silver screen (in Opinion)

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Washington Journal: Pardons and Faith Washington is consumed these days with the eleventh-hour pardons granted by Bill Clinton. For Asian Americans, Mr. Clinton’s actions obscure a development with much greater potential to impact our community: President Bush’s creation of an Office of Faith-based and Community Initiatives. COMPLETE STORY... A Question of Identity Few choose multirace category on U.S. Census By Associated Press Since 1970, the estimated number of interracial marriages in the United States has jumped 900 percent, from fewer than 100,000 to about 1.5 million. U.S.-born Hispanics and Asian Americans have interracial marriage rates of 40 to 50 percent. In 1990, there were 2 million children younger than 18 who reported being “of a different race than one or both parents,” according to Census figures. COMPLETE STORY...

Hate Crimes & Justice News Judge to Limit Insanity Testimony: Race killer Richard Baumhammers cannot make ‘guilty but mentally ill’ arguments. Man Arrested in Racial Beating: Two violent attacks underscore increase in anti-Asian hate crimes. Immigration News Deportation Dilemma: High court to rule on convicted immigrants with no country to go to. Unprecedented Case of Asylum: INS considers autistic Pakistani child to be a refugee. Blast from the Past: Historian Bill Ong Hing reviews the phenomenon of the Asian refugee in America. Justice Barred No Longer: A century later, Japanese American immigrant admitted to Washington state bar. Eliminating Red Tape on Overseas Adoptions: New law will make 75,000 sudden citizens. International News Fear of a White Nation: Asians in Australia fear backlash as right-wing One Nation party rises. U.S.-Bound Students Accused of Cheating: School in China may have sold illegal test materials. Sports The Quest for Yao Ming: Former congressman hopes to bring Chinese athlete to NBA.

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