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August 31 - September 6, 2001

By Neela Banerjee

In this year’s independent South Asian hit American Desi, the main character Krishna Reddy — or Kris, as he likes to call himself — takes off for college about as “whitewashed” as they come. In the course of the first couple of months, through a series of bumbling, comedic misadventures, he learns all about being Indian, falls in love with an Indian girl, and even learns an Indian folk dance or two.

While Piyush Dinker Pandya’s Indo-American teen flick doesn’t really qualify as a definitive statement on Asian Pacific Islander American youth, it does capture an important phenomenon: the development of APIA identity which happens — en masse — in the university setting. Through cultural organizations, political organizations and just sheer numbers, college and university campuses across the country are hotbeds of APIA activity, and often the place where APIA youth first come into a true understanding of what they stand for.

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Identity 101
(Feature)

On the Records
(in National News)

Construction on Chinatown Campus Halted
(in Bay Area News)

Weiiiiiii... China's Cell Phone Market Ready to Explode
(in Business)

Emil Amok: The Connie-Condit Affair
(in Opinion)

Mr. Ogawa - The Trickster Hero
(in Sports)

A Giant Step for Womankind
(in A&E)

On the Records:
Judge James Parker has set Oct. 2 as the hearing date to examine possible evidence of ethnic profiling in the Wen Ho Lee case, in the form of an unsealed letter.

Unions Rally for Immigrants’ Right:
50 people gathered and protested in front of the United Nations Plaza in San Francisco, to remind the Bush administration of the rights of non-Mexican immigrants.

Also in National and World News...
• Working Toward Healthy Minds
• More APIAs Register with Bone Marrow Program
• Still Making Un-PC Waves
• Washington Journal:
Education — On Campus and Off. • Legislator Apologizes for Biased E-mail
• Death of Phetakoune Not Hate Crime, Says Accused
• A Place for Heroes
• Lethal Weapon

Construction on Chinatown Campus Halted:
City College of San Francisco’s Chinatown/North Beach campus now shares its site with John Hancock Elementary School. Plans to build a new campus building have been stopped because of a state fund cut.

We Support Chinese Athletes:
The Board of Supervisors debated on a resolution commending China’s winning bid for the 2008 Olympic Games.

Also in Bay and California...
• Let Them Eat Duk


Check out our new online classifieds section, featuring job listings, announcements, and more.

Weiiii... China’s Cell Phone Market Ready to Explode:
Foreign companies wait still for meaningful returns on their investments into the Chinese market, which is flooded with low end subscribers.

A Gem of A Payback:
Wei Zhang, former activist during the Tiananmen Square uprising, and former vice president of America Gem Seafoods’ Pacific operations sues the mother company for racial discrimination.

One Giant Step for Womankind:
Jill Togawa has under her belt a ten-year-old dance company dedicated to expressions of being lesbians of color. Purple Moon Dance Project celebrates on The Tenth.

Qfilmistan Queers the Third Eye and Asks Why:
Queer Southasian films come home together for the first time at Qfilmistan in San Francisco’s ATA Theater.

Also in Arts and Entertainment...
• Akira Returns
• The Buzz: Come Out of the Shadows

Emil Amok: The Connie-Condit Affair.
If Condit is run out of town unfairly, then you can point to Connie Chung’s interview as the breaking point.

Paying Attention:
Remembering Queer Moments. Aside from its quality as a storage place for personal visceral experiences, our memory bank can also serve as a place to access collective thoughts of the community, to organize around.

Also in Opinion...
• Learning The Art Of Living
• Letters to the Editor

A&E Calendar
This week's arts, entertainment, and community events around the country, listed alphabetically by region and category.

Community Calendar
This week's announcements, workshops, and opportunities for community, family and career.

Mr. Ogawa — the Trickster Hero:
91-year-old Japanese immigrant enjoys a fast-paced game of tennis — with people more than half his age — three times a week. Just what is his secret?

Hit ’n’ Run:
Hitoshi Watarida; Chan Ho Park; Nobuhisa Baba; Atsushi Mochizuki; Chao Wang; Ichiro Suzuki; Robbie Alomar; Tiger Woods.

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