Seeing Green
June 24, 2005
There are certain things in life that we always want seconds of: A second date, a second chance … or even a second piece of pie. Read more
PATRIOT Games in the Tar Heel State
June 24, 2005
Having spent almost three decades offering legal service to immigrants, Chinese American immigration attorney Manlin Chee is now getting used to serving time instead. Read more
Where are the Kids?
June 24, 2005
Anime Expo 2005
On the weekend of July 1-4, while the rest of America is celebrating Independence Day, tens of thousands with red, white and blue hair (among other colors, of course) will be pouring into the Anaheim Convention Center to the 14th Annual Anime Expo (AX). Read more
A Dude in Cape and Tights? Yes. ‘Batman Begins.’
June 24, 2005
“Anyone who runs around in a bat costume,” says Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) in Batman Begins, “has got to be … ” Read more
APAs at High Risk for Diabetes
June 24, 2005
According to studies conducted by the National Diabetes Education Program — part of the National Institutes of Health — the prevalence of type-II diabetes is on the rise in Asian Pacific American (APA) communities. Read more
The Last March for the Bandleader
June 24, 2005
On a quiet street in North Beach just blocks away from Chinatown’s morning clatter, Lisa Pollard fingers the golden, winding braids of her black marching band uniform and sighs. She knows that she will no longer be Read more
‘Half & Half’ Mapa: 100 Percent Gay Asian Star
June 24, 2005
Alec Mapa admits he’s far from the norm for network television. On UPN’s hit sitcom Half & Half, the openly gay actor is the only Filipino in primetime. Of his unique role, Mapa jokes, “I’m a unicorn!” Read more
Art Briefs
June 24, 2005
Ukulele Star Wows Japan and Buffett
TOKYO –– Hawai‘i musician Jake Shimabukuro has the highest debuting instrumental album ever in Japan. But forget the guitars and pianos. He did it with a ukulele. Read more
CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
June 24, 2005
J.K. Hom and Samson Wong contributed to “The 49ers Fallout Grows” on June 16, 2005 on page 12. Sam Chu Lin and Samson Wong contributed to “The Classic Blunder” on June 9, page 8. Read more
Bay Briefs
June 24, 2005
Interned Boy Scouts Hold Reunion
The Santa Clara County Council of Boy Scouts of America held a reunion dinner honoring Japanese American scouts interned during World War II. Read more
Global Briefs
June 24, 2005
Microsoft Bends to China
Reporters Without Borders, an organization that fights for press freedom and denounces violations of human rights throughout the world, recently discovered that Microsoft Read more
Nation Briefs
June 24, 2005
Choi’s Win Signals New Diversity in Edison, N.J.
EDISON, N.J. –– Jun Choi’s win in the primary election for mayor is part of a growing Asian American influence in one of New Jersey’s largest municipalities. Read more
