Archive for January 19th, 2007

  • Racism & Homophobia at Sacred Heart

    Racism & Homophobia at Sacred Heart

    YALE ASSAULT: Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep graduates have hit the news for hate crime — on New Year’s Eve for allegedly assaulting members of the prominent Yale University “Baker’s Dozen” choir team and peppering them with homophobic remarks. … Sacred Heart students were also allegedly...

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  • Senate Confirms Chong as 1st APA Utilities Commissioner

    Senate Confirms Chong as 1st APA Utilities Commissioner

    After nearly a year on the job as a commissioner on the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), San Francisco resident Rachelle Chong was finally confirmed by a 33-0 vote of the state Senate on Jan. 11. The vote had to come by the Jan. 12...

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  • From Margin to Mainstream

    From Margin to Mainstream

    Last Friday’s official opening of the OCA National Center for APA Leadership in Washington, D.C., is a major accomplishment not only for the Organization of Chinese Americans but for the APA community as a whole. It represents a quantum level of achievement that will assure...

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  • Learn 24 Vowels, 32 Consonants in Khmer

    Learn 24 Vowels, 32 Consonants in Khmer

    Clad in a pink sweater, Lisa Kong, 8, practices writing the Khmer alphabet in her spiral notebook, glancing back and forth between her binder paper and the board, which has all 24 vowels and 32 consonants written in white chalk. “This class is fun,” exclaimed...

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