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Daily Dose: 02/29/08
> Koreatown in the Suburbs
> Monterey Park Tries to Find Itself
> Student Leaders Want ‘Campus Press’ Editor, Adviser Out
> Obama Backs U.S. Bill to Award Pension Benefits to Filipino WWII Veterans
> Lincoln Christian’s Choi to Walk on at NU
> Restaurants Must Rehire Deliverymen, Judge Rules
> Successful Refugee Helps Veterans […] -
Calendar: 02/29/08
Exploring Activism, Art and Community
EVENT: Presented by Kearny Street Workshop
DESCRIPTION: Visual artists Bob Hsiang, Donna Keiko Ozawa and Christine Wong Yap are featured in a new multimedia exhibition about activism, art and community.
DETAILS: Free, Feb. 29 through May 24, 3-6 p.m. (Wed-Thurs), 2-6 p.m. (Sat), Space 180, 180 Capp St., third […] -
Promotion Guilt
Dear Q,
I am a Vietnamese-Chinese American female who works in a sales department and is part of the team that decides promotions. About one-third of the department is African American, and I really enjoy working with them. They are fun, tell great jokes, and are educated and articulate about race relations. They also do great […] -
Presidential Campaign Update
A furious weekend of activities took place in Barack Obama’s home state of Hawai‘i, before the Feb. 19 primary caucuses there. Sen. Obama’s sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng (top right), lives in Honolulu with her husband, Konrad Ng, and their daughter, Suhaila, and has been making nonstop appearances for her brother.
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The Role of Asians In The Housing Crisis
The development of Asian Pacific America often takes unassuming and circuitous routes, while always moving along a path.
News these days is all about the year’s most exciting presidential contests, which includes coverage of white, -
Edison: Come to the U.S.!
Edison Chen Quits Movie Business
Edison Chen, the man who would be king of Hong Kong’s entertainment world, has quit the business to — what else? — find his soul. It might be too late, though, for the women he’s ruined through thousands of explicit pictures and videos, but Chen hopes to regain some sense of […] -
Asian Am. Trivial Pursuit
Test your trivial prowess at the 20th annual National Asian American Trivia Championships
SAN FRANCISCO — There is nothing like watching a trivia contest, spewing out the answers and smugly exclaiming, “I know that.”
Now’s your opportunity to prove it at the Bay Area’s longest-running Asian trivia event. -
Who’s Hot: 02/29/08
Friday, February 29
Genesis Fridays: Rouge Nightclub
Details: Rouge Nightclub, 1500 Broadway St.,
San Francisco, 10 p.m.-2 a.m., 21+
Music: Hip-hop
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Quiz Time
Test your knowledge with these Asian American-related questions from past trivia championships.
Questions:
1. Give the precise date and time for the opening of the Beijing Summer Olympics. -
Black-Asian Unity
An Asian American celebration of Black History Month
Throughout my life as a Filipino American, I have recalled my social and political unity with African Americans. And February, national Black History Month, has always served to reinforce such recollection. -
Mature Ballroom Dancers Sweep Awards
Winston and Lilly Chow are first Asian Americans to win California competitions
MILLBRAE, Calif. — With grace and elegance, ballroom dance champions Winston and Lilly Chow captured the heart of the audience as they glided across the floor at 2007’s U.S. National Amateur Senior Standard Championship in Kentucky. -
Clinton and Obama And Costume Politics
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I’ve resisted the honor until this year, when I finally joined the blogosphere. Now, I proudly accept.
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