It was a heartbreaking loss last Monday night. The clocked ticked down at Lucas Stadium in Indianapolis. Butler University, the underdog team, was only two points down. Gordon Hayward aimed for the win, but his half-court shot slammed against the rim.
Archive | Vol 29 No 15 | 4/10-4/16
Despite a loss, Bobby Fong is all smiles
Posted on 08 April 2010.
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Godzilla is coming: Ed Wang seeks to become the first Chinese American to be drafted into the NFL
Posted on 08 April 2010.
Wang, a left tackle from Virginia Tech, will be the first Chinese American football player to be drafted in next month’s National Football League (NFL) Draft.
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Director helms South Asian ‘Talks of the Vagina’
Posted on 08 April 2010.
Anjulie Ganti is well-known in the Indian community for performing the Bharatanatyam, a well-respected Indian form of dancing.
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Thai and Indian chefs give cooking demonstrations at Vegfest
Posted on 08 April 2010.
Asian chefs are among the many chefs featured at this year’s Vegfest. The event is to be held on April 10 and 11 at the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall. Vegfest is the biggest vegetarian food festival in the United States and features more than 500 different kinds of dishes. The event is ideal for people who have questions about how to improve their diet, what to buy, and how to cook it.
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Attention: Festival calls for filmakers of Asian/Pacific Islander descent
Posted on 08 April 2010.
Filmmakers of Asian Pacific Islander descent can submit their entries for free to the third annual ID Film Festival organized by the Japanese Americans National Museum in Los Angeles.
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State Farm continues to fund OCA leadership program
Posted on 08 April 2010.
The grant will be utilized in 2010 to support OCA’s APIA U: Leadership 101, an Asian/Pacific Islander American college leadership training program, and the upcoming Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)/OCA Leadership Conference in May.
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U.S. prep schools push to recruit foreign students
Posted on 08 April 2010.
WASHINGTON (AP) — When Dixi Wu finished middle school in Kunming, China, she had a hard decision to make. The skilled violinist and top-ranked student tested into one of the most competitive high schools in her province. Yet Bullis School in suburban Maryland, faced with falling applications during the depressed economy, also wanted her.
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Toyota hit with $16M fine over recalls in U.S.
Posted on 08 April 2010.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Toyota Motor Corp. faces a maximum penalty of more than $16 million, a record civil penalty against an automaker, for failing to promptly notify the U.S. government about defective gas pedals among its vehicles.
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NY Times pays damages to Singapore leaders, Times public editor responds
Posted on 08 April 2010.
SINGAPORE — Last month, The New York Times Co. apologized and agreed to pay Singapore’s prime minister and his two predecessors approximately 160,000 Singapore dollars ($114,000) for a story that described the city-state’s leaders as an Asian political dynasty.
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Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation supports Japan in the Schools program
Posted on 08 April 2010.
The Weyerhaeuser Company announced a grant of $5,000 to the Japan–America Society of the State of Washington (JASSW) for their Japan in the Schools (JIS) program.
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