Archive | Vol 29 No 7 | 2/13-2/19

Hip hop and you don’t stop … breaking down Asian stereotypes

Hip hop and you don’t stop … breaking down Asian stereotypes

For most high school students, typical after-school activities may include competing in a high school sport, performing in a music group, or planning the layout for the school yearbook.

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Asian athletes to represent the U.S. in the 2010 Olympics 

Asian athletes to represent the U.S. in the 2010 Olympics 

The 2010 Winter Olympics are hitting close to home, what with them being just over the border in Vancouver, British Columbia. But their location is not the only thing close to home. Hometown short track skaters Apolo Ohno and J.R. Celski are also making a splash in the games.

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Famous tigers to have roaring success in 2010?

Famous tigers to have roaring success in 2010?

Happy Lunar New Year! This year marks the year of the tiger, the big boys of the safari. Like the animals, those born in the year of the tiger are known for their courage, intelligence, and strength. They are also honest (almost to a fault), resilient, competitive, and vain.

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Lunar New Year with modern twists

Lunar New Year with modern twists

For many people who grew up in an Asian American household, the Lunar New Year was always celebrated, whether by going out to a restaurant or watching the annual parade. Despite many cultural differences, the collective wishes and hopes for a community bubbles up during this time of the year.

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Posted in Community News, Cultures, Features, Food, Vol 29 No 7 | 2/13-2/192 Comments

Years later, photographer revisits  the Nepalese boy who inspired a gallery

Years later, photographer revisits the Nepalese boy who inspired a gallery

Sometimes, the smallest moment and a chance encounter can change the course of your life and lead to an adventure beyond the imagination. For Cora Edmonds, director of the ArtXchange Gallery in Seattle, that moment came in a mountain village in a remote region of Nepal.

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Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Features, Vol 29 No 7 | 2/13-2/192 Comments

Census chief tries to ease immigrants’ fears in Texas

LAREDO, Texas (AP) — Police cars and large white vans rumbled down the unpaved road toward the ramshackle houses, where illegal immigrants are among hundreds living in a slapdash Texas neighborhood, or colonia, called San Carlos.

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U.S. wants out of suit over Chinese detainee’s death

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The alleged neglect and death of a terminally ill Chinese immigrant detained in a Rhode Island jail two years ago triggered scathing reports and investigations. There has been a wide-ranging federal lawsuit and hand-wringing over who was responsible.

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Alaska student building a Tonga library

She has books piled in a bin outside her cubicle at work. She has books stacked in boxes under her desk. She has heaps of books in her apartment and bundles of books in her car. She has boxes and boxes and more boxes of books stacked in a corner of a friend’s office. Children’s books, history books, computer books, science books, memoirs, biographies, fiction, non-fiction. From math to romance.

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India successfully tests nuclear-capable missile

NEW DELHI (AP) — India again successfully test-fired a nuclear-capable missile on Sunday, Feb. 7, that can hit targets across much of Asia and the Middle East, a defense ministry press release said.

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Toyota loses some of its luster in same-name hometown over recalls

Rising out of the barren winter rice fields of central Japan, this city of 400,000 people is probably the most Toyota-friendly place on the planet. Renamed after the company 51 years ago, it hosts the corporate headquarters as well as enormous factories. It is beholden to the automaker for tens of thousands of jobs and the bulk of its tax income.

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