Asian American Association

Hey guys,
The pictures and videos from our events are up! We’ve had a great year, so let’s have some fun looking back at it. If you were at our events, then definitely check it out, and try to find yourself in the pictures
Also, if you missed any part of Taste of Asia, or just want to hear Paul Kim’s dreamy voice again, then be sure to check out the videos.
Pictures:
http://picasaweb.google.com/aznredguard

Videos from Taste of Asia:
http://www.youtube.com/Desma31

These links are also posted in the Awareness section

After much hard work and with support from everyone, the Asian American Studies program is finally getting launched!

Visit the website at:
>www.indiana.edu/~aasp

And here are just a couple of the classes:

Prof. Karen Inouye
AMST A200 What is Asia America
AMST A201 Race and Labor from WWII to the Present

Prof. Denise Cruz
AMST 350 Cycles of Yellow Peril

Jennifer Lee
SOC S101 Sociology of Asian Americans

Ilana Gershon
CMCL C346 Ethnic, Class & Model US Citizen

Angela Pao
CMLT C360 Diasporic Literatures

Hey everyone, AAA’s biggest event of the year, the Taste of Asia, is less than a month away! It is going to be held Friday, March 28th at the IU Auditorium. The event is free, so come enjoy the acts and food from basically all of Bloomington’s Asian restaurants! Next to all our student organization performances is a professional act, and our celebrity guest this year will be Paul Kim from American Idol. It’s going to be a great show with great food, all for free! So come check it out!

And two weeks after the Taste of Asia is the Asian Student Union’s annual pageant, Mr. and Mrs. Asia. It’s also a free event at the IU Auditorium, and the contestants have some great acts lined up for you, so be sure to check this out too.

March
6- Over a Cup of Tea: Women and Sexuality, 7pm at ACC
7- Cooking Demo: Korean, 5pm at ACC
8-16 Spring Break
21- Who are Asian Pacific Americans?: Human Trafficking, 12:30-1:30 at ACC
Holi, 5pm at ACC
28- Taste of Asia, 6:30pm at IU Auditorium

April
4-The Grace Lee Project, 5pm at ACC
Japan Night
5- Thai Night
6- Korea Night
13- Mr. and Ms. Asia
19- FSA Gawad Kalinga Benefit Concert

The AAA Mass Meeting is from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Friday, February 8, so come check it out.

Hello everyone, welcome back to IU! Hope you all had a great break. AAA has a lot of things lined up for you guys, so check out the filling in this schedule sandwich!

Enjoyed the Fashion Show? Didn’t get to go? Doesn’t matter! The DVD’s are out, so come get your FREE copy soon! Location to be determined, or just e-mail us.

As some of you may know, the Taste of Asia we have in the spring is one of AAA’s biggest events of the year. If anyone’s interested in volunteering, it would be greatly appreciated, just send us an e-mail.

Date: Saturday, January 26th
Time: Doors open at 6:30 - 9:00 PM
Place: Neal Marshall Center
Join VSA as they explore the different regions of Vietnam for a great even of dancing, food, and everything you could want.
They are also looking for volunteers so contact us if you’re interested in helping out.

When: Febuary 10th
Time: 7pm-9pm
Where: IU Auditorium

It’s that magical time of the year again, Chinese New Year! Come support CSSA and all
the student groups performing, including AAAA with hula. You know this is going to be a big even with lots of people, so don’t miss out!

When: Monday, January 21, 2008 (MLK Day)
Time: Noon-3pm
Where: Neal- Marshall Black Culture Center-Grand Hall

When: Friday, January 18, 2008 (Semi-Formal event, *FREE* Banquet)

Time: 6:00PM- 8:00PM

Where: Grand Hall, (Located in the Neal- Marshall Black Culture
Center)

This event is meant to welcome the new international students and show
everyone what IU has to offer, including AAA.
Our special AAA Hula girls will be doing another performance, so come check it out!

Please check out all the filling above for our early Spring Semester news and events

A big thanks to everyone who attended and performed in the fashion show, and for all the donations. We raised over $200 for Kelly! DVD’s will be out soon, so be on the look out if you want to get a copy.

October 13

- Cook-off for Kelly Ng - 1:00-3:00 PM at the Asian Culture Center(ACC)

October 17th

- Pumpkin Carving - 7:30 PM at ACC

Planning on going out to a farm and buy/stealing some pumpkins to carve? But that’s so much work! Forget it, we’ve got pumpkins ready for you, at a low price! Come to the ACC for a good time!

October 26th

- Who Are APA? 12-1 PM at ACC
- Paper Crane Folding Event for Kelly Ng - 1-5 PM at ACC

November 8

- IU World’s Fair - 5:00 - 8:00pm at Indiana Memorial Union in Alumni Hall, come check out AAA’s Hawaiian themed table!!!

November 9

- Who Are APA? - 12-1 at ACC

November 10

- AAA Fashion Show - Nightime (When else?) at the Wilkie Auditorium, come for a great time, it’s so much more than just a fashion show!

November 15

- Nai Ni Chen Dance Co. - IU Auditorium

Hello and congratulations to the new and returning AAA Execs
Desma Jones - President
Roger Lou - Vice President
Amy Truong - Membership Chair
Kaz Takinami - Publicity Chair
Natsuki Atagi - Treasurer
Jeff Heerdink - Secretary
Andrew Harbor - BTG Editor
Patrick Michael Kirby - Programming Chair
Kenny Tsang - Co-Historian
Eric Zhang - Co-Historian
Vincent Wu - Co-Culture Chair
Catherine N - Co-Culture Chair
Jennifer Chen - Interschool Chair
Jake Zhang - Webmaster
Kim Sarabia - Advocacy Chair

Fashion Show- February 23rd at 7PM Wilkie Auditorium

Mass Meeting- March 22nd, Time and Location TBA

Semi-Formal- TBA, Late March Possibly

Taste of Asia- April 7th at 5PM IU Auditorium

Mr. & Miss Asia- April 14th

Welcome to the new execs!

Interschool Chair - James Kim
Webmaster - Kazuhiro Takinami
Secretary - Roger Lou
Historian - Amy Truong
Culture Chair - Desma Jones

Tonight was the callout meeting (sorry for not posting about it before!), and turnout was fantastic. After some introductions, we had a hectic (g-rated) icebreaker involving pantyhose and balloons. Pictures will be up soon.

Friday will be our first “Who are Asian Pacific Americans?” discussion, co-sponsored by and held at the Asian Culture Center from 1 to 2. This week’s topic is the Model Minority Myth (are Asians to be viewed as the model minority that has succeed in America’s meritocratic system?) WAAPA will be held every-other Friday; feel free to drop by for any discussion! Free lunch will be served to all participants.

Friday will be our first social of the year. Bowling/billiards at the IMU followed by an ice cream party (details will be made available during bowling). Show up at the IMU arcade at 7:30!

-Sibo

AAA had a great year with socials, the Fashion Show, the Taste of Asia cultural show, and discussions–but all good things eventually come to an end. Best of luck goes to the graduating AAA members Jing Liu, Amee Soni, and Rose Wongsarnpigoon.

For the rest of you, don’t think of the summer as an end, but a mere break in the festivities. AAA’ll be back with fun and food in the fall! Don’t miss our fall callout meeting (date/place to be determined).