January 29th, 1997 at 12:52am |
Many of you know, from the experience, that the members of the Asian American Association received a rather heinous e-mail message on Thursday, January 30, 1997. The message, from the header reading “Bad-Ass-Mother-Fucker,” stated the following:
“All you fucking chinks, japs, gooks and other fucking overbreeding, country takeovering asshole, complaining foreigners…get the fuck out of this […]
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January 29th, 1997 at 12:49am |
It’s always a frustration of mine when someone approaches me and wants to chat about Asian pop artists. My personal knowledge is limited, so conversation about the topic at hand dies out faster than my family can finish a kettle of tea. Then the conversation shifts back towards the artists in the Western Hemisphere. Therefore, […]
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January 29th, 1997 at 12:47am |
“If all of us were gone, Shawn, you’d be the only one sitting here.” said senior Khai Troung at the now historical minority protest held on Martin Luther King Day.
During the course of the next few days, these words haunted my mind.. Toward the end of the protest, I sat with the few Asian Americans […]
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January 29th, 1997 at 12:43am |
I recently received a copy of Bridging the Gap and I loved it! It’s great to see how much AAA is doing this year. For those of you who don’t know me, let me introduce myself… my name is Ellen Wu, I graduated from IU in May. Now I’m a first year in the masters […]
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January 29th, 1997 at 12:39am |
With our faculty advisor of many years gone to Hong Kong for the duration of this school year, AAA has been fortunate enough to have found a new faculty sponsor, Angela C. Pao, Ph.D. When asked if she ever anticipated coming to a place like IU, the answer was a “no.”
“It never occured to me, […]
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January 29th, 1997 at 12:37am |
Currently, one of the most inspiring move towards the creation and evolution of a cohesive force among Asian Americans in Bloomington is the drive for a literal “home away from home.”
As the sun peels away the thick coat of snow off from the ground and the trees burst into fresh greenery, just try to visualize […]
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January 29th, 1997 at 12:36am |
Last semester’s winter semi-formal held at Fisherman’s Dock. The theme of the dance was “The Oscars.” The ballroom was decorated with movie paraphernalia and balloons, giving it the feel of an awards ceremony. People were dressed to kill. Over 100 people showed up to the dance, making it a success. People could give donations at […]
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January 29th, 1997 at 12:30am |
There’s just as much integration as there is separation
America has always been known as the melting pot of cultures. Yet amidst this unity in diversity, there is still many nuances and subtlties that hinder the meld into a so-called universal spirit.
Contrasting cultures can not be bridged so easily over a mere century of immigration. Thus, […]
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January 29th, 1997 at 12:25am |
The student protest held on Martin Luther King Jr. Day was a day for all minorities to come together and demand change. Some of the demands were met and others are still pending, waiting for approval from the Bloomington Faculty Council. The list of demands made by the Student Coalition were:
the establishment of an Asian […]
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January 29th, 1997 at 12:23am |
The unprecedented events that took place on January 20th, 1997 will forever be a blazing picture of triumph through struggles. There are no descriptive words that I can utilize to express the exhilaration that embodied me on that beautiful day. Nothing that I can express will in turn do justice the same experience that transformed […]
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