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 4701 Year of the Sheep gala |
| Needless to say Governor Napolitano was a big hit with the children as well as the guests of Asian Chamber’s Year of the Sheep celebration. |
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| Asian Astronauts will still seek the stars |
| NASA currently has six Asian astronauts with flight experience. They are Leroy Chiao, PhD, Edward Tsang Lu, PhD, Daniel M. Tani, MA, Chiaki Mukai, M.D., PhD, and Eugene H. Trinh, PhD. |
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| Asian Pacific Americans Meet with President Crow |
| Community members took the opportunity to give Dr. Crow an overview of programs, community issues and community partnerships with Arizona State University. |
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| Asian Pacific Americans…Who Cares? |
| I am proud to be an Asian American and am proud of the history of my people. The past several months have made me even more proud and angry at the same time. The seven foot six Houston Rocket’s center Yao Ming is the first legitimate Asian basketball star. |
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| CHINESE AMERICAN CITIZENS ALLIANCE SEEKS YOUNG ESSAYISTS |
| The National Essay Contest is one of the most ƒnimportant programs of the Grand Lodge encouraging and developing our Chinese and Chinese American youth. |
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| Films from Japan, Korea and China featured in ASU series |
| Six films, ranging from comedy to drama, will be screened in the spring 2003 Asian Film Series sponsored by the Arizona state University Center for Asian Studies. |
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| First APA Woman Astronaut Mourned |
| Chawla, 41, was one of the seven astronauts on board the space shuttle Columbia, which disintegrated upon reentry to Earth Feb. 1 above the central Texas plains, after a 16-day scientific mission. She was the first and only Indian American and Asian Pacific American woman to travel into space. |
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| Got a Federal Student Loan? |
| Find out why now through - July 1, 2003 could be an important window for you!! |
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| Greater Phoenix Convention Bureau hosts Elliot Kang: The U.S. Asian American Market Opportunity |
| Everyone and anyone who wants to tap into the Asian/Asian American market should have attended this series. Elliot Kang is well-known for his experience and knowledge of Asian/Asian Americans and their individual preferences and reaction to media and advertising. |
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| JACL condemns Congressman Coble’s statement endorsing Japanese American internment |
| Rep. Coble disagreed that the Arab American community should be interned, but asserted that, while the internment of Japanese Americans was for their own protection, “Some probably were intent on doing harm to us, just as some of these Arab-Americans are probably intent on doing harm to us.” |
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| Phil Randolph appointed president of Glendale Community College |
| I look forward to continuing many initiatives, outreach programs and community partnerships,” says Randolph. “Glendale Community College is an outstanding institution that continues to build on its 37-year tradition of excellence in university transfer, general education, and career development programs.” |
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| Phoenix College Takes Proactive Approach To Help Students Obtain Access To A College Education |
| Higher education and job training are even more important in tough economic times when job security is more tenuous. Phoenix College is encouraging its current and future students to stay focused on their goals by offering scholarship workshops, a booklet of approximately 150 local scholarships, a glossy brochure on paying for college, and a campus event entitled College Goal Sunday. |
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| THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE JAPANESE WOMAN |
| She was told, during an occasion with a male co-diplomat, that she should always remember that, yes, she is a diplomat, but should never forget her ‘role’ as a woman. |
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| Chef Sy’s Culinary choice for February |
Fresh Vegetable Salsa with Baked Tortilla Chips
Corn Custard |
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| Drowning in Debt…What to do? |
| With about 1 million Americans filing for bankruptcy annually, desperate financial situations are unfortunately becoming more common. |
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| FROM THE DESK OF JOE ALLMAN |
| TEACHER’S WORKSHOP Japanese American Internment WWII 1942-1945 |
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| Kadomoto’s Komments |
| Road Rage. We have a tendency to extend kid’s rights too soon, even before we teach them right from wrong. We need to teach them that any rights extended to them comes with responsibility. There are many things they must be taught, but it is important that we teach them responsibility, too. . |
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| Kid’s Korner |
The Governor and me
By Adrianna Dong
At the Asian Chamber’s Lunar New Year festival at the Scottsdale SunSpree Holiday Inn, Leah Durfey and I interviewed Governor Janet Napolitano. We asked her two questions: |
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| PRAC PERSPECTIVE: WHITE PICKET FENCES AND CITY COMMISSIONS |
| I stayed up nights and painted my little fixer-upper house. I did what I could on my limited budget. It wasn¡¦t much money in the grand scheme of things, but thanks to a lot of HGTV and thrift and antique stores, my little house is now a Phoenix version of an English country cottage, complete with white picket fence and arbor. |
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| Round Up |
| Arizona State University photographer and researcher Jeremy Rowe is very interested in finding pre-1920 photographs from the Japanese American community for his research on Arizona historic photography. |
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| Straight Talk…. |
| When we think of “brave” people we think of, especially now, our space shuttle crew. We think about how, against very large odds, these folks take extraordinary risks for extraordinary reasons. |
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| Womanly Speaking... |
| HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY TO ALL! I was having so many thoughts about what to write this month when I suddenly realized that it is the month of February, the month to pause and celebrate the meaning of love, to show someone you care, and to choose whom you prefer to be your Valentine this month or the next moments to come. Love is in the air. |
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