Lamda Phi Epsilon works to increase Asian-American bone marrow registry
April 5, 2011 – 5:21 PM | No Comment

Sonia Rai is a 24-year-old South Asian-American and a UC Irvine graduate who has been recently diagnosed with AML (acute myelogenous leukemia), which is cancer of the blood. A bone marrow transplant is her only …

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Lamda Phi Epsilon works to increase Asian-American bone marrow registry
April 5, 2011 – 5:21 PM | No Comment
Lamda Phi Epsilon works to increase Asian-American bone marrow registry

Sonia Rai is a 24-year-old South Asian-American and a UC Irvine graduate who has been recently diagnosed with AML (acute myelogenous leukemia), which is cancer of the blood. A bone marrow transplant is her only …

Undocumented students DREAM of a better tomorrow
December 4, 2010 – 6:57 PM | One Comment
Undocumented students DREAM of a better tomorrow

Here are the basics: California Assembly Bill 540 (AB 540) allows undocumented students, as well as documented ones, to pay in-state tuition but prohibits them from applying for state financial aid; the Development, Relief and …

Living in the Rough
September 21, 2010 – 8:55 PM | No Comment
Living in the Rough

Stephen Bingcang left for El Salvador during winter break with UCLA Habitat for Humanity (H4H). He left because he wanted to help. Bingcang, a fourth-year Anthropology student, saw houses destroyed by floods and people without …

Breaking the Silence – Speaking out about mental health and its effects on the community
May 18, 2010 – 3:06 PM | No Comment
Breaking the Silence – Speaking out about mental health and its effects on the community

For many, college is a difficult time – moving away from home, making new friends, and struggling to stay on top of academics can be challenges for even the most unfazed individuals. However, for some, …

Nom Nom Truck Hits L.A.
August 27, 2009 – 3:38 AM | No Comment

Do you like vietnamese sandwiches? Does the combination of meat and cilantro atop crispy French bread make your taste buds salivate? Well, you’re in luck because the Nom Nom truck has recently launched in L.A.! …

Preview: Interview with spoken word artist Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai
August 27, 2009 – 12:20 AM | No Comment

Last month, Pacific Ties had the opportunity to attend the 2009 Campus Progress National Conference in Washington D.C. In addition to listening to awesome speakers like Bill Clinton, Van Jones and Nancy Pelosi, we also …

FEATURE: Blogosphere: The New Frontier?
March 4, 2009 – 8:03 AM | 2 Comments

This was the featured article in Pacific Ties’s The Dialogue Issue, Winter 2009.

By Evelina Giang
The journalism industry is hurting these days. The Los Angeles Times announced last month that it will be cutting 300 jobs, …

How Asian is the Asian Voice? [WINTER ISSUE PREVIEW]
February 18, 2009 – 6:35 AM | No Comment

Being Asian has nothing to do with it.
That’s the message that Kollaboration 9, a talent show that celebrates Asian American empowerment through the arts, wants to leave us.
“I just want to …