Note: This quarter, Pacific Ties will be publishing online rather than in a print issue. We decided to focus our articles around war and violence in the API community. This article was written in response to The Hunger Games movie casting choices. Although the casting choices do not…

BY CAROL LEE As an avid reader and loyal fan of all literature captivating and unique, I immediately jumped on The Hunger Games bandwagon at my friends’ and even my 14 year old sister’s insistence. I found Collins’ ideas incredibly fresh and her characters poignant, especially Katniss who…

Forty years of history. Forty years of activism. Forty years of family. This year, Samahang Pilipino, a student organization representing the Filipino student voice at UCLA, will celebrate its 40th anniversary and commemorate its many accomplishments throughout the years. Samahang Pilipino was founded in 1972. According to Mallory…

Jeffrey Kho, a second year at UCLA, has come to expect the looks of surprise when he tells his fellow students that he is double majoring in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology and Asian American Studies. They question why he is majoring in Asian American Studies, a field…

There’s a week of winter break left, and only a few days before the year ends. So if you’re looking for something to read or watch during 2012, here are some suggestions (Asian/Asian-American in some way, of course): BOOKS Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri These eight stories by…

— Written by Deanna Hoang-Yen Tran There was a buzz around the Matrix Theatre on the opening night of the play All My Sons, written by Arthur Miller, directed by Cameron Watson, and produced by Joseph Stern. The play brought up the themes of greed and the consideration…