Furthermore, with an interview with Coco Liu, the coordinator of Traditional Fan and Candle Dance, we are able to understand more about the festival. I also genuinely resonate with how fondly she thinks of the experience. Q: What does the culture night mean for the community and for the club? A: Through the culture night,…
The typical characteristics of an Asian American immigrant: the strict family, the accent, and the changes. “Laughing With My Mouth Wide Open,” a one-woman show, delves into Gwendoline Yeo’s life journey. As the writer and star, Yeo incorporated both fictional and biographical elements into the show, marking significant events and stages throughout her life. Yeo…
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 Education for Alien Minors Act (DREAM Act) is a proposed article of federal legislation that gives a select group of…
Jeannie Suk, a Korean American, is the first Asian professor to be granted tenure at Harvard Law School. On October 14, she was granted tenure through faculty vote. She is an alumnus from Harvard Law School, and became an assistant professor at the Law School in 2006. The courses she teaches include criminal law, and…
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 homes. Even though there was a language barrier, he volunteered to help build and fix these buildings. “I didn’t understand…
So I got to see Miyazaki do a rare in-person interview with Roland Kelts last month in Berkeley. I didn’t have the best of seats, but it was still a memorable experience nonetheless. I gotta say, I don’t know of any Japanese animator (or animator, period, other than maybe John Lasseter) who is as revered…