On April 19th, UCLA Asian Pacific Alumni brought in Ted Chen, news anchor from KNBC Channel 4 News and UCLA alumnus, as the keynote speaker. He described Covel Commons, the conference’s venue, as a beautiful building. He recalled living in Sproul Hall and walking all the way to Dykstra Hall…
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 hope for survival, yet the odds of finding a match are 1 in…
Chinese American Manolo and his parents are pushed in line for deportation soon while his brother stays in the United States. What a way to break up a family. Community members have built a facebook page and a petition in order to protest these deportations. So far, only…
Alexandra Wallace, 3rd-year political science undergraduate, posts video rant about Asians in the library during finals week. The video immediately went viral on Facebook. Asian Pacific Coalition posted a response to the issue: As evidenced by the responses of outrage and hurt from our community, it is clear…
I totally forgot to talk about LCC’s Epic FAIL show last week, which is too bad, because it was pretty awesome. Here’s another event that, while not arts and entertainment related, will probably be as awesome: Ethnic Studies Now! at UCLA and Beyond. A symposium on the state…
San Francisco Supervisor Jane Kim has been refusing to recite the pledge of allegiance since high school. “I don’t think our flag represents a nation when there’s livery and justice for all,” says Kim. “And I reserve my right to disagree or to even protest when I think…