Vietnamese Student Union (VSU) at UCLA will hold its annual Black April Commemoration Week , “a touching and empowering program that will serve as a tool to bridge the generational gap between many Vietnamese Americans and war-related immigrant families”. Tonight is Black April Expression Night, which will focus on educating attendees through spoken word, art, and…
DetailsJapanese earthquake victims are still receiving assistance from their friends across the ocean. The Thousand Hearts Benefits Concert will include a collection of singers, artists, and celebrities that hope to raise funds for the victims of the Japanese earthquake. The concert will be on the 23rd of April and will take place at the Pasadena…
DetailsI don’t think I’ve ever done a review of a book review before–but here goes. Kyung-sook Shin’s bestselling Korean novel, Please Look After Mom, has been translated into English. And while I’ve only read an excerpt of the novel, I have read Maureen Corrigan’s review of it. At first, it pissed me off. Then it…
DetailsOn 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 every weekend to eat food because Covel…
DetailsSo, I’m not really a Rain fan. I don’t dislike him–I just don’t follow him because, well, there’s already f(x), and DBSK, and SNSD, and…yeah, you get the point. My loyalties lie elsewhere. Still, this Time 100 poll impresses me. Rain, who won the poll last year, has done it again. Poor Stephen Colbert: defeated…
DetailsHere are some quick quiz questions about Bay Rong/Clash: why would you give a movie the English title of Clash, when the translation of its Vietnamese title is the much cooler Seven Dragons? Why the hell was someone as incompetent as Ox recruited for a heist team? Why is the main antagonist so evil? How…
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