Executive Order 13515 requires federal agencies to form plans in order to improve the participation in and access to federal programs for underserved AAPIs. Spearheading the order is the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Interagency Working Group (IWG). Plans in twenty-three participating agencies, such as the Department of Education, Department of…
DetailsAn investigation to a Diamond Bar home invasion comes to an end after the arrest of the remaining two of the six suspects. During the November burglary, the masked assailant tied up a couple and zapped the man with a taser numerous times. Not until the female victim escaped by jumping off the second-floor balcony…
DetailsAn interactive map created by the Chronicle of Higher Education seeks to help answer questions regarding national educational disparities in light of President Obama’s State of the Union speech with its particular emphasis on education. The graphic, made from mostly Census data, contains a color-coded scale that correlates to the percentage of adults in each…
DetailsBut until then, there’s Kenneth Choi as Jim Morita in Captain America. Jim Morita is one of the Howling Commandos, an elite American military unit fighting during World War II. I don’t know anything about Captain America or the Marvel comics, to be honest–I’m more of a Batman/DC Comics fan–but here’s a short character bio…
DetailsEven though Kim Yuna’s name fills me with glee… Brother and sister team Maia and Alex Shibutani made their senior national debut last month, and although they didn’t get the gold medal, they did win the silver, and racked up an impressive score of 173.18 points. “It’s easy for us to forget that we are…
DetailsInternet use has dramatically increased over the last decade and it keeps on rising. My parents, siblings, friends, peers, and my dog depend on it. Compared to other ethnicities in America, Asians have the highest percentage of living with internet access. I thought it would be related to watching anime or kdramas online, but it has a lot to…
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