(From top left: Tommy Chen, Linda Reyes, Ray Luo, Malina Tran, Huong Pham, Elizabeth Park, Claudia Li. Bottom left: Shirley Mak, ThienVinh Nguyen, Maria Iu, Debbie Chong, Stepfanie Aguilar. Not pictured: Shirley Chau, Bryan Yoo, Derrick Oliver, Athalia Nakula, Emily Ho, Hyun Cheol Oh) Hi from the Pacific…
The latest Miley Cyrus scandal has exploded all over the blogosphere (but not to extent of the Annie Leibowitz fiasco – which was equally stupid). This photo of Miley and her friends making slant eyes and buck teeth to immitate Asian stereotypes has been circulating the internet for…
UCLA’s daily student newspaper – The Daily Bruin – wrote an article on our photochallenge competition in today’s paper: http://www.dailybruin.com/news/2009/jan/29/pacific-ties-holding-contest/ Just to clarify – we’re an Asian American Pacific Islander magazine…NOT JUST PACIFIC ISLANDER. To enter out photochallenge, go here: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=49008821490 THEME: PASSION DEADLINE: FEB 6
Pacific Ties is all about the diversity, not Bennetton colors style but more like “hey look at all these cool people you did not know about”. Let’s start with the first family: New York Times: In First Family, a Nation’s Many Faces
In the social networking world, you probably have a Facebook. And if you’re here reading this, you probably know who we are. So join our Facebook fan page and show your support for great student journalism, photography, art, design, culture, alternative media, and the minority community: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2200053481#/pages/Pacific-Ties/41289306063?ref=ts And…
We featured Don Nakanisi, director of the Asian American Studies Center last quarter in our feature story: Activism Through Education. Nakanishi has a great interview in an AP story on Salon.com titled: Asian-American Political Profile Rising in the U.S. “Many people of Asian descent have stepped beyond their…