the british council once surveyed thousands of people all over the globe for the most beautiful words in the english language...and the top ten were ( Read more... )

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Power 105 radio host Star gets firedBROADCAST EXCERPTS ( Read more... )

jurors handed over a verdict yesterday awarding the victims of a hate crime $230K. my gf has been working on this case for over two years and it finally went to trial. she showed me pictures of the skinheads and they have large swastikas tattoooed all over their bodies. earlier in the trial one of the skinheads testifies and says "i'm not a ( Read more... )

today marks the 100th anniversary of the san francisco earthquake that marked the beginning of "paper sons"--those who were sons only on paper--and the heavy use of the angel island detention facility ( Read more... )

here's the campus news article regarding the asian american studies speak-out at uic ( Read more... )

this week has been interesting. i forgot how exhilirating it is to be on the front lines of a rally. and again the forever reliable kent ono, director of the asian american studies program at uiuc, came out to support us and "speak out" for asian american studies. it's amazing to see how empowered my former students have become--and how they've ( Read more... )

Take a long lunch break and come out to support Asian American Studies!

From the Asian American Coalition Committeen at UIC ( Read more... )

canvassed all day yesterday for tammy duckworth who barely won the primary against cegelis. after a few hours in the field with eric salcedo we didn't think it was boding well for our candidate...so it came as a surprise, at least to me, when the numbers started coming in and we were actually winning. we were apparently sent out to a really tough ( Read more... )