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You are here: Home / Archives for vol 27 no 43 | October 18 – October 24

Fame speaks

October 18, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Do celebrity endorsements really make a difference?

Filed Under: News, National News Tagged With: 2008, Academy Award-winning, Asian American, Barack Obama, Clint Eastwood, Daniel Dae Kim, Dean Cain, Jon Voight, Kelly Hu, Lorenzo Lamas, M. Night Shyamalan, Maxine Hong Kingston, Robert Duvall, Tom Selleck, Vera Wang, margaret cho, vol 27 no 43 | October 18 - October 24

First female GM coming to Seattle?

October 18, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SEATTLE (AP) — The Mariners are the first Major League Baseball team to lose 100 games with a $100 million payroll may lose more this winter. On top of all else the AL’s worst team must do, it should install a revolving door for a possible exodus of veterans.

Filed Under: News, Community News, National News, Sports Tagged With: 2008, Alex Fernandez, American League, Bill Bavasi, Bill Singer, Chicago White Sox, Chinese, GM, Hiroshi Yamauchi, Lee Pelekoudas, Major League Baseball Los Angeles Dodgers, Mariners Chief Executive Howard Lincoln, Mariners President Chuck Armstrong, Ned Colletti, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Seattle, Stacy Nguyen, vol 27 no 43 | October 18 - October 24

Getting the vote

October 18, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Obama camp’s local methods “There are people that will not vote for a person of color,” former Washington state Gov. Gary Locke told a gathering of voters at an event sponsored by the Washington State Asian American Pacific Islanders for Obama on Saturday night, Oct. 4th. He told the young voters in attendance at the Typhoon! restaurant in downtown Seattle that regardless of the polls, “not to take the election for granted.”

Filed Under: News, National News Tagged With: 2008, AAPI, Asian American Pacific Islander, Asian Pacific Islander, Barack Obama, Chris Gregoire, Congressman Mike Honda, Courtney Gregoire, GOP, Jason Cruz, Northwest Asian Weekly, Rock Paper Scissors, Seattle, Ted Choi Tam, Vietnamese, communication, gary locke, vol 27 no 43 | October 18 - October 24

Indian American with $700 billion in hand

October 18, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Neel Kashkari was designated Oct. 6 to head the Office of Financial Stability, which will oversee the $700 billion bailout package.

Filed Under: News, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2008, Indian American, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Minal Kashkari, Neel Kashkari, Silver Spring, Wharton School, vol 27 no 43 | October 18 - October 24

Community Involvement

October 18, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

UW Bothell campus Chancellor Dr. Kenyon Chan was the keynote speaker of Puget Sound Connections with director of the Urban Center Enterprise of the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce Skip Rowland and President of Antioch University Dr. Cassandra Manuelito-Kerkvliet on Sept. 24 at the Seattle Art Museum.

Filed Under: News, Names in the News, Community News Tagged With: 2008, Kenyon Chan, Puget Sound, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Times, vol 27 no 43 | October 18 - October 24

The gift of rice

October 18, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Twenty volunteers from the Chinese Students Association from the University of Washington (CSA) gladly gave out bags of rice to seniors in need on Oct. 4.

Filed Under: News, Names in the News, Community News Tagged With: 2008, Chinese American, vol 27 no 43 | October 18 - October 24

Commendations

October 18, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Washington state chapter of the Korean American Coalition (KAC) presented CEO of Paldo World Brian Park and KoreAm Journal Editor-in-Chief James Y. Ryu the Rocky Kim Pioneer Awards at the 2008 KAC National Convention Gala Dinner, Sept. 26.

Filed Under: News, Names in the News, Community News Tagged With: 2008, CEO, Korean Americans, Puget Sound, Rocky Kim Pioneer Award, vol 27 no 43 | October 18 - October 24

Happy anniversary

October 18, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Seattle’s own Vietnamese-language newspaper Nguoi Viet Tay Bac celebrated their 24th anniversary Oct. 3 at Tea Palace Restaurant. This year they decided to award two people the first ever Nguoi Viet Tay Bac “Wholehearted Dedication” award.

Filed Under: News, Names in the News, Community News Tagged With: 2008, Anh Bang, Cambridge University, Julie Hoai Huong Pham, Nguoi Viet Tay Bac Wholehearted Dedication, Pacific Northwest, Seattle, Tea Palace Restaurant, Vietnamese, vol 27 no 43 | October 18 - October 24

Scholastic achievements

October 18, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On Oct. 9 the Northwest Health Foundation (NWHF) selected Dr. Louisa Silva, of Salem, Ore., as this year’s Mark O. Hatfield Research Fellowship recipient. Funded by NWHF, the fellowship focuses on autism research and awards up to $150,000 annually.

Filed Under: News, Names in the News, Community News Tagged With: 2008, Chinese Qigong, Hatfield Research Fellowship, Louisa Silva, NWHF, vol 27 no 43 | October 18 - October 24

Pope creates 4 new saints, including Indian woman

October 18, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday, Oct. 12 gave the Roman Catholic church four new saints, including an Indian woman whose canonization is seen as a morale boost to Christians in India who have suffered Hindu violence.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: 2008, Colombia, Ecuador, Gaetano Errico, Immaculate Conception, India, Jesus Martillo Moran, Roman Catholic, Sister Maria Bernarda, Switzerland, vol 27 no 43 | October 18 - October 24

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