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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 29 No 15 | April 10 – April 16

Despite a loss, Bobby Fong is all smiles

April 8, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

It was a heartbreaking loss last Monday night. The clocked ticked down at Lucas Stadium in Indianapolis. Butler University, the underdog team, was only two points down. Gordon Hayward aimed for the win, but his half-court shot slammed against the rim.

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2010, Butler President Bobby Fong, Butler University, CBS, CNN, Chinatown, Chinese, Duke University, Frank Wong, Gordon Hayward, Hinkle Fieldhouse, Indianapolis Business Journal, NWAW, Northwest Asian Weekly, UCLA, Vol 29 No 15 | April 10 - April 16, Willie Mays

Godzilla is coming: Ed Wang seeks to become the first Chinese American to be drafted into the NFL

April 8, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Wang, a left tackle from Virginia Tech, will be the first Chinese American football player to be drafted in next month’s National Football League (NFL) Draft.

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2009, 2010, Beijing, China, Chinese American, Ed Wang, Jason Cruz, NFL, Northwest Asian Weekly, Summer Olympics, Virginia Tech Offensive Line Coach Curt Newsome, Vol 29 No 15 | April 10 - April 16

Director helms South Asian ‘Talks of the Vagina’

April 8, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Anjulie Ganti is well-known in the Indian community for performing the Bharatanatyam, a well-respected Indian form of dancing.

Filed Under: Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2010, Aaina Festival, African American, Andrew Hamlin, Anjulie Ganti, Eve Ensler, Northwest Asian Weekly, San Francisco Bay, San Jose, Seattle, South Asian Sisters, Vol 29 No 15 | April 10 - April 16, Yoni Ki Baat

Thai and Indian chefs give cooking demonstrations at Vegfest

April 8, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Asian chefs are among the many chefs featured at this year’s Vegfest. The event is to be held on April 10 and 11 at the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall. Vegfest is the biggest vegetarian food festival in the United States and features more than 500 different kinds of dishes. The event is ideal for people who have questions about how to improve their diet, what to buy, and how to cook it.

Filed Under: Food Tagged With: 2010, Amanda Stromberg, Archana Verma, Chan Hwang, Korean, Marina Leong, Morinaga Nutritional Foods Inc, Pranee Halvorsen, Seattle Center Exhibition Hall, Stewart Rose, Tacoma Family Medicine Residency, Tasty Eats, Thai American, Thailand, United Back Care Inc, United States, Vegetarian Pacific Northwest, Vol 29 No 15 | April 10 - April 16

Attention: Festival calls for filmakers of Asian/Pacific Islander descent

April 8, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Filmmakers of Asian Pacific Islander descent can submit their entries for free to the third annual ID Film Festival organized by the Japanese Americans National Museum in Los Angeles.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2010, Asian Pacific Islander, Attention Festival, Los Angeles, Public Programs Manager Koji Steven Sakai, Tateuchi Democracy Forum, Vol 29 No 15 | April 10 - April 16

State Farm continues to fund OCA leadership program

April 8, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The grant will be utilized in 2010 to support OCA’s APIA U: Leadership 101, an Asian/Pacific Islander American college leadership training program, and the upcoming Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)/OCA Leadership Conference in May.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2010, Asian Pacific Americans, Asian Pacific Islander American, OCA, State Farm, Vol 29 No 15 | April 10 - April 16

U.S. prep schools push to recruit foreign students

April 8, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

WASHINGTON (AP) — When Dixi Wu finished middle school in Kunming, China, she had a hard decision to make. The skilled violinist and top-ranked student tested into one of the most competitive high schools in her province. Yet Bullis School in suburban Maryland, faced with falling applications during the depressed economy, also wanted her.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2009, 2010, Bullis Bulldogs, China, Chinese language, East Asian, Jo Thoburn, Los Angeles, Min So Kim, Min Zhou, Montgomery County, South Korea, Tom Farquhar, USA, United States, Vietnam, Vol 29 No 15 | April 10 - April 16, Yet Bullis School, culture

Toyota hit with $16M fine over recalls in U.S.

April 8, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

WASHINGTON (AP) — Toyota Motor Corp. faces a maximum penalty of more than $16 million, a record civil penalty against an automaker, for failing to promptly notify the U.S. government about defective gas pedals among its vehicles.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2009, 2010, Canada, General Motors, NHTSA, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, New York, North American, RPM, San Diego, TOYOTA, Transportation Department, United States, Vol 29 No 15 | April 10 - April 16, letter

NY Times pays damages to Singapore leaders, Times public editor responds

April 8, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SINGAPORE — Last month, The New York Times Co. apologized and agreed to pay Singapore’s prime minister and his two predecessors approximately 160,000 Singapore dollars ($114,000) for a story that described the city-state’s leaders as an Asian political dynasty.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Asia, Bill Keller, China, Davinder Singh, Dow Jones Co, First Amendment, Goh Chok Tong, Google, International Herald Tribune, Lee Kuan Yew, Philip Bowring, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, SG, Singapore, Times Public Editor Clark Hoyt, United States, Vol 29 No 15 | April 10 - April 16, censorship

Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation supports Japan in the Schools program

April 8, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Weyerhaeuser Company announced a grant of $5,000 to the Japan–America Society of the State of Washington (JASSW) for their Japan in the Schools (JIS) program.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2010, Foundation President Bruce Amundson, JASSW, JIS, Japan America Society, Megumi Kobayashi, Puget Sound, Vol 29 No 15 | April 10 - April 16, Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation, japan

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