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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 29 No 36 | September 4 – September 10

Asian, Jewish communities unite to stop use of ethnic slur

September 2, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

To many U.S. citizens of Japanese ancestry, the use of the term “Jap” is considered a racial slur with a hate-filled history going all the way back to World War II.

Filed Under: Features, Community News, Cultures Tagged With: 2010, AJC, American Jewish Committee Seattle, Asian Counseling Referral Service, Bettie Luke, China, Cory Kahaney, Diane Narasaki, East Coast, James Tabafunda, Japanese American Citizens League, Jewish American Princess, Karen Yoshitomi, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle Jewish Film Festival, Vol 29 No 36 | September 4 - September 10, language

Tough road ahead in adapting hip hop to Black and Asian communities

September 2, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

“Most of the rappers that I grew up listening to were Black,” said George Quibuyen, a Filipino American rapper who performs in the group Blue Scholars.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Profiles Tagged With: 2010, Alexei Saba Mohajerjasbi, Asian Americans, Asian Girls, Blue Scholars, Bush School, Eddie Moore Jr, Filipino American, George Quibuyen, Kevin Park, Kollaboration Seattle, Korean American, Mass Line Media, Northwest Asian Weekly, Northwest Hip Hop Summit, Steven Cong, Vol 29 No 36 | September 4 - September 10, communication, culture

Youn overcomes shyness, is UW student regent

September 2, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Frances Youn is a second-generation Korean American, a daughter, a student, and now, a student regent.

Filed Under: Profiles Tagged With: 2010, 2011, Ben Golden, Canada, Chris Gregoire, Dream Project, Frances Youn, Jake Faleschini, Korean War, LSJ, Ninette Cheng, Northwest Asian Weekly, Sharon Santos, UW, Vol 29 No 36 | September 4 - September 10, WTO, culture

Attention: NAAAP-Seattle offers scholarships to deserving college-bound seniors

September 2, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The National Association of Asian American Professionals (Seattle chapter) is providing $1,500 scholarships to two Asian Pacific American High School seniors entering college in the fall.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2009, 2010, Asian Pacific American High School, Christine Ito, High School Scholarship, Vol 29 No 36 | September 4 - September 10

Attention: Adding a few extra items to the back-to-school shopping list can make a big difference

September 2, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Through Operation Christmas Child (OCC), families can make a difference for a child in need by keeping the boxes from new school shoes and filling them with small gifts.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2010, Attention Adding, Franklin Graham, OCC, Operation Christmas Child, Seattle, Vol 29 No 36 | September 4 - September 10, poverty

Asian gunman who held hostages in Discovery Channel headquarters now dead

September 2, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Police shot an armed man who took three hostages at the Discovery Channel network’s headquarters Wednesday.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2010, Adam Dolan, Andrew Ames, Ben Nuckols, Daniel Quinn, Discovery Channel, Discovery Communications Inc, FBI, KING, MONEY, Melissa Shepard, Montgomery County Police Chief Thomas Manger, PRODUCTS, Planet Green, Silver Spring, Vice President Al Gore, Vol 29 No 36 | September 4 - September 10, Whale Wars

Japan takes Little League WS title

September 2, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — The Little League aces from Japan ended the United States’ five-year reign as World Series champions.

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2010, Cody Maltezo, ERA, Edogawa Minami Little League, Ichiro Ogasawara, Kahoea Akau, Koutaro Kamikura, Little League World Series Champions, Natsuki Mizumachi, Noah Shackles, Ryusuke Ikeda, Teruma Nagata, Tokyo, United States, Vol 29 No 36 | September 4 - September 10, japan

Silk’s dark side: Uzbek kids made to grow cocoons

September 2, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

KOKAND, Uzbekistan (AP) — For one month a year, from morning to night, Dilorom Nishanova grows silkworms, a painstaking and exhausting job. She has been doing it since she was 8.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2010, Agriculture Ministry, Although Soviet-era, China, Dilorom Nishanova, Ganikhon Mamatkhonov, Hisham Greiss, India, KOKAND, Kakhhor Yavkashtiyev, Rustam Zakhidov, Silk Road, Silver Silk, South Korea, Uzbek Ipagi, Vol 29 No 36 | September 4 - September 10, Western Europe, attention, japan, uzbekistan

Hong Kong police inspect Manila hostage bus

September 2, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — On Aug. 30, Hong Kong forensic experts inspected the bullet-peppered bus in which a hijacker killed eight tourists in Manila last week

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Agrimero Cruz, China, Chinese, Dante Jimenez, Filipino, Hong Kongers, Justice Secretary Leila, Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim, Philippine National Police, Philippines, Vol 29 No 36 | September 4 - September 10

Florence Chang uses technology to increase quality of healthcare

September 2, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

If there’s one concept Florence Chang understands well, it’s the need to help others.

Filed Under: Profiles Tagged With: 2010, Allenmore Hospital, Business Administration, CIO, Christopher Kodama, Culver City, Dominguez Hills, Florence Chang, Good Samaritan Hospital, Jo Ellen Vanatta, KPSC, Mary Bridge Children, Northwest Asian Weekly, Tacoma General Hospital, Taiwan, Vivian Nguyen, Vol 29 No 36 | September 4 - September 10, technology

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