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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 30 No 4 | January 22 – January 28

Is smoking an epidemic for Asians?

January 20, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Tong K. began to smoke when he secretly took a smoking pipe from his parents in China at the age of eight.

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: 2011, APICAT, American Lung Association, Asian Americans, Asian Language Quitline, China, Chinese Cantonese Mandarin, Elaine Ishihara, King County, Korean, Monday Friday, New Year, Photo Voice Project, Shu Hong Zhu, United States, Vietnamese, Vol 30 No 4 | January 22 - January 28, WHO

School for non-English speaking students to get a new name

January 20, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

A new Secondary Bilingual Orientation Center (SBOC) will serve Seattle’s non-English speaking students. One of the changes that will be made includes a new name.

Filed Under: Education, Community News Tagged With: 2011, Africa, Dalai Lama, English Language Learners, Family Welcome Center, Health Center, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Meany Middle School, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, SBOC, Seattle, Veronica Gallardo, Vietnamese, Vol 30 No 4 | January 22 - January 28, Washington State India Trade Relations Action Committee

Tiger mom’s memoir meets ferocious roar

January 20, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

NEW YORK (AP) — A new memoir of tough parenting, Chinese style, from a self-proclaimed tiger mother has unleashed a ferocious roar.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, American Orthodox Jew, Amy Chua, Betty Ming Liu, Chinatown, Chinese, Christine Lu, Delivering Happiness, Great Neck, New York City, SAT, Salvation Army, Shay Fan, Tiger Mother, Tony Hsieh, Vol 30 No 4 | January 22 - January 28, culture

Seattle’s Chinatown-International District: Lunar New Year Celebration, Year of the Rabbit 2011

January 20, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Filed Under: Features, Community News, Cultures Tagged With: 2011, Lunar New Year 2011, Vol 30 No 4 | January 22 - January 28

13 females shatter the glass ceiling for women in technology

January 20, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

According to the Association for Women in Science, women make up less than 25 percent of engineering and computer science majors in four-year colleges and universities.

Filed Under: Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2011, American Indian, Business Administration, Consumer Online, Cornell University, Group Health, MSN, Nextel Wireless Internet Services, Rebecca Lee, Seattle University, TAF, Tandem Computers Inc, Technology Services Department, Telcordia Technologies, Viji Murali, Vol 30 No 4 | January 22 - January 28, WBP, Windows Live

TV drama shot in Seattle a big hit in Japan

January 20, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SEATTLE (AP) — Ichiro Suzuki slaps one of his signature hits at Safeco Field to the wild cheers of Seattle fans.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, Densho Executive Director Tom Ikeda, Imperial Japanese, Janice Urano, Local Japanese Americans, Nisei Veterans Hall, Safeco Field, Seattle, Sugako Hashida, TBS, TV, Tatsuya Juni, Toshi Okamoto, United States, Vol 30 No 4 | January 22 - January 28, culture, poverty

Rabbits, time to shine for Chinese New Year

January 20, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

There is more to the Chinese Zodiac than a hippety hop into year 4708 for people born under the sign of rabbit.

Filed Under: Features, Community News, Cultures Tagged With: 2009, 2011, Alex Rodriguez, Angelina Jolie, Asia, Brad Pitt, Brittany Falconer, Charlize Theron, China, Chinese New Year, Chinese Zodiac, Drew Barrymore, Frank Sinatra, George Orwell, Johnny Depp, Leon Trotsky, Lunar New Year 2011, Vol 30 No 4 | January 22 - January 28

Communist Laos opens stock market to boost economy

January 20, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BANGKOK (AP) — Communist Laos opened a modest stock market on Tuesday, Jan. 10, hoping to attract capital to its largest enterprises

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, Banque Pour Le Commerce Exterieur Lao, Cambodia Securities Exchange, Communist Laos, EDL, Hinphet Chanthalansy, Korea Exchange, Lao Star, Laos Generation Company, Lorraine Tan, Neighboring Thailand, Singapore, South Korea, Standard Poor, US, Vietnam, Vol 30 No 4 | January 22 - January 28, technology

Study shows obstacles in Hmong and Mien getting aid for mentally disabled children

January 20, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Researchers at the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at University of California, Davis (UC Davis) explored the relationship between Hmong and Mein

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2011, Central Valley, Dian Baker, Hmong Women, South East Asian, United States, Vol 30 No 4 | January 22 - January 28, language

Storefronts Seattle seeks artists to revitalize neighborhoods

January 20, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Storefronts Seattle is accepting applications for its three program tracks: installations, artist residencies, and creative enterprise.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2011, Pioneer Square, Storefronts Seattle, Vol 30 No 4 | January 22 - January 28

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