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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 31 No 22 | May 26 – June 1

Local journalism students awarded the Northwest Journalists of Color scholarship awards

May 28, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Local journalists and community members gathered at the KOMO-TV headquarters on May 18 to celebrate the Northwest Journalists of Color (NJC) scholarship winners. The event was hosted by Seattle’s Asian American Journalists Association and featured keynote speaker Hari Sreenivasan, a PBS NewsHour correspondent and former NJC scholarship recipient. The 2012 scholarship winners included Kelly Manalo, […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, Ashley Walls, Asian American Journalists Association, Hari Sreenivasan, Kelly Manalo, Mende Smith, NJC, Sarah Radmer, Seattle, Thomas Nguyen, Vol 31 No 22 | May 26 - June 1, Yi Xiao

Grand prize awarded at SingCon 2012 singing competition

May 28, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On May 14, more than 800 supporters attended SingCon, a singing competition hosted by UW’s Hong Kong Student Association at the STG Neptune Theatre. Local musicians Fiona Dawn, Gowe, and Lijie Yang made special guest appearances, and Hong Kong based hip-hop artist MC Jin performed and encouraged the contestants to follow their dreams. Nine contestants […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, Audience Choice Award, Desmond Cheng, Fiona Dawn, Hong Kong Student Association, Jessica Fan, Leon Zhao, Lijie Yang, UW, Vol 31 No 22 | May 26 - June 1, Yuchuan Zhang

Oriyas of Greater Seattle organizes Odissi dance performance

May 28, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Oriyas of Greater Seattle, a newly incorporated nonprofit promoting awareness of Oriya culture and arts, organized “Samsara: The Cycle of Life” last month at the Rainier Valley Cultural Center, featuring famed Odissi dancer Shibani Patnaik. Odissi is a classical form of dance from India and is one of the oldest dance forms in India. “Samsara” […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, Bijaya Kumar Barik, Greater Seattle, Independent South Asian Film Festival, India, Jabahar Mishra, Jaydev Das, Northwest Asian Weekly Foundation, Rainier Valley Cultural Center, Ramesh Chandra Das, Rupak Kumar Parida, Shibani Patnaik, Summer Youth Leadership Program, TASVEER, Vol 31 No 22 | May 26 - June 1

Northwest School student named Gates Scholar

May 28, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

John-Christopher Hoang Trinh, a senior at The Northwest School, was awarded the 2012 Gates Millennium Scholar award. Trinh was one of 1,000 students selected for the award, out competing 24,000 students who applied. He will receive a full scholarship to any U.S. accredited college or university of his choice. Trinh plans to attend the University […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, Gates Millennium Scholar, Northwest School, Vol 31 No 22 | May 26 - June 1

Police arrest two in USC shooting of Chinese students

May 26, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Christopher Weber The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anson Cheung says the shooting deaths of two international graduate students near the University of Southern California made headlines back home in Hong Kong, unnerving his parents.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2012, Associated Press, BMW, Beijing, Bryan Barnes, China, Chinese, Christopher Avilez, Debra Wong Yang, Javier Bolden, Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck, Los Angeles Times, Ming Qu, New Oriental Vision Overseas Consulting, USC, Vol 31 No 22 | May 26 - June 1, Ying Wu, Zhou Rong

Indian Rutgers student gets 30 days jail time

May 26, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Geoff Mulvihill The Associated Press NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — A former university student from India who used a webcam to spy on his gay roommate was sentenced Monday to just 30 days in jail — in a case that focused attention on anti-gay bullying, teen suicide, and hate-crime laws in the fast-changing Internet […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2012, Bill Dobbs, Dharun Ravi, Garden State Equality, Indian Rutgers, Jane Clementi, Joe Clementi, Judge Glenn Berman, Marc Poirier, New Jersey, Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan, Sabitha Ravi, Seton Hall Law School, Steven Altman, Steven Goldstein, Tyler Clementi, Vol 31 No 22 | May 26 - June 1, attention

Chinese activist who fled house arrest lands in U.S.

May 26, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Duffelmeyer, Didi Tang, and Gillian Wong The Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A blind Chinese legal activist who was suddenly allowed to leave the country arrived in the United States on Saturday, ending a nearly month-long diplomatic tussle that had tested U.S.-China relations. Chen Guangcheng had been hurriedly taken from a hospital […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Beijing, Bob Fu, Chen Guangcheng, Chen Kegui, China, Chinese, Jerome Cohen, New York University, Newark Liberty International Airport, Phelim Kine, State Department, State Hillary Rodham Clinton, United States, Victoria Nuland, Vol 31 No 22 | May 26 - June 1, Washington Square Village

Lady Gaga faces protestors in Philippines protests

May 26, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Pop singer Lady Gaga arrived in the Philippines on Saturday to cheers from fans and protests from young Christians calling for the cancellation of her upcoming concerts. About 200 Christian young people marched in Manila for a second straight day, holding placards urging the singer to […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Biblical Christians, Indonesia, Jesus Christ, Lady Gaga, MANILA, Philippines, Roman Catholic, Ruben Abante, South Korea, Vol 31 No 22 | May 26 - June 1

South Asia is a rising force in global methamphetamine trade

May 26, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sebastian Abbot The Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Iran, Pakistan, and other South Asian countries are a fast-rising force in the global methamphetamine market, with drug cartels thriving off the weak governance and law enforcement that have long fueled the region’s heroin trade.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2010, 2012, Afghanistan, Ali Musa Gilani, Berlex Lab International, Danas Pharmaceutical, International Narcotics Control Board, Iran, Jeremy Douglas, Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, Pakistani Supreme Court, South Asian, Southeast Asia, United States, Vol 31 No 22 | May 26 - June 1, attention

Pastor Patrinell Wright honored with Cultural Treasure Award

May 25, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On June 1, the Ethnic Heritage Council (EHC) will honor Pastor Patrinell Wright with the Cultural Treasure Award. The EHC calls Wright a true cultural symbol who preserves and promotes ethnic and cultural traditions, fosters mutual understanding, enriches lives, and celebrates Black heritage. Wright and the Total Experience Gospel Choir have been involved in hurricane […]

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2012, Daniel Niven, Korea, New Orleans, Total Experience Gospel Choir, Vol 31 No 22 | May 26 - June 1, japan

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