What did Northwest Asian Weekly website readers find the most intriguing to click on this year? Here is the list of the top 15 in 2015, based on Google Analytics. 1. Manny Pacquiao fights back at Mayweather’s “reckless” jabs By Greg Beacham Pacquiao has rarely skimped on excitement during his remarkable career as an eight-division […]
BLOG: Year of the Sheep is for weaving dreams — Eight is a lucky number
The Year of the Sheep is for imagination. Just look at celebrities born in sheep years: Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Will Ferrell and others, how they create from nothing to something amazing. It’s time for you to make your Lunar New Year dream list. The sheep celebrities have certainly inspired me to build my wish […]
Luchang Wang, Yale student, commits suicide — AAPI community and depression
By Jenn Fang The Yale student community was rocked Tuesday, January 27, with news that sophomore Luchang Wang, class of ’17 – a mathematics major and member of Yale’s Silliman College — had died of an apparent suicide. She was 20 years old. Friends became concerned after Wang posted some worrisome messages to a public Facebook […]
EDITORIAL: Do you want to talk about it?
Why do we not want to discuss depression? Yale student Luchang Wang’s suicide was a shock and a head-shaker. (See Jenn Fang’s insightful article on page 1). There were signs before the suicide, but then also preliminary assumptions would point to “no problem.” Is this often associated and perhaps regimented with Asian Americans? There is […]