Links

INVOLVEMENT WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY:

Pan-Asian American Community House
http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/paach/Home/index.php

APSC Survey

APSC Constitution Outlines our purview, directives, and objectives of APSC

Undergraduate Assembly
http://dolphin.upenn.edu/~ua/

• UA Steering http://dolphin.upenn.edu/~ua/external.html
• Nominations and Elections Committee http://dolphin.upenn.edu/~nec/
• Student Activities Council http://dolphin.upenn.edu/~sac/
• Social Planning Events Committee http://specevents.net/
• Student Committee on Undergraduate Education http://dolphin.upenn.edu/~scue/

ON A NATIONAL LEVEL:

http://www.naascon.org/
Since 2001, the National Asian American Student Conference (NAASCon) has been an active Asian Pacific American (APA) student political organization with the mission of educating, fostering dialogue, and mobilizing students through proactive campaigns across the country on issues of importance facing the APA community.

http://news.asianweek.com/news/
"The Voice of Asian American" (weekly news).

http://www.asianmediawatchdog.com/home.html
AMWD has evolved into one of the premier New York based boutique APIA (Asian Pacific Islander Americans) organizations dedicated to promoting fair and balanced portrayals of Asian/Asian Americans in AMERICAN entertainment/media.

http://www.angryasianman.com/angry.html
Hear the thoughts of one man: “I’m not as angry as you think; Everything is racist, but not everything is racist; These are my opinions – nothing more, nothing less.”

ARTICLES OF INTEREST:

FORUM:: "Asian American Politics and News" "The Asian American Experience" "The Asian Pacific Student Coalition"

*articles are time sensitive  (in such cases, try news.yahoo.com to search for the article)

Daily Princetonian "Joke"
Daily Princetonian Article that is supposed to spoof stereotypes and make people ask questions. One question that should be raised, "Does Princeton really believe this was a spoof to ask questions or is this indicative of how Princetonians are?" Daily Princetonian, YOU are not funny.

Little Asia on the Hill
New York Times article Little Asia on the Hill discusses how Asian Americans have taken over colleges in California, and the effect it has had on Berkeley. In addition, it discusses Jian Li's lawsuit against Princeton's admissions policies regarding Asian Americans.

Drawn Together: Asian Vision
Comedy Central's Drawn Together most recent episode shows Ling Ling getting into a car accident that lands him in the hospital. The doctor brilliantly deduces that this must've happened because he's Asian: Asians can't drive - it's their slanty eyes. posted: 12/20/05

Studying films' Asian females
The images of the geisha and samurai are popular in Western culture to fuel the exoticized and romanticized images of what Asian culture historically has been to the West, but "One thing that keeps a lot of negative representations of African Americans out of the media is the fear that Al Sharpton is going to show up at your doorstep with 500 people with picket signs. The Asian North American community has no equivalent of Al Sharpton. And that's something that's needed: a constant and vocal countering of stereotypes whenever they appear, and that's the one thing that makes it go away". posted: 12/19/05

AZN, R.I.P.
AZN TV, the 24-hour Asian American cable television network has tanked. The hopes for original programming by, for and about Asian American are gone. Jeff Yang, columnist, sheds some light on the happenings. posted: 12/12/05

Dragon of Love
A short clip. Just take a look. posted: 12/10/05

GOP lawmakers target birthright citizenship for immigrants
For nearly 140 years, any child born on U.S. soil has been given American citizenship. Now, some conservatives in Congress are determined to change that. posted: 12/10/05

Biological Parents Lose Fight For Girl
Chinese couple refused return of the 6-year-old Chinese girl, whom they put in custody of an American couple, due to charges of "abandonment" though there is question they understood circumstances. posted: 11/29/05

In Hate Crimes, Racism Is Likeliest Motive
Racism is the motive behind more than half of U.S. hate crimes, FBI says, and number is rising. posted: 11/16/05

Asian Youths Suffer Harassment in Schools
Asian youth say they're persistently harassed in schools; data suggests problem worsening. posted: 11/14/05

Letters to Asian Businesses Threaten Rape, Bombing
Earlier this week Asian-American businesses in Philadelphia, PA received threats of violence against their persons and their businesses. The supremacist Aryan Nations claimed responsibility. posted: 10/28/05

Young Singers Spread Racist Hate
Duo considered the Olsen Twins of the White Nationalist Movement. posted: 10/20/05

Asian-Americans must speak up
Asian-Americans are sick of the slurs, ignorance, and stereotypes... And if it means speaking up, so be it. Because it's our country too. posted: 10/20/05

George Mason Student Busted for Anti-Recruiting
"As a Pakistani-American protesting the military, Mr. Khan may have been an easy target for harassment and arrest." posted: 10/13/05

http://chronicle.com/temp/email.php?id=u99cbbl2ggxsh5cqqaquf9lr7m5lw8iz
“What Colleges Must Do to Help Needy Students” [America’s student-aid system need major reforms and new ideas.] posted: 10/11/05

http://www.nbc10.com/news/5064399/detail.html
“South Jersey Man Accused of Spying in White House” [questionable accusations.] posted: 10/6/05

http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/10/04/43421d74f3593
“At long last, freshmen election results released” [NEC disqualifies five for early campaigning on Facebook Website.] posted: 10/4/05

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/01/georgia.killings.ap/index.html
“Police: Killers target immigrants” [Investigators: ‘Ready-made’ victims killed.] posted: 10/1/05

http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/30/bennett.comments/index.html?section=cnn_latest
“Bennett under fire for remarks on blacks, crime” [abort black kids = lower crime rate.] posted: 9/30/05

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1170278&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312
“Asian Political Influence Grows in U.S.” [As Asian population grows, so does their political influence in United States Elections.] posted: 9/29/05

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-rumors27sep27,0,3794602.story?coll=la-home-headlines
“Katrina Takes a Toll on Truth, News Accuracy” [Rumors supplanted accurate information and media magnified the problem. Rape, violence, and estimates of the dead were wrong.] posted: 9/27/05

http://www.michigandaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/09/21/4330f61d9f9f0
“Students may face charges for racially motivated felony” [Racial Incident at UMichigan: suspects urinated on two Asian students from a balcony, following up with an attack of racial slurs.] posted: 9/21/05

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/16/hunters.shot.ap/index.html
“Hmong immigrant convicted of murdering 6 deer hunters” [Case exposed racial tensions in Wisconsin.] posted: 9/17/05

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-nisei22aug22,0,611652.story?coll=la-home-headlines
"Graduation day, Six Decades Late" [Now in their 70s and 80s, Japanese Americans interned during WWII don caps and gowns for high school ceremony.] posted: 8/22/05