CrossCurrents: Newsmagazine of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center

Edition: Volume 13, Number 1, Summer/ Fall , 1989
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What's News?

• "Diversity" Must Go!
  I'm getting tired of the word "diversity." Skepticism first arose when the UCLA administration held a conference at Lake Arrowhead in the name of "diversity" at hte same time Professor Don Nakanishi began his extended battle for tenure in the Graduate School of Education.
• Asians in California in the year 2000
  The following are highlights from the Project on Californian Asians in the year 2000. The research has been partiallly funded by the Public Policy Project of the Asian American Studies Center at UCLA.
• Asian American Studies Center Offers Rockefeller Humanities Fellowships for 1990 - 1993
  The twenty-first century urbanism of Los Angeles, characterized by its "lava" of molten cultures- Asian, Black, Latino, White - can also be understood by studying the generation experiences of Asian Pacific Americans.
• UCLA's amerasia Journal Examines Legacies from Movements of the 1960s
  The UCLA Asian American Studies Center just published a special, double-sized issue of Amerasia Journal commemorating the Asian American movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
• History of the Okinawans in North America
  The UCLA Asian American Studies Center and the Okinawan Club of North america announce their joint publication, the History of hte Okinawans in North America.
• Taking the Lead
  In developing leadership, just as in life, there i sno better teacher than experience. The qualities of leadership, are not innate, but learned, and leaders are not born, they are developed, trained and nurtured, and encouraged.
• Bulding common Ground
  On May 19-21 at Camp Valcrest, the AASC's Student/Community Projects and the Asian Pacific Coalition held a summer Leadership Retreat which increased the awareness of ethnic diversity and common ground among hte 19-group member Asian Pacific Coalition.
• Speaking for the Majority: A Clear Call by Asian Pacifics in Student Government
  "there's a sterotype that all we do is bury our heads in the books," said newly elected General Representative Dennis Argueless. "But seeing that Asian Paacific students were active in the elections and won 5 out of 13 seats, it's clear we're serious about a lot more.
• UCLA Joins Call to Spring Action '89
  Over 7000 students, parents and educators marched to Sacramento to demand their rights to quality eduction, on March 10, 1989.
• "The Cutting Eduge" redefining Affirmative Action A case of Study On Pilipinos
  There is a growing disparity between the original intent of affirmative action and the result of current policies.
• Nakanishi Finally Wins Tenure!!!
  The Daily Bruin headline of May 26, 1989 said it all: "Nakanishi Wins Tenure After 3-year Battle." the front-page story related chancellor young's decision to grant Don Nakanishi a permanent faculty appoitnment in the Graduate School of Education - finally.

More News...

• Asian Pacific Alumni Plans Grad School Admissions Conference
• Union Organizing brochure Published For Asian pacific Immigrants
• PAC/NET On Line at UCLA
• Omai Faatasi
• Save the Date!! 2nd Annual APA Community Research Roundtable Comming soon
• Asian Pacific american graduate Student Association Newly Formed
• 1990 APAHE Conference Planned for Sacramento
• Reading Room roundup
• In Recognition May this be a beginning
• Chronology of Professor Don T. Nakanishi's Battle for Tenure
• Asian American studies Courses Fall 1989

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