CrossCurrents: Newsmagazine of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center

Edition: Volume 20, Number 1, Spring/Summer 1997
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What's News?

• Center-affiliated Scholars Win Civil Liberties Grants
  A number of scholars affiliated with the UCLA Asian American Studies Center were among the initial one hundred recipients from around the national receiving grants from teh five million dollar Civil Liberties Public Education Fund.
• Searching for Roots in an Ethnic "Homeland"
  Bananas are very expensive in Korea. they used to be incredibly expensive a few years ago. A friend of mine told me how he used to love bananas, bu tof course his family couldn't afford them in Korea. The first thing his family did when they came to the U.S. was to go to the grocery store and buy a big bag of bananas. He said that he ate so many of them he felt sick and could not eat bananas for years afterward.
• Center Acquires Important Archive on Asian American Movement
  The Asian American Studies Center has acquired an important archive documenting th ebeginnings of the Asian American Movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s and the birth of Asian American Studies.
• Professors Fan and Takeunchi Chart a New Course for Asian American Studies at UCLA
  Two professors from vastly different backgrounds will oversee the The Asian American Studies Center's curriculum and degree programs as we move into the next millenium.
• Today's Student Assistants at Our Center Are Tomorrow's Community Leaders
  They answer the phones, type up envelopes, photocopy reports and letters, and serve as receptionists greeting visitors to the The Asian American Studies Center.
• First-Year M.A. Students Address the "Politics of Representation"
  This year's entering class in the The Asian American Studies Center's master degree program consists of 12 students with research interests focusing on literature, history, arts, film, and the humanities.
• UCLA and Community Groups Plan First Korean American Studies Conference for April 25-26
  Students' lives are dictated by the academic demands of a college career, the financial pressures of young adulthood, and extarcurricular activities.
• UCLA to Host Pilipino studies conference May 2-3
  "Pilippino Americans: sharing Our visitions fo rhte 21st Century" is the theme of the Third Annual Pilipino Studies Conference to be held May 2-3 at UCLA's Ackerman Union.
• Center Offers 6 Asian American Studies Scholarships
  The UCLA Asian American Studies Cener is now accepting applications for six scholarships. Deadline for applications is April 25. The six scholarships are:
• Los Angeles Filipino Americans Honor Dr. Enrique Dela Cruz for Community Service
  Dr. Enrique Dela Cruz, Assistant Director of the Asian American Studies Center, was the 1996 recipient of hte Bayanihan Community Service Award at the 24th Anniversary Awards Dinner of SIPA (Search to Involve Pilipino Americans) in Los Angeles.
• Darryl Mar Hired as Center's Publications Distribution Coordinator
  Darryl Mar, a recent graduate of the M.A. Program is Asian American Studies, has been hired as the new distribution coodinator for Center publication.
• Center Unveils New Asian American CD-ROM
  "The Asian-American Journaey" is the title of a new CD_ROM developed by Primary Source Media and the Asian American Studies Center. The project is part of Primary Source's "American Journey" series.
• UCLA Law Professor Jerry Kang CoAuthors Comprehensive Report on Asian Americans and Affirmative Action
  Professor Jerry Kang of the UCLA Law School joined with three other Asian American law professors to aproduce a comprehensive report analyzing the impact of afffirmative action on Asian Pacific Americans.
• Center's Web Site Has a New Look!
  The UCLA Asian American Studies Center has a new web page design created by new webmaster Gene Moy, a graduate student in our master's program.

More News...

• Center Honored for Achievements and Community Service
• Steve Louie to Teach UCLA Class in Spring
• Asian Aemrican Studies Center's Faculty Advisory Committee for 1996-97
• Professor Kyoyong Park Wins Russel Sage Foundation Fellowship
• Professor King-Kok Cheung Edits New book on Asian American Literature
• Informational Meeting on New Asian American Studies Maor Draws Big Crowd
• Center Welcomes Visiting Fellows
• Vietnamese American Students Conference
• Amerasia Journal Examines "Transnational" Identities
• IAC Grants for 1995-96
• UCLA Asian American Studies Center Publications & Resources
• Center Offers 23 Classes in Asian American Studies for Spring Quarter

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