CrossCurrents: Newsmagazine of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center

Edition: Volume 6, Number 1, Summer Quarter, 1982
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What's News?

• Editorial - Are Middle Easterners Asian Americans?
  Recently, we have witnessed waves of immigrans from the Middle East. The experiences of these people in the United States are similar to that of Asian Pacific Americans.
• The Hyphen
  Although the discussion over the use of the hyphen between Asian and American has occurred many times before, we at the Asian American Studies Center feel that is imporant to reiterate our position.
• Center to Establish Community Advisory Board
  Since the Fall of 1981, the Student/community Projects compononet of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center has been looking into the feasibility of establishing a community board to advise the Center on research projects and other activities related to the contemporary Asian Pacific community.
• Census Nonsense
  "Misinforming people by teh use of ostatistical material might be called statistical manipulation; in a word (though not a very good one), statisticulation," is an appropriate quote from Darrell Huff's How to Lie with Statistics.
• National Directory of Asian American Studies
  As reported in the Winter 1982 issue of Cross Currents, the Student/Community Projects unit of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center continues its work towards the completion of a national directory of Asian American studies.
• Master of Arts Program at UCLA
  One of the least known and acknowledge components under the auspice of UCLA's Asian American Studies Center is the Master of Arts Degree program in Asian American Studies, which is now in its sixth year.
• Philippine Extradition Treaty
  Since President Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law in the Philippines in 1972, frequent concern has been raised regarding human rights violations in that country.
• Community Directory Update
  In the Fall of 1980, the Asian American Studies Center published a directory of Asian/pacfic community organizations in theGreater Los Angeles area.
  

More News...

• Announcements
• AAA courses in Fall Quarter
• Cross currents moves into 1982-83
• In the communities

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