Vote Early with ASA

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Hot Pot!

Hey guys,
Hope you all had an awesome Fall Break! To help you ease back into the grind, we will be having our annual hot pot night this weekend!
1. Hot Pot Night
2. Vote Early with ASA
3. LNY Act Auditions
4. Apply to an LNY Committee
5. FEMCAMP
6. Passport to Southeast Asia – Singapore and Malaysia
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1. Hot Pot Night
Saturday, October 27th @ 6:30 PM, Great Hall
As the days get shorter and colder, there’s nothing more relaxing than sitting around a boiling pot of food with all your friends. Come out to ASA’s annual Hot Pot Night for an evening of delicious food and frivolity as we engage in an age old Asian cuisine. There’s meat, veggies, and sauces abound in our largest event of the fall semester. Unfortunately, we have limited space so we’ll be taking the first 100 students to register and pay $5 at our table on the BC Plaza from 1-4 PM on Wednesday and Thursday, so make sure to reserve your spot ASAP!
2. Vote Early with ASA
Tuesday, October 23rd @ 9 AM – 5:30 PM, Old Trinity Room in West Union
Duke students, staff, and faculty have once again brought One Stop Early Voting (OSEV) stations to Duke for the upcoming November elections! OSEV sites enable and encourage YOU to vote early. You can register and vote all on the same day. ASA is proud to be sponsoring an OSEV day, Tuesday 10/23, as we want to encourage all the Asian Americans on campus to GET OUT THE VOTE during this Presidential election cycle.
We want to reach out and make sure every eligible student at Duke can exercise their civil duty. We also want to show the entire Duke community the impact the Asian American community can have, so if you have voted already or are planning to vote (hopefully on Tuesday!) or any other day while OSEV stations are at Duke, please sign your name here: http://bit.ly/T9uhcT
3. LNY Act Auditions
Applications due November 4th
The passion and the energy of the performers at LNY are the qualities that make the event so special.  The majority of acts are independent groups and students without close ties to ASA, so every year, we are on the lookout for up and coming talent that can bring something new and exciting to the show.  If you or your group wants the chance to perform in front of a sold out crowd in Page, don’t hesitate to audition! Fill out an act application (http://bit.ly/RQ2cUD) and sent it to simon.ho@duke.edu before Nov. 4th for an audition!
4. Apply to an LNY Committee
Applications due November 4th
Get involved with ASA and become a part of LNY!  Lunar New Year is ASA’s biggest event of the year and one of the biggest cultural events on campus.  For an opportunity to play a key role in putting the show together, consider joining one of the LNY committees! Applications are available at http://bit.ly/SngzE7 and due by 11/4!
5. FEMCAMP
Applications due Wednesday, October 24th
FEMCAMP aims to build confidence and leadership skills, facilitate awareness, and help provide students tools for social justice activism. It will focus on personal development and methods of carrying out activism and will also include an opportunity to use the skills the participants have gained. There is no cost to participate and the retreat will be held at the Women’s Center on Nov. 2nd-3rd. The application window will be open until Oct. 24th and can be found here: http://bit.ly/OHKDKr.
6.Passport to Southeast Asia – Singapore and Malaysia
Tuesday, October 23rd @ 6:30 PM, McClendon 5, Hosted by Kappa Phi Lambda Sorority and Singapore Students Association
Come join the sisters of Kappa Phi Lambda and the members of the Singapore Students Association for our first food event of the year! We will be providing free Singaporean and Malaysian food from the Merlion Restaurant! We will also be giving an presentation on Singapore and Malaysian culture!
Have a great week!
Best,
Your Executive Board, Asian Students Association
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Weekly Digest- I’m Asian, so what?

Hey guys,
Hope you’re all making it through midterm season all right. Just one more week, and then it’s Fall Break! To give you all something to reflect over in our time off, look out for our event Behind the Yellow Mask. Also see the attached flyer for opportunities with the Deustche Bank!
1. Behind the Yellow Mask: Breaking Down Asian Stereotypes at Duke
2. LNY Committees
3. ASA Sponsors One-Stop Early Voting
4. Asian American Theater Group
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1. Behind the Yellow Mask: Breaking Down Asian Stereotypes at Duke
Tuesday, October 9 @ 6:30 PM, Upper East Marketplace
“How’d you do on the test? Oh, it must be because you’re Asian. Why are all your friends Asian? Oh, are you going to that Asian thing tonight?” These statements, and so many similar ones, color our Duke experience, forcing on some of us, a yellow mask. Come join us this Tuesday for a discussion about what it means to be Asian, and Asian American, at Duke. We’ll share funny stories, sad stories, and aggravating stories about our campus, all the while enjoying some delicious Bojangles.
2. LNY Committees
Get involved with ASA and become a part of LNY! Lunar New Year is ASA’s biggest event of the year and one of the biggest cultural events on campus. For an opportunity to play a key role in putting the show together, consider joining one of the LNY committees! For more information about all of this and more, visit our website:www.duke-asa.com/lny-2013. Applications are due by 11/4 and are available there as well!
3. ASA Sponsors One-Stop Early Voting
Tuesday, October 23rd @ 9 AM – 8 PM, Old Trinity Room in West Union
Duke students, staff, and faculty have once again brought One Stop Early Voting (OSEV) stations to Duke for the upcoming November elections! OSEV sites are established 19 days before an election to allow people who won’t be able to go off campus on election day to vote prior to the election. You can also register and vote all on the same day. They will be on West Campus from October 18th to November 3rd this fall. ASA is proud to be sponsoring an OSEV day, Tuesday 10/23, and we are so excited to be encouraging all the Asian Americans on campus to GET OUT THE VOTE during this Presidential election cycle.
We’re looking for organizations to co-host and help us make sure every eligible student at Duke can exercise their civil duty. We want to show the entire Duke community the impact we can have, so we are collecting organization and individual names of those who are pledging to bring their members out or pledging to vote themselves. Show your support by filling out our brief form here: bit.ly/PEU5dn
Please send any more queries directly to Ting-Ting Zhou at zhou.tingting.qy@gmail.com.
4. Asian American Theater Group
Hi, my name is Rachel Whitney and I’m a junior at Duke with a minor in Theater Studies and major in Mechanical Engineering. This semester I’m starting an Asian American Theater Group on campus. I believe this group will be a great way to strengthen the Asian American student voice on campus. We will be looking to produce works written by Asian American students and professional Asian American playwrights. The works we produce will give a greater opportunity for Asian American students to be cast in roles for which they are not conventionally chosen. If you are at all interested in being a part of this exciting new opportunity on campus please email me at rachel.whitney@duke.edu with your name and net ID so I can email you when I’ll be holding the first general interest meeting. We need actors, directors, playwrights, people to help with set construction, publicity, and all your support!
Have a great week!
Best,
Your Executive Board, Asian Students Association
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Weekly Digest – Ramen Nights!

Hey guys,
Hope you’re all surviving midterm season. After a long hard day of studying and test taking, what sounds better than some delicious ramen cooked by your friendly neighborhood ASA? Come join us at our Ramen Nights on East campus this week!
1. Ramen Nights
2. Lunar New Year Information Session
3. LNY Committees
4. ASA Sponsors One-Stop Early Voting
5. UNC-Chapel Hill’s Journey Into Asia Is Seeking Performance Groups
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1. Ramen Nights
Monday through Thursday, 10/1 to 10/4 @ various times and locations
Tired and freaking out about the first midterms of your college life coming up? Come chillax and taste some delicious ramen provided by ASA to relieve yourself. We know you’re all busy, but what better way to relax for a bit than to eat delicious, savory, and oh-so-satisfying ramen?
This is where/when your dorm’s Ramen Night will happen:
Neighborhood 1: Bassett/Brown => Wednesday 9pm @ Brown
Neighborhood 2: Pegram/Alspaugh => Thursday 9pm @ Alspaugh
Neighborhood 3: Wilson/Giles => Monday 9pm @
Neighborhood 4: Aycock/Jarvis => Wednesday 9pm @ Jarvis
Neighborhood 5: GA/Epworth => Thursday 9pm @ GA
Neighborhood 6: Randolph/Blackwell => Monday 9pm @ Randolph
Neighborhood 7: Belltower/Southgate => Tuesday 9pm @ Belltower
2. Lunar New Year Information Session
Wednesday, 10/3 @ 7:30 PM, Carr 114
Come hear about how you can get involved in Duke’s largest cultural show, ASA’s Lunar New Year!  Every year, over 15 student groups come together for a delicious dinner in the Great Hall, an amazing performance in Page Auditorium, and a great after party. For an opportunity to play a key role in putting the show together, consider joining one of the LNY committees. There are also incredible open acts that perform at LNY each year and every year, they take their performers from the general study body. ASA’s cultural chair Simon Ho will be talking about the organization of LNY.
3. LNY Committees
Get involved with ASA and become a part of LNY!  Lunar New Year is ASA’s biggest event of the year and one of the biggest cultural events on campus.  For an opportunity to play a key role in putting the show together, consider joining one of the LNY committees!  For more information about all of this and more, visit our website:www.duke-asa.com/lny-2013. Applications are due by 11/4 and are available there as well!
4. ASA Sponsors One-Stop Early Voting
Tuesday, October 23rd @ 9 AM – 8 PM, Old Trinity Room in West Union
Duke students, staff, and faculty have once again brought One Stop Early Voting (OSEV) stations to Duke for the upcoming November elections! OSEV sites are established 19 days before an election to allow people who won’t be able to go off campus on election day to vote prior to the election. You can also register and vote all on the same day. They will be on West Campus from October 18th to November 3rd this fall. ASA is proud to be sponsoring an OSEV day, Tuesday 10/23, and we are so excited to be encouraging all the Asian Americans on campus to GET OUT THE VOTE during this Presidential election cycle.
We’re looking for organizations to co-host and help us make sure every eligible student at Duke can exercise their civil duty. We want to show the entire Duke community the impact we can have, so we are collecting organization and individual names of those who are pledging to bring their members out or pledging to vote themselves. Show your support by filling out our brief form here: bit.ly/PEU5dn
Please send any more queries directly to Ting-Ting Zhou at zhou.tingting.qy@gmail.com.
5. UNC-Chapel Hill’s Journey Into Asia Is Seeking Performance Groups
Due October 7th
Attention to all cultural Asian performance groups! UNC-Chapel Hill’s Asian Student Association is currently looking for traditional Asian performance groups to participate in Journey Into Asia! Journey Into Asia is equivalent to Duke’s annual cultural show, Lunar New Year, and provides cultural groups the opportunity to show off their talents in front of a 400+ audience! We are hoping to get a variety of Asian countries to be represented in the show, so any cultural group, large or small, is encouraged to audition! Please send in performance videos to awatanab@live.unc.edu by no later than October 7th. The show will be held in Memorial Hall on the UNC Campus on November 17th.
Keep calm and carry on.
Sincerely,
Your Executive Board, Asian Students Association

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Weekly Digest – Rollerskating

Hey guys,
Congratulations to the newest members of our exec board, Yuxuan Liu, Jingjing Li, and Brandon Chao! They will be your Freshmen Rep, Freshmen Pub Chair, and Webmaster for the year. To kick off their appointments, join us at rollerskating this week!
1. Rollerskating
2. LNY Committees
3. Mid-Autumn Festival
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1. Rollerskating
Friday 9/28 @ 10 PM, Wheels
Time to break out those wheels and rollerskate with ASA! This event is co-sponsored with Lambda Phi Epsilon. We have the Wheels rollerskating rink booked for Friday night, and it’s $10 for all the fun and the skate rental. We’re also looking for drivers to take people to Wheels; drivers get to go for free. We will be tabling for sign-up on the BC plaza this Tuesday and Wednesday from 12-3 PM, and on Marketplace this Monday and Tuesday 6-7:30 PM. So Stop by to find out more about the details!
2. LNY Committees
Get involved with ASA by helping us run our biggest event of the year, LNY! We will need committee members to help us run the various aspects of the event including: Dinner, Sales, Show, Ushering, and Show. Apply here! http://bit.ly/SngzE7 Also, we will having an info session in the month of October for those who want to learn more.
3. Mid-Autumn Festival
Sunday 9/30 @ 9 PM, McClendon Walkway
Join us in celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival, when the year’s largest moon is visible. We will be serving fresh mooncakes on the walkway to McClendon Tower behind Few Quad while observing a beautiful harvest moon.
Have a great week!
Best,
Your Executive Board, Asian Students Association
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Follow Pvt. Danny Chen’s Case

Almost 30 years after the tragic murder of Vincent Chin, an Asian-American soldier was driven to suicide under the pressure of racial and physical harassment by his fellow American soldiers. Follow this pivotal story here– http://www.80-20ef.org/, updates daily.

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ASA Election Results

Thank you all for coming out to Elections tonight. We are excited to announce your new Executive Board for the 2012-2013 academic year. Congratulations to them all. We wish them the best of luck.

  • President: Ting-Ting Zhou
  • Executive Vice President: Remi Sun
  • Treasurer: Johnny Kim
  • Secretary: Peter Yom
  • Vice President of Political Affairs: Dayvid Le
  • Vice President of Cultural Affairs: Simon Ho
  • Vice President of Service: Eddie Chen
  • Vice President of Outreach: Kieran Jeong
  • Vice President of Social Affairs: Richard Cao
  • Executive Publicity Chair: Tianyu Shi

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ASA Elections

Hey everyone!

Interested in Asian Students Association but not sure how to get involved? Have a burning desire to build up the community for Asians on campus through political, social, or cultural events? Consider running for a position on ASA’s exec board!

In order to vote, you must register here by Election Day at 5pm. We will be checking names at the door, and we will not permit anyone to enter if they are not signed up on this list. As a refresher, read the ASA Election Protocol.

  • President:
    • Ting-Ting Zhou
    • Helen Zou
  • Executive Vice President:
    • Remi Sun
  • Secretary:
    • Bernard Jiang
    • James Wei
    • Peter Yom
  • Vice President of Political Programming
    • Dayvid Le
    • Yue Dai
  • Vice President of Service:
    • George Fan
    • Eddie Chen
  • Vice President of Outreach:
    • Kieran Jeong
    • Brandon Chao
    • Esther Jun
  • Vice President of Cultural Affairs
    • Simon Ho
  • Vice President of Social Affairs:
    • George Fan
    • Yue Dai
    • Esther Jun
    • Richard Cao
  • Executive Publicity Chair:
    • Tianyu Shi
    • Julia Zou
    • Yvonne Chan
    • Belinda Wang
  • Treasurer:
    • Michael Xi
    • Johnny Kim
    • Pianpian Adelson

 

You can read about your candidates here.

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Welcome back!

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July 2011 Digest

Yes, it’s the end of July already. The summer sure is going by quickly. Only about 5 weeks left until school is in session again. Make the rest of the summer a memorable one. Do the things you keep saying you wanted to do since school ended. Go pick up a new hobby, interest or passion. Try something completely new. Don’t let your summer slip by and have “I-wish-I-could-have-done-this” moments haunting you once school starts.


In the meantime, as July winds down and August approaches, we’ve been hard at work getting our fall launch ready for all of you. Here’s a sneak peak of some highlights for our fall launch:
  • Center for Multicultural Affairs Open House - Sunday, August 28, 2011; 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM
  • FAMLI Leader Training - Wednesday, August 31, 2011;  7:30 PM
  • Spring Activities Fair - Friday, September 2, 2011;  4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
  • FAMLI Meet-n-Greet Pizza Party - Saturday, September 3, 2011;  7:00 PM
  • General Body Meeting - Tuesday, September 6, 2011;  9:00 PM
  • Target/LiMing’s Group Trip - Wednesday, September 7, 2011;  8:00 PM
  • Rollerskating (& Pre-Rollerskating Festivities) - Thursday, September 8, 2011; 10:00 PM(tentative)
  • Freshmen BBQ - Saturday, September 10, 2011;  12:00 PM (noon)
  • Fall Beach Retreat - Friday, September 16, 2011 to Sunday, September 18, 2011
  • Freshmen Elections - Wednesday, September 21, 2011;  8:00 PM

 

Although a few events are designed primarily for freshmen, all are certainly welcome and definitely encouraged to attend. Enjoy! :)

Rock on,
Your ASA Exec



SUMMER DIGEST HIGHLIGHTS:
1. Meet Your New FAMLI Leaders!
2. Lunar New Year 2012 Dates Set
3. ECAASU Dates & Interest Meeting
4. HOUSECS79.7: Intro to Asian American Studies

1. Meet Your New FAMLI Leaders!

At last! After a careful review of everyone’s applications and a few select interviews, we’re finally ready to announce your new FAMLI Leaders for 2011-2012! Check out the full listing of FAMLI Neighborhood Leaders + Mentors here: http://www.duke-asa.com/famli-leaders-2011-2012/

2. Lunar New Year 2012

Mark your calendars! LNY2012: The Year of the Dragon is going to be a big one! It’s our 20th anniversary show, so you can expect nothing but the very best. The date for LNY2012 is set for Saturday, February 18, 2012. Audition information will be ready soon from your VP-Cultural, Stephen Zhu.

3. ECAASU Dates & Interest Meeting

Duke will be the host of the largest and oldest ethnic interest student conference in the country, the East Coast Asian American Student Union Conference or ECAASU, the weekend of February 24-26, 2012. If you are interested in joining the planning team to lead this conference, please complete this form: http://www.ecaasu.org/ecaasu-conference-interest-form. Wong Fu Productions is on board (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg3mkDHkRgg), are you?


4. HOUSECS79.7: Intro to Asian American Studies (Mondays, 6:00-7:30 PM)
Jeremy Lin. Far East Movement. Margaret Cho. What has the term “Asian-American” come to mean today? The purpose of this course will be to deepen our understanding of Asian American history and issues, as well as the effects of self-identifying and being perceived as an Asian American. The course will focus on topics such as Asian-American political engagement, portrayal in the media, body image, history of immigration/exclusion, sexuality, and life at Duke. Through engaging discussions, presentations, debates, movies/media, guest lecturers, and trips, we will be able to study the unique development of this minority group in the context of multicultural communities as a whole. Sign up on ACES, or direct any questions to dkm8@duke.edu.

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