Vietnamese American Student Journal. Bản Báo Định Kỳ Cho Sinh Viên Học Sinh. http://www.ythuc.com Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:24:51 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.ythuc.com/images/M_images/ythuc-orange.gif http://www.ythuc.com Vietnamese American Student Journal. Bản Báo Định Kỳ Cho Sinh Viên Học Sinh. http://www.ythuc.com/content/view/50/ Can a movie break the dam of reserve that holds back years of unspeakable sorrows? Can it lead to understanding between an iPod generation and their refugee elders?It may be ambitious, but Journey from the Fall, an epic movie that opened Friday in San Jose, Orange County and New York, will provide the opening for thousands of Vietnamese-American families to start the difficult dialogue about what they personally experienced after the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975. artsculture - cinema Sun, 25 Mar 2007 03:19:55 +0100 http://www.ythuc.com/content/view/48/ SAN JOSE, Calif. - “I want to bring the Vietnamese community together,” Ringo Le proclaimed before a crowd of students. Raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Ringo is the director and writer for the musical film, Saigon Love Story. He is a graduate of California State University, Los Angeles with a degree in Film and Television Broadcasting. Later he mentions to me that students gave him strange looks as if they found that hard to believe he could unite the community. I can only speculate what their hesitation would be. Is it hard to believe that a film can do that? Or perhaps given the history of the Vietnamese community in San Jose so far, bringing the Vietnamese together is farfetched and idealistic? Or perhaps he is merely trying to promote his film, and students are simply dimissing his statements as commercial hype. But whatever doubts filled those students mind, “for a brief moment, I saw the community united,” says Huy Duong, President of the United Vietnamese Student Associations of Northern California (UVSA). artsculture - cinema Sun, 26 Nov 2006 21:07:12 +0100 http://www.ythuc.com/content/view/47/ Since the mid 1990s, VSA web gurus have been trying to capture a piece of their group's legacy using the internet. In the first generation, these VSA websites were often found on free web hosting services such as Geocities or university servers. The second generation of websites saw the use of identity and brand management through custom domain names (e.g. uNAVSA.org), more sophisticated designs and logos, and the use of complex web applications such as content management systems. The third generation is just beginning to arise along with the Web 2.0 movement. Web 2.0 is marked by content that has meaning, whether it is photos that is usefully tagged with the names of your friends, or sending out massive electronic invitations to members. I've identified critical web applications that every VSA should look into, as well as highlight the features that help reinforce the VSA identity. communitybuilding - information technology Wed, 18 Oct 2006 18:44:33 +0100 http://www.ythuc.com/content/view/44/ SAN JOSE, Calif. - In common unity, they came. In community, they left. Building Local Power, the main focus and theme of the third annual Union of North American Vietnamese Student Associations (uNAVSA) leadership conference brought together over 200 student leaders across North America to share in their ideas, experiences, struggles and successes. Over the weekend of July 13-16, Vietnamese-American students convened in the city of San Jose, Califonia for the uNAVSA-3 conference, co-hosted by the United Vietnamese Student Associations (UVSA) of Northern California. communitybuilding - conferences Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.ythuc.com/content/view/43/ CUPERTINO, Calif. - Kathy Tran, who worked at Print Services, died of a flu at Stanford Hospital on April 7. Last year, she had been diagnosed with cancer. Friends say she was extremely caring, selfless and a fast learner. Everyone loved her. She was a wonderful person, said Lily Liang, a coworker. After becoming a full-time De Anza College employee in 1996, she quickly rose through the ranks and soon ran the print office. While working at De Anza, she married and had two children. issues - cancer Wed, 03 May 2006 11:22:04 +0100 http://www.ythuc.com/content/view/42/ SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - On Friday, April 21, 2006, UCSF Vietnamese Student Association observed Black Friday and shared with the UCSF community the significance of this historical date. VSA members dressed in black to signify mourning and passed out black ribbons to the audience who packed the auditorium to the isles. The audience also received a short handout explaining the significance of Black April. For the first thirty minutes, VSA showed the documentary “Rescue Mission on South China Sea,” by the Boat People S.O.S Committee, that details the plight of the boat people and the rescue efforts by numerous nonprofit organizations as well as private ship-owners. artsculture - blackapril Fri, 28 Apr 2006 01:25:28 +0100 http://www.ythuc.com/content/view/41/ LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Upon entering the Student Union, there is a sacred stone bench right below the “USC Pharmacy” sign. Everyday at noon, as the sun rises higher into the sky and the building casts its shadow over Trousdale, the shade around this bench is suddenly covered by Asian students, namely members of the university’s Asian American fraternities and sororities. I look at the cluster of guys in baggy jeans and hooded sweatshirts with spiked hair and the girls in their fitted jeans and smug t-shirts with long layered hair and can not help but be reminiscent of my early adolescent days when such appearances and social mingling were the styles of the playground’s kOoLeSt AzNs. Of course, I can’t say this to be true for all Asian Americans across the nation. I draw my experiences from growing up here in Southern California and from hanging out with my cousins up north in the Bay Area. lifestyle - aznpryde Mon, 10 Apr 2006 21:30:18 +0100 http://www.ythuc.com/content/view/40/ LOS ANGELES, Calif. - My fear that he would leave me didn’t take form until one morning when I asked my white boyfriend an innocent question before I left for work. “If you could sleep with any Disney character, who would it be?” “Hmm,” he said. “Pocahontas.” I laughed out loud and he couldn’t understand why. “Of every Disney cartoon, of course you pick the one where the white male dominates the minority female!” He kind of scoffed, not knowing how to respond. But the idea lingered in my mind long after he answered. lifestyle - interracialdating Mon, 10 Apr 2006 21:20:46 +0100 http://www.ythuc.com/content/view/39/ SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Behind the glasses and shy smile of this little lady lies a woman of great heart, Lynn Hoang, who organized the Asian Culture Night at Santa Clara High School on April 7, 2006 to raise funds for the RedFirecracker Foundation in support of the effort against human trafficking. The show was replete with a skit, traditional and contemporary dances, a fashion segment of all three cultures, and trivia to test the audience's knowledge of their heritage. issues - humantrafficking Fri, 07 Apr 2006 22:27:38 +0100 http://www.ythuc.com/content/view/38/ SAN JOSE, Calif. - On May 13th, 2006, Vietnamese youths from many groups all over Northern California are walking at the Human Race of Silicon Valley as part of a national campaign to raise awareness and funds about the issue of human trafficking. Funds raised through the events held across the nation will be donated to the Vietnamese Alliance to Combat Trafficking (VietACT) to help the cause of eradicating human trafficking through public awareness, collaboration and advocacy. issues - humantrafficking Thu, 06 Apr 2006 23:20:18 +0100