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WE DID IT!
The executive board would like to thank everyone for a fantastic school year! Asian Awareness Month was a huge success. All of our hardwork paid off. A big thank you to all of the ACA members, Hayat, and the Asian Studies Department showing their support every year! Check out all the photos of events on the website. Are you in them?

If you liked what you saw this year, get involved, show your support, and check your e-mails. There are open officer positions for next fall semester.
We'll be at the club fair come fall semester. Hope you see you all there. Have a great summer!







04.25.07 Kate Rigg Stand-Up Comedy!
KATE RIGG, speaker for Asian Awareness Month, stand-up comedian, and super hot Asian-American mama is coming to Skidmore!

Juilliard trained comic and actor created the comedy and music revue "Kate's Chink-O-Rama: featuring the chink-o-rama dancers", the play "Birth of a nASIAN" as well as the all girl comedy jam "The Naughty Show" and songs for the band Slanty Eyed Mama. Toured nationally and internationally as a comic, with breaks for song parodies and characters interspersed with no holds barred in ya face politicomedy.
Check out www.katerigg.com for more information.
Explicit language, stereotyping, and sexual content. Be there.

Thursday, April 25th
Davis Auditorium 6:30pm

04.19.07 Future of Asia panel discussion
Emerson Auditorium 7pm-9pm. Food and drinks will be served.
Come to learn, discuss, and ask questions regarding the present and future of the Asian continent in an all-inclusive panel discussion featuring Skidmore professors.

It's Asian Awareness month!! Keep up with the latest events by marking your calendar!

04.04.07 ASIAN AWARENESS MONTH KICKOFF!! Karaoke Party!
We sang, we danced, we conquered every karaoke classic known to man. 8pm to 12am- four hours of craziness!
Check out the pictures!

03.28.07 ACA Dinner meeting!
All people involved and anyone who WANTS to be involved in the committees for ACA Dinner should come to tonight's meeting at 8:00pm in the ICC.
We are still looking for any ANY CLOTHING (looking for traditional AND modern fashions) THAT YOU CAN DONATE or LEND TO THE FASHION SHOW. If you have any pieces that can fit into our fashion show either come to this meeting, or e-mail Danika directly at d_vittor@skidmore.edu


03.21.07 General meeting
Rosie O'Donnell's publicist thinks Asians just don't get the joke.

"The fact is that it's news all over the world. That you know, you can imagine in China it's like: 'Ching chong . ching chong. Danny DeVito, ching chong, chong, chong, chong. Drunk. 'The View.' Ching chong," O'Donnell said on a Dec. 5 episode of "The View."
click here for a video clip
Right? Wrong? Trivial? Offensive? Come for discussion Wednesday at 8pm in the ICC.

ACA DINNER is just around the corner!
We need YOUR HELP! If you have any interest in the following committees please volunteer. Let's make this year's event the best we can!

The Food Committee, directed by Brent Mills.
Please contact z_ma@skidmore.edu.

The Advertising Committee, directed by Olivia Duong.
Please contact oduong@skidmore.edu.

The Entertainment Committee, directed by Devin Sugameli.
Please contact d_sugame@skidmore.edu.

Note: Please contact the director of the committee that you are interested in before Friday, March 23.
In addition, ACA will like to invite you to deliver any Asian-related performances to the rest of students on campus during the dinner.
If you are interested or planned to engage in performance, please contact d_sugame@skidmore.edu before March 23, Friday.
For futher information, please contact the President of ACA Zhaolin Ma, z_ma@skidmore.edu.


02.24.07 Lunar New Year Festival


02.14.07 Meeting!
We've moved our meetings to Wednesday at 8:00pm !! Please make a note of this for the future. Our next gathering will be on Valentine's Day.


02.07 - 02.08 Japanese Drama Series Presentation
Come to Ladd 206 at 6:30pm to learn about a specific aspect of Japanese popular culture! This event will take place on Wednesday AND Thursday nights.


01.30.07 First Meeting of the Semester
Our first meeting will be in the ICC at 8pm on Tuesday, January 30th. We will be discussing upcoming events including the Lunar New Year celebration and the annual Asian Awareness month this semester. There will also be free food so don't miss out!

 
Recent Headlines

Apr. 28 - ACA DINNER !
Apr. 25 - Kate Rigg
Apr. 19 - Future of Asia
Mar. 21 - General Meeting
Rosie O' Donnell's "Ching Chong" discussion.

Feb. 14 - Meeting

Jan. 30 - General Meeting

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