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<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><a name="_top"></a><span
class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:60.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#FFCC00'>ViSA</span></b></span><span style='font-size:48.0pt'><br>
</span><span class=apple-style-span><b><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666'>Vietnamese Students Association</span></i></b></span><span
class=apple-style-span><span style='font-family:"Arial Bold";color:#FF0066'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span
class=apple-style-span><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:gray'>November 3, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial Bold";color:#FF0066'>*<b>General Meetings are every Wed at 5:30,
Saybrook Fellows Lounge</b>*<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:gray'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="#one">1.</a>
Vietnamese Documentary Screenings (Nov 9)</span></span><span style='color:gray'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="#two">2.</a> Girls’
Night (Nov 12) **Note the date change**<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="#three">3.</a> ViSA
Families</span></span><br>
<span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'><a href="#four">4.</a> </span></span> <span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SEAS/YVSG</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><a
href="#five">5</a>. AASA/AACC Announcements</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>
- Film Festival (Starting Nov 3)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>
-Diwali Pooja<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>
-Monique Truong Reading<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><a
href="#six">6</a>. Other/Plugs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>
-Jook Songs (Nov 5&6)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>
</span><span style='color:#993300'> <br>
</span><a name=one><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000'>1</span></b></span></a><span
class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#C00000'>. Three Documentaries from Vietnam<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Premiere film screenings with
directors<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Tuesday, November 9</span></b></span><span
class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>, 2010 - 7:00 P.M.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Luce Hall Auditorium, 34
Hillhouse Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>IVCE (Institute for Vietnamese
Culture and Education) is pleased to announce the premiere of this Vietnamese
documentary film series, directed by twin brother artists Le Duc Hai & Le
Ngoc Thanh, Tran Phuong Lan, and Nguyen Sy Bang. Synopses of the documentaries:
<a href="http://www.yale.edu/seas/VietDocumentaries.htm">http://www.yale.edu/seas/VietDocumentaries.htm</a>.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>ViSA is collaborating with SEAS
Council to co-sponsor this event, so ViSA members are <u>highly encouraged</u>
to attend.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><img border=0 width=220 height=165 id="Picture_x0020_1"
src="cid:image001.jpg@01CB7554.94C5E150"
alt="http://www.yale.edu/seas/Hai_Thanh.jpg"></span><span
class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><img border=0 width=220 height=165
id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CB7554.94C5E150"
alt="http://www.yale.edu/seas/Lan.jpg"></span><span class=apple-style-span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><img
border=0 width=150 height=166 id="Picture_x0020_2"
src="cid:image003.jpg@01CB7554.94C5E150" alt="http://www.yale.edu/seas/Bang.jpg"></span><span
class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:#404040'><a href="#_top">^^^^</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a name=two><span class=apple-style-span><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000'>2</span></b></span></a><span
class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#C00000'>. Girls’ Night<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Friday November 12<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>6pm, Silliman B11</span></b></span><span
class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> (Hai Vu’s suite)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Calling all ViSA ladies! Get
ready for an awesome night of bonding with the girls. There will be makeovers,
food, and fun! Please <b>RSVP to <a href="mailto:thu.do@yale.edu">thu.do@yale.edu</a></b>
<b><u>soon</u> </b>and include what, if any, makeover services you can
contribute (i.e., manicures, eyebrow plucking). An email with more details will
be sent out.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Contact <a
href="mailto:paul.tran@yale.edu">paul.tran@yale.edu</a> for information about
Boys’ Night.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:#404040'><a href="#_top">^^^^</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a name=three><span class=apple-style-span><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000'>3</span></b></span></a><span
class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#C00000'>. ViSA Families<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Now that most of you have met
your families, it’s time to hang out and get to know each other. There are
multiple <b>AACC Events</b> (see below) or grab a simple meal in a dining hall
on an evening you’re all free! Big Sibs, please make an effort to coordinate
family get-togethers. Also, Thuy, Paul, Catherine, Mary, and Anh’s family is
featured on the APA Blog: <a href="http://www.yaleaasa.org/blog/?p=2121">http://www.yaleaasa.org/blog/?p=2121</a>
</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:#404040'><a href="#_top">^^^^</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a name=four><span class=apple-style-span><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000'>4</span></b></span></a><span
class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#C00000'>. SEAS/YVSG<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>"Sufism in Contemporary Indonesian
Islam" <o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Arif Rohman Zamhari, Advisor, Nahdlatul
Ulama; Yale World Fellow 2010<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Wednesday, November 3<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>12:00 Noon <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Room 203, Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>As one of the top activists in the largest
Islamic organization in Indonesia (with some 40 million members), Arif Zamhari
promotes moderate and progressive Islam and is committed to engaging civil
society in countering terrorism and promoting tolerance through dialogue and
education. He is devoted to interfaith discourse and is involved in Track II
diplomacy through leadership of the International Conference of Islamic
Scholars Forum. Zamhari is also a lecturer in theology and psychology at the
State Islamic University in Jakarta and the State Islamic Institute in
Surabaya.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Wednesday, November 3 <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>4:00 P.M. LC 212<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>YVSG Workshop "Would a Saola by Any
Other Name Still Be a Saola?"<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Michele Thompson, SCSU, will present her
titular paper, attached.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>November 10<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>4:00 P.M.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>LC 212, 63 High St. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>"The Road to Thang Long: The Route Back
to Chinese Recolonization? Debates and Implications about Vietnam's
Contemporary Domestic Politics"<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Betty Do, University of Hawaii<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For complete SEAS seminar and events
scheduel, see <a href="http://www.yale.edu/seas/Events.htm">http://www.yale.edu/seas/Events.htm</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a name=five><span class=apple-style-span><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000'>5</span></b></span></a><span
class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#C00000'>. AASA/AACC Announcements</span></b></span><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#33CC33'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#00CC00'>AACC Annual Asian American Film Festival <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>(Nov. 3rd-6th)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Opening Night: November 3rd (7:30 p.m., Sudler Hall): Hiding Divya<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Hiding Divya provides a rare, realistic and poignant glimpse into
the lives of three generations of South Asian women afflicted with mental
illness in this heartfelt drama. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Will be followed by a Q & A with screenwriter and director
Rehana Mirza.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>November 4th (7:30 p.m., Silliflicks): Oldboy </span></b><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Batang","serif";color:black'>올드보이</span></b><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>A dark existential thriller that follows Oh Dae-Su as he uncovers
the truth behind his unexplained 15 year imprisonment. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>November 5th (7:30 p.m., LC 101): Wo Ai Ni Mommy<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>A heartwarming documentary about an eight-year-old girl adopted
from China and her transition into a new life in America.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>November 6th (7:30 p.m., LC 101): All About Dad<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>The story of a Vietnamese-American family with a loving but strict
father whose rigid expectations threatens to ruin the dreams of his children.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Hors d’oeuvres and refreshments will be served at all screenings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Visit our Facebook event for more information: <a
href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=128865930501164">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=128865930501164</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Co-sponsored by the Film Studies Department, Council on Southeast
Asian Studies, Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Department, Mind
Matters, South Asian Film Society, CASA, CASPY, ViSA, SAS, KASY, and ALSEAS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:#404040'><a href="#_top">^^^^</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#33CC33'>Diwali Pooja<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Friday, November 5<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>President's Room (Woolsey Hall)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>7:30 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Come join the Hindu Student's Council for their biggest event of
the year - Diwali, the Festival of Lights! The program will include prayer and song,
and will be followed by a catered Indian dinner. All are welcome and encouraged
to attend. Questions? E-mail <a href="mailto:arshia.chatterjee@yale.edu">arshia.chatterjee@yale.edu</a>
or <a href="mailto:ashna.reddy@yale.edu">ashna.reddy@yale.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:#404040'><a href="#_top">^^^^</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#33CC33'>Monique Truong Reading BITTER IN THE MOUTH<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Vietnamese American Alumna and Author, Monique Truong'90 will host
a reading in New Haven, Nov. 6, 2010 from her new book, BITTER IN THE MOUTH<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Saturday, November 6, 6-8pm<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>KEHLER LIDDELL GALLERY<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>873 whalley avenue - new haven, connecticut - 203.389.9555<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>National bestselling author of her debut book "The Book of
Salt", Monique Truong reads from her much anticipated second novel,
"Bitter in the Mouth." Truong is sculptor Joseph Saccio's
daughter-in-law. Works by Saccio will be on display during the reading.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>http://www.kehlerliddell.com/november/<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><a href="http://www.monique-truong.com">http://www.monique-truong.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:#404040'><a href="#_top">^^^^</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#33CC33'>ThiNK North Korea Pepero Fundraiser<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Like CHOCOLATE? Buy Pepero, and share the love, chocolatey
goodness, and help save a TB patient's life in North Korea! Proceeds go to the
EugeneBell Foundation (eugenebell.org) which is currently responsible for
delivering TB medicine and medical aid for approximately a third of the North
Korean population. Place an order at <a href="mailto:yalethink@gmail.com">yalethink@gmail.com</a>.
$3/1box or $5/2boxes. Pepero will be delivered on November 11th.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:#404040'><a href="#_top">^^^^</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00CC00'>CASPY</span></i></span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Come celebrate CASPY (Chinese Adopted Siblings Program for Youth)
on <b>Saturday, November 13</b>! Meet your Little Sibs, have great fun and
food, and make lasting friendships. We also highly encourage anyone who cannot stay
for the whole event to sign up as a volunteer for registration, lunch, workshop
and/or nightmarket activities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Register online at yale.edu/caspy Admission is free! We sell CASPY
T-shirts in Big Sib sizes and will be accepting any hugs and healthy snacks for
lunch. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Click on the links below to sign up to be a Big Sib or a
volunteer. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><a href="http://tinyurl.com/fallcaspy2010bigsibs">http://tinyurl.com/fallcaspy2010bigsibs</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><a href="http://tinyurl.com/fallcaspy2010volunteers">http://tinyurl.com/fallcaspy2010volunteers</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:#404040'><a href="#_top">^^^^</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:#404040'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00CC00'>Yale PostSecret </span></i></span><span
class=apple-style-span><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#00CC00'><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Students speak out! AASA hosted PostSecret in
order to encourage the campus to have a safe and open discourse about cultural
identity. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Participants get to anonymously submit their
thoughts through artistic mediums and the community can come together to enjoy
the art and discussion.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Submit today using the provided index cards
at tabling stations from Tuesday 10/19 through Wednesday 10/27 in COMMONS
ROTUNDA <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>OR submit online at: <a
href="http://www.yaleaasa.org/postsecret">www.yaleaasa.org/postsecret</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Exhibition:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Opening Reception - 10/29 tat 4pm at </span></b></span><span
class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Maya's
Room (Silliman)<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Ending - 11/4</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:#404040'><a href="#_top">^^^^</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:#404040'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00CC00'>Revelasians & APA Blog</span></i></span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>
</span><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Revelasians, the semesterly publication put
out by the Asian American Cultural Center, would like to welcome all members of
the Yale community to submit their work! We're currently taking student created
works of poetry, prose, photography, art and much more! Have an interesting
piece you wrote for English 120, a photo from Intro to Photography, or
something you want to say? Send it in!</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>All AACC affiliate groups must
submit a piece on any major event they host<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Please send all submissions to <a
href="mailto:austin.lan@yale.edu">austin.lan@yale.edu</a> or <a
href="mailto:yale.revelasians@gmail.com">yale.revelasians@gmail.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>For samples of previous issues, please
click here: <a href="http://www.yale.edu/aacc/publications.htm">http://www.yale.edu/aacc/publications.htm</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>If you’re interested in other
Asian American voices, check out the AASA Blog at <a
href="http://www.yaleaasa.org/blog">www.yaleaasa.org/blog</a>. There
you’ll find amazing photos from AASA events, restaurant reviews, and other
interesting submissions from Yalies in the Asian American community, including
yours truly. Feel free to submit your own work to <a
href="mailto:apablog10@gmail.com">apablog10@gmail.com</a>. We are now
recruiting more staff members so please email us also if you are interested in
being a permanent contributor.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:#404040'><a href="#_top">^^^^</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><br>
<a name=six><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:#C00000'>6</span></b></a><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#C00000'>. Other/Plugs</span></b><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00CC00'>Jook Songs</span></i></span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Friday, November 5 & Saturday, Nov 6 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Time: 7:30pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Location: Calhoun Cabaret<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Jook Songs is a group of Asian Americans who write and perform
real autobiographical pieces from their lives. "MAINTENANCE" is not a
theater production or a play, but a night of truth. As a writing group, we push
each other to write honestly and without pretense, to dig deeper into all the
parts of ourselves that don't get said in the day-to-day. Come to our show for
a break, perhaps, from the small talk: Listen to us tell our stories and think
about your own.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>To rsvp, go to <a href="http://www.jooksongs.com/rsvps">www.jooksongs.com/rsvps</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>**Come support<b> Quynh Do</b>,<b> </b>who’s directing the show!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:#404040'><a href="#_top">^^^^</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#00CC00'>“Women in Leadership” Conference<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>"Where Tradition Meets Innovation: A Fresh Perspective on Being
a Professional"<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Saturday, November 13 at Yale Law School<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Application Deadline: Monday, November 1st<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Information at <a href="http://yalewomenleaders.com">http://yalewomenleaders.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>To apply for a limited spot at this event, please fill out <a
href="https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dG1wQTBCU2syT3NzTW13V0MyUm9iaUE6MQ#gid=0">this
form</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Email Co-Chairs of Conference Sejal Hathi and Cynthia Tsay at <a
href="mailto:conference@yalewomenleaders.com">conference@yalewomenleaders.com</a>
with any questions about registration or the conference in general.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:#404040'><a href="#_top">^^^^</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><i><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00CC00'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00CC00'>“The Third Indonesian Cultural
Night”<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>An evening of food, friends, fun and
entertainment<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sponsored by the Indonesian Community in
Connecticut <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>the Consulate General of the Republic of
Indonesia New York<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>and Yale Indonesia Forum<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Saturday, November 6<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>6.00 PM, Luce Hall<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>34 Hillhouse Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:#404040'><a href="#_top">^^^^</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>------------------------------------</span></span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br>
</span><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Do you have an event you’d like ViSA members
to know about? Publicize it here! It can be a performance you are in or a cause
you’re volunteering for – just about anything outside of ViSA that concerns
you! It will be listed under the Other/Plugs category. Just email me at <a
href="mailto:catherine.dinh@yale.edu">catherine.dinh@yale.edu</a> about where
and when your event will be and a short description before the week of the
event.</span></span><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><br>
<br>
</span><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>If you would like to be removed from the
panlist, please send me an email at <a href="mailto:catherine.dinh@yale.edu">catherine.dinh@yale.edu</a>.</span></span><span
style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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