<html><head><base href="x-msg://44/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div leftmargin="0" marginwidth="0" topmargin="0" marginheight="0" offset="0" style="width: 909px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(249, 214, 222); position: static; z-index: auto; "><center style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; 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"><img src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/27aac8a65e64c994c4416d6b8/images/hanginggifts.png" height="210" width="600" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; height: auto; line-height: 18px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; text-decoration: none; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; "></td></tr><tr><td class="headerContent" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 20px; "><img src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/5d2e924c7ecce85b20d334085/images/ViSA_Logo_Banner_1.1.jpg" alt="" border="0" width="900" height="600" id="headerImage campaign-icon" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; 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font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; "><h2 style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: block; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 20px; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; line-height: 30px; letter-spacing: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; ">ViSA This Week:</h2></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="templateBody" style="border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); border-bottom-width: 0px; border-bottom-style: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; "><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" class="templateBodyTopBorder" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><table border="0" cellpadding="20" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse; padding-top: 0px !important; "><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="bodyContent" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); color: rgb(96, 96, 96); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center; padding-top: 20px; padding-bottom: 20px; "><div style="text-align: center; "><b style="color: rgb(64, 224, 208); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 32px; ">1) ViSA Dinner</b><br><span style="color: rgb(48, 48, 48); font-size: 13px; ">Come join us for our weekly dinners on Wednesdays at 5:30pm in the Silliman Annex Room!</span></div><br><br><b style="color: rgb(64, 224, 208); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 32px; ">2)LUNA!<br><br>(Rescheduled to Feb 24th)</b><br><br><b><img align="none" height="330" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/5d2e924c7ecce85b20d334085/images/dragon.jpg" width="255" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; height: 330px; line-height: 15px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; text-decoration: none; display: inline; max-width: 560px !important; width: 255px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; "></b><br><br><br><b style="color: rgb(64, 224, 208); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 32px; ">3) The 2013 East Coast Asian American Student Union (ECAASU) Conference at Columbia University</b><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: normal; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(48, 48, 48); "><b>~5 pm Friday, February 22 </b>to ~<b>10 am Sunday, February 24<br><br>IF YOU HAVE ALREADY REGISTERED:</b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: normal; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(48, 48, 48); ">Columbia University will be hosting the 2013 East Coast Asian American Student Union (ECAASU) Conference (<a href="http://www.ecaasu2013.org/" style="color: rgb(235, 65, 2); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); ">www.ecaasu2013.org/</span></a>), <i>which originated at Yale University in 1977</i>.</div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: normal; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(48, 48, 48); "> </p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: normal; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(48, 48, 48); ">ECAASU (<a href="http://www.ecaasu.org/" style="color: rgb(235, 65, 2); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); ">http://www.ecaasu.org/</span></a>) remains the <b>oldest</b> and <b>largest</b> Asian American student organizations in the nation and the ECAASU conference is <span style="text-decoration: underline; ">one of the most preeminent collegiate student conferences in the world</span>. It is consistently recognized as a strong conference on Asian American issues, with well over 1500 student attendees each year. It usually has a strong lineup of <b>speakers</b>,<b> workshop leaders</b>, and<b> performers</b> (listed below), and it will be a great opportunity to help Yale connect with and learn from attendees from other colleges. The theme this year is <b>Within, Across, Beyond</b> and will explore similarities and differences between our cultural identities, reflecting on how Asian Americans are changing as a community and as individuals. There will also be a <b>"Gala" mixer</b>, a<b> talent show</b>, and an <b>afterparty</b>.</div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: normal; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(48, 48, 48); "> </p><br><br><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Georgia; color: rgb(0, 129, 17); "><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: rgb(64, 224, 208); font-size: 32px; ">4) The Southeast Asian Cultural Festival</b></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">February 23rd, 6-8pm</div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 16px; "> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Tahoma; color: rgb(51, 50, 51); ">In the last 10 years, the Southeast Asian Cultural Festival, which features ethnic food and performance arts from Indonesia, Philippines, Cambodia, Burma, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Thailand, has been an exciting, annual activity organized and sponsored by the Council of Southeast Asian Studies at Yale. You are all invited to attend and participate in this event this year, which will take place on February 23, from 6 to 8 pm, at Luce Hall (2nd floor). Talent shows (including dancing, singing, fashion shows, plays or games), each may be between 5 to 15 minutes long, are more than welcome.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Tahoma; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); "><span style="color: rgb(51, 50, 51); ">For more information, please visit: <span style="color: rgb(59, 89, 152); "><a href="http://fbsbx.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yale.edu%2Fseas%2FSEACultureFest.htm&h=nAQHLw1kj&s=1" style="color: rgb(235, 65, 2); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.yale.edu/seas/SEACultureFest.htm</a></span></span></div><div> </div><div> </div></td></tr><tr mc:repeatable="repeat_1" mc:repeatindex="0" mc:hideable="hideable_repeat_1_1" mchideable="hideable_repeat_1_1"><td valign="top" class="bodyContent" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); color: rgb(96, 96, 96); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center; padding-top: 20px; padding-bottom: 20px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: normal; ">Yale University</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: normal; ">Vietnamese Students' Association</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: normal; ">2012-2013</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(15, 59, 238); "><span style="text-decoration: underline; "><a href="http://yale.edu/visa" style="color: rgb(235, 65, 2); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; ">yale.edu/visa</a></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(15, 59, 238); "><span style="text-decoration: underline; "><a href="http://facebook.com/yale.visa" style="color: rgb(235, 65, 2); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; ">facebook.com/yale.visa</a></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: normal; ">Email <a href="mailto:jenny.nguyen@yale.edu" style="color: rgb(235, 65, 2); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: rgb(15, 59, 238); ">jenny.nguyen@yale.edu</span></a> to unsubscribe.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><table border="0" cellpadding="20" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="templateFooter" style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); border-top-width: 0px; border-top-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; "><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="footerContent" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10px; line-height: 15px; text-align: center; "></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" class="footerContent" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10px; line-height: 15px; text-align: center; padding-top: 20px; "></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" class="footerContent" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10px; line-height: 15px; text-align: center; padding-top: 20px; "></td></tr><tr><td id="monkeyRewards" class="footerContent" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10px; line-height: 15px; text-align: center; padding-top: 20px; "></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></center></div></span></blockquote></div><br></body></html>