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The InsIde sToryCOMMENTARYIs the American election process too long? » P. 11

PUB’S BLOGBehind the scenes of the NWAW 30th Anniversary Gala! » P. 10

NAMES IN THE NEWS Who’s doing what in the Asian community? » P. 2

WORLD NEWSSouth Korea gets bigger missiles. » P. 3

A-POP!Dowrys, Korean Food Trucks, and Comedy, Oh My! » P. 7

By Steve KarnowskiThe AssociATed Press

Minneapolis, Minn. (AP) — im-migration authorities said Monday they won’t take action against a Pu-litzer Prize-winning Filipino jour-nalist who was arrested in Min-nesota for driving without a valid license.

Jose Antonio Vargas attracted national attention last year when he

revealed that he’s an illegal immi-grant. he was scheduled to speak at carleton college in Northfield last Friday, but never made it.

When a state trooper stopped him in Minneapolis for driving with headphones on, Vargas produced a canceled Washington state driver’s license, said Lt. eric roeske, a

{see VARGAS cont’d on page 12}

Filipino American Journalist Jose Vargas will not be deported

By Charles LamThe NorThWesT AsiAN WeekLy

The Northwest Asian Weekly celebrated its 30th anniversary last Friday, oct. 5, with about 650 guests at the seattle sheraton hotel ballroom. The gala was part dinner, part benefit, part variety show, and part celebration, featuring entertainment from six different individuals and performance groups, an auction ben-efitting the international district emergency center, and a roast of NWAW Publisher Assunta Ng.

The gala opened with a dragon dance led by gu-bernatorial candidates rob Mckenna and Jay inslee bringing guests into the dining room. The dance was followed by an introduction from hosts Molly shen and Andy Wappler, koMo news anchor and former kiro chief meteorologist, respectively.

After a Filipino choir performed the national an-them, guests sat down to a three-course dinner, featur-ing tea-smoked chicken, braised black cod, flourless bittersweet chocolate cake, and strawberry mochi.

during dinner, guests bid on their table centerpieces and participated in a live auction with all proceeds going toward charity. The live auction raised about $3,000 for the idec and featured a pearl and agate necklace donated by Frank Lau Jewelry, a signed jer-sey and ViP tickets to a sounders Fc game donated by Vulcan incorporated, pearl earrings donated by Ben Bridge Jeweler, and a professional table tennis table and lesson donated by the seattle Pacific Table Tennis club.

Before the live auction, guests were entertained by a

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Northwest Asian Weekly celebrates its 30th

anniversary

Jose Vargas

Gubernatorial candidates Rob McKenna and Jay Inslee led the dragon dance that opened the event.

Approximately 650 guests attended the anniversary gala.

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Entertainment was provided by multiple ethnic groups, including a Korean fan dance by Morning Star.

By Charles LamThe NorThWesT AsiAN WeekLy

chancellor chan announced that he will complete his tenure as the University of Washington Both-ell’s second chancellor at the end of the 2012–13 academic year at the school’s oct. 9 town hall meeting.

he will be stepping down from a position that pays $248,000.

in a phone interview with the Northwest Asian Weekly, he said, “We’ve accomplished a tremendous amount of work over the last five and a half years and we’ve reached all of our goals. Now, it’s time to plan for the next stage of the univer-sity, and it’s a good time for me to step aside for the next chancellor.”

he plans to stay with the Univer-sity of Washington. he will return to his academic roots after 25 years

of higher-education administration, pursuing research in the field of ed-ucational psychology on the effects of race and culture in the develop-ment of children.

chan began his tenure as chan-cellor in July 2007. Under his lead-ership, the campus experienced rapid growth, doubling the number of students served and tripling the

{see CHAN cont’d on page 13}

Chancellor Kenyon Chan

Kenyon S. Chan to step down as UW Bothell chancellor

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■ nAMes In The neWsThird Kollaboration Seattle features local APA talent

The third annual kollaboration seattle showcase will take place Friday, oct. 12, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. in downtown seattle at the sTG Moore Theatre. six local competitors will be competing for a grand prize of $1,000 and an opportunity to perform in a live-broadcast kollaboration all-star show in Los Angeles on Nov. 16.

kollaboration is a non-profit organization with the goal of promoting the APi community through media and entertainment. Founded in Los Angeles in 2000, kollaboration currently operates in 13 cities.

This year’s competitors include Vancouver-based band Pentatonics, who combine modern Western music with traditional chinese instruments; singer, producer, and songwriter Ariel yang, a graduate of san Francisco’s conservatory of Music; singer-songwriter and Federal Way native hannah hipolito; Nate Vibez, winner of kollaboration seattle 2’s Audience Freestyle Vocal competition; seattle-based hip hop group J-Pros; and Natya, the University of Washington’s student-run indian classical dance team.

in addition to the competition, there will be performances from youTube stars Joseph Vincent and cathy Nguyen, kollaboration alumni Lion’s Ambition, and local dance group chapter 1ne.

The competition will be judged by rapper GoWe, The Apprentice finalist James sun, and shannon Lee, the daughter of Bruce Lee. one day’s Wages ceo eugene cho, king 5 anchor Mimi Jung, and kona kitchen owner yuji okumoto will also be participating as guest judges.

Florence Chang promoted to executive VP of MultiCare

Florence Chang, one of our 2010 Asian American Pioneers in healthcare, has been promoted to executive vice president of the not-for-profit MultiCare Health Sys-tem, based in Tacoma.

chang will be responsible for inpatient and service operations of the entire company — the hospi-tals, programs and services within them, as well as information ser-vices. chang previously served as chief information officer and se-

nior Vice President of clinical support services. Multicare is one of the few health systems in the nation

to have a complete electronic health record system. in 2009, Multicare was the sole winner of the Nicholas e. davies Award of excellence for organizational health.

chang came to Multicare in 2006 from dearborn Advisors, where she served as senior vice president and partner. she has more than 20 years of health care information technology expe-rience and received her Bachelor of science in Medical Tech-nology at california state University in dominguez hills.

Vancouver-based Wanting Qu starts North American tour

Vancouver-based, chinese-born singer-songwriter Wanting Qu began her North American tour this week, opening with a show in Vancouver on sunday, oct. 7, before moving on to shows in Los Angeles, New york, and Toronto.

Born in harbin, china, Qu left when she was 16 to become an international business student in canada. she went on to earn her degree in business, but eventually relocated to Vancouver to continue

writing and performing at events.

in hindsight, it was obvious how important music was go-ing to be to Qu.

Qu was signed to Nettwerk Music Group after having her songs featured in Mercedes Benz commercials and go viral in china. her debut album, “everything in the World,” reached platinum status in hong kong and double platinum in china. Tickets to her first run of shows quickly sold out.

Verizon sends four to California for Korean culture convention

Verizon Wireless announced the winner of its KCON Flya-way Sweepstakes last Friday, oct. 5. Nancy Lee and three of her friends will be flying to irvine, calif. to experience kcoN, the first convention of korean culture in North America. As the grand prize winner, Lee and her friends will receive a free flight, hotel accommodations, dinner with k-pop group NU’esT, and other ViP treatment at the event, which runs all day on oct. 13.

kcoN is one of the first korean culture events not to focus solely on korean pop music, also known as k-pop. in addition to musical performances by groups 4Minute, ViXX, B.A.P. exo-M, G.NA and NU’esT, there will also be several panels throughout the day, covering things from fashion, to online gaming, to speed dating.

“it’s going to be a whirlwind of fun,” Lee said. “i’m going to live it up as much as i can.”

Lee was chosen randomly from among thousands of entries from california and Washington state.

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By Mark ShermanThe AssociATed Press

WAshiNGToN, d.c. (AP) — Nine years af-ter the supreme court said colleges and uni-versities can use race in their quest for diverse student bodies, the justices have put this divi-sive social issue back on their agenda in the middle of a presidential election campaign.

Nine years is a blink of an eye on a court where justices can look back two centuries for legal precedents. But with an ascendant conservative majority, the high court in argu-ments Wednesday, oct. 10 will weigh wheth-er to limit or even rule out taking race into

account in college admissions.The justices will be looking at the Univer-

sity of Texas program that is used to help fill the last quarter or so of its incoming fresh-man classes. race is one of many factors con-sidered by admissions officers. The rest of the roughly 7,100 freshman spots automatically go to Texans who graduated in the top 8 per-cent of their high school classes.

A white Texan, Abigail Fisher, sued the university after she was denied a spot in 2008.

The simplest explanation for why affirma-tive action is back on the court’s calendar so soon after its 2003 decision in Grutter v. Bollinger is that the author of that opinion,

sandra day o’connor, has retired. her suc-cessor, Justice samuel Alito, has been highly skeptical of any use of racial preference.

Justice Anthony kennedy, a dissenter in the 2003 decision, probably holds the decid-ing vote, and he, too, has never voted in favor of racial preference.

As a result, said supreme court lawyer Thomas Goldstein, “No matter what the court does, it is quite likely that the UT program is going to be in big trouble.”

The challenge to the Texas plan has gained traction in part because the university has produced significant diversity by automati-cally offering about three-quarters of its spots

to graduates in the top 10 percent of their Texas high schools, under a 1990s state law signed by then-Gov. George W. Bush. The admissions program has been changed so that only the top 8 percent gain automatic admis-sion.

More than eight in 10 African American and Latino students who enrolled at the flag-ship campus in Austin last year were auto-matically admitted, according to university statistics. even among the rest, both sides acknowledge that the use of race is modest.

{see SUPREME COURT cont’d on page 11}

Supreme Court looks at race in college admissions again

By Samantha BomkampThe AssociATed Press

NeW york (AP) — delta Air Lines wants to expand ser-vice to Asia through its partnership with Alaska Airlines.

delta plans to add a flight between seattle and shanghai starting on June 17, 2013. delta, which is based in Atlanta, is also proposing a flight between seattle and Tokyo-haneda, Japan, set to begin in March.

By next summer, delta plans to operate more than 40 daily

flights to 15 destinations from seattle. The city is the home base of Alaska Airlines’ parent company Alaska Air Group inc. The partnership with Alaska allows delta to offer con-necting service from seattle to many other U.s. cities across both airlines’ networks. delta customers can access more than 50 markets through a connection in seattle, while Alaska cus-tomers have access to about 60 U.s. cities served by delta.

delta will add a fifth daily nonstop flight between seattle

{see DELTA cont’d on page 14}

Delta to expand Asia service from Seattle

By Hyung-Kin KimThe AssociATed Press

seoUL, s. koreA (AP) — The United states has agreed to allow south korea to pos-sess longer-range ballistic missiles that could strike all of North korea, south ko-rean officials said sunday, oct. 7.

Under a 2001 accord with Washington, seoul has been barred from developing and deploying ballistic missiles with a range of more than 300 kilometers (186 miles) and a payload of more than 500 kilograms (1,100 pounds) due to concerns of a regional arms race.

The restriction is blamed for making seoul’s missile capability inferior to that of rival Pyongyang’s, and some key military installations in North korea have been out of south korea’s missile range.

on oct. 7, south ko-rea announced that seoul and Washington have revised the

accord to allow seoul to have missiles with a range of up to 800 kilometers (500 miles) to better cope with North ko-rea’s nuclear and missile threats.

Under the new agreement, south korea would maintain the maximum payload for ballistic missiles at the cur-rent 500 kilograms, but can load a heavier payload for a missile with a range of less than 800 kilometers, senior presidential official chun

yung-woo told a news con-ference.

‘‘The most important ob-jective for our government revising the missile guideline is to contain North korea’s armed provocation,’’ chun said.

North korea has missiles that can hit south korea, Japan and the U.s. Pacific territory of Guam. in April, the country also conducted a long-range rocket test that Washington, seoul and oth-ers have called a cover for a test of long-range mis-sile technology. North ko-rea says the rocket, which broke apart shortly after lift-off, was meant to launch an observational satellite.

The korean Peninsula of-ficially remains at war be-cause the 190-53 korean War ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty. The U.s. sta-tions about 28,500 troops in south korea as deterrence against potential aggression from North korea.

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construction on the sr 99 ed-monds international district en-hancements Project began on Thurs-day, oct. 4. The $662,000 project is funded though federal highway enhancements grants and will pro-vide improved illumination and en-hanced visibility for the edmonds international district commercial district, as well as create a visual gateway for the area.

The project elements include re-placing 14 existing cobra head light poles with decorative poles and en-hanced pedestrian level lighting. seven of the pedestrian light arms were created by artist Pam Beyette, and all of the poles will have banner signage identifying the edmonds

international district. A sculptural piece will be installed on the nearby traffic island.

“The project was originally de-veloped to implement recommenda-tions from the city of edmonds 2004 study of sr99, which noted the op-portunity to provide stronger visual identity for a unique cluster of inter-national businesses along this stretch of the highway,” said stephen clif-ton, economic development director of the city of edmonds. “This in turn could encourage economic develop-ment and vitality within the district.”

The project has been in the plan-ning stages since 2006 and is expect-ed to be completed in late 2014.

Ground breaking for the highway improvement project took place earlier in September.

Construction begins on the Edmonds International District stretch of SR 99

The Asian counseling and referral service raised over $120,000 last saturday, oct. 6, at their annual gala, “A culinary Journey.” The event was anchored by a four-course dinner menu, which was planned by four local celebrity chefs. This year’s meal was created by chef Mark santiago of the Westin Bellevue, Phnom Penh Noodle house’s chef sam Ung, Top chef champion Paul Qui, and chef helen of cake envy. Their dishes were prepared by the Bellevue Westin kitchen staff and served to the 330 guests in attendance.

in addition to the dinner, the event featured performances by Bandon Mcintosh and the Apna Bhangra crew, and an auction moderated by Al sugiyama, the founder of the center for career Al-ternatives.

The donations will go to fuel Acrs’s 13 pro-grams, including chemical dependency treatment, emergency meal services, domestic violence pre-vention services, and more.

ACRS raises $120,000 at annual gala

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By Didi TangThe AssociATed Press

BeiJiNG, chiNA (AP) — Foxconn Technology Group denied on saturday, oct. 6 that production was affected at a chinese factory that makes Apple’s iPhones, although both state media and an overseas labor watch group said some workers halted production lines on Friday, oct. 5 apparently over higher quality control standards.

New york-based china Labor Watch reported that 3,000 to 4,000 workers at the Foxconn plant in the central china’s Zhengzhou city went on strike Friday over increased quality control demands and having to work during an extended national holiday.

The official Xinhua News Agency, quoting a spokesman

for the management committee of the Xinzheng comprehensive Bonded Area, where the plant is located, said some production lines were halted Friday, oct. 5 when workers persuaded quality inspectors to skip work to show their dissatisfaction over quality standards.

in a written statement issued saturday, oct. 6,the Taiwan-based electronic manufacturer Foxconn said production at the Zhengzhou plant continued without interruption. it denied any strike or work stoppage.

Foxconn said there were two isolated, small-scale disputes between production line workers and quality assurance personnel on Monday oct. 1 and Tuesday, oct. 2 but it added that they were quickly addressed. it did not specify what issues had caused the disputes but said immediate measures were taken to resolve the problems,

including adding production line workers.Xinhua said some workers were unhappy when Apple

strengthened quality inspections of the iPhone 5, following consumer complaints regarding aesthetic flaws in the phone. in the Xinhua report, the spokesman, who was not named, characterized the incident as a worker-management dispute, instead of a strike, and was unable to provide a specific number of workers involved.

china Labor Watch said several iPhone 5 production lines at the factory were paralyzed after the workers found the new quality control demands difficult to meet and went on strike. The group said the workers also were angry about being forced to work through china’s National Golden

{see IPHONE cont’d on page 14}

Foxconn denies worker unrest slows iPhone assembly

By Jin Gomez and Eileen NgThe AssociATed Press

MANiLA, PhiLiPPiNes (AP) — The Phil-ippine government and the country’s largest Muslim rebel group have reached a prelimi-nary peace deal that is a major breakthrough toward ending a decades-long insurgency that killed tens of thousands and held back

development in the south.Philippine President Benigno Aquino iii

said the “framework agreement,” calling for an autonomous region for minority Muslims in the predominantly roman catholic nation, was an assurance the Moro islamic Libera-tion Front insurgents will no longer aim to

{see REBELS cont’d on page 12}

Philipines, Muslim rebels agree on peace pact

By Malcolm Ritter and Karl RitterThe AssociATed Press

NeW york (AP) — Two scientists from different generations won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for the groundbreaking discovery that cells in the body can be repro-grammed into completely different kinds, work that reflects the mechanism behind cloning and offers an alternative to using em-bryonic stem cells.

The work of British researcher John Gur-don and Japanese scientist shinya yamanaka — who was born the year Gurdon made his discovery — holds hope for treating diseases like Parkinson’s and diabetes by growing customized tissue for transplant.

And it has spurred a new generation of laboratory studies into other illnesses, including schizophrenia, which may lead to new treatments.

Basically, Gurdon, 79, and yamanaka, 50, showed how to make the equivalent of em-bryonic stem cells without the ethical ques-

tions those very versatile cells pose, a prom-ise scientists are now scrambling to fulfill.

once created, these “blank slate” cells can be nudged toward developing into other cell types. skin cells can ultimately be trans-formed into brain cells, for example.

Just last week, scientists reported turning skin cells from mice into eggs that produced baby mice, a possible step toward new fertil-ity treatments.

{see SCIENTISTS cont’d on page 11}

British and Japanese scientists win Nobel

Gurdon (left) and Yamanaka (right)

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Congratulations to the Northwest Asian Weekly on your 30th anniversary!

www.kingcounty.gov/gossett [email protected](206) 296-1002

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Project: West Point Treatment Plant Influent Screening Improvements Project, C00730C12

Sealed Bid time/date: 1:30 p.m., November 1, 2012location due: King County Procurement & Con-

tract Services Section, Contracts Counter, 3rd Floor, 401 Fifth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104

engineer’S eStimate: $13,200,000 to $14,000,000mandatorY Pre-Bid / Site tour: Tuesday, October

16, 2012 at 9:00 a.m., or Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 1:00 p.m., at the West Point Treatment Plant (WPTP) Administration Bldg; Olympic/Baker Confer-ence Rooms; 1400 Utah Street West; Seattle, WA 98199. A site tour will be conducted immediately fol-lowing the conference. Hardhats are required for site tour. FAILURE TO ATTEND ONE OF THE MANDA-TORY MEETINGS AND SITE TOUR WILL RESULT IN A NON-RESPONSIVE BID DETERMINATION. A sign in sheet will provide evidence of attendance. It is your responsibility to ensure your sign in and out.

ScoPe of Work: To meet updated screening re-quirements, King County will install new bar screens in the existing operating building and construct a new building adjacent to the existing operating building to process the additional screened material at the WPTP. The work includes: Construction of a 5600 SF screen-

ings handling building, Installation of 5 conveyors, 2 grinders, 6 washer compactors and 2 container load-ing facilities; demolition in the existing screen room; installation of 6 new bar screen isolation gates and 6 multi-rake screens for a wet weather hydraulic capac-ity of 440 MGD; demolition of old screening handling equipment; and other Work. For additional informa-tion see http://www.kingcounty.gov/environment/wtd/About/System/West/Plant/Projects/Screenings.aspx

contact information: Tina Phipps, Contract Spe-cialist, 206-263-9329, TTY Relay: 711, Fax: 206-296-7675, or [email protected]. A bidder may be asked to put a question in writing. No verbal answers by any County personnel or its agents and consultants will be binding on the County.

SuBcontracting oPPortunitieS: Electrical, In-strumentation, Mechanical (HVAC, piping, plumbing, sprinklers), demolition.

aPPrenticeShiP requirementS: 15% minimum Ap-prentice Utilization Requirement.

ScS utilization requirementS: 5% minimum re-quirement for King County Certified Small Contractors and Suppliers (SCS)

Bid Bond: Not less than five percent (5%) of the Total Bid Price

PlanS/SPecS: Electronic copies of the plans, speci-fications, reference documents, and any addenda for this solicitation can be accessed through an external link to Builder’s Exchange of Washington from our website shown below. This site includes options and instructions for printing. Printed documents may also be ordered by contacting United Reprographics at 206-382-1177. Copies of documents are not available for purchase from King County, but are available for review M – F 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. at the Contracts Counter: Chinook Bldg, 3rd Floor 401 Fifth Avenue Seattle, WA 98104.

To receive email notifications of addenda or other important information concerning this solicitation, you must register to be a planholder under the “Solicita-tions” tab at the following internet link:

WeBSite: www.kingcounty.gov/procurementThis information is available in alternate formats for

individuals with disabilities upon advance request by calling 206-263-9400, TTY Relay: 711.

noteS: Bids received after Sealed Bid Time will not be considered. Bidders accept all risks of late delivery, regardless of fault. King County is not responsible for any costs incurred in response to this Invitation to Bid.

King County Invitation to Bid

THRU 12/1

WHAT: Gardner center for Asian Art & ideasWHERE: seattle Asian Art Museum, 1400 e. Prospect st., seattleWHEN: 9:30–11 a.m.COST: $5–$86INFO: www.seattleartmuseum.org

WED 10/10/2012 THRU SUN 10/10/2013

WHAT: exhibition display: etsuko ichikawa’s workWHERE: sAM Gallery, 1300 1st Ave., seattleINFO: 206-903-5291, [email protected]

SAT 10/13

WHAT: Buddhist Art and Architecture of MyanmarWHERE: seattle Asian Art Museum, 1400 e. Prospect st., seattleWHEN: 9:30–11 a.m.COST: $5–$86INFO: seattleartmuseum.org

WHAT: JcccW’s Minyo dancing 01WHERE: JcccW, 1414 s. Weller st., seattleCOST: $10–$25REGISTRATION: www.jcccw.orgINFO: 206-568-7114, [email protected]

MON 10/15

WHAT: “The Asian Grandmothers cookbook” book discussion and signing with Patricia TanumihardjaWHERE: Third Place Books at Lake Forest Park, 17171 Bothell Way N.e., shorelineWHEN: 7 p.m.INFO: 206-366-3333

TUE 10/16

WHAT: People of color, political group’s candidate meet and greetWHERE: Amber restaurant and Lounge, 2214 1st Ave., seattleWHEN: 5–8 p.m.RSVP: [email protected]: www.mbac-wa.org

THU 10/18

WHAT: JcccW’s Japanese Language schoolWHERE: JcccW, 1414 s. Weller st., seattleCOST: $10–$25REGISTRATION: www.jcccw.orgINFO: 206-568-7114, [email protected]

SAT 10/20

WHAT: Performing ethnicity in MyanmarWHERE: seattle Asian Art Museum, 1400 e. Prospect st., seattle

WHEN: 9:30-11 a.m.COST: $5–$86INFO: www.seattleartmuseum.org

WHAT: Growth and development – embracing the Later years TogetherWHERE: Asian resource center, 1025 s. king st., seattleWHEN: 1:30–3:30 p.m.INFO: www.kinon.org

SAT 10/20 & SUN 10/21

WHAT: introduction to Japanese Temari (2-day Workshop)WHERE: Asia Pacific cultural center, 4851 s. Tacoma Way, TacomaWHEN: 10/20, 10 a.m.–3 p.m.; 10/21, 1–4:30 p.m.COST: $100 (all supplies included)REGISTRATION: 253-229-3100, [email protected]

WED 10/24

WHAT: JcccW’s taikoWHERE: JcccW, 1414 s. Weller st., seattleCOST: $10–$25REGISTRATION: www.jcccw.orgINFO: 206-568-7114, [email protected]

SAT 10/27

WHAT: Buddhist Activism in MyanmarWHERE: seattle Asian Art Museum, 1400 e. Prospect st., seattleWHEN: 9:30–11 a.m.COST: $5–$86INFO: www.seattleartmuseum.org

MON 10/29

WHAT: JcccW’s tea ceremonyWHERE: JcccW, 1414 s. Weller st., seattleCOST: $10–$25REGISTRATION: jcccw.orgINFO: 206-568-7114, [email protected]

2ND & 4TH TUES OF MONTH

WHAT: international district special review Board meetingWHERE: Bush Asia center, 409 Maynard Ave. s., seattleWHEN: 4:30 p.m.INFO: 206-684-0226 www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/preservation/historic_districts.htm

EVERY TUE

WHAT: Asian counseling and referral services employment Program orientationWHERE: Acrs, 3639 Martin Luther king Jr. Way s., seattleWHEN: 3–4:30 p.m.INFO: 206-695-7527


By Vivian NguyenNorThWesT AsiAN WeekLy

Between fall television premieres and online dowries (you read that correctly), september saw Asians popping up in the media in random but interesting ways.

The dowry still exists! (Even though it’s 2012)

in one of the more outrageous news items i’ve read in a long while, hong kong billionaire and property magnate cecil chao sze-tsung announced a hk$500 million (Usd $65 mil-lion) “dowry” for a male suitor to woo away his 33-year-old daughter, Gigi chao. The proposal for his daughter’s hand emerged after reports surfaced online about Gigi chao’s recent civil union in France to her long-term girlfriend, sean yeung.

From poetic online proposals to nude photo-graphs alike, thousands of people from around the globe have already reached out to both the father and daughter to become part of the chao clan. cecil chao hoped that the reward money would elicit talented suitors hoping to start their own businesses, ensuring his daughter lives a comfortable life in hong kong — even though Gigi chao is already a successful businesswom-an.

despite the audacious advertisement, Gigi chao, who holds an executive director position at her father’s company, as well as running her own model management and public relations firm, re-sponded to her father’s reaction with surprising grace.

“i’m actually on very, very loving terms with my father,” Gigi chao told the Associated Press. “We speak on a daily basis. he just has a very interesting way of expressing his fatherly love.”

she also went on to claim that her father’s reac-tion was not necessarily born out of intolerance for her relationship with yeung, but a vested de-sire to ensure that Gigi chao does not fall victim to the social stigma that continues to exist with same-sex couples in hong kong.

Although i recognize that cecil chao’s reac-tion was born out of paternal concern for his daughter’s wellbeing, it’s still hard to not find this concept of a “marriage bounty” incredibly weird and dated.

still, if she isn’t fazed by her father’s reaction, why should anyone else be?

Gigi chao isn’t the only one amused by the situation. British comedian sasha Baron cohen, who has starred in several satirical mockumen-tries such as “The dictator” and “Borat,” is in the process of developing a film inspired by this situation.

The film is currently titled, “The Lesbian.” Apt and to the point, i guess.

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CAPTIONS 1: Emcee Andy Wappler 2: Emcee Molly Shen 3: Sue Taoka with Donnie Chin 4: Bob Santos sings “What a Wonderful World” 5: Tony Au leading Jay Inslee’s dragon with the dragon pearl. 6: Maun leading Rob McKenna’s dragon with the dragon pearl. 7: From left: Dow Constantine, Marcie Maxwell, Jim Dawson 8: Melissa Lo 9: Filipino Choir 10: Ron Sims 11: Mimi Gates 12: Dolores Sibonga 13: Jane Nishita 14: Rhythms of India 15: Master Hong Jiyiao 16: Bruce Harrell presents the Asian Weekly award to PEMCO’s Sue

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The Northwest Asian Weekly would like to thank the sponsors, donators, table captains, committee, and guests of our 30th anniversary gala. Without your support, we would not have been able to make the event happen.

Thank you to those who donated items for our goodie bags: Fran’s Chocolate and Panda Express; those who donated gift baskets: American Diabetes Association, American Heart Association, Asia Discount Center, Asian Counseling & Referral Service, Bellevue Embroidery, China Tomorrow Education Foundation, Clear Channel Outdoor, Dick’s Drive-In, East West Bank, ID Emergency Center, King County Library System, King County Office of Emergency Services, Modern Trading Co., Neighborhood House, Nisei Vets Foundation, Seattle Chinese Post, Seattle Police Department and Police Foundation, Seattle Sheraton, Tzu-chi Foundation, Women’s University Club, Xocai Healthy Chocolate, Elaine Kitamura, Doug and Belinda Louie, and Joan Yoshitomi; those who donated to our Lucky Drawing grand prize:

Deng’s Studio and Art Gallery, Fortune Garden Restaurant, House of Hong, Tai Tung Restaurant, Vina Thai Restaurant, and Ocean City Restaurant; and those who donated amazing items to our live auction: Frank Lau Jewelry, Vulcan Inc., Ben Bridge Jeweler, and the Seattle Pacific Table Tennis Club.

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Dragon politicsPartisan politics kicked in at the Northwest Asian Weekly’s

30th anniversary gala at the seattle sheraton hotel last Friday, oct. 5.

Because it is the year of the dragon, we invited gubernato-rial candidates rob Mckenna, a republican, and Jay inslee, a democrat, to lead a dragon dance into the ballroom, open-ing the event. rob led the green dragon, while Jay led the red dragon.

some team members’ initial excitement instantly turned into dissent. rep. Maxine Maxwell, a democrat who was assigned to Mckenna’s dragon, quickly switched to inslee’s dragon on her own accord. one guest was distressed to find out that she was part of Mckenna’s dragon tail. her discontent quickly spread to many loyal democrats in the room.

do we have to stay behind party lines even for fun activi-ties? c’mon, this was Asian Weekly’s celebration. couldn’t we just leave politics out for just one night?

100 on stage

one of our goals for the night was to engage our audience. This was the first time we brought over 100 people on stage, during the two-hour show of the Asian Weekly’s anniversary gala.

it was an ambitious agenda, featuring many talented groups and individuals. during the program, there were six roasters, 18 people from the Filipino choir performing the national an-them, over 30 honorary members and elected officials singing “happy Birthday,” 15 judges and finalists for the fashion con-test, 10 from Morning star performing a korean Fan dance,

22 in the dragon parade, 10 NWAW staff members, and other performers.

Amazingly, we ended the program at 9:10 p.m., only 10 minutes after our scheduled end time. We would like to thank our co-emcees Andrew Wappler, of Puget sound energy, and Molly shen, of koMo news, for keeping the acts running smoothly.

Showcasing the multi-ethnic

A great diversity was present at the Asian Weekly’s 30th anniversary gala. Japanese, Filipinos, koreans, Vietnamese, chinese, indians, Latinos, Blacks, and whites were featured in multiple performances and speaking roles. such diversity has not been visible at an Asian celebration for quite some time.

The female roasters

Many supporters of the Northwest Asian Weekly requested to speak at our gala, but having too many speakers would have made the event boring. We ended up inviting only six roasters who i have known for a long time. The three female speak-ers, Jane Nishita, dolores sibonga, and Mimi G. Gates, had worked with me over the years in community projects. They are my role models, and i have learned many things from them. From Jane, i learned diplomacy; from dolores, boldness and the importance of speaking your mind; and from Mimi, passion and fundraising finesse.

Full house?

“Will there be 1,000 people at the Northwest Asian Week-ly’s 30th anniversary gala on oct. 5, held at the seattle shera-ton hotel?” fans asked.

our goal was for our audience to enjoy the program and for them to be able to network. We didn’t care so much about the numbers. Besides, there were four other community events going on the same night. We were lucky to have 650 people attending.

combining the seattle chinese Post’s 30th anniversary din-ner at the house of hong on April 22 and last Friday, nearly 1,100 attended this year’s anniversary events. About 25 people attended both events.

Generous sponsorsWhen the number of guests exceeded our goal of 600, we

planned to pay for additional Fran’s chocolate ourselves and begged for more panda bears from Panda express.

The generosity of our sponsors astonished us. Fran’s owner gave us 50 more chocolate bars, free of charge. A Panda ex-press manager, hery setiawan, e-mailed 10 other restaurant outlets in the Puget sound area to contribute more bears to our event within 24 hours.

The auction items, including Ben Bridge Jeweler and a sounders package, came through four days before the event. A big thank you to our sponsors!

Goodie bag value

every guest got an Asian Weekly goodie bag, including a Fran’s chocolate gold bar worth about $3, an Asian Weekly eco bag, a 45-cent U.s. stamp featuring Asian Weekly’s build-ing, a panda bear plushy worth $4.99, and a coupon for Panda express for those who are ordering catering service from the fast food restaurant chain. catering service is a new service at Panda express.

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in a TiMe magazine cover story earlier this year, undocu-mented Filipino American journalist Jose Vargas, famous for “coming out” about his immigration status in an essay published in The New york Times Magazine, wrote:

“i spend every day wondering what, if anything, the gov-ernment plans to do with me. After months of waiting for something to happen, i decided that i would confront im-migration officials myself. since i live in New york city, i called the local ice office. The phone operators i first reached were taken aback when i explained the reason for my call. Finally, i was connected to an ice officer. ‘Are you planning on deporting me?’ i asked.”

Mr. Vargas was informed that, because he had never been arrested and was never referred to ice, he didn’t exist in the ice databases, even though he had made a public announce-ment of his immigration status.

on oct. 5, Mr. Vargas was stopped by a police officer in Minneapolis, Minn. for driving with earphones on. Because his Washington state license was cancelled after his story

was published, he was arrested for driving with an invalid license and was finally referred to immigration officials.

however, on oct. 8, those officials announced that they will not take any action against Mr. Vargas, saying that “ice is focused on smart, effective immigration enforcement that prioritizes the removal of public safety threats, recent border crossers, and egregious immigration law violators.”

But while Mr. Vargas can breathe a sigh of relief, many undocumented Americans like him still live in fear due to congress’ reluctance to pass the dreAM act, which would allow undocumented individuals to remain in the United states if they were brought to the country before the age of 16, have lived here for 5 or more consecutive years, and are productive members of society.

President obama’s executive order earlier this year order-ing the department of homeland security to not deport in-dividuals who would fall under the dreAM act was a good start. But it is still only a start.

As Mr. Vargas pointed out shortly after President obama’s

announcement, the order still falls short, not protecting in-dividuals who had the misfortune of being born a few days, weeks, or months too early, putting them over the age of 30 at the time of President obama’s announcement. The longer congress sits, the more people are falling out of any possible protection.

The fact that there is even such an arbitrary cut off is trou-bling. is someone who was brought to the United states at the age of 5 and spent 26 years learning, working, and grow-ing here any less American than someone who was brought at the age of 5 and spent 24 years here doing the exact same things? obviously not.

But, under the proposed dreAM act and the president’s order, they apparently are. The United states has always been a country of opportunity. We have always been con-structed to care for the tired, the poor, the huddled masses yearning to breathe free. it’s time that we remember that and welcome those who are just as American as we are, if not more so.

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By Marge WangFor The NorThWesT AsiAN WeekLy

We, the citizens of the United states, are fortunate to live in a democracy where we can elect our government leaders. every four years, we have a major election. how-ever, the election process is getting more

troublesome and annoying. Personally, i attribute this to the length of our political campaigns. The primary stage seems to start earlier all the time, and, if you count the exploratory and fundraising stages, it’s a good two years of being bom-barded with political ads on TV, phones, newspapers, and the internet.

No other democracy spends so much time running politi-cal campaigns. For example, the maximum amount of time for canada’s elections is 74 days; for Australia, 2 months; and Germany, 114 days.

A recent cover story of Time magazine was titled, “For sale

— The White house — Asking: $2.5 billion”so, where is this huge amount of money coming from? Pri-

marily from groups like super PAc and 501(c)4 organizations. in addition, citizens United was legalized when the supreme court ruled that corporations could be defined as individuals, thus clearing the way to unlimited giving. in contrast, other democracies all place firm limits on candidates’ ceilings: $6,200 in New Zealand, $15,000 in Great Britain, $22,000 in canada, and $75,000 in France.

one can clearly see how much influence big donors can wield! candidates will have to pander to their demands and their special interests. No wonder the “small donor” — one who gives $200 or less — feels that their donation carries so little influence.

Now, if our political campaigns could be shortened to a more reasonable amount of time, then we could lessen the influence of the big moneyed interest groups. Besides, with the money saved, think of all the worthwhile projects that can be accomplished, such as repairing our cities’ infrastructures, improving schools, research and development of new medi-

cines, endowing the arts, etc. Another important benefit of shorter campaigns is the in-

cumbents could spend more time actually working in their position, be it as a senator, district attorney, or sheriff. The opposing candidates would also not have to worry about sus-pending their careers. Few people relish the fundraising and exhausting long campaign portions of our election process.

in addition, a shorter campaign period would force voters to pay attention to what the candidates have to say or what they stand for. Thanks to today’s technology of “instant” informa-tion, most people make up their minds quicker about whom they are going to vote for. Listening to candidates at repetitive media appearances or hearing political pundits analyze every phrase and action are sure turn-offs.

Perhaps it is time for those of us who are concerned about this area of campaign reform to contact our lawmakers. changing the length of the election process would take per-sistence, dedication, and patience. i believe it can be done, for that is the hopeful nature of our American democracy!

U.S. political campaigns – too long?

Marge Wang

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in all, Black and hispanic students made up more than a quarter of the incoming freshmen class. White students con-stituted less than half of the entering class when students with Asian backgrounds and other minorities were added in.

“For decades, the defense of racial preferences was, `We’d love to find a way to get diversity without using race, but it’s just not possible. There’s just no other way.’ And Texas found another way,” said richard kahlenburg, a senior fellow at the century Foundation and prominent advocate of class-based affirmative action.

The university says the extra measure of diversity it gets from the slots outside automatic admission is crucial because too many of its classrooms have only token minority repre-sentation, at best. At the same time, Texas argues that race is one of many factors considered and that it “is impossible to tell whether an applicant’s race was a tipping factor.”

The obama administration, 57 of the Fortune 100 com-panies and large numbers of public and private colleges that could be affected by the outcome are backing the Texas pro-gram. Among the benefits of affirmative action, the admin-istration argues, is that it creates a pipeline for a diverse of-

ficer corps that it called “essential to the military’s operational readiness.” in 2003, the court cited the importance of a similar message from military leaders.

But lawyers for Fisher, of sugar Land, Texas, said the race-blind method, under which the university automatically ad-mits most of its students, has been successful. They say Fisher, who has since graduated from Louisiana state University, was excluded because of her race, and they point to a handful of African American and Latino students who were admitted with lower scores than hers.

“if any state action should respect racial equality, it is uni-versity admission,” Fisher’s lawyers said in their written sub-mission to the court.

The university says that a fuller picture of the process shows that white students with lower scores also were admitted, while many more minority students with higher scores than Fisher also were not offered admission.

The case also raises several contentious side issues, includ-ing whether affirmative-action programs hurt the very people they are supposed to be helping. A new book by law professor richard sander and journalist stuart Taylor argues that “large preferences often place students in environments where they can neither learn nor compete effectively, even though these

students would thrive had they gone to less competitive but still quite good schools.”

Their book, “Mismatch,” says these students are set up to fail, getting lower grades and dropping out more often than white students with similar backgrounds.

Taylor and sander, a law professor at the University of california at Los Angeles, point to statistics in california to support their argument. After voters changed the state con-stitution to outlaw racial preferences, UcLA saw significant declines in enrollment of Black and hispanic students.

But the number of African American and Latino graduates was unchanged for the five classes after the ban when com-pared to the five years before the change in state law, they said.

The dozens of legal briefs in the Texas case also highlight a debate over whether racial preference programs actually limit the number of students from Asian backgrounds, who are dis-proportionately represented in student bodies relative to their share of the population.

The university says Asian American enrollment has in-creased under the policy that is being challenged. The num-bers would be even higher if Texas stopped factoring in race, Fisher and others say.

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Gurdon and yamanaka performed “coura-geous experiments” that challenged scientific opinion, said doug Melton, co-director of the harvard stem cell institute.

“Their work shows ... that while cells might be specialized to do one thing, they have the potential to do something else,” Melton said. “(it) really lays the groundwork for all the ex-citement about stem cell biology.”

Another harvard stem cell researcher, dr. George daley, said, “i don’t think anybody is surprised” by the award announcement.

“The fact that these two share it together is inspired.”

in announcing the $1.2 million award, the Nobel committee at stockholm’s karolinska institute said the work has “revolutionized our understanding of how cells and organ-isms develop.”

Gurdon showed in 1962 that dNA from specialized cells of tadpoles, like skin or in-testinal cells, could be used to clone more tadpoles. in 1997, the same process led to the cloning of dolly the sheep, showing it would also work in mammals.

Gurdon told reporters in London that at the time of his discovery, it had “no obvious therapeutic benefit at all. ... it was almost 50 years before the value, the potential value, of that basic scientific research came to light.”

Forty-four years after Gurdon’s discovery, in 2006, yamanaka and his team moved be-yond tadpoles. They showed that a surpris-ingly simple recipe could turn mouse skin

cells back into primitive cells, which in turn could be prodded into different kinds of ma-ture cells. The work was later repeated with human cells.

in theory, those primitive cells are “blank slates,” like embryonic stem cells that can be turned into any cell in the body.

Turning a skin cell into a stem cell takes weeks in a lab. scientists introduce two to four genes that turn the cell’s own genes on and off. it’s a little like rebooting a computer, changing the cell from running the collection of genes that make it a skin cell into using an-other set that make it a stem cell.

Gurdon, who said his ambitions to become a scientist were dismissed as “completely ri-diculous” by his headmaster when he was in his teens, has served as a professor of cell bi-ology at cambridge University’s Magdalene college. he is currently at the Gurdon insti-tute in cambridge, which he founded.

yamanaka worked at the Gladstone insti-tute in san Francisco and Nara institute of science and Technology in Japan. he is cur-rently at kyoto University and also affiliated with the Gladstone institute. yamanaka is the first Japanese scientist to win the Nobel medi-cine award since 1987.

Asked how he planned to celebrate, Gur-don said he was invited to drinks at 6 o’clock.

“i intend to attend those drinks,” he said dryly.

he described his skepticism when first get-ting the congratulatory call from stockholm, saying that “the call came from someone in sweden, and your immediate reaction is, ‘is

this right? is it true or is it someone pulling your leg?’ ”

yamanaka said he was honored to share the award with Gurdon “because without his work, which he published 50 years ago, the same year i was born, i would never have done this and we would have never studied this project.”

yamanaka said he did not yet know what he was going to do to celebrate.

“i just need some beer,” he said, speaking via video conference from Japan to thank his colleagues in san Francisco for their support.

choosing yamanaka as a Nobel winner just six years after his discovery is unusual. The Nobel committees typically reward re-search done more than a decade earlier, to make sure it has stood the test of time. how-ever, in 2006, two American scientists won the medicine prize eight years after their work was published.

experts welcomed the Nobel announce-ment, praising the duo for their groundbreak-ing and influential discoveries in a field rid-dled with ethical debates.

President George W. Bush outlawed feder-al funding for work on embryonic stem cells that hadn’t been derived by a particular date. President Barack obama overturned that or-der, allowing access to many more lines of cells.

“everyone who works on developmental biology and on the understanding of disease mechanisms will applaud these excellent and clear choices for the Nobel Prize,” said John hardy, professor of Neuroscience at Univer-

sity college London. “countless labs’ work builds on the breakthroughs they have pio-neered.”

The idea of reprogramming cells has been put to work in basic research on disease, through an approach sometimes called “dis-ease in a dish.”

The reprogramming allows scientists to create particular kinds of tissue they want to study, like lung tissue for studying cystic fibrosis, or brain tissue for huntington’s dis-ease. By reprogramming cells from patients with a particular disease, they can create new tissue with the same genetic background, and study it in the lab. That can give new insights into the roots of the problem.

in addition, that approach allows them to screen drugs in the lab for possible new medi-cines.

The medicine award was the first Nobel Prize to be announced this year. The physics award will be announced Tuesday, oct. 9 fol-lowed by chemistry on Wednesday, oct. 10 literature on Thursday, oct. 11 and the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, oct. 12.

The economics prize, which was not among the original awards, but was established by the swedish central bank in 1968, will be an-nounced on oct. 15.

Karl Ritter reported from Stockholm. AP writers Louise Nordstrom in Stockholm, Cassandra Vinograd and Raphael Satter in London, Elaine Kurtenbach in Tokyo, and Garance Burke in San Francisco contributed to this report.


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secede.The agreement, announced sunday, oct. 7 and to be signed

on oct. 15 in Manila, spells out principles on major issues, including the extent of power, revenues, and territory of the Muslim region. if all goes well, a final peace deal could be reached by 2016, when Aquino’s six-year term ends, officials said.

“This framework agreement paves the way for final and enduring peace in Mindanao,” Aquino said, referring to the southern Philippine region and homeland of the country’s Muslims. “This means that the hands that once held rifles will be put to use tilling land, selling produce, manning work sta-tions, and opening doorways of opportunity.”

he cautioned that “the work does not end here” and that details of the accord still need to be worked out. Those talks are expected to be tough, but doable, officials and rebels said.

rebel vice chairman Ghadzali Jaafar said the agreement provides a huge relief to people who have long suffered from war and are “now hoping the day would come when there will be no need to bear arms.”

The deal marks the most significant progress in 15 years of on-and-off negotiations with the 11,000-strong Moro group on ending an uprising that has left more than 120,000 people dead, displaced about 2 million others, and held back develop-ment in the south. Western governments have long worried that rebel strongholds could become breeding grounds for al-Qaida-affiliated extremists.

one of the groups that is not a part of the peace agreement is the Abu sayyaf, which is notorious for ransom kidnappings and terrorist attacks over the last two decades. its small bands of militants, mostly confined to jungles in two southern island provinces, continue to battle U.s.-trained Filipino troops.

“The parties agree that the status quo is unacceptable,” the 13-page agreement says. it calls for the creation of a new Muslim autonomous region called “Bangsamoro” to replace an existing one created in 1989, which Aquino characterized

as a “failed experiment,” where poverty and corruption have forced many “to articulate their grievances through the barrel of a gun.”

The accord also calls for the establishment of a 15-member Transition commission to work out the details of the prelimi-nary agreement and draft a law creating the new Muslim au-tonomous region in about two years.

rebel forces would be deactivated gradually “beyond use,” the agreement says, without specifying a timetable.

The Philippine government would continue to exercise ex-clusive powers over defense and security, foreign and mon-etary policy in the new autonomous region, where Muslims would be assured of an “equitable share of taxation, revenues, and the fruits of national patrimony ... and equal protection of laws and access to impartial justice,” according to Aquino.

Philippine officials said the preliminary accord would be posted on the government’s website for public scrutiny, and would be signed in Manila in the presence of Aquino, Malay-sian Prime Minister Najib razak, and Moro rebel chief Al haj Murad ibrahim.

Malaysia in particular has played a key role as a facilita-tor. The neighboring, Muslim-majority nation has historically close ties with Filipino Muslims and fears a repeat of a refugee crisis from the 1970s and 1980s when hundreds of thousands of Filipinos escaping violence in the south fled to Malaysian state of sabah.

“it’s been a long journey and this is an important milestone in our search for lasting peace,” presidential peace talks ad-viser Teresita deles told The Associated Press.

The United states, Britain, Malaysia, and other countries welcomed the accord.

“This agreement is a testament to the commitment of all sides for a peaceful resolution to the conflict in the south-ern Philippines,” U.s. secretary of state hillary rodham clinton said in a statement. “The next steps will be to ensure that the framework agreement is fully implemented.”

The new Muslim region would be built upon an existing five-province autonomous territory, among the country’s

poorest and most violent, with more than 4 million people.The Moro rebels earlier dropped a demand for a separate

Muslim state and renounced terrorism.Their negotiator, Mohagher iqbal, earlier said his group

would not lay down its weapons until a final peace accord is concluded. he said the insurgents could form a political party and run in democratic elections to get a chance at leading the autonomous region for which they have been fighting.

in kuala Lumpur, Philippine government negotiator Mar-vic Leonen said both sides face the enormous task of working out the details. “We are not naive to say that there would be no obstacles. But the Philippine government will defend the agreement,” Leonen said.

The challenges are many.in 2008, the planned signing of a similar preliminary pact

was scuttled when opponents went to the supreme court, which declared the agreement unconstitutional. Fighting erupted when three rebel commanders attacked christian communities, and an ensuing military offensive killed more than 100 people and displaced about 750,000 villagers before a cease-fire ended the violence.

one of the hardline rebel commanders, Ameril Umbra kato, broke off from the Moro rebels last year. kato’s forces launched attacks on several army camps and outposts in Au-gust, prompting another army offensive that killed more than 50 fighters in the 200-strong rebel faction.

The Moro islamic Liberation Front itself broke away in the 1980s from the Moro National Liberation Front, which signed a 1996 autonomy deal with the government. That peace ac-cord did not lead to disarming of the group and many of the rebels have simply laid low in the south, still demanding that the government fulfill its commitments, including jobs, secu-rity, and economic development.

Ng reported from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Associated Press writer Hrvoje Hranjski in Manila and Matthew Pennington in Washington, D.C., contributed to this report.

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spokesman for the Minnesota state Patrol.“he did not have a valid license, and the identification he

produced when the trooper ran a check on it indicated it was canceled due to some sort of fraudulent activity, so there was some doubt to his actual identity,” roeske said.

Vargas was booked at the hennepin county Jail and re-leased on his own recognizance Friday pending a court ap-pearance on oct. 18. The state patrol contacted immigration and customs enforcement, roeske said, but the federal agen-cy did not block his release.

An ice spokeswoman in Washington said Monday that the agency intends to leave Vargas alone because he’s not a high

priority.“Mr. Vargas was not arrested by ice, nor did the agency

issue a detainer,” Gillian christensen said in an e-mail state-ment. “ice is focused on smart, effective immigration en-forcement that prioritizes the removal of public safety threats, recent border crossers, and egregious immigration law viola-tors, such as those who have been previously removed from the United states.”

Vargas was part of a Washington Post team that won a Pu-litzer in 2008 for coverage of the Virginia Tech massacre. The revelation about his immigration status, in an essay published in the New york Times Magazine in June 2011, raised ques-tions about what his former employers knew of his legal sta-tus. The Post condemned him for keeping it a secret.

Washington state officials canceled Vargas’ driver’s license in July 2011. he wrote in his essay that he obtained it after the oregon license he used to get his job at the Post expired.

Vargas did not immediately return messages seeking com-ment Monday.

he wrote in his Times essay that his mother sent him from the Philippines to live with grandparents in california in 1993 when he was 12 years old. he wrote that he didn’t find out he was in the country illegally until he applied for a driver’s permit with forged documents.

Vargas now leads an initiative called “define American,” which campaigns for immigration reform.


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number of degrees offered. campus enrollment grew from 1,567 to 3,500, making UW Bothell the fastest growing pub-lic university in Washington state. researching funding and charitable giving increased tenfold.

“in the slightly more than five years that kenyon chan has served as chancellor, UW Bothell has grown into a renowned and valued resource for the state of Washington,” said UW President Michael young. “The campus is particularly known as a center for innovation and creativity in higher education.”

Prior to his appointment at UW Bothell, chan was dean of

the college and Vice President for Academic Affairs at occi-dental college where he served as interim president for an ac-ademic year during a time of institutional transition. Among his accomplishments, chan raised a record sum of over $21.1 million, strengthened trustee and alumni relations, restruc-tured the student affairs division and student government, and initiated campus climate and diversity renewal strategies to improve relationships among students, faculty, staff, and ad-ministration.

chan’s previous administrative positions include dean of Bellarmine college at Loyola Marymount University, direc-tor of the Liberal studies Program, and Founding chair of the

Asian American studies department at california state Uni-versity, Northridge.

in an e-mail to the students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends of the campus, chan wrote, “it is my great honor to be chancellor of the University of Washington Bothell. The state of the university is excellent with a strong and vital fu-ture ahead. Therefore, it is with great confidence that i have decided to leave my role as chancellor, which allows the uni-versity to seek a new leader for the exciting years ahead.”

Charles Lam can be reached at [email protected].


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Week holiday.The iPhone 5, the latest in the line of the smartphones,

debuted in september.china Labor Watch said the Foxconn workers were

required to work during the eight-day holiday, from sept. 30 to oct. 7, to meet the production demand.

Foxconn said its employees in china who worked during the holiday did so voluntarily and were being paid three times their normal pay, in accordance with chinese labor law.

china Labor Watch said workers also beat quality control inspectors, who carried out their own work stoppage after management ignored their complaints.

According to china Labor Watch, Apple and Foxconn had imposed stricter quality standards regarding indentations and scratches on the frames and back covers of the iPhones. however, they did not provide workers with proper training to meet the new demands.

Apple could not be reached immediately for comment.

in late september, a brawl involving 2,000 workers broke out at Foxconn’s factory in the northern chinese city of Taiyuan, highlighting chronic labor tensions in a country that prohibits independent unions.

Labor activists have said the rollout of the iPhone 5 has led to longer working hours and more pressure on workers.

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“Secret Asian Man” comic books are now available at the Kinokuniya bookstore in Seattle.

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bhangra performance from rhythms of india, a kung Fu demonstration by Master hong yijiao, a korean fan dance by Morning star, a performance of Louis Armstrong’s “What a Wonderful World” by Bob santos, and, most notably, a roast of NWAW Publisher Assunta Ng.

six of Publisher Ng’s oldest friends appeared on stage before the live auction to roast her, taking their best shots at her ag-gressiveness, drive, and sharing their favorite stories, includ-ing hassling diners in restaurants for donations to the olympic sculpture Park and convincing Mayor Norm rice to appoint more Asians and Asian Americans to his administration. The roasters included centuryLink’s Jane Nishita, former king

county executive ron sims, former seattle Art Mu-seum director Mimi Gates, seattle real estate agent Thach Nguyen, former seattle city councilmember dolores sibonga, and king county executive dow constantine.

After the roast, Publisher Ng took the stage herself to rebuke the roasters and poke fun at herself, includ-ing lamenting that she could only attract two guberna-torial candidates instead of two governors and the fact that she has “no vision” other than to keep the North-west Asian Weekly in print.

“i don’t know how to do anything except the news business,” she admitted. “in fact, i don’t want to do anything else. i love journalism.”

The gala closed with an a capella performance of “La Bamba” by Washington state supreme court Jus-tice steven Gonzalez and a happy Birthday song, cel-ebrating the birth of the newspaper, Publisher Ng, and everyone else in attendance.

The Northwest Asian Weekly would like to thank the organizations that sponsored the event, purchased tables, donated gift baskets, raffle items, party favors, and auction items, as well as its readers, subscribers, and supporters for the past 30 years.

Charles Lam can be reached at [email protected].

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Television: The reality side“The Great Food Truck race” — a reality show

that pits food truck entrepreneurs against each other in a competition that spans the nation — had a photo finish in their recent season finale, leading to a victory for the Los Angeles-based food truck, seoul sausage.

The team behind seoul sausage — korean Americans chris oh, Ted kim, and yong kim — won with their korean barbecue fare, raking in more money than their competitors. congrats to the trio for winning the top title!

The web reality show “k-Town,” which follows the drunken party hijinks of Asian Americans liv-ing in Los Angeles’ koreatown, wrapped up its first season last month. The show is currently in production for its second season.

Word on the street is that the producers of “k-Town” have been casting for reality spin-offs that will feature other Asian ethnicities partying down. say what you will about the show’s concept, you have to credit the producers for going out of their way to showcase different Asian cultures with these spin-offs, as opposed to simply lumping the Asian American experience altogether into one show.

Television: The scripted sideMeanwhile, television premieres are in full-

force this season with a few well-known Asian American faces popping up in the fray.

indian American comedienne, writer, and pro-ducer Mindy kaling finally had her show, “The Mindy Project,” debut on Fox after much hype. kaling stars as an oB-GyN trying to have it all in work, love, and life. Think Bridget Jones if she were wearing scrubs. And if she were Asian. The comedic writing is fantastic, but the jury is still out about how i feel about this show overall. re-gardless, i will continue to loyally watch the show as a testament of my undying love for kaling and her limitless talents as a leading, Asian American female entertainer.

Actors John cho and suzy Nakamura can be found on the new dramedy/sitcom “Go on,” which debuted on NBc. The show follows a sportscaster — played by funnyman Matthew Perry — trying to move on from the loss of his wife with the aid of a grief support group. cho is most recently known for his role in the films “star Trek” and “Total re-call,” while Nakamura may be best known from the short-lived ABc sitcom, “help Me help you.” The show has received lukewarm reviews so far, but most NBc sitcoms tend to have a rocky start with viewers and critics, particularly if there is ir-reverent humor involved. here’s hoping that “Go on” at least makes it past the starting line.

Vivian Nguyen can be reached at [email protected].


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