Azle Malinao-Alvarez Emerald
A hula dancer helps kick off Asian Pacific American Heritage Month during a dance
in the EMU Amphitheater Wednesday afternoon.
Heritage month
parade takes off
■Ta ke off your shoes and
put your learning cap on
because Asian American
Heritage Month is underway
By Lisa Toth
Oregon Daily Emerald
The beat of drums, the excite
ment of the street fair and the pa
per-mache lion heads of the Eu
gene Lion Dance team officially
kicked off May’s nationwide
Asian Pacific American Heritage
Month.
The opening ceremonies, held
Wednesday at the University,
took this year’s theme, “Take
Your Shoes Off! Come into Our
House and Learn about Ameri
ca!,” and featured a showcase of
talent including a traditional
Hawaiian hula dance, a Chinese
fan dance, a Japanese folk dance,
poetry reading and a duet of “Re
flection,” the theme song from
the hit Disney movie “Mulan.”
The common Asian American
custom of shoe removal before
entering a home is often misinter
preted, so co-adviser of the Asian
Pacific American Student Union
Joy Lum said the theme for the
event was chosen as a way of
welcoming students to the expe
rience of being in America and
learning about America as a melt
ing pot.
“The purpose of our celebra
tion is to bring awareness of
Asian American heritage and cul
ture to campus, the community
and Eugene,” co-director Dawn
Liu said.
Students watching the opening
ceremonies said they enjoyed the
presentation.
“The show was awesome,”
freshman journalism major Ash
ley Keels said. “The parade came
through the street faire, and my
friends and I were just walking
by. We stopped because it in
trigued us.”
APASU members “are really
excited about the cultures and
want to share experiences with
the whole university,” Lum said.
The APASU organization, in its
28th year on campus, will host a
fashion show, auction and dance
Saturday in the EMU Fir Room
starting at 8:30 p.m. Admission is
free but canned food donations
are encouraged.
The runway event will feature
more than 30 APASU models
wearing authentic Asian cos
tumes and cultural outfits. The
scenes will present costumes
{ ( / want people to see
that there are different
people on campus so
they get a chance to learn
about other cultures.
Amber Starks
APASU member
from eras such as the Sung and
Hmong dynasties through mod
ern wear. APASU is expecting
more than 200 people in atten
dance and everyone is welcome.
Coordinator of the fashion
show, Jeanice Chieng, a sopho
more sociology major, said this is
the first time a fashion show has
been part of the heritage month.
APASU member Amber Starks,
a freshman general science major,
said she is looking forward to be
ing in the fashion show.
“I want people to see that there
are different people on campus
so they get a chance to learn
about other cultures,” Starks
said.
After the fashion show, a dance
will be conducted featuring DJs
Corleone, Hyper, R2 and Neebor
of Demonic DJs.
Other events later in the month
will include four workshops and
a main event on May 20. ASAPU
will present Alex Luu in “Three
Lives” and Interlude", an Asian
American vocal group from the
San Francisco Bay Area. “Three
Lives” is a collaboration of per
formance art and story telling
that focuses on the Asian Ameri
can experience. Interlude will
combine R&B, pop and acapella
to produce their unique sounds.
More information about the
upcoming events is available at
the ASAPU office located in
Suite 29 of the EMU.
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road yard master said. “We need to
decide how big our city needs to be
and discourage people from com
ing in here and changing the infra
structure.”
University student Nolan Brew
er is making a run for the mayor’s
office after an altercation with po
lice during the Worker Rights Con
sortium protests in Johnson Hall
left him with bitter feelings for the
city. Brewer is an unregistered
write-in candidate but is confident
he has the support for a serious bid
for office.
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pened at Johnson Hall, I felt there
was a lot of support for me and
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