News brief
Students groups to discuss
recent thefts, vandalism
Members of ASUO student
unions will meet Tuesday at 5 p.m.
in the Multicultural Center to dis
cuss recent thefts in student union
offices and the vandalism of two
students’ property last week.
Early Friday morning, or late
Thursday night, someone threw
eggs at Oscar Arana’s car and Mario
Sifuentez’s house, Arana said. Both
students are board members of the
Oregon Students of Color Coalition.
Student unions have also had
problems with crime recently,
Arana said. He said purses and oth
er personal items have been stolen
from the MEChA office and other
student unions. A bookshelf was
knocked down in the MEChA of
fice, he said.
MCC director Steve Morozumi
said it was unclear whether the van
dalism of Arana’s car and Si
fuentez’s house was racially moti
vated or had any connection to their
involvement in a particular group.
He said Arana and Sifuentez
thought the vandalism was more
than coincidental, however, be
cause they do not live near each
other.
Morozumi said he did not be
lieve the thefts and the vandalism
were related.
— Kara Cogswell
Jonathan House Emerald
Maya Williams-Young (center) plays with Ani Clifford at an Asian-Pacific American Student Union-sponsored event celebrating its
Big Brother/Big Sister program. The program helps adopted non-Caucasian children who have Caucasian parents by teaming them up
with both active and inactive APASU members once a month to explore different cultures.
APASU program helps kids
learn about their cultures
■APASU’s Big Brother/
Big Sister program gives
adopted Asian kids a chance
to connect with their peers
By Diane Huber
Oregon Daily Emerald
Noelle Ji Sun Miller doesn’t know
anything about her Korean birth
parents except that they were un
married and unidentified when
they gave her up for adoption the
day she was born. After living in at
least one foster family; she was
adopted by Caucasian parents when
she was six months old, and grew
up in Lake Oswego with them.
Since fall term, Miller has coor
dinated the Asian-Pacific Ameri
can Student Union’s 6ig Brother/
Big Sister program for non-Cau
casian adopted children and their
Caucasian parents in Eugene.
Last year’s APASU co-director
Sugie Hong began the program in
spring 2001. .. ,
About 50 active and inactive
APASU members meet with 20
children, from 1 year to 16 years
old, and their parents about once a
month. The meetings provide a net
work for parents of adopted chil
dren and offer a diverse atmos
phere where the children can
connect with each other and the big
brothers and sisters.
The big brothers and sisters held
a Halloween party in October and a
holiday party in December.
On Saturday, they met to cele
brate the Chinese Lunar New Year
and to learn the Hukilau — a
Hawaiian fishing dance.
Turn to APASU, page 6
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