Sun Young Yoo - leading the LPGA

Issue: Jun 2010
Cover Story: "Sun Young Yoo - leading the LPGA"

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University — 2011 Association for Asian American Studies Conference

The theme for the 2011 AAAS conference “Consuming Asian America” is inspired, in part, by the site of the conference itself—New Orleans, the city that measures the success of its Mardi Gras celebration by weighing the garbage collected the morning after and whose shopping and nightclub district for locals is called “Fat City.” They invite proposals to engage with all aspects of consumption, such as excess (after all, New Orlean’s tradition of Mardi Gras suggests an excess of consumption), labor material culture, technology, marketing, identity, assimilation, gender, popular cu

Culture — Worldwide Orphans Foundation programs in Vietnam

Last week, New York real estate developer Matthew Blesso graciously hosted a fundraiser to support the Worldwide Orphan Foundation which transforms the lives of orphaned children around the world. Dr. Jane Aronson, WWO founder and CEO was on hand giving a brief presentation on her recent mission trip to Haiti to show the long term assistance programs they are establishing to improve the lives and well being of the thousands of orphaned and vulnerable children around the world.

Celebrities — Aly Morita on the recent controversy

Aly Morita has caused quite a controversy recently. The daughter of legendary actor Pat Morita, who famously played the role of Mr. Miyagi and mentor to young heartthrob Ralph Macchio aka “Daniel Son”, has created a grassroots campaign on facebook to “Boycott the Remake of Karate Kid”.

University — Asian American poets hit campus

In collaboration with the nonprofit literary group Kundiman Poets, Fordham University is sponsoring the sixth annual Asian-American

Poetry Retreat at its Bronx campus from June 22 to 27.

The event has drawn nationally renowned Asian-American poets for workshops and writing circles to promote and mentor new generations of Asian-American poets. Among its highlights is a public reading by faculty and fellows at 7 p.m. on Friday, June 25, at the Lincoln Center campus. This year’s faculty members include:

Cuisine — Catching up with Kelly Choi

It was nice to catching up with Kelly Choi, since our last interview with her in July 2009.

Kelly Choi is a die-hard foodie and the host of Bravo’s hit series, TOP CHEF MASTERS, one of the highest rated programs on the network, and highest rated show for that time slot in Bravo TV history, beating Project Runway and the original Top Chef. TOP CHEF MASTERS is back for season two, and airs Wednesday nights at 10 pm on Bravo.

Career — Top Five Jobs I’ve Done to Stay Alive

I’ve never been a waitress, hostess, bartender or any of the typical side jobs you’d expect an actor to have. This is partly because I’ve always been afraid of dropping plates on customer’s heads. But I’ve had an array of weird jobs to stay afloat when I was starting out. Here are a few:

Career — Investing - Wait and See

Here are the highlights of this month’s investing article:

  • In May 2010, the European debt crisis, the feared slowdown in China, regulation in Washington and the Flash Crash drove markets down swiftly and harshly.
  • Going forward, much depends on whether the Debt Crisis in Europe can be contained, and whether China can prevent a burst of its own bubble. The US is hostage to events in Europe and China.
University — I Am Asian American - Mizzou

Select Asian American students put together this video campaign for the Asian American Association at the University of Missouri - Columbia.

Beauty — Five Makeup and Beauty Tips

When I decided to become an actor, I drove my beat-up Honda Civic from Texas to California in the 105-degree heat of July. If you saw photos from that trip (which you never will, thank God), you'd see me with huge false eyelashes, way too much eyeliner, frizzy pouffed hair (well, I did just drive from Dallas), cream blush, Lee press-on nails and an eye shadow color reminiscent of "The World of Suzy Wong."

Purty. Awful.

Since then, trial and error (and error) as I've prepared for thousands of auditions has taught me how to dismiss a lot of the makeup monkey business.

Career — Sucharita Mulpuru - Forrester Research

Sucharita Mulpuru is a Vice President, Principal Analyst at Forrester Research based out of Cambridge, MA.

Sucharita serves eBusiness & Channel Strategy professionals. She is a leading expert on eCommerce, multichannel retail, consumer behavior, and trends in the online shopping space. She is also a noted authority on technology developments that affect the online commerce industry and vendors that facilitate online marketing and merchandising.

Celebrities — Sun Young Yoo - leading the LPGA

As an amateur, Sun Young Yoo had some success both here and in Korea. She was a member of the Korean national team in 2002 and 2004, and in 2004 won the Korean Amateur Championship. She also made it to the quarterfinals in the 2004 US Women's Amateur, and finished 4th at the 2004 Women's World Golf Team Championship.

Sun turned pro in 2005 and joined the Futures Tour, where she immediately made a big splash. She ended up making all 18 cuts and compiling 10 top tens during 2005. Thus, she hovered around the top five on the money list all year.

Culture — Celebration honors Soldier diversity

This article was sent to us from Shamika Hill with the 367th/1st Infantry Division unit currently located in Southern Iraq. Best wishes to the men and women in Basra, Iraq!

There were many nations, many cultures, in one celebration honoring those who serve in and support the Army from the South Pacific regions, regardless of the generation they represent.

Dating & Relationships — The Naked Dudes of Chatroulette

Last week I visited Chatroulette, a site that brings a random cavalcade of complete strangers into your home, via live webcam, from anywhere in the world. A male friend volunteered to serve as stenographer and virtual security guard.

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