In recent years, Bollywood music has exploded in American cinema and television shows. From the Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire’s “Jai Ho” to Bollywood becoming a permanent dance staple on the popular show So You Think You Can Dance, it is clear Americans have developed an appreciation for Indian artists.

With Americans’ growing interest in Bollywood-infused music, Kunal Agarwal Productions, consisting of a group of talented UC Berkeley students, is delivering beat-thumping, seamlessly edgy music videos featuring music by popular Indian artists.

With the support of various Asian-American student organizations, faculty and alumni, a group of students is working to establish an Asian-American studies certificate program at the University.

Charles Du ’13 and Tara Ohrtman ’13 are currently spearheading an effort to raise awareness about Asian-American studies to show the administration that students are interested in related issues.

Du is also a former staff writer for The Daily Princetonian

I was sorry to read, in asiancemagazine.com, of which I am very fond, some college student commenters defending the practice of buying term papers and passing them off as their own. Not only does that cheat the institution they attend, it cheats the other students and cheats the cheater himself. Let me explain.