Monthly Archives: June 2010
What Does It Mean To Be Asian?
A-Line’s Features Editor gives us her take on this proverbial question. By Angela Hu As much as people like to believe rice cookers and red envelopes make up part of the Asian identity — that is simply not the case. The stereotypes that have since encumbered the idea of what it is to be Asian [...]
Jeremy Lin, History Maker
Harvard senior Jeremy Lin has been leading the Crimson all season with hopes of going pro. The question is will people finally see behind the Asian American novelty? By Joshua Lee & Allie Leogrande A high school senior stares at an acceptance letter from Harvard. He doubles back and checks his mailbox again to find [...]
The New Bollywood Body
Actresses are shedding pounds to succeed in India’s biggest film industry. By Andrea Roxas Illustration by Gina Kim This past summer, under Syracuse University’s “Bollywood and Beyond” internship program, SU senior Andrea LaMothe traveled to Mumbai and worked for a Bollywood company on a feature film. While she did not interact with the lead actress [...]
Oh, Brother!
By Jonathan Chan Twenty-year-old Henry Lau may not be a name you instantly recognize. Born and raised in Toronto, Canada, he’s an up and coming star in both the Korean and Chinese music industries as a member of Super Junior-M, the Mando-pop extension of the widely popular Korean boy band, Super Junior. Henry was discovered [...]
