Written and performedby Leilani Chan, this onewomanper fo rmancedeconsructs Hawai’i’sstereotypical lei-wearing,surf boarding society andexplores a place with itsown share of exploita-tion, prejudices, eco-nomic crises, and fightsover native lands. Chanundermines many stereo-types by inter-weavinghula, poetry, monologue,and music in her por-

trayal of several contemporary Hawaiians. Leilani Chan isan internationally known poet, playwright and performanceartist born in Honolulu, Hawai’i. She has worked as per-former, writer, director, and producer at many multi-culturaltheaters, which has led to the development of the Los Ange-les based TeAda Productions. As Artistic Director andfounder of TeAda Productions, Chan has united many ofLA’s ethnic communities in performances that offer authen-tic stories for, by, and about people of color.

COMMUNITY NEWSLETTERWinter 2002 Vol. 3 No. 2

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ASIAN AMERICAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER

Leilani Chan 1

ESOC Organizers 1

UCSC Spotlights 2

Internships 3& Scholarships

In this Issue. . .

Meet Aaron Mark 4

Music Review: 5“After Dinner Liquid...”

Word search 6

Winter’s Events 7

ESOC Organizers

By Amber Ouye-Cavala

The Ethnic Student Organization Council (ESOC) is a coa-lition made up of representatives from the various ethnic stu-dent organizations on campus. It is in a sense the collectivevoice for Students of Color at UCSC. This yearE S O Cstarted offstrong andwill continueto grow aswe spendmore timegetting toknow eachother as human beings rather than as the ethnic categories weare placed in. We began with the Leadership Conference inOctober, where leaders from each organization came and re-ceived tips on how to make their groups more member interac-tive rather than one person making most of the decisions. Theconference created a space for people to come together andshare what worked and didn’t work within their respective org. Because of the hate incidents on campus—multiple flyersand posters degrading different groups on campus—ESOCneeded to collectively come together to initiate immediate andlong term action from the administration. We had monthlymeetings, as well as two emergency meetings where membersfrom the various organizations came together and supportedeach other during the time of need. Each group, representingtheir community, wrote a letter of concern in regards to thehate incidents, as well as other issues they felt that needed tobe resolved.

see ESOC on page 3

Sponsored by UCSC’s Asian American/Pacific Islander Resource Center,Porter College, Women’s Center

Performing at the University of California, Santa CruzPorter College Dining HallThursday, March 7, 2002 at 8:00pm$5 Admission, FREE for UCSC students w/ID

E Nana I Ke KumuLook to the Source

“Chan is a personable performer, a supple dancer and anintriguing writer, offering some tantalizing insights in cleverconstructions… The character sketches are poignant andlaced with bitter humor”

-Robert Hurwitt, San Francisco Chronicle Theater Critic

“… the agonizing, bitter, and also uproarious contradic-tions of contemporary Hawai’i”

-Lewis Segal, Los Angeles Times

“Leilani Chan is thought provoking, challenging, artistic,entertaining, funny and educational… An Americanoriginal, rising star for the 21

st century.”

-Phil Esparza, World Theater, CSU Monterey Bay

“There is no power forchange greater than acommunity discoveringwhat it cares about.”

—Margaret J. Wheatley

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UCSC Spotlights

Jin ZhangFaculty Spotlight

SayoStaff Spotlight

I + O + W = Successby Cheryl Lingbanan

see JIN ZHANG page 5

by Kio Tong-Ishikawa

see SAYO page 4

“Professor Jin Zhang?...Oh, Ginseng!” SophomoreSammy Singh smiled as he re-membered the nickname hemade up for one of his mostmemorable professors. “Heshowed interest in his field ofstudy and was intent on mak-ing sure ‘it is clear’ in whatever

we learned in lecture before we moved on. He made chem-istry feel not so intimidating…and even told jokes from timeto time.” Prof. Zhang is known for his teaching style, as well asfor his many accomplishments and activities: recipient ofthe Chemistry Graduate Program Award by the Chinese Edu-cation Commission and Outstanding Student Award fromFudan University, current memberships in the AmericanChemical Society and the American Physical Society, nu-merous major research projects, just to name a few. Cur-rently, Prof. Zhang is working on a book called, Materials:Chemistry of Nanostructures. So how did he get to where he is today? I + O + W = S.No, this is not some complicated chemistry formula, but astraightforward approach for life. Intelligence, Opportunity,and Work is what you need for Success. Prof. Zhang didnot come up with this formula overnight; it took a life’s jour-ney to come to this realization. Jin Zhang was born and raised on a farm in a small countyof China. Although there was neither electricity nor runningwater available in his home, he saw things from a positiveperspective. “We were a poor, but loving and supportivefamily.”Jin was the middle child of five. His parents werefarmers and uneducated, which was typical at the time—about 80% of the population were farmers. He grew up inthe late 60s, midway through the Cultural Revolution, a pe-riod when China was in turmoil. No formal schooling amongthe lower-class was allowed. Fortunately, schools contin-ued just when Jin was old enough to enter first grade. “Oth-

For those who haven’tyet met Sayo Fujioka, headdown to the Student Orga-nization Advising and Re-sources (SOAR) office tomeet this amazing person.She is truly dedicated to stu-dents and community. Sayo is a Sansei (third-

generation Japanese American) born and raised in Ber-keley, California and educated right here in Santa Cruzwell mostly. Frustrated by racism in UCSC dorms andinspired by hearing Angela Davis speak (who taught atSF State at the time), she transferred to San FranciscoState University. During her three years in San Fran-cisco, Sayo became involved in their Asian student or-ganization while working and attending school part-time.She returned to Santa Cruz motivated to support the can-nery workers strike in Watsonville with her partner Os-car, and decided to enroll again at UCSC. Sayo beganworking at SOAR in 1989 and then in 1993, Sayo com-pleted her BA degree in Sociology. In her spare time, Sayo continues her involvement inthe Watsonville community. She participates in LaAlianza, a nonprofit organization who plans citywidefestivals, and is a Board member of the Watsonville Cul-tural Center and Community Television of Santa Cruz. As a SOAR Program Manager, Sayo is “honored tosupport the work of student organizations” with budgets,event planning, and leadership workshops. She first be-came interested in student organizations when she wasactive in the Asian Student Union at SF State. While thereSayo saw how student organizations can make real changeproviding services, changing policies, and fighting forbetter resources and opportunities. This is the perfect jobfor Sayo.

Super Sayo for Students!

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SCHOLARSHIPS

One solution is to hire a full time staff person to work onhate/bias incidents, as well as to hold preventative workshopsfor the different colleges on campus. The Asian Pacific Is-lander (API) orgs were extremely active during the first quar-ter, which should be recognized because the incidents werenot directly targeted at API groups, showing their solidarityand support for the other communities on campus. Winter quarter is just beginning, but ESOC supports SUA’s(Student Union Assembly) plan to bring G.R.O.W.(GrassrootsOrganizing Workshop) to Santa Cruz, which will hopefullydraw out many students who are interested in becoming morepolitically active—on and off campus. With our LeadershipRetreat in February we hope many students, especially fresh-men and sophomores, will attend because of the maintopic,“The History of Diversity at UCSC”. It is importantthat we as current students recognize and remember the workour predecessors did to get us to the position we are in today. ESOC is one of the most important groups on campus be-cause it is a coalition of the diversity we represent on campus.Our main goal for the year is to create stronger bonds betweenthe organizations so we may create solutions for student con-cerns, as a whole throughout the coming years, rather thanonly come together during times of crisis.

cont. from page 1ESOC

Ambassadorial Scholarships

Looking for students who can speak another languageand want to study abroad in the “host” country of thatlanguage. Award amounts are from $10,000-$23,000 fora 3 month to full year of study abroad. Applicant shouldhave completed at least 2 years of college work. Moreinfo:www.rotary.org/foundation/education/amb_scho/

National Institute of Health UndergraduateScholarship Information

http://ugsp.info.nih.gov/exesumfaq.htm

Xerox Technology Minority Scholarship

For strong minority students studying in areas like chem-istry, engineering, physics, and “tech” areas. Awardamount is up to $4,000 for undergraduates and morefor graduate students. Deadline: Sept. 15. Go to weblocation for details. www.xerox.com and type in“Scholarship”in the search engine.

Getty Trust Multicultural UndergraduateSummer Internships

Internships are offered in the various programs and ad-ministrative departments of the Getty Trust, and are de-signed to provide training and work experience in areassuch as conservation, library collections, publications,museum education, curatorship, grants administration,public programs, site operations, and information tech-nology. Internships provide stipends of $3,500 for ten-week summer internships. (Deadline: March 1, 2002.)More info: http://www.getty.edu/grants/funding/leader-ship/internships

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CORRECTIONDeborah Woo and Judy Yung were promoted to FULLProfessors and not Associate Professors. We apologize for theerror.

--Thanks AA/PIRC

Eighth Annual

Lunar New Year

Banquetpresented by

Chinese Student Association (CSA)

Stevenson Dining HallFebruary 13, 2001

6:00-9:00 p.m.Tickets will be on sale soon.

SCHOLARSHIPS

HappyChinese New Year!

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Howzit. Here’s a little about me, I am of Pilipino/Chinese/Spanish heritage, born in Quezon City, Philip-pines but grew-up in the SF Bay Area. I went to MissionSan Jose High School and did my college here in theforest of UC Santa Cruzanybody remember ELF Land???Obtained my B.A. in Psychobiology (took me forever).I’m affiliated with Merrill College where I did the gam-bit of being a Resident Assistant, Community Assistantand Housing Assistant. When I had free time I helpedout with the Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month, didsome dancing at one point with Pagkakaisa, was part ofthe Pilipino Cultural Presentation and was involved inAPISAs APSU group. For the past few years I was outin the real world working at a biotech company but de-cided to get my butt in gear and due what I really want todo and low and behold here I am back at UC Santa Cruz.If you haven’t heard the story yet, Nancy Kim was myRA during my frosh year, anyhow we ran into each otherat Bookshop Santa Cruz back in August and well the restis history. I’m excited to be the officialAsian American/Pacific Ilander Resource Center ProgramCoordinator after being more of an acting one during theFall 2001 quarter. I’ve enjoyed meeting many of youduring events and stuff. Well, let me just put my self outthere and I’m here so come by anytime and visit, askquestions, kick it…or come by and say hi ( I love havingcompany).

Aaron Mark AmbayonAAPIRC Program Coordinator

“Howzit..I’m AM”

Aaron Mark and his nephew Avery Hayden

Japanese AmericanStudent Association (JASA)

presents

Day ofRememberance

with Keynote Speaker

Jeanne W HoustonJeanne W HoustonJeanne W HoustonJeanne W HoustonJeanne W Houstonauthor of author of author of author of author of Farewell to ManzanarFarewell to ManzanarFarewell to ManzanarFarewell to ManzanarFarewell to Manzanar

. . . remember and reflect uponthe thousands of Japanese Americans

and Japanese Latin Americansinterned during World War II.

Wednesday February Cowell Dining Hall and Time TBA

cont. from page 2SAYO

She said, “I wanted a job where I could make a differenceand expand opportunities to new generations.” And shehas. In addition to advising many ethnic student organiza-tions, she mentors several interns in the Chancellor’s Un-dergraduate Internship Program and developed a leader-ship course for student organization members. Sayo considers the best part of her job working withstudents. And although she sees people she has workedwith graduate every year, she always sees a new genera-tion of dedicated hardworking people who generously de-vote their time and efforts to making things better for theirpeers. She feels that it is inspiring to work with studentslike that who have historically been on the cutting edge ofpositive social change. One good example would be thecreation of AA/PIRC. Without student urging, AA/PIRCwouldn’t exist and the AA/PIRC staff has made a differ-ence, that is why Sayo says, “I’m looking forward to thenext few years of great programming and collaborationfrom the center.” For students reading this article, Sayo’s advice is, “Takeadvantage of all the opportunities here at UCSC. Thismeans academically, socially, and politically. Being activein organizations gives you the place to really grow and tryout new skills. I think the organizations also provides agood network which helps you succeed as

as a person. I hope everyone takes part in an organization, or atleast participates in the events offered by them.” And if you wishto follow Sayo’s advice and get involved, just stop by the SOARoffice at the student center, or at AA/PIRC to find more infor-mation on some of the various groups on campus.

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“After Dinner Liquid Mints”

After Dinner Liquid Mints (Sphire Productions), alsoknown as ADLM (pronounced ad-’lim) provide a refresh-ing look at some of the positive messages that hip-hop art-ists try to send out to their listeners. These “Music Makers”encourage us to “breathe, relax, absorb, interact,” with theworld around us, and issues at hand, while simultaneouslyrevealing their individual talents through a mixture of auto-biographical verses and playful tracks. The group’s deter-mination and enthusiasm for expressing opinions and val-

ues creates a magnetic aura, which makes them difficultto ignore. ADLM speaks of “developing consciousness,exposing enlightening journeys,” which will hopefullycontinue on their debut album, “ExperiMINT,” to be re-leased in early February 2002. After Dinner Liquid Mintshails from Modesto, California, but has the ability to racethrough speakers and headphones throughout the coun-try with raw beats and lyrics that would make a bottle ofBinaca tip over with shame.

visit www.danked.com to find more info about“after dinner liquid mints”

After Dinner Liquid Mints on April 28, 2001 at Stanislaus Stateleft to right: Jube, Prof. Elemess, and Bubbaphotographed by Flash Benson

JIN ZHANG cont. from page 2

see JIN ZHANG on page 6

ers may call this fate . . . I call it Opportunity.” Jin never lets anopportunity pass him by. “I liked learning from the very beginning.” Jin’s passion forlearning was obvious. He was made class leader throughout allof his elementary and middle school years, a position that wasseen as an honor. “But I’m not a genius,” Jin humbly states. Itwas clear that as a boy, Jin showed Intelligence; however, thatwas not the reason why Jin was interviewed by so many news-paper reporters and radio shows. Many were astonished at thefact that a son of a farmer could excel at academics despite thepoor atmosphere. “The black board was 2x3 ft and we each hadto make our own desks out of mud,” Jin recalled. So what was next? High school . . . but that was far from Jin’smind. Unless you were the son of a government leader, middleschool marked the end of higher learning. Fortunately, oppor-tunity came knocking a second time. Mao, the ruler at the timepassed away, and so did his laws. Nationwide entrance examsfor high school and college resumed, and Jin enrolled havingthe highest score in his county. Only 10% of the 20 middleschools in his county were admitted into high schools. In highschool, Jin’s study habits didn’t change: “I still enjoyed study-ing. But I didn’t work the way many people thought. I stillplayed. I went to the movies . . . .” In 1979, Jin graduated from high school with excellent grades.

Feeling excited and not at all nervous, he took the entranceexam for college and passed with the highest score. His dreamhad come true when he was accepted into Fudan University,Shanghai, one of the top four universities in southern China.To make things even better, the government paid for every-thing except food and housing. Jin was ready to rock the college with his intellectual mind,or so he thought. ”I didn’t do well my first year of college,”he confessed. He wasn’t prepared to face the modern tech-nology and the intimidating classes that the university offered. Jin was placed in the lowest English class. With the supportof his encouraging professor, he attended extra lectures, didhis best on assignments, and read numerous books at his lei-sure. “I improved. But at the end of the year, I was still in thebottom third of my class . . . I didn’t like that.” This is where his idea of hard work arose. Study time waswhenever and wherever it was possible. He did all of thehomework—assigned and not assigned. Jin’s grades wereimproving and by the end of his Junior year, he was at the top10% of his class. “Work hard. You could change situations. If you want something, go for it...don’t think, I’m not goodenough or other people are better than me. Then, if you get it,great. If you don’t get it, be happy too. Keep a positive mind,”he advises. You don’t have to be a genius to be intelligent;you just have to work at it.

Review by Verve

“Patience is the key, so Iunlock the door of fear.”

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PIK BEFUFLC _ I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Hint: Comedian (Performed in San Jose last quarter)

ANEKU ESEVER _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ V _ _Hint: Neo

GITER SODOW T _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Hint: Calbanasian

ORB EDSNRIHEC _ _ _ S _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Hint: Male Gigolo

ATI RCAREER _ I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Hint: “Wayne’s World”

OUR ADVICE: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

EADN IANC _ _ _ _ C _ _ _Hint: Superman ASNE NNOLEN _ _ A _ _ _ _ _ _ _Hint: John & Yoko

RBDNONA ELE _ R _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Hint: “The Crow”

QREUINE GLSIEASI _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I _ _Hint: “I wanna be your hero baby”

EHOPEB CSEAT _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Hint: “Drop Dead Fred”

YANWED JNNOSOH _ _ _ A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Hint: The Rock

AA/PI’s of Mixed HeritageROWD BCERSLAMW O R D S C R A M B L E

Jin graduated with highest honors in Chemistry, B.S., in 1983. Although his parents wanted him to come back home, Jinwanted to continue onto graduate school at Fudan Universityand later studied abroad at University of Washington, Seattle. Arriving with just 2 suitcases and less than $500, Americawas a huge culture shock. Nevertheless, Jin prevailed. There,he also met Eileen, his lovely wife and future mother of twobeautiful children. In May of ’89, Jin’s education abroad wascoming to an end. And soon he and his wife would be forcedto move back to China. Just when Jin was researching possible jobs in China, an op-portunity of a lifetime arises. China at the time was once againin chaos. The people and the world around them were callingfor an end to Communism. And he joined demonstrations inSeattle. The peak of the revolution occurred when student del-egations poured into the Tienamen Square bearing signs trum-peting their demands for democracy, less corruption, and accu-rate press coverage. Back in the U.S., President Bush, Sr., inresponse to the Tienamen Square Massacre, granted all Chi-nese citizens the right to stay in America. Jin took that oppor-tunity to get his postdoctoral at UC Berkeley. From there heapplied for a teaching position here at UCSC, and was chosenamong 165 applicants. “I got 3 industry offers. My salary would have been 40%higher, but I turned them down. I like teaching. I enjoy col-laborating with people and I learn from my students.” Prof.Zhang has been at UCSC since 1992, and many students wouldnot disagree that he had once again taken advantage of a per-fect opportunity.

Professor Jin Zhang occasionally likes to visit his homeland,and when he does, he is often invited to give presentations atelementary, middle, and secondary schools. He tells them, “Tobe Successful, you must apply your Intelligence, take advan-tage of Opportunities, and Work hard. That’s how he was ableto make it to the United States as a foreign student, get hisPh.D. in Chemistry, and become an expert in laser spectros-copy. So, whenever you need something that counteracts the ef-fects of physical and emotional stress, enhances memory, coun-teracts fatigue without caffeine, and improves stamina, try someGinseng, or rather, remember Jin Zhong Zhang’s formula forsuccess.

PROGRAMS

Tufts University School of MedicineSackler School of Graduate Biomedical SciencesSummer Research Program for Undergraduate Minor-ity Students

Students spend the summer in Boston, working in re-search laboratories, side-by-side with graduate stu-dents, post-docs, and faculty mentors. With the guid-ance of these colleagues, each student designs a re-search project, carries it out, and presents it at an end-of-summer symposium. The program pays for trans-portation to and from Boston, housing, and a stipend.More info:visit www.tufts.edu/sackler/summer.html.

JIN ZHANGcont. from page

Answer: VISIT AAPIRC

January10/Th Chinese Student Association (CSA) Winter Reception. 8:00-10:00pm @ Oakes Guzman Room.10/Th Queers of Color (QoC) Welcome Back Winter Social. 8:00pm @ the GLBT Resource Center11/F Indian Student Organization (ISO) presents “Winter’s Hottest Night” - Bhangra/Hip hop Dance. 9.00 pm -1.00 am @ College 8 Dining Hall14/M Thai American Group (TAG) Winter Reception. 7:00-9:00pm @ Stevenson Fireside Lounge14/M Filipino Student Association’s Kuya Ate Mentor Program (KAMP-FSA) Weekly Study Hours 7:00-11:00pm,Mon. & Tues. Eastside location TBA, w/ refreshments & EOP Advisors every Monday; Wed. & Thurs. @ OakesEOP Learning Center, w/ refreshments every Thurs.15/T Community Unified Student Network (CUSN) Exposure Series15/T Ethnic Student Organization Council (ESOC) Mix-Mix. Time & Location TBA17/Th – Weekly Asian Baptist Students Koinoia Bible Study & Fellowship Thursdays 7:00pm @ Bay Tree Confer-ence Center Room A17/Th AA/PI Winter Social. 7:00-9:00pm @ Baytree Building Conference Room D17/Th Margaret Cho Film “I’m the One that I Want” 9:00 p.m. @ Porter Dining Hall24/Th TAG Cooking Workshop. 6:00-8:00pm @ College Eight Café. FREETBA Japanese American Student Association (JASA) Oshogatsu New Year CelebrationTBA QoC Winter ReceptionTBA QoC and MEChA Open Mic

February8/F QoC Late Night w/ coffee, tea, bonding & more! 8:00 – on. Location TBA.9/Sat ESOC Leadership Retreat discussing the History of Diversity at UCSC. Time & Location TBA12/T Keith Byokin: One More River to Cross: Black & Gay in America. 7:00 @ UCSC Media Theater13/W CSA Lunar New Year Banquet. 6:00-9:00pm @ Stevenson Dining Hall. Tickets for sale.15/F FSA Dance. 9:00pm-1:00am @ College 8 Dining Hall19/T TAG Bowl-a-thon. Help raise funds for the Thai American Group. 9:00pm @ Surf Bowl20/W JASA Day of Rememberance w/ Keynote Speaker Jeanne W. Houston, author of Farewell to Manzanar.Cowell Dining Hall and Time TBA23/S MulitCultural Career Conference. 11:30 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. @ Stevenson College28/Th KAMP-FSA Open Mic. 6:30pm, location TBA

March7/Th Leilani Chan “E Nana I Ke Kumu” 8:00 p.m. @ Porter Dining HallTBA JASA Study Break

Winter 2002 Events

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UCSC Fifteenth AnnualMulticultural Career Conference

Weaving our Histories: Moving Forward in Unity

Saturday, February 23, 2002Stevenson College • 11:30 am - 5 pm

Students ! ! -- mark your calendars and join us in connecting with Alumni of Color

Career Panels • Entertainment • Food • Prizes

For more information contact: Laytasha, choclatta@hotmail.com OR Palomar, palomar@cats.ucsc.edu

Book mark the following web page it will update you with details on alumni attending and what the conference day will consist of: http://www2.ucsc.edu/careers/student/multicult.htmlcheck it out today !

Co-Sponsored by: Career Center, EOP, AlumniAssociation, The Ethnic Resource Centers and Student Affairs

University of California, Santa CruzAsian American/Pacific Islander

Resource Center339 Bay Tree Building

1156 High StreetSanta Cruz, CA 95064Phone: (831) 459-5349Fax: (831) 459-2469

Email: AAPIRC@cats.ucsc.edu

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Kio Tong-IshikawaAmber Ouye-Cavala

April Yee

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