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Rice Paper semi-annual publication of Indiana University’s Asian Culture Center Fall 2010 Issue

Preparing to Lead IU

ACC Annual Student Leadership Development RetreatBy LaNita Gregory Campbell, Doctoral Student, Gender Studies Department

Graduate Assistant, IU Asian Culture Center

OnacrispandearlySeptemberSaturdaymorning

over 30 student leaders joined our student assistants,

graduate assistants and director, Melanie Castillo-

Cullatherforabusyandactivity-lleddayguidedbythe

BradfordWoodsstaff.DuringtheFallsemestertheAsian

Culture Center invited executive board members from

the26studentorganizationshousedunderthecenter,aswell as theAsianStudent Union from IUPUI tocome

togetheratBradfordWoods,IndianaUniversity’sOutdoor

CenterfortheACC’sAnnualAsianStudentLeadership

DevelopmentRetreat.

The day’s activities about communication,trust,

andleadershipleduptothenalactivity,RaftMaking,

whichgarneredthemostparticipationandexcitementof

theday.Studentleadersweredividedintogroupsoften,

droppedoffatvarioussitesnearthelake,andprovide

withwoodplanks,emptybarrels,andrope.Inafriend

yet competitive race, the students worked for alm

twohoursdevising strategic designplansto buildth

rafts,getalltheirteammembersaboard,andsuccessfu

rowacrossthelaketoshore.Asthedaycametoaclo

the BradfordWoods staff held small group de-briemeetingstorecaptheday’seventsandoffersuggestio

on how to apply these activities in their daily lives

IndianaUniversitystudentleaders.

“Myfavoriteactivitywastheraftchallenge.Itwasfu

tobestrandedonalittleislandwithagroupofpeop

youhardlyknow,kindoflikeSurvivor.Thebestpartw

tryingtoteveryoneontotheboatwithoutsinking,bu

wasevenfunnierwhenitdidsink.”

- StefanKhensouri,AsianAmericanAssociation

“The ACC leadership retreat taught me a lot abo

teamwork,conceptsthatIwasabletoapplynotonly

runningmystudentorganizationbutalsotomysumm

internship.Ialsohadagreattimeandmadesomelasti

friendships.”

- JakeZhang,AsianAmericanAssociation



IheardabouttheForestQuadincidentandtheattackontheKoreanstudentsthe

dayafterithappened,andIwasshockedasIstartedwatchingtheFoxvideo.Having

livedinForestmyfreshmanyear,Iimmediatelysympathizedforthevictimsandtheir

families.Mydeepestcondolencesgoouttothem.Thesekindsofincidentsarerareon

ourcampus,andthiscouldhavehappenedtoanyoneonHalloweennight.Ijusthopethis

unfortunateeventdoesnotcreatefearforanystudentsthatgotoIndianaUniversity.

IwaspleasedtoseemanystudentsandfacultyofIndianaUniversitycomeoutto

sharetheirthoughtsontheincidentatthegatheringheldintheCollinsEdmonsonFormal

Lounge.Theannouncementofthemeetingwasonveryshortnotice,butitcaughtthe

attentionofthefacultyandstudents,andeventhemedia.

Thecontroversyofwhetherornotthiswasaracialincidentwastestedinthe

discussions.IwaspleasedthatbothsidesoftheargumentwerepresentedandIagreed

witheachofthem.Thesediscussionsfromthestudentsbroughtoutdifferentopinions

thatmight haveneverhada chance to be heard. No ill feelings towards theblack

communitywereexpressedbyAsianstudentsduringthediscussions.

Iwasproudthatwedidnotignorethismishapandpretendthatitneverhappened.However,wemustnot

ignore theracialslursthatweresaidthenightoftheattacks. Nooneshouldhaveto tolerateracialslursbeing

spewedathimorher.Ifeelthecampushasmovedonfromthisincidentonapositivenote,butthisshouldbea

lessonfromnowonthatthiscanhappentoanyone.

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Note From the ACC DirectorMelanie Castillo-Cullather

Standing Up by Stefan Khensouri

Iamwritingthisduringwhat

wecall“deadweek,”theweekbefore

nals. There is usually an increasein the stress level among students

duringthisweekbecausetermpapers

are due. Many student services

relatedofcesofferspecialhoursfor

studyperiods.Itisveryquietduring

thistimeoftheacademicyear,thus

theterm“dead.”

For some of us working in

studentaffairs,deadweekisaperiod

for examiningandreecting on the

semester that is about to come toacloseandtolookandseewhatto

expectinthecomingspringsemester.

Soitisnotreallya“deadweek”but

ratheran“activeweek”ofpondering

and rethinking. Dead week allows

us toconduct a personal inventory;

to pause and reect about our

relationship with others, about how

wedoourworkandhowitimpacts

ourdaily relationshipwithstudents,

faculty, staff, and communitymembers.

The tragic crimes where

a group of Korean and Korean

American students were racially

harassed and a couple of them

physically injured (one suffered

brokenjawandhadtowithdrawfr

school to recuperate), and the aSemiticvandalismsthatoccurred

ourcampuswerebothshockinga

deplorable. There is no room

thesehatefulactsinourcommun

We may never know when peo

withdeep-seatedhateful ideolog

will strike but as a community

mustbepreparedandknowhow

respond.

Toward the end of

semester,Ialongwithmycolleaginstudentaffairsattendedacoupl

eventsaimedatpromotingfriends

anddialogue,onewasthe3rdAnn

InterculturalDialogueandFriends

DinnerhostedbyNiagaraFoundat

andtheTurkishStudentAssociati

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Sau-Ling Cynthia Wong2011 Distinguished Asian Alumni Award Recipient

By Ian White, ACC Staff Member

Sau-ling Cynthia Wong, ofSunnyvale, California, Professor

Emeritus of Ethnic Studies at the

University ofCaliforniaatBerkeley

andascholarontheChineseDiaspora

andChinese-Americanliteratures,was

recentlynamedthe2010recipientof

theIndianaUniversityAsianAlumni

Association’s Distinguished Asian

Pacic American Alumni Award.

This award recognizes outstanding

professional achievements and

community service of Asian and

PacicAmericanAlumniofIU.

As she told her story of

travelingtoIndianafromHongKong

andtheexperiencessheencountered,

one realizes how being an Asian

American during her time was a

struggletoexploreindividualidentity.

“In order tobecomeAmerican, you

havetoletyouroldselfdie,”statedWongasshedescribedhertransition

intheUnitedStatesandhowhardit

wastostayconnectedwithwhatshe

knew–herhome.

As an international college

student in the United State, Wong

reectedonhowtroublingitwasto

stayconnectedwithherfamily.Lodistancephonecallswereexpensi

evenmoresotoothercountries.

She remembered telling h

mother not to cry when she wou

make an occasional call home;

[crying]tookupminutes–weca

wastethem.”

Wong discussed how, as

Asian American, you “cut off p

ofyourself toallowothers tomo

on”andyoucompromisetoachie

citizenship.

The Asian Culture Cen

extended Professor Wong’s hon

onFriday,September10,2010w

a luncheon, where she shared h

storiesandexperiences.

Congratulations Professor Sau-li

CynthiaWong!

TheIndianaUniversityAsian

AlumniAssociation,anafliategroup

of the IU Alumni Association, is

pleasedtoannouncethatitsgoverning

board is seeking nominations for

the 2011 Distinguished AsianPacic AmericanAlumni Award of

IndianaUniversity.Thedeadlinefor

nominationsisFebruary1,2011,and

theawardwillbepresentedonApril

28,2011.

The Distinguished Asian

PacicAmericanAlumniAwardwas

established in 2006 for the purpose

of recognizing outstanding men

and women who impact their local

communities and the greaterAsian/

Pacic-Americancommunity;exhibit

excellence and achievement in their

careers;andinspirefutureIUalumni.By honoring former Asian/Pacic-

Americanstudents,IUAsianAlumni

Association hopesto inspire today’s

students.

Our 2010 award recipient,

professor Sau-Ling Wong, BA’7-

, a pioneer in the eld of Asian-

American studies, was honored

during the recent Citizenship in t

UnitedStatesConferenceheldont

IUBloomingtoncampus.

Foradditionalinformationa

submissioncriteria,andtolearnm

aboutourpreviousawardrecipien pleasevisitthiswebsite:http://alum

indiana.edu/asianaa/daa.shtml.Ify

have any questions, please call t

Asian Alumni Association at (81

855-4822. Once again, nominati

formsareduebyFebruary1,2011

Call for Nominations: 2011 Distinguished Asian PacicAmerican IU Alumni Award



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Anisha Kumar is in the

Kelley School of Business and

will be graduating this upcoming

May with majors in Marketing

and Management with a minor in

French. When I asked her about

KSB, she told me, “Being a partof the Kelley School of Business

hasbeenahighlight ofmy time at

IU. The knowledgeable professors,challenging curriculum, and

camaraderie I’ve experienced these

lastfouryearshavehelpedshapeme

intothepersonIamtoday.”

Sheiscurrentlyintheprocess

ofnalizingafull-timejobthatshe

willstartsoonaftergraduation.She

isexcitedabouthernewjobandtold

me,“Ithinkitistimeformetostart

anewchapterinmylifeandenterthe“realworld.”ButnomatterwhereI

am,IwillalwaysbeaHoosier!”

Besides being a student in

the School of Business, Anisha

is heavily involved in the Indian

StudentAssociation,whereshehasa

positiononboardasPublicRelations

Chair.Sheisalsopresidentandone

ofthe eight“mothers” oftheDelta

Phi Omega Sorority Inc, founded

inApril 2009. DPO hosted severaleventsaroundcampus,oneofthose

theirannualGandhiDayofServ

“BeTheChange.” Anisha isanavidpropon

forculturaldiversityandawaren

around campus. She believes t

theACC has done anexcellent

ofincludingallAsianculturesin

programs. She attended the AC

annual Holi day function and t

methatitwasafunwayforpeo

of other cultures to learn about

Indian tradition. Additionally,says,“itwas nice for us Indians

beabletocelebratethatholidayw

eachotheranddisplayapieceof

heritage.Itwassomessywithall

colorsbutsomuchfun!”

In Anisha’s free time,

enjoys spending time with

best friends, who have been

roommatessincehersophomorey

shopping,eatingatnewrestaura

andofcourse sleepingaftera ldayatclass!

Student Prole: Meet Anisha Kumar, President of DPOSorority Inc. By Priyanka Dube, Senior, Spanish Major and Pre-Med

If sometimes you have the

feelingthatyouaredreaming,youcan

ndanewperspectiveinthemovie

“Inception”:youcouldnotonlybeinadream,butadreamwithinadream,

or “deeper down”. You can have

multiplelevels ofdreams,andtime

wouldgomoreandmoreslowlyas

yougodeeper.Forexample,hoursin

yourrstdreamwouldendupbeing

yearsinthethirdlevel.

Thismaysoundsowild,but

atthesametime,itfeelssotrueifyou

thinkaboutwhathappenswhenyou

havedreams.Youcanhaveadream

that is so complicated that it may

take years to accomplish in reality,

butyouonlyhadacoupleofhoursofdreambeforedawn.

Some critics say that

“Inception” is another milestone

after “The Matrix”. Indeed, both

movies brought up provocative yet

inspiring questions. According to

theconceptsin“Inception”,howcan

you tell dream from reality? What

iftherealityyouthinkyouwakeup

to everyday is just another dream?

Thesequestionsareasfascinatin

thosebroughtupin“TheMatrix

howdoyouknowthattheworld

liveinisnotjustsomeprojectionyourmind,stimulatedbyacompu

oramachine?

It ismind-blowingande

creepytothinkaboutthesequest

carefully, but the only thing

canbesureofisthataslongas

seizeeverymomenttodosometh

meaningful,wewillfeelhappya

worthwhile,nomatterwhatkind

worldwelivein.

Movie Review: InceptionBy Yang Yang, Graduate Student, Biology Dept



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“Passing Scenes”

Chi andAlfonse, graduate students, are

amongthemanythatshoweduptothis

year’sgraduatemixers.

2011DistinguishedAsianAlumniAward

recipient Sau Ling- Wong shared her

manystoriesandexperienceswithusover

adeliciousluncheon.

Language tutoring of all kinds is held

throughouttheweek.

FansoftheAsianCultureCenterattempt

tospelloutACCduringtheOpenHouse.

Thanksforthesupport!

Mahjongplayersofalllevelsgetexcited

ever Friday when Mahjong games areheldattheACC.

ACC staff members Lananhand LaNita

picturedwithauthor,SandraParkaftera

lunchtime discussion about her book “If

YouLiveinaSmallHouse.”



“Student Group Updates” by LaNita Gregory Campbe

Indiana University’s student organizations work tirelessly all year to plan and execute events for both the camp

and Bloomington community. This is an opportunity to shine a spotlight on some of our hardworking student grou

and show our appreciation for their dedication to IU. GO HOOSIERS!

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Asian American Association

TheAsianAmericanAssociation(AAA)hadawonderfulFall2010semeste

InOctoberthestudentgroupheldtheirannualPumpkinCarvingEventatheAsianCultureCenter.Theeventprovedtobeasuccess,withimpressive

numbersofattendeescomingoutandenjoyingthemselvesastheydesigne

andcarvedpumpkins.Mostrecently,thestudentgrouphostedRamenStudy

BreakNightforthosestudentslookingforabreakduringthehecticday

leadinguptonals.ThefrontroomoftheACCwaspackedwithnewand

oldAAAmembersthatallcameouttode-stress,eatfreeRamen,andspen

timewitheachotherbeforeleavingforWinterbreak.AAAhascomein

strongthissemesterwiththeFashionShow,PumpkinCarving,IceSkatin

Night,MassMeetings,andRamenStudyBreakNight.Preparingforthe

Spring2011semestermembersarealreadyexcitedforAAA’sbiggestevent

oftheyear,TasteofAsiainApril.

Delta Phi Omega

Delta Phi Omega Sorority,

Inc.hasputonsomereally

funeventsduringthe2010

Fallsemester.Weco-hosted

aback-to-schoolpicnicwith

thebrothersofSigmaBeta

RhoFraternityinSeptember.Active sisters co-hosted

theGandhiDayofService

event in October with

SigmaBetaRho. Later in

thesemesterapproximately

fortystudentscameoutand

volunteered with the soror

around Bloomington to he

“Be the Change”. Lookin

forward to Spring 20

Delta Phi Omega is plannin

several Multi-Cultural Gre

Council events, as well

holding “Literacy ThrouUnityWeek” inMarch.Vi

Delta Phi Omega’s webs

(www.wix.com/dpoiub/delt

phi-omega---iub) for mo

information on upcomin

events.

Indian Student Association

This past semester, the Indian StudentAssociationhosted sever

successfulevents.OnOctober15th,thestudentgrouphelda“Gar

DanceNight”atWilkieAuditorium,wheretheycelebratedNavrat

thefestivalofdanceandworship.Inaddition,ISAcelebratedDiwal

theFestivalofLights,onNovember12thwithaformaldinnera

show,allowingIUstudentstoshowofftheirtalents.Theyalsohoste

severalphilanthropicandsocialeventsthroughoutthesemester.Y

canndmoreinformationaboutISAatwww.indiana.edu/~isa/.



The Chinese Worldview: AnUnending Battle between

the Politics of Time andSpaceXin Fan, PhD candidate in history, Indiana

University-Bloomington

TheriseofChinaisoneofthemostimportant

eventsintheglobalhistoryoftheturnofthetwentieth-

rst century. Scholarsaround theworldare debating

the possible consequences of this development.Yet,

two problems are observable in the current study

of the rise of China, which is usually conducted by politicaleconomistsandpolicyanalysts.First,astrong

presentism sometimes leads scholars tooverlook the

important role of history in the shaping of modern

Chinese worldviews. Second, the lack of available

informationhasmadescholarsbelievethatthecurrent

Chinese policy making-process is operated in “the

opaque world of China’s elite politics.” Without

enough transparency inChinese information sources,

theresearcherswhowanttodecodetheChinesevision

ofitsplaceintheworldthroughcontemporaryarchives

canonlycountonserendipity.

OnSeptember27,2010,IgaveatalkatAAC’s

MondayTableTopic. In this talk, engagingwith the

aforementioneddebate,Iarguedthatahistoriographical

studyfocusingondevelopmentandproblemsinmodern

Chinesescholarshiponthe“ancientworld”canbean

effective means to counteract and circumvent these

problems.I adoptedChinese study ofAncientWorld

History (AWH, a eld of historical studies which

primarilyincludesancientGreece,Rome,Egypt,India,

Mesopotamia, and Iran, covering a broad time spanfrom4000BCto1000AD)asacasestudytoidentify

twofundamentalproblemsintheChineseworldview:

The rst is how to reconcile the ancient past with

modern times; the secondishow tointegrateforeign

knowledgeintoChinesetradition.

Inordertofurtherunderstandthesequestions,

mytalkadopteda“sociologyofknowledge”approach.

By lookingatpatternsofChinese intellectual history

during the twentieth century, I identied three basic

paradigmsbywhichChinese scholarsplaceChinain

theworld:liberal,Marxist,and(cultural)conservative.

Liberalintellectualshaveasked,incontrasttoWesternClassicalAntiquity,whatwentwronginearlyChinese

historythatthecivilizationfailedtoproducealiberal

tradition.Marxistscholarshavestruggledwithhowto

tChina’s past intoMarx’ teleological world-history

frameworkbyrewritingAWH.Culturalconservatives

are eager to know how soonChinese tradition as a

uniquecaseinworldhistorywillfulllitsdestinyfrom

thepasttwocenturies’setbacks.Withineachparadigm,

myresearchcentersonseveralcasestudiesofinuential

intellectuals aswell as the scholarly communities to

whichtheybelonged. By examining the evolution of the Chinese

worldview during the past century reected by the

Chineseworld-historicalwriting,Iarguedthattoday’s

Chinaisnotyetreadyforaclearvisionofitsfuturein

theworld.Ashistoryisatoolforpowerstrugglesat

variouslevelsinChina,thefrustrationsamongChinese

intellectualswhoattemptedtoreconcilenationalhistory

withworldhistoryindicateaconstantconictbetween

a cultural imperialistic mindset and a civilizational

nationalisticthinkingintheChineseviewoftheworld,

whichIproposetocall“anunendingbattlebetweenthe

politicsoftimeandspace.”

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The otherwas theDinner&Dialogue hosted

by the cultural centers on campus. These events

continuetoremindusthatthereishope,thatdespitethe

unfortunateracialincidents,therearemorepeoplewho

sharethecommonvalueofrespect.Theseeventsalso

are oneof themany ways of expressing community

solidarityagainstanyformsofbigotry,discrimination,

andoppressionandsupporttothosewhoweretargeted

and attacked because of their ethnic identity. We

applaud the organizers for providing a shared space

for peopleofdifferent backgrounds and traditions to

“expresstheirthoughtsandoffertheirfriendship.”

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