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...same breath, Ma might have said to hell with the Asian-American blogs and MIT alumni who wanted to see the charming imperfections of the “true story,” not its glossy but vacuous approximation. Where Ma was an Exeter graduate with big-money ambitions, the film’s “Ben Campbell” is a mathematical genius with a poor widowed mother, desperate to make it to our very own medical school...
...Sony Pictures, the production company behind “21”, took a Clintonian tone of indignation when addressing charges of box-office bias. Didn’t the two attractive Asians on the poster mean anything to them? Look how attractive and Asian they...
...address the real problem here: “21” is a very stupid movie. It should have lived up to the expectations of people who actually care about Mezrich’s book, its characters and meaning. Alas, critics hated it, the Media Action Network for Asian-Americans found it ‘pathetic’ and many MIT affiliates and involved personalities seem to have disowned it—precisely because the real human element was mortgaged and forgotten in favor of that mass-appeal treatment: a pearly film of sexual tension, quick cuts and a plot...
...Show me yours I’ll show you mine” said the tagline for Identities, a fashion show sponsored by the Asian American Association that took place on Saturday. The entirely student-run event sought to demonstrate the way students convey their sense of self through clothing choices and the use of fashion to make cultural statements. The show was divided up into four segments—Harajuku, Student Design, His/Hers and Hip-Hop. Harajuku, which opened the show, featured an eclectic assortment of clothing inspired by the eponymous Tokyo district. Student models appeared in everything from neon...
...private equity, while also addressing the current macroeconomic status of the region. Alejandro Rocha, an MBA candidate and one of two co-chairs for the conference, cited a number of reasons for hosting the event, including a feeling that many investors were following the crowd and investing in Asian countries while bypassing investment opportunities in Latin America. “We want to incentivize direct investment into Latin America,” Rocha said. “The Business School is well respected worldwide and, as a result, we have the resources to bring great people from the region...