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Screening of Asian Horror Film “Shutter?...
...troubling statistics that connected a lack of academic interest in middle school with low college graduation rates, says Laura Freid, executive director of the Silk Road Project. Silk Road Connect seeks to inspire “passion-driven learning” through its integration of Middle Eastern and Asian studies into existing curricula. “As a young student, it’s important to be excited about yourself as an individual knowledge seeker and also as someone who knows who they are and who they are in the world,” Fried says. “Sixth...
...valley as troops target militants in a village five miles away. Cobra helicopter gunships buzz overhead. Two weeks into its ambitious ground assault on the Pakistani Taliban's heartlands, the Pakistani army has edged its way east and says it is poised to make fresh gains against the Central Asian and Taliban fighters who are hunkered down in the Kaniguram Valley, faintly visible in the distance...
Hayward’s vice-presidential candidate, Zhang, has also been heavily involved in student groups. Currently, he is co-vice president of the Chinese Students Association and a director in the Veritas Financial Group. A Cabot resident, he has also been involved in organizations such as the Asian American Association and the Institute of Politics...
...menace could help Philipp Rösler, Germany's new Health Minister, in his quest to shake up the country's expensive public health-care system. At 36, the Vietnamese-born politician is the youngest member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's new center-right coalition government and the first Asian ever to be appointed a German cabinet minister. Softly spoken and affable, he certainly doesn't seem like a political bruiser. But rumor has it that no one dared challenge him when he attended Catholic school in Hannover because they thought he was some kind of martial arts enthusiast. "Everyone...