Word: wong
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...Although Hong Kong has held several small demonstrations against homophobia, this was the first parade solely dedicated to celebrating queer identity. "We came out today to show the world that people in the queer community are normal people too," said Ariel Wong, a 21-year-old student at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University who wore a rainbow Afro wig and distributed stickers with pink hearts on them. The parade was co-organized by Rainbow of Hong Kong, Midnight Blue, Social Movement Resource Centre and the Women Coalition, with support from groups working on myriad issues, including civil rights, HIV/AIDS education...
...race for more than just laughs: Benjamin P. Schwartz ’10 and Alneada D. Biggers ’10, Andrea R. Flores ’10 and Kia J. McLeod, and Charles T. James ’09-’10 and Max H. Y. Wong ’10. All three tickets propose increasing the availability of social space on and off campus. Both Flores and Schwartz advocate renting out the Cambridge Center for Adult Education on Brattle Street. Flores wants to rent it out every Friday and Saturday from...
...South and a young woman from Alaska. Sound familiar? A combination of coincidental similarities and purposeful parody have resulted in some serious parallels between this year’s U.S. and UC campaigns. Charles T. James ’09-’10 and Max H. Y. Wong ’10 are focusing on bringing real change to Washing— Oh, sorry, we mean the UC. “You usually see the same thing: a ticket claiming experience and increased transparency and another one saying the UC isn’t relevant to students...
...political love at first sight. Undergraduate Council presidential candidate Charles T. James ’10 and his running mate Max H. Y. Wong ’10 met each other only this semester, but within 15 minutes they knew they were going to run for the top two UC posts together. James is a part-time stand-up comic and government concentrator who hails from Jackson, Miss., which he describes in his light Southern accent as “one of the roughest neighborhoods” in the state. Wong is a lanky, violin-playing philosophy concentrator who says...
...Undergraduate Council (and the candidates themselves may agree with us), they have made an interesting contribution to the election process, and highlight the undying problem of the UC’s apparent irrelevance to many students.Charles T. James ’09-’10 and Max H.Y. Wong ’10, on the other hand, raise serious and valuable points on important issues like Ad Board reform and financial aid. It is admirable that they have chosen to turn their own experiences with Harvard’s sometimes dysfunctional bodies into concrete proposals, and their student-centered...