Word: xuan
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Cartoonist Judd Winick met his future wife Pam Ling on season three of The Real World. Now he's used her Chinese-American culture as the springboard for the story of a sarcastic 11-year-old who is the Te Xuan Ze, the protector of humanity from supernatural villains. It's a little derivative of Buffy the Vampire Slayer--O.K., a lot--but Juniper has its own clever twists; for instance, only she can see her monster enemies. Let it never be said nothing good came out of reality...
...deep interest in women’s issues. In his first few years of school, he was heavily involved in the Coalition Against Sexual Violence (CASV) and was one of the only men in the group. Xuan describes his work on the Coalition Against Sexual Violence as “in many ways the most meaningful activity I have participated in.” As a male, he says, “being a very small minority within the group makes you reflect on how you behave...
Though among the most public of Xuan’s achievements, CASV is not what he’s most proud of. It’s not all the music either. It’s not even Phi Beta Kappa. For Xuan, his biggest accomplishment is “being a part of the Co-Op community. It’s the only place at Harvard where I felt like part of something much bigger.” Spoken like a true man of contradictions...
...Xuan (who is in two bands with the same members but different names) consults with fellow artiste Terry about his rap group Tha League’s recent music video...
...absence of Sameer Narang, who’s stuck in New York, Xuan observes that he is “the one Asian dude” at the table. Joyfully, he performs what was referred to in the seventh grade as “raising the roof...