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An Apple a Day Isn’t Enough

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Since 1965, when a surge in the Asian Pacific Islander population found refuge in America, there has been a shift in predominant illnesses that afflict women’s health. Currently, the US Department of Health Services notes that API women currently have the highest life expectancy ranging from 81 to 86 years of age compared to other [...]

Posted in Features, News, Volume 37 No. 05 | Comments Off

No Place Like (a Green) Home

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
Millie Leung and David Huang show blueprints of their new, innovative eco-home. Photo credit: Trysteen Tran.

Unfurling a large blueprint of their future home on the hood of their car, Millie Leung and David Huang wear contagious smiles on their faces while exhibiting their latest project: the Green Concept Home, a two-story 2,840 sq. ft. contemporary single-family home at the Greenwich Crest neighborhood in Bellevue, Wash. They broke ground on Sept. [...]

Posted in Features, Volume 36 No. 19 | 4 Comments »

Crowns and Critics

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

BY TRYSTEEN THANH BINH TRAN IE Contributer Trysteen Tran was crowned 1st Runner-up and Miss Congeniality in the Miss Vietnam-WA pageant in January of 2009. She is also an English Professor at local community colleges across Washington state.

Posted in Editorial, Volume 36 No. 16 | Comments Off