Showering was the very most important thing during our camping trips in Skykomish. The camping trip, which lasted from August 2nd to the 6th required trail work and hiking which made it very tiring and dirty. During the service-learning and conservation education trip, we were able to have showers that kept us clean for a [...]
Imagine if your car was big, white and nice, had electrical outlets, cell phone signal boosters, WIFI, high seats, tons of buttons and switches, MREs (Meals, Ready to Eat), and was just all-around awesome. Imagine if your car was a fire engine. On Tuesday, August 3rd, the Wilderness Inner-City Leadership Development (WILD) youth program hiked [...]
What do you want the most when your body is covered with dirt and additional massive amount of mosquito bites? The first day we arrived at the camping area was eased with some excitements. The camp took place in the Beckler River Campground in the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, located northeast of Seattle. The environment [...]
I am Qingci, an oncoming senior at Roosevelt High School. I like doing photography, play badminton and I enjoy this trip! The U.S. Forest Service and the Wing Luke Museum sponsored a seven-day Chinese Heritage Tour which explored the Asian American contributions in establishing the American West. It was a mind-changing process for many of the tour [...]
Yoga on the river was a relaxing and calming workout after eight hours of working on trails, pulling weeds, and painting a fire lookout. Starting August 2 until August 6, 2010, the Wilderness Inner-City Leadership Development (WILD) program went on a fun, but exhausting five-day service learning and conservation education trip to the Skykomish Ranger [...]
Do you think you’re always forgetting something every time you go hiking? Well, listen up, because I am here to help you out! What do you need the most?! Food! Bring snack items or sandwiches. These should be easy to grab and eat while you walk. On average, you burn 150-200 calories per mile of [...]
My name is MingFeng Lei, and I have other name is Kelly Lei. I am from China, I came to the United States about 2 years. I am 16 years old. I am a sophomore student in Ballard High School. I joined a cool camping trip with the Wildnerness Inner-City Leadership Development (WILD) program this [...]
Camping gives you a chance to be with nature, but do you have the right materials to survive in the Wild? Having the right materials and things will give you a better experience with nature along with your peers, friends, and families. I had a chance to go to Skykomish Ranger District located in the [...]
The U.S. Forest Service and the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian American Experience sponsored the Chinese Heritage Tour from July 20 – 26. For me, it was a vast scope of experiences. From the people to the locations, the tour as a whole was very interesting in the historical aspect. However, there are some [...]
Young, American-raised Asian and Pacific Islanders (API) who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) often have to choose whether their ethnic or sexual identity will take precedence, according to a study published in the Journal of LGBT Youth by Boston University Medical Center. The study, by Hyeouk Chris Hahm, an assistant professor at [...]
Over the years, technology has become an important part of young people’s lives. From text messaging on cell phones to communicating via Facebook, young people now have many ways to find entertainment and engage with others on the internet. As technology becomes increasingly present in children’s lives, however, questions arise regarding the effects of technology [...]
“Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past” — George Orwell The state of Arizona is known for many notable attractions: the majestic Grand Canyon, the scenic desert landscapes, luxurious vacation resorts, and more recently, thinly concealed examples of educational whitewashing. Arizona, after all, is home not only to [...]
Video games have come a long way from the beloved ‘Pac-man’, to the glory days of the ‘Super Mario Brothers’ on the 8-bit Nintendo entertainment system. In today’s society, video games have penetrated our culture and have evolved into multi-layered forms of entertainment, even simulating real life through a virtual world. Video games are no [...]
1. “Where are you from? No, where are you really from?” This question instantly gives an Asian American youth an identity crisis. This question is an assumption that every Asian is an immigrant. However, within the younger generation, some of us were actually born here, in America after our family immigrated here in the last [...]
When Daisy Ding, 83, fell in her bathroom in New York City earlier this summer, she was not found until a neighbor checked and discovered her body four days later. After Jack Li, 55, died of a heart attack while playing basketball in 2009, his corpse lay unclaimed at a Manhattan mortuary for over a [...]
Water is the source of all. It’s a special and very important need for any creature that lives in the world. For example, if people don’t eat, they can probably live for several weeks or years, but if people don’t drink water, they can only survive for a few days because of dehydration. During our [...]
On the Chinese Heritage Tour of the American West, from July 20 – 26, we were able to explore various stereotypes, histories and mythologies surrounding early Chinese pioneers in the West. Since the mid 1800’s, Chinese Americans and newly immigrated Chinese have had conflict with the Caucasian population. Chinese Americans faced oppression from local citizens, [...]
That was a serene morning. All the walks came to a halt. The weary bodies were seeking more effort to keep going. We seemed to be shrouded in formidable green. Birds flew by at times with silvery sounds. Weeds were swaying gently with shiny dews in the breeze. And, the fresh air made us relaxed [...]
There are many types of firemen in the United States and other countries, including forest firefighters, sea firefighters, volunteer firefighters, retained firefighters, etc. Each of them has different duties but the forest firefighter is likely the most dangerous. Forest firefighters mainly focus on wildfires in woods and forests. Forest firefighters do not only put out [...]
On August 7, news broke that in Afghanistan, ten members of a medical team — six Americans, a Briton, a German and four Afghans — were shot and killed by militants as they were returning home from a remote aid mission, reported the New York Times. The attack, the largest massacre in years of aid [...]
Slumdog Millionaire star Dev Patel, who has been doing press for his role as Zuko in “The Last Airbender”, recently spoke out to CNN Entertainment about Hollywood’s institutional racism, saying that “Asian actors are limited to roles as terrorists, taxi drivers or geeks.” He added, “Because ‘Slumdog’ was such a big hit there was a [...]
The death toll from landslides in northwestern China more than doubled August 10 to 702, as crews in three countries across Asia struggled to reach survivors from flooding that has afflicted millions of people, according to the Associated Press. Rescuers digging by hand through mud found a 52-year old man who had been trapped for [...]
An American warship docked August 10 in central Vietnam where the former foes planned to conduct naval training in a sign of growing military ties amid new warnings from China for the U.S. to stay out of its backyard, according to the Associated Press. The USS John S. McCain’s port call comes as the U.S. [...]
The Associated Press reported that on August 10, Japan apologized to South Korea for its colonial rule over the country, seeking to strengthen ties between the two countries ahead of the 100th anniversary of the Japanese annexation of the Korean peninsula. During Japan’s occupation from 1910-45, many Koreans were forced to fight as front-line soldiers, [...]
Hundreds of Filipino guestworkers lured to teach in Louisiana public schools were cheated out of tens of thousands of dollars and forced into exploitative contracts by an international trafficking ring run by labor contractors. A federal class action lawsuit was filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center on behalf of more than 350 Filipino teachers [...]
The police raided the office of Google Korea in Seoul on August 10 over allegations of illicitly collecting sensitive personal information from wireless networks reports the Korea Herald. Investigators from the Cyber Terror Center of the National Police Agency confiscated computer hard disk drives and paper documents from the office. The local unit of Google [...]
For women in the U.S., breaking the glass ceiling remains a daunting challenge, particularly in the fast-paced world of computer science. Paradoxically, while the U.S is still at the forefront of the international field of information technology, women continue to lag behind men in the workforce. Experts agree that there continues to be a gender [...]
The financial crisis and the slow healing from the recession has plummeted employment opportunities. While every group is suffering, the Asian Pacific Islander community seems to inch slightly better than the rest. Based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the API community has the overall lowest unemployment rate in the country. Perhaps employers are grouping [...]
Social Security turned 75 on Aug. 14, and to read major media reports it should be excoriated for robbing our children of their future security rather than celebrated for what it has achieved in keeping millions of Americans above the poverty line. The program’s recent annual report, shows a very healthy program needing important, but [...]
There are approximately fifty thousand households in the United States who do not use banks. Many of these unbanked households are comprised of low-income, minority families that see no need to open a bank account. The reasons these households are hesitant to use banks are many, but several studies have been conducted by financial institutions [...]
