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Fall 2011 Aline 1 IN THIS ISSUE MUSIC FROM DUMBFOUNDEAD MANAN DESAI STREET STYLE ALINE FALL 2011 ALINE 1 ALINE MAGAZINE FALL2011 UNIQUE TEAHOUSE The original boba house on SU Campus! 171 MARSHALL ST SYRACUSE, NY 2ND FLOOR T 315.422.7385 Dumbfoundead performs at Schine Underground COVER FASHION VIBE BITES Photography Zixi Wu //////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 8 TOXIC SOCIAL //////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////// OPEN FROM Korean-American rapper The new trend of 17 ORIENTAL CHARM 23 KOLLABORATION 28 OBESITY IN ASIA Dumbfoundead (Jonathan light smoking gains The rise of the Asian Even without its founder Everyone's favorite Park) performs on stage ground among young model at major fash- at the helm, the ultimate clown has made Monday - Thursday 11AM - 12AM Nov. 5 at the Schine Stu- Asians here and ion houses Asian American talent inroads into Asia. Friday - Saturday dent Center. Get up close beyond competition continues And it looks like he's 12PM - 2AM and personal » 26 to wow here to stay 18 STREET SPY Sunday 12PM - 12AM Prowling campus ON CAMPUS 29 WHINE & DINE //////////////////////////////////////////////////////// streets with a 24 DUMBFOUNDEAD THIS ISSUE camera This Asian American Read about our 10 ON THE SOAPBOX battle rapper spits dining experience at The first hire for the Brickstone Eatery 4 EDITOR'S LETTER about freestylin, new AAA minor talks 20 FASHION'S YouTube, chasing girls, and Chorong House 5 MASTHEAD passions and life sto- NIGHT OUT and a record deal. Go ries that inspire him A look at how the behind the scenes in annual fashion frenzy an exclusive Q&A WIRED 13 PRESIDENTS CLUB has been recession- //////////////////////////////////////////////////////// The faces of Asian proofing itself for the culture on campus year and beyond 6 A FAIR ELECTION San Francisco’s first Asian-dominated 14 CAMPUS, DIVIDED 22 DESIGNER DOSSIER mayoral election dis- An incisive look at New Asian designers sected, plus insights the cultural party on the scene to look from the city’s resi- scene on campus. out for this season dent technophile How segregated is our campus? 2 ALINE FALL 2011 FALL 2011 ALINE 3 STAFF EDITOR-IN-CHIEF JOSHUA LEE • ALINE MANAGING EDITOR AUDRIE TAN WIRED EDITOR ELIZABETH LEE ON CAMPUS EDITOR yuhan XU FIRSTS FASHION EDITOR carmen REYES ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// VIBE EDITOR CHRISTINE bae BITES EDITOR victoria LI ART DIRECTOR kathleen PEREZ EDITOR'S LETTER EDITOR'S Each issue of ALINE is a reflection of its editors. And this issue is no exception, featuring an eclectic col- SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER kaity WONG lection of articles, illustrations, and photography that ADVERTISING SALES HEIDI CHU displays an integral part of counterculture here in Syracuse. From Korean rappers to fast food conglom- CONTRIBUTING DESIGNERS AUDRIE TAN, erates, ALINE Magazine is still searching for its voice EMILY WEN, DANIELA GOMEZ, AIMEE OTSU and style, even after its 21st year of publication. You’ll notice the layout is distinctly different from CONTRIBUTING ILLUSTRATORS Amabel anything we’ve done before. You will have seen that Caba, Emily Ramon, Molly SNEE, Sean Basista the cover is no longer an illustration, but a photo shot STAY IN THE LOOP CONTRIBUTING writers BENJAMIN FANG, by some of the most talented photographers. Alas, the HARRIS LEUNG, WENDY FENG, JONATHAN TAM, outstanding and bold vision for art direction and lay- FOLLOW US ON TWITTER CAMILLE BAUTISTA, JOURDAN MOR, XIANG WANG, out were not my creation but should go fully to two @ALineMagazine VANIA MYERS, BETSY HAN, STANLEY HUANG, of the most beautiful, brilliant, and visionary people SHIRLEY DON, MAVIS REN I’ve ever met-my managing editor Audrie Tan, and art director Katie Perez. Your diligence, understanding, CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS RACHEL and mastery of Adobe Suite software serve as a great OR LIKE OUR FACEBOOK PAGE FISHER, ZIXI WU, YUKI MIZUMA, ALEX KIM source of intimidation for me. I don’t say this enough, A-Line Magazine but ALINE loves you and I’m really happy we're working together this year. Along with our bold new layout comes an event of considerable monument. I am humbled to be able to say that I’m editor in the READ OR CONTRIBUTE ASIA E-BOARD term of the first faculty hire for the new Asian and Asian American Studies alinemagazine.wordpress.com minor, a petition that has finally been granted after nearly 20 years of determi- PRESIDENT TIM HUYNH nation and silenced voices. Our fresh new face featured in this issue is Professor VICE PRESIDENT diana HUYNH CO-CULTURAL DIRECTORS JENIFER LA Manan Desai in "On the Soapbox," page 10. Wayne MENG Special thanks to Dumbfoundead and DJ Zo for making a cover about SECRETARY judy Wang Asian hip-hop even conceivable today. You guys killed it. DIGITAL PUBLIC RELATIONS TY LIEW We as Asian American writers, artists and photographers have come together Traditional PUBLIC Relations YUMING huang to produce a publication that represents the ever-changing face of Asian Treasurer rebecca NG American culture and identity-on campus, nationwide and globally. FUNDRAISER LIMI LO This is A-Line on our grind. We’ll always dream bigger and reach higher Political Education OFFICER NEVILLE SUN than we can ever possibly imagine. Thanks for sticking around. Thanks for wait- Historian SHARON LEE ing. And for those who have found this publication in your hands for the very first time, here’s to a celebration of Asian American culture and the hope that you’d pass it on. Asian Eye began in 1990 as a publication dedicated to promoting awareness of cultural, social, economic and political issues that affect Asians and Asian Americans. The magazine evolved into ALINE as the expressive voice for these students on the Syracuse University/SUNY-ESF campus. Every issue of ALINE is a collection of work from dedicated writers and artists willing to share their individual perspec- tives. Contributors of all ethnicities are welcome to submit their works as well. Our main goal is to bring these perspectives to the entire campus, and to educate the SU community and beyond on issues pertaining to race and diversity. Syracuse University emphasizes diversity as one of its main assets and ALINE is an integral part of that ideal. This publication is an outlet for Asian and Asian American stu- dents to express their views on culture and society with creative freedom. It is also an opportunity for students to understand the issues that affect Asian communities in the U.S. and overseas. ALINE Magazine is an affliate of, but is not restricted to the members of the campus organization Asian Students in America (ASIA). 4 ALINE FALL 2011 FALL 2011 ALINE 5 WIRED CANDID ASIAN AMERICAN POLITICS Pastor and social A TIMELINE media guru, Bruce Reyes-Chow Text by BENJAMIN FANG TO SAY ASIAN AMERICAN INVOLVEMENT IN House. Two Asian Americans currently serve by WENDY FENG American politics has been insignificant is in the cabinet. U.S. Secretary of Commerce BRUCE REYES-CHow KEEPS IT REAL. A native of a gross understatement. Gary Locke, a Chinese American, joins Stockton, Calif., Chow is a supporter of John Even today’s political landscape reflects Steven Chu, Secretary of Energy and Eric Avalos, one of San Francisco's mayoral candi- a dire lack of Asian Americans leaders on Shinseki, Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the dates. He is not part of Avalos paid staff-he Capitol Hill. According to the National administration with the most Asian Ameri- says he just agrees with John Avalos’ liberal Asian American Survey (NAAS) in 2008, cans to date. views on politics. Asian Americans make up only 1.8 percent Chinese American Elaine Chao, who Chow describes politics in San Fran- of Congress. This is a relatively small figure, served as Secretary of Labor in the Bush cisco as “the left against the lefter.” It is no considering that Asian Americans comprise administration, was the only female Asian ordinary politics, he says. Case in point, the nearly 5 percent of the United States popula- American cabinet member in history. liberal ideology is what makes San Francisco, tion. Political scientists have attributed this At the local and state level, Bobby Jindal, a San Francisco. underrepresentation to the fact that most Republican from Louisiana, became the first With a large Asian American population, Asian Americans are highly concentrated in Indian American governor in U.S. history San Francisco is a perfect platform for Asian states like California, New York and Hawaii, four years ago. In 2010, Indian American Americans to voice their opinions. One where Asian Americans make up a majority Nikki Haley became the youngest governor thing special about this election, Chow says, of the population at 57 percent. at 39, and continues to serve as governor of is that it has not one but six Asian American However, Asian Americans have recently South Carolina. candidates, which could potentially bring made progress on the political front. Daniel One notable name is John Liu, the New A FAIR more Asian people into both politics and Inouye is one of two Asian American sena- York City Comptroller. Liu, a Chinese Amer- public service. Which is always nice to see, tors; he is a Japanese American who currently ican, is currently on the ballot for mayor of he added. holds the position of President pro tempore, a the city with the largest Chinese population I asked if this was a fair representation of position given to the longest-serving member outside of China (nearly 500,000 people). Asian American politics, given the five Chi- ELECTION of the majority party. Senator Inouye is the In San Francisco, a city with one of the nese candidates and one Japanese candidate. highest-ranked Asian American in congressio- largest Asian populations, six Asian Americans The San Francisco mayoral elections this November Chow agreed without hesitation.
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