ISSUE 3, FALL 2004 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE JADEDELECTIONS FASHION VOTES YE RIN MOK ENVIRONMENT WRESTLING WELCOME Start now. THE IMPACT ISSUE Politics is really a mechanism for self-discovery. What do you believe in? How should this HOLLYWOOD, GET THE FCUK OUTTA MY VOTING game of life be operated according to you? You can’t be angry at something unless it goes 6 BOOTH! against your beliefs. Apathy is about not having an opinion. Voting is about picking who you By Jessica C. Lee want to represent your beliefs to the school, the city, the county, the state, or the world. Directly The glitz and glam of the rich and famous is taking over the participate in open dialogues. Mold the candidates to your liking before someone else does it. voting booth. Challenge yourself. EXECUTIVE DECISIONS If you cant impact the world, impact yourself. 8 By Amardeep Gill Welcome to the third issue of Jaded. You been in hiding for the last couple of months? Here is a quick overview of Bush and Kerry’s stance on key issues. Diana Jou LAUGHING AT THE ENVIRONMENT 14 By Diana Jou MISSION STATEMENT Fun facts and jokes on our current environmental status. So Jaded magazine is a form of alternative media to encourage political, cultural, and personal hilarious, it’ll make you cry. discourse among UCI students. We celebrate and support the Asian Pacific Islander community through the retelling of the past, engaging of the present, and sharing a vision for the future. SUBJECT MATTER FILM FESTIVAL We hope to build connections and bridge gaps between people of different ethnicities and 16 It’s free! ways of thinking. The goal of the publication is not only to provide a space where Asian Pacific Islander students can voice different opinions and artistic expressions, but also as a HOW TO GET PUNCHED IN THE MOUTH form of community activism through education and awareness. Despite the fact that we are By Chris Dea misrepresented, our images misconstrued, and our cultures miunderstood we are not JADED 24 Interview with UCI alummi photographer, Ye Rin Mok. in spirit. This is what we are doing about it. STAFF 4 HODGE PODGE Editor in Chief Tiffany Ran Diana Jou Erica Shen 5 APSA - MADE IN AMERICA Executive Editor Layouts 10 STATE ELECTIONS Amardeep Gill Chris Dea Diana Jou 11 THE NEW VOTERS PROJECT - COMMENTARY Creative Direction Chris Dea Graphic Designers 12 CALIFORNIA STATE PROPOSITIONS Jeff Tang News Feature Editor Champ Tangkasem 16 SUBJECT MATTER FILM FESTIVAL Jessica Hong Guest Contributors 18 AMERICAN GREETINGS Student Life Editor Chris Appelhans Frank Meksavan Diane Chang 19 WRESTLING WITH IDIOCY Corina Delacruz Copy Editors Keith Fujimoto 20 SAVING FACE Jee Soo Kim Julianne Ong Hing Rosheila Robles 21 POEMS Angela Su Publicity Coordinator Jee Soo Kim 22 TRAVEL Staff writers Betty Chen Funding Coordinator 26 REVIEWS Jansen Cudal Erica Shen Stephanie Ha 28 HEAD AUTOMATICA COCK ROCK Jee Soo Kim Webmaster Jessica Lee Chris Dea 29 FOOD 30 A DAY IN THE LIFE OF JADED SUPPORTERS Asian Pacific Student Association Larry Minpin Wu 31 CALENDAR China Times Printing Leslie Tat Ming Tsang Jaded is a non-profit publication. We distribute 3,000 copies bi-quarterly. Free knowledge for everyone. Help support us by donating. More info at: Chinese Association 03-04 Miranda Mei Chow www.jadedmag.org Improv Comedy - Specturm Visual Communications Questions? Comments? Criticisms? Send them all to [email protected]. Jamba Juice - Harvard & Main DISCLAIMER The ideas and opinions of the articles do not necessarily reflect those of UCI, APSA or the entire Jaded staff. Cover photo by Diana Jou. Inside and back cover photos by Chris Dea. JADED 2 JADED 3 WELCOME Start now. THE IMPACT ISSUE Politics is really a mechanism for self-discovery. What do you believe in? How should this HOLLYWOOD, GET THE FCUK OUTTA MY VOTING game of life be operated according to you? You can’t be angry at something unless it goes 6 BOOTH! against your beliefs. Apathy is about not having an opinion. Voting is about picking who you By Jessica C. Lee want to represent your beliefs to the school, the city, the county, the state, or the world. Directly The glitz and glam of the rich and famous is taking over the participate in open dialogues. Mold the candidates to your liking before someone else does it. voting booth. Challenge yourself. EXECUTIVE DECISIONS If you cant impact the world, impact yourself. 8 By Amardeep Gill Welcome to the third issue of Jaded. You been in hiding for the last couple of months? Here is a quick overview of Bush and Kerry’s stance on key issues. Diana Jou LAUGHING AT THE ENVIRONMENT 14 By Diana Jou MISSION STATEMENT Fun facts and jokes on our current environmental status. So Jaded magazine is a form of alternative media to encourage political, cultural, and personal hilarious, it’ll make you cry. discourse among UCI students. We celebrate and support the Asian Pacific Islander community through the retelling of the past, engaging of the present, and sharing a vision for the future. SUBJECT MATTER FILM FESTIVAL We hope to build connections and bridge gaps between people of different ethnicities and 16 It’s free! ways of thinking. The goal of the publication is not only to provide a space where Asian Pacific Islander students can voice different opinions and artistic expressions, but also as a HOW TO GET PUNCHED IN THE MOUTH form of community activism through education and awareness. Despite the fact that we are By Chris Dea misrepresented, our images misconstrued, and our cultures miunderstood we are not JADED 24 Interview with UCI alummi photographer, Ye Rin Mok. in spirit. This is what we are doing about it. STAFF 4 HODGE PODGE Editor in Chief Tiffany Ran Diana Jou Erica Shen 5 APSA - MADE IN AMERICA Executive Editor Layouts 10 STATE ELECTIONS Amardeep Gill Chris Dea Diana Jou 11 THE NEW VOTERS PROJECT - COMMENTARY Creative Direction Chris Dea Graphic Designers 12 CALIFORNIA STATE PROPOSITIONS Jeff Tang News Feature Editor Champ Tangkasem 16 SUBJECT MATTER FILM FESTIVAL Jessica Hong Guest Contributors 18 AMERICAN GREETINGS Student Life Editor Chris Appelhans Frank Meksavan Diane Chang 19 WRESTLING WITH IDIOCY Corina Delacruz Copy Editors Keith Fujimoto 20 SAVING FACE Jee Soo Kim Julianne Ong Hing Rosheila Robles 21 POEMS Angela Su Publicity Coordinator Jee Soo Kim 22 TRAVEL Staff writers Betty Chen Funding Coordinator 26 REVIEWS Jansen Cudal Erica Shen Stephanie Ha 28 HEAD AUTOMATICA COCK ROCK Jee Soo Kim Webmaster Jessica Lee Chris Dea 29 FOOD 30 A DAY IN THE LIFE OF JADED SUPPORTERS Asian Pacific Student Association Larry Minpin Wu 31 CALENDAR China Times Printing Leslie Tat Ming Tsang Jaded is a non-profit publication. We distribute 3,000 copies bi-quarterly. Free knowledge for everyone. Help support us by donating. More info at: Chinese Association 03-04 Miranda Mei Chow www.jadedmag.org Improv Comedy - Specturm Visual Communications Questions? Comments? Criticisms? Send them all to [email protected]. Jamba Juice - Harvard & Main DISCLAIMER The ideas and opinions of the articles do not necessarily reflect those of UCI, APSA or the entire Jaded staff. Cover photo by Diana Jou. Inside and back cover photos by Chris Dea. JADED 2 JADED 3 frankandfrank by Chris Appelhans MADE IN AMERICA HODGE by Corina DeLaCruz PODGE “It is estimated that Dear Jaded, over 67% of the As a writer of the Yello Fever Persuasion, I want to give you guys much props on your publication. I was sur- factories disobey prised to hear that this publication was coming froma student platform. On the real, it can stand next to most minimum wage of these so called “Asian Yellow Fist” movement maga- zines, and JADED will Fade them all. and overtime laws Please send us mail! We’re oh-so sad and I love the content, the layouts are simply ill, and the lonely. Write us at overall feel is professional. Keep up the excellent and over 75% [email protected]. work! Rickey Kim / Editor-in-Chief violate workplaces Evil Monito: Deconstructing Pop Culture http://evilmonito.com health and safety Photos by Diana Jou Photos by standards.” or our parents, the dream of immigrating to America Worker who ironed it: $0.065 NEWS BRIEF BY AMARDEEP GILL meant opportunity, better education, and most of all Total paid to workers: $0.647 ALL-UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE a better life. Yet for so many unfortunate individuals, ll-University Conference brought together leaders from a variety of on- America has become the land of exploitation and sweat- For a shirt that cost the consumer only $13 to buy, is it campus student organizations. Students were given the chance to ad- F shop labor. How is it possible that Los Angeles—the center of worth the sweat, tears and struggles of those who came to dress their concerns to ASUCI exec’s, Vice Chancellor Michael Goddfer- metropolitan commerce and diversity, heralded as a place of this country to fulfill their dreams and obtain a better life for Ason, Manuel Gomez chancellor of Student Affairs and Sally Peterson grand opportunity—has become home to over 3,500 sweat- themselves and their families? Dean of students. Majority of the question were addressed towards the ASUCI shops? These sweatshops employ our neighbors, relatives and California has turned the garment industry into a $30 bil- execs. The student leaders that expressed their concerns did so because they friends, subjecting them to 12-hour work days for merely cents lion industry, which is composed of over 5,000 employers and believe that as students of UCI it is well within their right to question.