Goldwin Smith 132 (HEC Auditorium)

Can you dance?  Sing?  Make videos?  Or do something else?  Get ready to try out for this year’s China Night: CSA’s Got Talent! on May 1st!!  ALL are welcome!  (For these auditions, we are only looking for an idea, not perfection.)

The top three winners with the most votes will receive cash prizes of $688 (1st place),$368 (2nd place), and $288 (3rd place).

If interested, please contact Fay (fl226@cornell.edu) and Jennifer (jyw36@cornell.edu), with your preferred 10-minute time slot (note: the performances themselves should only be around 5 minutes long).

See http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=328214359506&ref=mf for more details.

**We are also looking for judges, a host, and volunteers!**

Volunteer at Beechtree Nursing Home with CSA – 2/19

Interested in helping the community, meeting new people, and making others happy just by listening? Sign up to volunteer at Beechtree Nursing Home, located in the commons, on February 19th at 6:00pm! This will be a joint event with GCF, so it will be great opportunity to meet new people!
Please sign up on this google doc: here
For any questions, email Alice Wang: xaw4@cornell.edu

Relay for Life – 2/27

Participate in Relay for Life with the CSA team!

Relay for Life is an annual up-all-night event that raises money for the American Cancer Society. There will be tons of entertainment and activities going on all night, from A Cappella groups to dance troupes to bands and more!! All money raised goes to the American Cancer Society. Register now on Relay For Life just click “Join a Team”, then click “Find a Team” and search “Chinese Students Association.”
For any questions, email Alice Wang: xaw4@cornell.edu

Be a LEADER — apply to be a CSA officer!

Want to make a difference in the Asian American community on campus? Want to develop your own leadership skills and discover what you’re capable of?

Apply to be a member of the CSA executive board for the academic year 2010-2011. Elections will be held in March.
Positions available to students that are not currently members of e-board include: Treasurer, Cultural Chair, Social Chair, Public Relations Chair, Programming Chair, Publicity Chair, and Webmaster. Positions available by petition only include President and Vice-President of Operations.

Find out how our e-board works by coming to meetings on Mondays at 5:00 PM in RCK 127. Candidates must attend a minimum of three CSA meetings.
For more information, please e-mail Janelle Teng at jet78@cornell.edu

Family Feud – 3/1

Hey Bigs and Littles!

Do you think you can overthrow reigning the Family Competition winners? Family Competition points start over for the spring semester! Be sure to send me pictures of your family get-togethers (lz234) and come to CSA events to get points (like New Year, New Love). Winners will be announced at our end-of-the-year event.

March 1st will be the family competition, so clear your schedules! Get ready for “Family Feud”!

China Night Auditions

Do you have a talent you want to share and show off? Do you think you have what it takes to be in one of the most talked about performances on campus? If you love performing, get ready to try out for this year’s China Night, which is on May 1st!! The winners with the most votes get awesome prizes. If you are interested in auditioning or just volunteering to help out and be more involved in CSA, please contact the cultural chairs, Fay (fl226@cornell.edu) and Jennifer (jyw36@cornell.edu)

In an effort to publicize our upcoming New Year, New Love event to a wide and diverse audience, a blurb about the speed-dating was distributed over ALANA (African, Latino, Asian & Native American Programming Board), MGLC (Multicultural Greek Letter Council), and the LINK: Men’s Alliance listservs. It was brought to our attention that a certain individual replied to those three listservs by commenting that our event “could be good for all the dudes on the serve who want to conquer at least one Asian before you leave Cornell.” The individual has since publicly apologized.

These comments were seen as offensive because they portray women of Asian descent solely as sexual objects, which is reminiscent of pervasive and long-standing stereotypes that fetishize Asian women and lock them into a role of being exotic and submissive.

Please know that these stereotypes and attitudes will not be tolerated at our event. Though New Year, New Love is open to the entire Cornell community, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, or any other identity, we ask that all participants keep an open mind about the daters with whom they interact.

We hope that this unfortunate incident does not detract from your enjoyment of our Lunar New Year festivities. We plan on having a blast meeting new people, and making new friends!

Thank you,
Janelle Teng
CSA President

We will be exploring the customs and traditions behind the Lunar New Year, learning about the folktales behind the Chinese zodiac, and the importance behind each zodiac sign. Whether you’re a brave dragon, an eccentric dog, a curious rat, or a popular horse, everyone is welcome to attend! Who knows? Maybe you’ll meet your ideal partner at this special event!

Music, food, and drinks will be provided. A lucky pair will also walk away with a free raffle prize by the end of the night!

We hope to see you there!

There will be NO February general body meeting! Instead, we’ll see you on the first Monday of March for this semester’s family competition!

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**CALL FOR TALENT: CHINA NIGHT 2010!!**
Do you have a talent you want to share and show off? Do you think you have what it takes to be in one of the most talked about performances on campus? If you love performing, get ready to try out for this year’s China Night, which is on May 1st!! The winners with the most votes get awesome prizes. If you are interested in auditioning or just volunteering to help out and be more involved in CSA, please contact the cultural chairs, Fay (fl226@cornell.edu) and Jennifer (jyw36@cornell.edu)

Here are some of Indie bands for you guys to hear some different/experimental/fresh music! ENJOY!

My little airport

(http://www.mylittleairport.com/)

One of Hong Kong’s best kept secrets, My Little Airport is an electro-noise-pop duet comprised of Nicole (the unassuming and charming vocalist) and P (who plays the guitar, keyboards and writes most songs).

Here are links to some of their songs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTpwETrBqIM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r15_zMxLMG0&feature=related

Lonely China Day

(http://lonelychinaday.com/)

Lonely China Day is a band from Beijing who just finished their debut tour in the U.S., taking them through New York, the Midwest and culminating at the SXSW.

Their music can be described as a kind of glitch-alternative rock. Lonely China Day can be compared to the likes of Radiohead with their driving rock beats and spices of electronic & synth effects.

Here are links to some of their songs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sWZ1ONLip4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTBUFclEyxE

Gemini Trip

(http://www.modernsky.com/records/g011.htm)

Composer and vocalist HuZi and Wang Juan from Shanghai joined forces to form Gemini Trip. Released on Modernsky’s electronic sub-label Guava, they create an original blend of ephemeral electronic music and ballads. Offering an electronic texture compatible with vocals, this down-tempo music is a raw take on the overproduced numbers.
Here are links to some of their songs:

http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/TFQzjeUwhvc/

http://beautifullnoise.blogspot.com/2009/03/hu-zi-wang-juan-gemini-trip-2008.html

I hope you guys enjoyed the music and that this opened your eyes and made you realize that the Chinese music scene goes way beyond Jay Chou and Wang Lee Hom (Even though I have to admit that they are awesome nonetheless).

Come get dressed up, bring a hot date or go stag, and celebrate the beginning of winter with your CSA friends and family!

The winners of this semester’s family competition will be announced at the dance, and this event is your last chance of the semester to get some extra points in for your family!

Buy tickets from any CSA e-board members, who are admins on the facebook event (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=186116517419&ref=mf) or e-mail us at jet78@cornell.edu OR cornellcsa@gmail.com.  Officers will also be selling tickets at RPCC/Appel on Wednesday-Friday nights of this week during dinner.

CSA Semiformal
Winter Festival
冬至

MONDAY, DEC 7TH
BIG RED BARN
DINNER 8:00-9:30
DANCE 9:30-11:00

DINNER+DANCE = $25/$30
DANCE ONLY = $5/$7

See you there!

Update: CSA officers will be in WSH tomorrow from 11:00-1:00 pm and at Appel on North Campus from 5:00-8:00 pm to sell tickets.

Come CHILL with CSA, Korean American Students Association, and Japan-US Association for ICE-SKATING at Lynah Rink! We’ll have hot chocolate and discounted admission prices for members of CSA!

For JUSA members:
$3 admission w/ skates and hot cocoa ($1 admission for those with skates)
$0.50/extra cup of hot cocoa

For CSA members:
$3 includes skate rental and hot cocoa
$1 bring your own skates!, you get hot cocoa
($5 for nonmembers)

For KASA members: (SAME AS CSA)*
$3 includes skate rental and hot cocoa
$1 bring your own skates!, you get hot cocoa
($5 for nonmembers)

The “egg” in spoon was extremely intense and close, and Brandon and Anni’s family ultimately won, with Ivan and Jackie’s family and Joey and Emily’s families close behind.  The human knot’s winners, Ivan and Jackie’s family won about ten seconds after we started the game—which is crazy, I know, but it happened!  Charades was fun as usual, and e-board tried to make it difficult, but us Cornell students can act anything out, apparently! Brandon and Anni’s family ultimately won charades.  We ended the family competition with a test to the bigs, who had to answer a few questions about their littles.  Brandon and Anni’s family answered the most questions correctly for this game as well…impressive.

Final results for this semester’s family competition:

1^st place Brandon & Anni

2^nd place Ivan & Jackie

3^rd place Lisa & Dan

Mid-semester points for the top 5 families:

The end of first semester is fast approaching!! We will be tallying up the final points for your family at CSA Semi Formal on Dec. 7^th.  Keep sending pictures to lz234@cornell.edu to get points.

So recently, I have started watching a new Taiwanese drama called Autumn’s Concerto (thanks to the recommendation of one of my littles, Samantha ), which I have found to be quite entertaining and moving. Basically, it’s about Ren Guang Xi, a self-absorbed, arrogant law student and talent hockey player who is the sole successor to a large business, but who cannot see any meaning to his life until he meets Liang Mu Chen, a poor bento seller who relies on her determination to live her life and enjoy it, despite the hardships she has experienced and continues to face. See the link to the trailer below for a more complete preview of the drama:

http://www.viikii.net/videos/watch/41244/0/autumn-s-concerto-trailer.html

For those of you who have seen Meteor Garden before or know of F4, the popular boy band from the early 2000s, the main actor Vanness Wu (originally from California) looks a lot better in this drama than he did in Meteor Garden. And for all the guys out there, the main actress (Ady An) is quite pretty:

Anyway, I highly recommend this drama to anyone who has a bit of free time or is looking for something to do during a study break. The story is pretty fast-paced and there’s a super sketchy, creeper uncle who keeps things interesting, haha.

Music Videos

Ding Dang 丁噹- 我愛他 (I Love Him) 下一站, 幸福 OST

(original url: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_7YuSJ3wn8)
This is an MV of a song from the drama and the latest album of Della, a mainland singer with a pretty powerful voice. It’s about a couple and how the girl discovers that the guy is cheating on her. In the beginning, you see an investigator visit her apartment and then you find out that the guy is now dead. The question is: how did he die? Did she murder him, was it a suicide, or something else? Can you guys figure it out?

Evan Yo 蔡旻佑 – 小乖乖 (Litte Cutie)

(original url: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REXRotRDBGU)
As if to confirm how games like Farmville (the application on Facebook) is taking over the world, Farmville makes its first appearance in a music video. This song and MV are pretty cute, as is the actress, Michelle Chen, who went to USC.

I can’t fathom what was going through Evan’s stylist’s head when he/she picked out the clothes for this MV and let him get that mushroom-looking haircut >.<

Crowd Lu 盧廣仲 – OH YEAH!

(original url: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfrvRG9AnII)
Speaking of weird styles and mushroom haircuts, Crowd Lu, who is known for his odd sense of style- the hair, long socks, awkward large framed glasses, T-shirt, and gym shorts (see below)- has come out with a new album.

You might wonder how a guy who looks like this could become famous, in such a short time, if at all, (I’m not BSing here- he’s actually become quite well-known in Asia and has won his fair share of music awards) but I guess his style does set him apart from the competition. His new song is pretty catchy and reflects his indie/soft rock/R&B musical style.

**Bonus MV: Tank -會長大的幸福 Happiness That Grows

(original url: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMrKJkPlmhk)
So in case you’re not yet completely sick of watching Chinese MVs yet, I think you should watch this one by my favorite artist/singer/composer, Tank. Not only is this song good, there’s a guest appearance by yours truly Think you can spot me?