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Students making dumplings for the Lunar New Year celebration.

February 16, 2024 12:41 amFebruary 16, 2024 12:55 am

The Year of the Dragon: Across Claremont, students wrap dumplings, explore themed exhibits, and come together to celebrate the Lunar New Year

By Claire Welch 10989 Views AAPI, APIDA, asian, Asian Diaspora, Chinese, Chinese New Year, Clark Humanities Museum, CSSA, Dumplings, Lunar New Year, Oldenborg, Year of the Dragon

The Claremont community came together during Lunar New Year season to celebrate the upcoming Year of the Dragon. Some 5C events, exhibitions, and excursions that took place over the weekend of Feb. 9-11 included the CSSA (Chinese Students and Scholars Association) spring festival, language resident Manxi Wang’s dumpling making and Scripps’ Clark Humanities Museum “Year of the Dragon” reception.

A green box enclosing the surprised Pikachu meme, a bottle of tiger balm, a Poké ball, tea with boba, and an on-fire assignment that has an "A-" on it in red writing. Above the box, the words "Subtle Asian Traits" are written.

Arts & Culture Columns Pop Culture

November 21, 2019 6:39 pmNovember 21, 2019 6:46 pm

Wuss poppin’: Subtle Asian Traits and its unsubtle controversy

By Nadya Siringo Ringo 8314 Views Asian Diaspora, Asian-Americans, Facebook, Facebook Group, Pop Culture, Social Media, Stereotyping, Subtle Asian Traits

Pop culture columnist Nadya Siringo Ringo SC ’21 examines the phenomenon of the Subtle Asian Traits Facebook group and the problem of stereotyping and generalizing in its humor.

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