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HC/SoComm – Iceskating with Alumni

HC/SoComm – Iceskating with Alumni

by Jenny Mei, edited by Nina Nim Iceskating With Alumni, hosted by the Historian and Social Committees, was held on April 16th, 2010 at the Oakland Ice Center, a venue traditionally reserved for Broomball Night. It was an opportunity for the AAA committee members of Spring 2010 to mingle and bond with AAA Alumni who had dedicated tremendous time and effort to AAA during their time on cabinet. This was the second alumni event that the … Read entire article »

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AAA Issues and IJM Benefit Gala

AAA Issues and IJM Benefit Gala

by Dao Nguyen, edited by Nina Nim On Thursday, April 8th, 2010, the Issues Committee hosted a benefit gala with the International Justice Mission (IJM) campus chapter in an effort to bring awareness to sex trafficking issues in Southeast Asia. A local Chinatown restaurant catered the event – offering an abundance of delicious shrimp dumplings, shumai, and egg tarts for guests … Read entire article »

TECHNO LAN PARTY (LAN B4 TIME)

TECHNO LAN PARTY (LAN B4 TIME)

by Jennifer Jiang, edited by Nina Nim On Saturday, April 23, 2010 , the Technology (Techno) committee hosted its semesterly LAN party from 4pm to 10pm in Dwinelle. Every semester when Techno hosts this gathering of computers, games, and people, they exceed our expectations. There were three tournaments on the eventful Saturday: Nintendo Super Smash Brothers Brawl, Starcraft, and Counterstike 1.6 5v5. The … Read entire article »

CS Penny Wars

CS Penny Wars

by Jennifer Jiang, edited by Dao Nguyen From Monday, March 8th to Friday, March 12th, our Community Service (CS) committee held AAA’s biannual penny wars, a competition between families. The rules of penny war are as follows: pennies, dollars and checks are counted as positive points towards your family according to their monetary value. Silver coins are counted as negative points … Read entire article »

Issues Language Revitalization Nights

Issues Language Revitalization Nights

by Charlene Hadinata, edited by Nina Nim For one month, AAA filled the rooms of Dwinelle every Wednesday to attend Issues’ Language Revitalization Night. Issues hosted this event to help “revitalize” languages for students and to introduce them to new languages. INTRO NIGHT! Students began the night with an inevitable Icebreaker. As students entered through the door, an index card with a … Read entire article »

PR/Devo Karaoke Contest

PR/Devo Karaoke Contest

by Keaky Ma, edited by Nina Nim On April 23rd, 2010, the Development (Devo) Committee and Public Relations (PR) Committee hosted Karaoke Contest (K-Con), one of the most exciting last events of the semester. All proceeds from the event were donated to the Children’s Hospital in Oakland. The night was filled with young talent all hoping to achieve the monetary grand … Read entire article »

Xie Hsieh Clubbing

Xie Hsieh Clubbing

by Brian Pak, edited by Nina Nim Baby, are you down down down down down? AAA members turned “clubbers” definitely were while at Xie Hsieh Clubbing, which was hosted by AAA’s Treasurer Ben Hsieh and External Vice President Jeisun Xie.  After meeting at Underhill, members were driven across the bay to San Francisco’s mysterious Club Mist. Club Mist featured two separate … Read entire article »

Friends, Family, Fun, and… Field? – Maxwell Night

Friends, Family, Fun, and… Field? – Maxwell Night

by Patrick S Lee, edited by Nina Nim Do you like friends? Family? Playing sports effectively blind? If you answered yes to all of the above, you surely came to this semester’s Maxwell Night! AAA’s Internal Relations Committee (IRC) hosted their semesterly inter-family sports competition not at their usual venue of the RSF, but at the appropriately named Maxwell Family Field. … Read entire article »

Issue Poetry Slam – The Road Not Taken

Issue Poetry Slam – The Road Not Taken

by Frances Yan and Patrick S Lee On Friday, March 12th 2010, the Issues Committee hosted a night full of poetry and open mic performances in the toasty Naia Lounge, which surrounded performers with a fitting warm reddish ambiance. Performers attacked the issues of identity and individuality with respect to the event’s theme, “The Road Not Taken”. Issues started the event with an endearing group recitation of Robert Frost’s famous poem, “The Road … Read entire article »

Business Professional Development Workshop

Business Professional Development Workshop

by Brian Pak, edited by Patrick S Lee On the night of March 3rd 2010, students in Dwinelle convened to learn not about languages or classics, but how to tie that annoying full Windsor knot, apply to graduate school, and even sip tea in England. The Development Committee’s (Devo) Business Professional Development Workshop taught students the skills they will need for graduate school and the workplace after graduation.  Each of … Read entire article »