UF AASU Presents: SG Debate, Renew Your Reitz, and Speaker Series: Hiro Leung

We have lots of things in store for you within a short period of time! So don’t forget to show up @ Lecture Hall E121 in the CSE @ 6:00PM.

The Asian American Student Union and The Building Dreams Foundation proudly present the 2010 University of Florida Student Government Debate!

Join us this Monday, Feb. 22nd at Lecture Hall E121 in the Computer Sciences & Engineering building (located next to Marston).

The Unite Party and the Student Alliance Party’s Vice-President and Treasurer candidates will meet face-to-face and address issues that matter to the Gator Nation and YOU. With so many policies on the line, now is a better time than ever to let YOUR voice be heard!

The debate will begin promptly at 6:00, so don’t be late! Limited seating is available, so please arrive early to guarantee your presence at this exciting, historical event!

Also,

We will have a speaker coming in to talk about the importance of renewing and rebuilding the Reitz Union. They will also discuss the referendum on the ballots for elections next week.

For more information on why the Reitz needs to be rebuilt visit http://www.renewyourreitz.com/

And Finally,

AASU Speaker Series Presents: Hiro Leung

Hiro Leung, the owner of Dragonfly, will be speaking at the meeting. Don’t worry, Hiro isn’t the last of our speakers! We do have more speakers coming to speak in March!

CASA Presents: Chinese New Year Show – Saturday: February 27th, 2010.

Happy Chinese New Year everyone! And so, another new lunar year brings another CASA Chinese New Year Show. Join us for an evening of excitement, laughter, applause, games and festivities.

Theme: CHINATOWN – that’s right, Chinatown. Triads roaming around. Rickshaw drivers cruising around. And maybe some counterfeit DVD vendors peddling their stuff. Who knows what surprises CASA has in store for you!

We have a surprise guest as one of the emcees! He’s very….. “CASAwesome.”
Doors open at 6:15 PM and the show starts at 7:00 PM.

Officers will begin their hard work setting up the stage and ballroom with decorations and game/refreshments stands at 8 am Saturday morning, so join us if you’d like. (We highly recommend it if you want to earn brownie points).

If you thought the Mid-Autumn Show was amazing, then just wait til you see this one! *a la deep-voiced guy from Men’s Wearhouse: “I guarantee it.”

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FSA Presents: Barrio Fiesta by the Sea – Saturday: February 27th, 2010.

Barrio Fiesta by the Sea
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Holy Faith Catholic Church Upper Hall
474 Northwest 43rd Street, Gainesville
Doors open 5:15 pm
Dinner begins 6:00 pm
Tickets are $12 presale until Friday Feb 26!

**Tickets are limited, get yours today! For GK and other FSAs, please contact Amanda Sucharitchant or Trisha Managad via email/fb!

**TICKET SCHEDULE**
Tickets are $12 presale until Friday, February 26th and will be sold in the AASU Office (3rd Floor Reitz) on all weekdays generally from 11am-4pm.

***Check FSA’s Facebook Group for the detailed schedule!***

AASU Events

Monday – February 22nd, 2010.

UF AASU General Body Meeting + SG Debate + Speaker Series Hiro Leung
Come out to our meeting at the CSE E121 @ 6:00PM. Scroll up for more information on the meeting!

Tuesday – February 23rd, 2010.

HEAL’s 4th Spring General Body Meeting.
We are proud to announce that our next HEAL meeting will take place Tuesday, February 23rd at AND 134. Doors open at 6:30 and the meeting starts promptly at 7:00.

There will be various speakers from different sub-organizations discussing the health disparities occurring within different cultures and areas, which is definitely an important topic. Of course, the usual updates on volunteer events will be provided as well. So come out to see what’s going on!

Wednesday – February 24th, 2010.

CASA Chinese New Year Show Pre-Game
The meeting is going to be at Turlington – L011. Doors open at 6:00 PM and the meeting will start at 6:30 PM. Ok, so here’s the deal: we’ll give you one last meeting before the big Chinese New Year Show, you’ll come to the meeting and learn a thing or two. We will discuss the actual Chinese New Year and the traditions that the Chinese take part in. PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE PRESENTATION! You’ll know why we told you so.

Thursday – February 25th, 2010.

FSA Third Spring Show.
The meeting will be at FAB 103. Doors will open at 6:00 PM and the meeting will start at 6:30. Get ready for Barrio Fiesta Weekend 2010! Come to the meeting to learn about our upcoming events which include Barrio Fiesta, our cultural showcase, and Sports Day for GK! The theme for this year’s Barrio is Barrio Fiesta by the Sea! Remember to get your tickets for $12 presale in the AASU Office all next week between 11:00 AM and 4:00 PM! Sports Day for GK will be the following day where teams will get to play basketball, volleyball, flag football, and patintero! There will be icebreakers, and definitely awesome videos this time around!

Saturday – February 26th, 2010.

Barrio Fiesta by The Sea & CASA’s Chinese New Year Show
We know the events overlap each other, but make sure to come out to either FSA’s or CASA’s cultural spring showcase!

AASU Presents: Mark Tran

The director, Mark Tran, caused a sensation at the 2009 Cinequest Film Festival when he won the Audience Award for Best Feature. Widely considered the most promising filmmaker out of the Bay Area, Mark directed the film at the age of 22 on a shoe-string budget. During the film’s premiere at the festival, every showing was sold out with an overcapacity crowd celebrating inside the lobby and outside the theater, forcing the festival directors to call in security. We will show the movie before and have a discussion afterwards. So come out for this wonderful experience.

Time: Tuesday: February 16th, 2010 – 7:00PM to 8:00PM.
Location: Reitz Auditorium.

AASU Presents: Norman Ng

We had a wonderful turnout for our first speaker of our Speaker Series! Norman Ng impressed us with all of us his tricks as well as made us all laugh. Come out to see all of our other speakers coming up!

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Project Mascot

If you didn’t know, Project Mascot is a service organization that deals with assigning mentors at an “at-risk” school. These elementary schools are identified yearly and as an organization, Project Mascot attacks by sending mentors in and having one mentor per one mentee in the hopes that it will have a positive impact on that child’s life.

In addition to mentoring, Project Mascot takes the mentees to Sea World. These children come from a generally lower income household, so we raise all the money to take these kids to Orlando, in hopes that the rewarding of a year of work will help motivate them for the immediate and distance future.

Because we take on the whole responsibility of payment for the trip, we need YOUR help. On February 17th (Thursday), we’re having an all-you-can eat hotdog dinner. Tickets are only 5 dollars! There are also drinks and dessert and the whole meal has vegetarian options. Please, please, please come out and help us help these kids! Tickets must be sold through me unfortunately, but I’m willing to meet up whenever, wherever. Tell your friends, roommates, significant others! Cheap food and a good cause are always a great combination.

Abner Yang
850.363.1302
abtyang@gmail.com

Pi Delta Psi 2010 Founder’s Week

The brothers of Pi Delta Psi (PDPsi) are celebrating their founders week this week and have events lined up in celebration of the sixteenth year of anniversary since the founding of Pi Delta Psi.

Multicultural Diversity Affairs (MCDA) Applications:

Here’s another great opportunity! The application to apply as student staff at the Multicultural Diversity Affairs (MCDA) is out! MCDA includes the Institute of Black Culture, La Casita, or Asian Pacific American Affairs.

The application is available at http://www.multicultural.ufl.edu/employment.php.

The applications are due on Friday, March 5th. Please turn in the application at Peabody Hall (next to Plaza of America).

AASU is looking for a new K-Month Executive Director!

Love Kaleidoscope Month? Want to gain leadership experience? Want to make a difference? The Asian American Student Union is now seeking an Executive Director for Kaleidoscope Month 2010. This leadership position is a great opportunity to lead an integral team to create inspirational, educational, and entertaining programming for the Asian and Asian American as well as the greater University of Florida communities. If you are interested, please complete the application found at www.ufkmonth.com by Monday, March 1, 2010 at 5:00pm. Applications can be emailed to kaleidoscope.month@gmail.com or turned in to the AASU office.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Sarah Papa at kaleidoscope.month@gmail.com.

INK Magazine is looking for a new Finance Director!

Click for the Application

INK Magazine’s Mission is to serve as an informational resource to the young and evolving Asian American community in Gainesville. Our goal is to present entertaining and informative articles on the most recent trends and issues that impact Asian American culture. Driven by intellectual curiosity, our aim is to Connect, Inform, and Inspire our readership base into a unified, well-educated, pro-active social force.

We are looking for exceptional individuals who want to be apart of the UF Ink Magazine team for 2010-2011. The Finance Director is in charge of all financial transactions as well as executing and implementing fund raising ideas. In addition, this person is also responsible for communication between the printing agency and the magazine. The Finance Director will be responsible for leading a sales team to sell ads.Applications are due by March 31, 5pm. Questions? Contact law.eic.ufink@gmail.com

What’s going on this week:

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Monday, February 15th, 2010:

3rd Freshman Leadership Program Meeting
The meeting is going to be at 6:15PM to 7:45PM in FLG 210. Exciting things will be happening this meeting, so you don’t want to miss out! Learn something new before you leave such as helpful tips and secret finds around campus. Don’t forget your mentor/mentee assignment due before the meeting.

KUSA Reverse NUHDO Week
There’s going to be a combination of Movie Night and Potluck @ The Woodlands Clubhouse from 7:00PM to 10:00PM. Even if you don’t have a big/little, show up! We bring the movies, you bring the food!

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010:

AASU Speaker Series: Mark Tran
Come to the Reitz Auditorium @ 7:00 to watch “All About Dad” directed by Mark Tran. There’s also a question and answer portion after the movie.

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KUSA Reverse NUHDO Week
There is going to be wall painting from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Paint the SW 21 Street Wall with your favorite Bigs and Littles of KUSA!

PDPsi Founder’s Week
Come out to the Distracted Driving Forum in CSE E220 7:00PM with the Brothers of PDPsi.

By far, the most dangerous and destructive combination of tasks is driving while texting, calling, eating, etc. We take our eyes off the road, our hands off the wheel, and our mind off of driving.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration states that 80% of all crashes and 65 of all near crashes were involved with some type of distraction while driving and that nearly 6000 people died in 2008 and more than a half million were injured due to distracted driving

Come out to our Distracted Driving Forum to learn more about the dangers of multi tasking while driving, Featuring a guest speaker from UFPD

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010:

KUSA Reverse NUHDO Week
Come out to Skate Station Funworks from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM. First 20 members to arrive enter FREE! Then, it’s $12 Regular Admission after the first 20 people. Join your Bigs & Littles of KUSA for a night of Skate-Tastic Fun!

PDPsi Founder’s Week:
The brothers of PDPsi are showing the movie, “Better Luck Tomorrow” at The Woodland’s Clubhouse Theater at 7:00 PM. Come out to celebrate founder’s week with the brothers of PDPsi.

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Thursday, February 18th, 2010:

KUSA Reverse NUHDO Week
There’s going to be Dinner and Lollicup Fundraiser from 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM. Remember to tell the cashier at Lollicup that you’re a KUSA member! And Littles, don’t forget to invite your Bigs!

PDPsi Founder’s Week
Come out to Turlington for the Fortune Frenzy with the brothers of PDPsi. Come see how our prediction of your day will unfold! Brothers of Pi Delta Psi will be passing out fortunes in turlington plaza until 2:00 PM. They will come in traditional Oriental New Years gift envelopes! Then later tonight, come out to the Das Rolls: Sushi Rolling Forum and Cultural Potluck at 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM in the University Commons Clubhouse.

Friday, February 19th, 2010:

KUSA Reverse NUHDO Week
There is going to be Gator Nights and Clubbing! Keep up with the facebook event for more information!

GatorNights Movie: Traitor
Showtimes: 6:30 PM, 9:00 PM, 11:30 PM
Don’t forget to join us for the Midnight Breakfast!
Clubbing: 11:00 PM to 2:00 AM
Free entrance before 11:30 PM!
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PDPsi Founder’s Week
Feel like clubbing tonight? Come join all the PDPsi Florida Chapters to celebrate the end of their founder’s week. Hosted by the UF and USF chapters, come out to Tampa for the Spotlight: Founder’s Club Party at Lava Lounge in Tampa at 11:00PM.

Ladies Free till Midnight, $5 after.
Guys $5 before Midnight, $7 after.
Music by DJ Wu and DJ Dean.

Saturday, February 20th, 2010:

KUSA Reverse NUHDO Week
There’s going to be Karma Cream Fundraiser from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Join us for a Delightfully Sweet Night and remember to tell them you’re with KUSA!

PDPsi Founder’s Week
No Reservation Necessary. There’s going to be Lechon Cookout at Lake Wauburg from 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM. Come out and celebrate PDPsi’s Founder’s week.

Sunday, February 21st, 2010:

KUSA Reverse NUHDO Week:
There’s going to be Barbecue at Lake Wauburg from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Join us for an Extra Special Korean BBQ!

With all that being said, hope you all have a great week! Good luck with all your studies and see you at the events!

Norman Ng:

We had a wonderful turnout for our first speaker of our Speaker Series! Norman Ng impressed us with all of us his tricks as well as made us all laugh. Come out to see all of our other speakers coming up!

AASU Presents:

Norman Ng, a magician who uses his own unique methods, has been performing for over 17 years! He will be performing some of his unique techniques. So come out Monday @ Orange and Brew, 8:00PM to 9:00PM. Take a look at our flyer for more information on our speaker series!

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INK Magazine is looking for a new Finance Director.

Click for the Application

INK Magazine’s Mission is to serve as an informational resource to the young and evolving Asian American community in Gainesville. Our goal is to present entertaining and informative articles on the most recent trends and issues that impact Asian American culture. Driven by intellectual curiosity, our aim is to Connect, Inform, and Inspire our readership base into a unified, well-educated, pro-active social force.

We are looking for exceptional individuals who want to be apart of the UF Ink Magazine team for 2010-2011. The Finance Director is in charge of all financial transactions as well as executing and implementing fund raising ideas. In addition, this person is also responsible for communication between the printing agency and the magazine. The Finance Director will be responsible for leading a sales team to sell ads.Applications are due by March 31, 5pm. Questions? Contact law.eic.ufink@gmail.com

KUSA T-Shirts are in!

The moment you’ve been waiting for has finally arrived! We finally got our shipment of the new KUSA T-shirt designed by Khanh! Your first chance to get a hold on this limited edition shirt will be at the Norman Ng (Magician) show @ the Orange and Brew. We’ll have some KUSA representatives there selling the shirts The pricing is going to be 1 for $12, 2 for $22, or 3 for $30. The shirts are of American Apparel quality (like the AASU shirt) and they feel very nice so remember to check it out! Make sure to reserve your shirt ASAP because they’re going to run out quckily!

What’s going on this week:

Monday: February 8rd, 2010.

FSA Reverse AKA Week:
Bowling at Splitz @ 10:00 PM. It’s Quarter Night at Splitz (after a cover fee)! Games, shoes, food, and more are just a quarter! So come on out and show your ates and kuyas some love!

Tuesday: February 9th, 2010.

FSA Reverse AKA Week:
There’s going to be a Wet Field Day! The location is TBA @ 6:00 PM.

VSO General Body Meeting:
Come out to the VSO General Body meeting at Turlington L011. The doors open at 6:30 PM and the meeting starts at 7:00 PM. Come to see what the upcoming Tet Show will all be about!

Wednesday: February 10th, 2010.

CASA’s Valentine’s Day Special:
This meeting will be held @ CSE E121. Doors open at 6:00 PM and the show will start at 6:30 PM. Valentine’s Day is coming in close with Chinese New year and CASA is back and ready to make some special music with all of its members. Let’s dim the lights, light up some scented candles and put on some music to enjoy what CASA has to offer. There’s going to be an exciting icebreaker and a great cultural segment. Since both Valentines day and Chinese New Year is coming up, please wear RED to the meeting.

Thursday: February 11th, 2010.

FSA Reverse AKA Week:
Ready for some more Reverse AKA week? Have dinner @ Alehouse with your Kuyas/Ates at 7:30 PM.

Gator Dining: Chinese New Year Dinner:
Gator Dining is having their annual Chinese New Year celebration and is serving Chinese food @ 5:30 PM. Feeling hungry? Come on over and have a great Chinese dinner @ Gator Dining.

Friday: February 12th, 2010.

FSA Reverse AKA Week:
There’s going to be a little get together at 11:00 PM. The location is TBA. You know what that means! Get ready to have some fun with FSA!

H.E.A.L. Scavenger Hunt:
It’s time for another H.E.A.L. Social! Hope you guys are all ready to run all around Gainesville! There’s going to be a scavenger hunt all around Gainesville so makes sure you have a digital camera (for proof), a car, flashlight, comfy shoes, and also a sweater for the chilly night! Click the event for more information!

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Saturday: February 13th, 2010.

VSO’s 2010 Tet Show
UF’s Vietnamese Student Organization is having their 2010 Tet Show in celebration for the lunar new year. There will be many cultural displays as well as singing, dancing and acting. The location is at the Reitz Grand Ballroom and the doors will open at 6:00 PM and there will be free food and the showcase will be started 6:30 PM. Don’t forget about the official BE MINE: TET OFFICIAL AFTER PARTY at Studio.

BE MINE: OFFICIAL TET AFTERPARTY:
After all of the celebrations, don’t forget about the great after party @ Studio on Saturday! Do you have a Valentine? No? Then come out and find yours right in time for Valentine’s Day! Yes? Then celebrate Valentine’s Day early with your someone special as you dance the night away! The OFFICIAL TET AFTERPARTY is going to feature DJ CODEMAN from 101.3! So you know it’s Legit! Come out and celebrate the lunar new year as well as Valentine’s day!

We hope that this week is a great one for you guys. Feel free to leave comments! See you all at Norman Ng and the Tet Show!

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Also, we’ve been trying really hard to include all of our sub-organizations in our posts, but if we happen to miss an important event for you, feel free to leave a comment as we will get things squared away. Thanks for your time!

Enjoy!

General Announcements:

This whole week, the sisters of aKDPhi are tabling for Helping Hands of Haiti. Come out to the Reitz Collonade from 10:00AM to 2:00PM to decorate a helping hand. aKDPhi donates a dollar per hand decorated to Gators United for Haiti.

Also, AASU Presents:

Norman Ng, a magician who uses his own unique methods, has been performing for over 17 years! Come out Monday @ Orange and Brew, 8:00PM to 9:00PM. Take a look at our flyer for more information on our speaker series!

INK Magazine is looking for a new Finance Director.

Click for the Application

INK Magazine’s Mission is to serve as an informational resource to the young and evolving Asian American community in Gainesville. Our goal is to present entertaining and informative articles on the most recent trends and issues that impact Asian American culture. Driven by intellectual curiosity, our aim is to Connect, Inform, and Inspire our readership base into a unified, well-educated, pro-active social force.

What’s going on this week:

Wednesday: February 3rd, 2010.

-CASA Big/Little Week Event!
Laser tag today @ 8:00PM at Lazer Runners [1301 NW 76th Blvd] next to Funworks. The first 20 people play for free so come early!

-KUSA’s 2nd Spring Semester General Body Meeting!
The meeting is going to be at 6:30PM. Location is Floyd-Griffin FLO100. They are going to add a K-Pop touch in the meeting so come out!

-CASA’s New Year Dance Practice, Coed and Girl’s.
CASA’s dance practice going to be split up into two groups: Coed and Girl’s dance. The Coed Modern Dance is at 7:00PM to 8:00PM and the Girl’s Modern Dance is going to be at 8:00PM to 9:00PM. The practices are going to be held at Wachovia @ the Reitz. If not, it’s going to be at the “Secret Room”. Contact Aaron Chao and/or Trina Tran for more information!

Thursday: February 4th, 2010.

-CASA Big/Little Week Event!
Funworks at 7 pm [1311 Northwest 76th Boulevard]. There is going to be $10 Unlimited Roller Skating with Regular Skate Rentals included as well as Swamp Golf and Rock Climbing.
OR
There is a $16 with $1 discount for every 10 people: 2-Hour Unlimited Go-Kart Wristband plus Unlimited Roller Skating with Regular Skate Rental Included, Swamp Golf, and Rock Climbing.
Come have a CASAwesome time!

-FSA 2nd Spring Show!
The meeting is going to be @ 6:30PM @ Williamson 100. Learn about AKA’s Reverse Week next week as well as the Barrio Fiesta Weekend! There will also be a Barrio Fiesta Committee meeting afterwards as well.

-The Sisters of aKDPhi’s Founder’s Week.
The Sisters of aKDPhi are tabling for The World’s Largest Balloon Fight Against Breast Cancer @ Reitz Collonade from 10:00AM to 2:00PM. Come out to find out more information about this event.

Friday: February 5th, 2010.

-AASU’s Freshman Leadership Program (FLP)
*FRESHMEN ONLY*
There will be a retreat for freshman and the destination is unknown!
What to bring:
1. $3.00 Retreat Fee
2. Sleeping bag/pillow/blankets
3. Munchiez/food!
4. Toothbrush/hygiene necessities
Contact an FLP officer for more details.

-CASA Big/Little Week Event
There is going to be a movie night at 7:00PM at Angel Cheong’s apartment @ Tivoli E218, park anywhere! [2841 Southwest 13th Street] They will be showing a Chinese movie and English movie.

Saturday: February 6th, 2010

-Tacachale Fair
AASU is hosting a fair this weekend for Tacachal from 9:00AM to 11:30AM for people with disabilities. Come help our and volunteer! Click the link for more information and rides can be provided!

With all this being said, hope you all have a great week!

-UFAASU.

Apologies for the slight 2-day delay in the launch, but welcome to the completely renovated and more colorful (haha) UFAASU.com!! We’re slowly working on adding more info, but please take a look around and let us know what you feel about the new site!

Good luck!

Form: AASU Logo Design Contest 2009

There’s still a bit of info that needs to be put in some pages and a bit more customization is needed here and there, but for the most part, it’s done! Whew!

But yes, in the vein of a new year (happy 2009! ) and a new semester, I figured a new everything for the site would be awesome right about now. SO. Take a look around, explore, click click click, and tell us what you think!