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I.      CASA Events
II.     CASA Multimedia Committee

III.    CASA Sports

IV.    CASA Evaluations

V.     APIA in the Fine Arts 
VI.    SASE QuickRace E-Week 2012

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Represented by a 20-piece chamber ensemble, the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra will share its extensive repertoire at the Phillips Center (across the street from Southwest Rec) next Tuesday, Feb. 21, 7:30 p.m.

The Chamber Ensemble of the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra is the first large-scale modern orchestra in China, and performs stringed and wind instrumental pieces, Cantonese music and plucked-string and percussion instrumental ensembles.

The orchestra has received numerous awards for their compositions and has performed in more than 80 cities in China and 30 countries throughout the world.

Student tickets are only $12 and can be purchased with a valid student ID at the Phillips Center Box Office and at the University Box Office (located in the Reitz Union). For more information, please call the Phillips Center Box Office at 352-392-2787 or visit www.performingarts.ufl.edu.

As you may know, the Benton Engineering Council “Engineers Week” is beginning this week, Wednesday, Feb 15th 2012. And the Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers aka SASE will be hosting its QuickRace Feb 25, 11:00am meeting up at the Reitz Union Colonnade. The QuickRace is a race to find a path of QR codes hidden throughout campus. Each team registered will receive an initial QR code hinting towards the location of the next code and so on. Prizes for the first, second, and third place teams will be announced during the event. You may have up to four people per team and there will a limit to the total number of teams so register ASAP! Registration is located at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHFkRjdaQUxJaU1oS0luU1dfS3huVEE6MQ#gid=0 and http://www.ufbec.org/eweek/2012/registration.php. Registration is required. The first link is the form for SASE, and the second link is for E-Week.

Register early and get ready for a blast! At least one smart phone is required per team.

Event link is http://www.facebook.com/events/230992616993435/

FLP Reverse M&M Week: Whoa. Palindrome

FLP’s 3rd Spring Meeting–MCDA Diversity Workshop

VSO 3rd General Meeting! Presented by NewGen

KUSA Game Show 2012: Korean Ultimate Showdown, Aja!

Do you identify yourself as an international student from East Asia (mainland China, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, North Korea, South Korea, or Vietnam) and are pursuing degrees in the US or Canada?

 

If so, Yun Lu, a Chinese international student and a senior psychology major, under the supervision of Dr. Raval at Miami University invites you to participate in an online anonymous survey about East Asian international students’ psychological and sociocultural adjustment in North America. In order to participate, you must be 18 years or older. Please note that this study has been approved by the Miami University Institutional Review Board (protocol 00372).

 

Below is a link to the online survey, which should take approximately 30 minutes to complete. Your input is extremely valuable, and we hope that you will take the time to complete this survey. Upon completion of the survey, your email will be included (if you choose to) in one of three rounds of raffle to win $50 gift certificate.

Participate within the next week to be included in the next round of the raffle!!!!!

Please click on this link to participate:

https://survey.muohio.edu/Checkbox/internationalstudents.aspx

 

If you have any questions or concerns please email Yun Lu (luy2@muohio.edu).

 

Thank you,

Yun Lu

Hi everyone! This is Lucy blogging today! Back in high school I met a teacher (he wasn’t even my teacher but he talked to me anyways since I was asian -.-) named Mr. Than and he would try to explain things to me. One of the things he tried to explain to me was his Relationship Ladder Theory.

This is Mr. Baolinh Than’s version of the relationship ladder theory that I copied and pasted off his page when I asked him to re-explain it to me! It’s amusing to read even if you don’t believe it!

“The ladder theory: When it comes to potential mate, human beings subconsciously place everyone of the opposite sex around them on a ladder, the higher a person is up on the ladder, the better chance they have of becoming your mate.

For guys, there is only one ladder: READ, to a guy, any girl is a potential mate. For girls, there are two ladders: the FRIEND ladder and the RELATIONSHIP ladder. For girls, below both ladder is a cesspool titled: YOU’RE LIKE A BROTHER TO ME. Trust me, if you like a girl, you don’t want to be in her “You’re Like a brother to me” cesspool.

For guys, this is pretty simple: You are my friends (ie, I’m not fucking you,) because there is someone else above you on the ladder. As that someone else drop off the ladder due to various reasons (they got a restraining order, they turned ugly, etc.) A guy will subconsciously moved down the ladder and the girl that was once “just friends” will now be consider for a mate. The conclusion? Guys are scum, even if you think they’re your friends, They will try to sleep with you the first chance they get.

For girls, it’s a little bit more complicated: A girl decides right away within 30 seconds if she’s attracted to a guy upon meeting. Instinctively, she will placed him in the FRIEND ladder (where he will never get to see her naked,) or the RELATIONSHIP ladder (where there is a chance he will get to see her naked.) Below that is the “You’re like a brother to me” pool, reserves for your gay friends and fat but huggable man bear guy friend.

Most girl will disagree: “I married MY BEST FRIEND, you’re wrong.” NO , you shut your whore mouth when men are talking, you’re wrong. All that meant is that upon first meeting your husband, you placed him in the bottom rung of the relationship ladder, so technically you’re friends. As all the asshole, selfcenteredd musicians/badboys/athletes that you’re sleeping with started leaving you, your husband moved up the ladder, and thus now you are married. You have reached the bottom of the ladder, congratulation on a happy future.

Guys, can you ever escape the FRIEND LADDER and jumped onto the Relationship ladder? Fear not, two things can help you escape the Friends ladder: Alcohol, and Money.

I do not need to warn you about the negative effects of alcohol and every one do things they regret while high or drunk. What’s more interesting is the effect of instant money and fame have on relationships. I’m not saying all girls are like this but, a guy sure look a hell lot better while drunk or stuffed with money. Therefore, a girl might be inclined to take him out of the FRIEND ladder and move him to the very top of the Relationship ladder for a brief moment, either until she sobered up or he ran out of money.”