About seventeen students of Asian Outlook Magazine attended Binghamton's first ever participation in the National API House party.  Asian Outlook is a student-run publication at the State University of New York at Binghamton that covers Asian and Asian-American politics, entertainment, personal experiences and creative works.

WARNING:  THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS GRAPHIC DESCRIPTIONS OF SEVERAL GRUESOME MURDERS.  READER DISCRETION ADVISED.

This article also appeared in the February issue of Asian Outlook Magazine at Binghamton University.

So since I ranted about public schools in the last post, I guess its time to get constructive about solutions for public schools.  This is what came to my mind, but I'm sure there are alot more reforms to be made.

1.  End overcrowding.

In many areas, especially ones with a high influx of new immigrants, schools are becoming overcrowded.  Why not convert unused space in schools to classrooms?

Going to public school in urban areas in America is not pretty.  I would know, I had to deal with the New York City public school system.  To say I was miserable there was an understatement.  My junior high school was Middle School 226 in South Ozone Park, Queens, New York.  At the time I was there, the school was dangerously overcrowded with 2,800 students jammed into a building built to house half that many students.  Those students were a collection of different ethnicities from various neighborhoods in South Queens.  African-Americans from Jama

Yesterday, John Liu was sworn in as New York City's first Asian-American City Comptroller.  He took an ambitious tone promising among other things to provide for an equitable distribution of contracts as well as oversight on the city's budget.  A major problem with said contracts is the lack of these contracts awarded to minority owned businesses.

John Liu became the first Asian-American elected to citywide office by capturing 76% of the vote in yesterday's general election.  In the race for city comptroller, Liu won by a huge margin gathering 500,000 votes than the Republican in the race.  At his new position, Liu will maintain control over the city's finances while squaring off against the policies of Mayor Michael Bloomberg who also won re

New York City is, and will continue to be a heavily Democratic city on election day.  In fact, most Republican opposition is token or irrelevant.  The election is far from over in the District 20 (Flushing), Queens.  After a contentious primary, Democrat nominee Yen Chou squeaked out a 183 vote win over nearest rival SJ Jung as well as several other candidates.  All in all, her votes accounted for only 25% of the total votes cast.  Now, in spite of the heavy Democratic advantage, Republican Peter Koo has a chance of uniting dissatisfied Democratic voters and small b

Election Day is fast approaching in New York City and the City Council seats remind heated.  In District 19, Korean American Democrat, Kevin Kim is squaring off against Republican Dan Halloran in this heavily Democratic District.  District 19 borders Flushing, New York, a neighborhood that is predominately home to Asian immigrants.  Middle class families have recently started moving out of crowded Flushing apartment in favor of one and two family homes in the neighborhoods that encompass District 19.  This demographic shift was apparent in the surprise victo

When awful comedians run out of material, they start denouncing society and its"political correctness".  The political correctness that looks down on racist jokes and the use of slurs on certain groups as well as the political correctness that dictates that misogynist is not okay are frequently targets for these rants.  Other times, thanks to the anonymity of the Internet, "trolling" (intentionally posting inflammatory remarks) becomes an outlet for the racist and sexually frustrated.  All these individuals, however different share one thing in common.  These idiots tend

Incumbent Michael Bloomberg is bidding for a third term as mayor this November.  This week he met with Chinese seniors in Chinatown and came out firmly on the side of LGBT couples.