April 26, 2024 | Vol. 53, Issue 8
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50 Years After the War: The 1975 Vietnamese Diaspora Commemoration Seeks to Heal Opinion: Beware TikTok Medicine Rats in Boston: A Rising Concern and the Push for a New Pest Control Office ‘We Who Produce Pearls’ Fills in What the History Books Left Out Sampan Talks With Author, Artist About Asian Americans’ Shared Story, Resistance and Healing Harvard College China Forum Tells the U.S.-China Story Sampan talks with two panelists about China, U.S. and soft power

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SFFA v. Harvard

by Chelsea Wang

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear cases challenging affirmative action–race-conscious–admissions policies at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), an organization led by legal strategist Edward Blum, sued the universities in 2014, alleging that their admissions policies discriminate against Asian American and white applicants. SFFA accused Harvard of discriminating against Asian Americans through the personal rating–which purports to measure personality traits such as leadership and kindness–it assigns to each applicant. On January 24, […]

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Five Steps to Getting the Job You Want

by Christopher John Stephens

The most recent Federal job market report showed a strong economy rebuilding itself in spite of Covid waves. Employers added nearly half a million jobs in January 2022. Even more surprising to many, the restaurant and hotel industry has started adding jobs. President Biden noted, with the usual flair seen from Chief Executives, “America’s job machine is going stronger than ever.” What does this mean? We can certainly be comforted by numbers by the definitive objectivity of numbers, but there’s […]

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The First Step is the Hardest: How ESOL Classes can Save Lives

by Christopher John Stephens

Adult education can be a difficult trail for any of us to start. Whether we’re 18 or 80, the path is not always clearly visible. There are brambles in the way, overgrown bushes, fallen trees, and strange creatures jumping out at various moments to keep us on our toes. No matter how equipped we might feel we are, there’s never any guarantee we’ll be in the same shape at the end of the trip as we were when we started […]

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Tax-Saving Ideas to Start 2022

by Sampan Staff

As we start 2022, it’s a great time to start using tax-saving ideas to help you meet your personal financial planning goals. The global pandemic has continued to bring many uncertainties in policy and tax legislation and volatility in the financial markets, but overall 2021 was another historic year for equities. The following checklist will help you identify important actionable items to consider as part of your 2021 year-end income and transfer tax planning, as well as help you prepare […]

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Scholarship Program for First-Gen Students

by Moninisha Yadav

In 1917, Harry C. Bentley founded Bentley University, which would grow to be one of the top business colleges in the country. He was a first-generation student himself, and since then, the university has continued to support first-gen students throughout its history. The university has previously been recognized for this dedication, and has recently been named part of the 2021-2022 First-Gen Forward cohort, a group of schools with proven dedication to advancing the outcomes of first-generation students. It also offers […]

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The rise of STEM

by Yan Yan

The Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics fields (otherwise known as STEM) is projected to grow at a rate 1.2x faster than non-STEM related ones through 2024. With the median STEM salary being 2x higher, and opportunities across the U.S. multiplying, it is no wonder the STEM field is so desirable. For many, engagement in STEM is starting at a younger and younger age, as parents and children alike experience the benefits of becoming comfortable around STEM subjects, such as problem […]

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New Josiah Quincy Upper School plans for fall

by Shira Laucharoen

The development of the new Josiah Quincy Upper School building is on schedule. The construction of the facility on Washington Street will mark a milestone for the school’s community, as students and teachers have been in temporary spaces, which did not accommodate the school’s growing needs, for a long time. While some community members have expressed concerns about the usage of the site and how building will impact the environment, they have also stated that it is important for students […]

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Ongoing Struggles in Massachusetts Childcare

by Moninisha Yadav

When the COVID-19 pandemic took the U.S. by storm in March 2020, we saw nationwide shutdowns of nearly every type of establishment. This included schools and child care centers, leaving child care providers out of work, and parents to adapt by either working from home, leaving a job, or trying to get their child involved in Zoom classes. Now, as Fall approaches a year later, schools are preparing to go back, and parents are returning to in-person work, bringing back […]

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Colleges reopening – a sense of normalcy returns

by Martin Ma (馬笑喻)

In the coming weeks, colleges will be fully reopened for the first time since 2019. Students will either get the chance to reunite with their friends or finally get a taste of real college life. However, a recent wave of COVID-19 cases propelled by the Delta variant has caused the colleges to restructure some of their guidelines upon the arrival of thousands of students.  At Tufts University, “All vaccines approved by another country or the World Health Organization (WHO) will […]

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Tuft University’s decision to shut down Confucius Institute led to contrasted opinions

by Martin Ma (馬笑喻)

(請點這裡閱讀中文版。)  After years of campaigning by local activists, James Glaser, dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Tufts University, and Diana Chigas, senior international officer and associate provost, announced the decision to close the Confucius Institute at Tufts University (CITU) on March 17, much to the delight of Tibetan student groups, but not without some measure of other students’ concern. CITU is a non-profit educational collaboration between Tufts and Beijing Normal University (BNU). It was founded on June […]

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