In Portland, so far from the margins, should real life slip this far inside the mainstream and catch you snoozing you can always sue. We have insurance for that sort of thing. Stoney and Andy are losers. They are lost in America. There is no arguing with our anxious elders or anguished ancestors.
Talk means nothing.
There are only acts acts of resistance to ethnic erosion, acts of cultural and spiritual affirmation in America. One of those acts, a first class act, is Oregon State University. Before us, Asian Reporter publisher Jaime Lim advised OSU President John Byrne. Asian Family Center director Hongsa Chantavong, former Portland Public School Board member Joseph Tam, and Portland Public School District s Dr. Mariam Baradar. Each of these past and current OSU advisors have undoubtedly defined their own reasons for contributing to OSU s educational mission.