Downtown Campus hosts Asian Pacific Islander Week

(April 22, 2002)-- The UTSA Downtown Campus will host Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Week April 22-25. The events, organized by the Office of Student Leadership and Cultural Programs, include Japanese dance and dress demonstrations, a fortune cookie contest, food sampling, origami, feng shui demonstration, art display, crafts and a ping pong competition.

All events will be held in the Durango Building Student Center and are free and open to the public. The schedule of events follows.

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Monday, April 22

noon-1:15 p.m. Kick-off activities
-- Keynote speaker: Steven Sano, Japan-America Society
-- "Expressing Korean Art Through Dance" - Hang Cha Jones
-- Japanese dance and dress - Carol Johnson
-- art display
-- fortune cookie contest (guess the total number in container)
-- refreshments

Tuesday, April 23

noon - 1 p.m.
-- Chinese food sampling, sponsored by Tai Sun Restaurant
-- origami demonstration
-- Kumamoto crafts - Naomi Morishita
-- art display
-- fortune cookie contest

Wednesday, April 24

-- noon-1 p.m. origami demonstration
-- 1-3 p.m. ping-pong competition
-- Kumamoto crafts - Naomi Morishita
-- art display
-- fortune cookie contest

Thursday, April 25

-- 12:30-1 p.m. feng shui presentation - Joyce Smith
-- 4:30 p.m. winner of fortune cookie contest announced
-- Kumamoto crafts - Naomi Morishita
-- art display

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