University of Michigan - Michiganensian Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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INDIAN AMERICAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION Membership of over 350 people nade it the largest Asian student Toup on campus. Social activities included licnics, sporting activities, and nonthly dances. Sponsored a Big-Sib, Little-Sib program to acquaint new students with the University community. Raised over $1000 for Indian :arthquake victims through a Bucket drive held on the diag in Dctober. Held an annual Charity Ball on anuary 29 in the Michigan Union ballroom that raised thousands of lollars for charity projects. Promoting Awareness The Indian American Student Association (I. A.S. A.) was dedicated to fulfilling the cultural and social ds of its members, the majority of whom had ancestors from the Indian sub-continent. I.A.S.A. also served to inform the public about concerns of Indian Americans on campus. The great display of I.A.S.A. ' s purpose and its members ' enthusi- asm and talent was the annual cel- ebration of Diwali, the Festival of -ights. This cultural celebration in- cluded nearly 200 performers and atured dancers and songs from vari- ous parts of South Asia. The celebra- tion of Diwali took place on October 30 at the Power Center. Another cultural celebration was the annual Springfest dance. This vent was a cumulative celebration the various spring and harvest fes- ivals held in South Asia. I FRONT: Gayathri Arumugham, Shree Kilaru, Deepa Bilolikar, Sunita Dutta (vice-president), Kulmeet Dang. SECOND: Mohan Palaniswami (president), Mehul Patel, Sameer Keole, Shalesh Beri, Ravi Singh. BACK: Leela Kilaru, Neera Parekh, Sin-tali Pardanani, Parul Gupta. ' I The end of Diwali, the Festival of Lights, is always commemorated with the student participants rushing the stage. A 1994 presi- dent, Steve Madhavan, and vice- president, Pradnya Parvlekar. Organizations 143

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ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN WOMEN ' S TOURNAL Published volume three of journal in July, with copies made available throughout the Univer- sity community and in permanent library collections at universities including Stanford, Harvard, and Cal-Berkeley. Held a third-annual celebration reception including music and poetry readings on September 30 in the North Campus Commons to mark the publication of the journal. + Organized an art exhibit highlighting the prose, poetry, and artwork published in the past three volumes of the journal in the North Campus Commons in February. + Planned a workshop on issues concerning American women of Asian descent with the U-M Asian American Student Coalition in April. Respected Journal With the efforts of five pioneer- ing Asian-American women in the fall of 1 989, the Asian Pacific Ameri-. can Women ' s Journal was created. Since then, three annual volumes have been published. The non-profit journal, supported by independent funding resources, was distributed free of charge throughout the U-M cam- pus. Since its original conception, the journal was regarded as a quality literary and art journal. In the winter of 1993, the Asian Pacific American Women ' s Journal was awarded the Best Organization on Campus appel- late. Photos by Josh Sohn. .if ; ii ' : Social activit roles, Sponsored a I Kramtoaqi diiheUnivei FRONT: Catherine Seto (chief editor), Alyssa Duarte, Eileen Momblanco, Milann Lee, Vidhya Shanker, Christine Seto. BACK: Juli Chang, Angela Taylor, Grace Chan, Shreerekha Pillai (chief editor), Paula Saha. Ha. iHeldanannt y 29 in ill bmihair is for dun Eileen Momblanco and Julie Chang editing a submission. (lie Indian xiationlLA nhadance Kontinent. ran the ru ilianAnien Organizations

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KAPPA PHI I is: ll Hit, Christian group focused on community service and interper- sonal growth. Hung drywall in Ypsilanti homes for low-income families through Habitat for Humanity. + Visited the Bach home, a retirement home for women. Held a party and spent time with the patients at Mott Children ' s Hospital. Rake and Run in November cleaned yards for the elderly. FRONT: Cynthia Anthony (secretary), Carolyn Boakes (president), Heather Newhouse (vice-president). BACK: Paige Davis, Can Worthen, Susie Rogers, Julie Shade. INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP [jamas W ' 1 children. die year. Social acovir dideands]iB ice skatingi Participated; kouragedd ical skills thr Hosted a welcome picnic in the Arboretum on September 12. Attended a fall retreat in Evart, . Michigan and a winter retreat in Detroit ' s Renaissance Center. Went to the Urbana Missions Convention, a nationwide meeting for those considering missions work, in December. Traveled to the Upper Penin- sula for Chapter Camp, an end-of- school planning and training retreat. + Coordinated weekly large group meetings, weekly small group Bible study meetings, and daily prayer meetings. e ndedClms Jet every Frid sajefen a winter r 144 Organizations FRONT: Grason Ott, Richard Berberian, Pete Kroll, Chris Tsou, Jeremy Janssen, Charlie Green, Erica Gooding, Liang Liao, Kris Yorimoto, Bob Hoppe, Steve Morrow, Eric Palmer, Josh Uy, Sarah Harger, Sam Leung. SECOND: Naive Wong, Katie Stevens, Nam Kim, Sung Park, Debbie Hill, Julie Smith, Lisa Passmore, Andy Doane, Amy Brun, Jennifer Johnson, KrisAnn Burr, Eric Rowe, Andr Kim, Kevin Berger, Kerry Ojakian, Ken Sugiura, David Cole. THIRD: Chris Miller, Roopa Boaz, Tracey Whitney, Kim Strausbauj Kristin Kamen, Mary Johnson, Mike Louie, Christy Sweet, Julie Bell, Sara Brady, Ken Oak, Ahrim Kim, Jim Prange, Jeff Leucht, Ru Ka Roy Ting, Alan Kraus, Wei Ye. FOURTH: Chad Edison, Tara Kahl, Forrest Kahl, Amy Vance, Heather Brunsink, Heidi Segal, An Lessard, Andy Mann, Susie Chi, Olivia Christian, Tanus Saad (Gongui), Nicole Baker, Peter Sung, Bonny Wang, Emily Kniebes, Melo Marske, Greg Hoey, Ernesto Garcia, Lalit Berwa, Wendy Simpson, Niloo Said. BACK: Howard Scully, Chris Becking, Dave Collins, Cc Culbertson, Karin Jensen, Joe Cox, Alan Liu, Mattie Mietzejewski, Ryan Chapin, William Tsui, David Hindman, Paul Pearson, Joe Thorn Bob Smith, John Jones, Mitch Wimbush, Sigrid Bergland, Cornelia Baldwin, Penny Hiipakka, Ellen White, John Kim, Connie Chin.