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Police: No Immediate Threat

The Chinese student who was arrested last week after posting on Facebook that she wanted to “shoot all my classmates” does not pose a threat to other students, university police said yesterday. The student, Ching-Han “Sam” Hu, 21, has been removed from the campus and is being sent back to China. “In this particular incident, there [...]

Chinese Student Finds Freedom in Art

I couldn’t help but notice the rectangular art block splayed on the desk, a broad canvas filled with intricate sketches of human faces. A charcoal pencil lay suspended in the middle of the canvas, the magic wand used to conjure the black-and-white faces. Crystal Chen returned to the desk and shyly resumed her assignment. I [...]

New York Opera in Reynolds Today

“Nixon in China,” a 1987 opera with music by American composer John Adams, will be shown at 2 p.m. today in Reynolds Performance Hall. The opera will be broadcast in high definition through a direct transmission from The Metropolitan Opera. It is part of the Captured Live from the Met @ UCA program that brings several [...]

UCA Kitchen: Hot Pot

Winter is coming. When you are shivering on a freezing and windy night, nothing is better than cooking something that can heat up the house and fill it with a pleasant aroma. Meet the Chinese hot pot. It’s an ideal dish for your busy kitchen and a perfect excuse for a get-together. Hot pot is also known as [...]

Cirque Shanghai is Big Hit

The audience was stunned by the sold-out Cirque Shanghai:Bai Xi performance at Reynolds Performance Hall on Tuesday night. The 30 Chinese acrobats performed 18 acts, including contortion, chair stacking, hoop diving and plate spinning. The audience was entranced by an array of colorful and glittery costumes accompanied by a combination of upbeat and mellow music as plates spun [...]

How Does China Do It?

The meteoric rise of the Chinese economy over the past several decades is the topic of a lecture during X-period today in the College of Business auditorium. Dr. Ling He, Carmichael Professor of Finance, will provide insights into the dynamics behind the surprising economic success story. There’s no doubt that China is playing  an increasingly important role in [...]

Chinese Festival Celebrates Fall

Today is Mid-Autumn Festival, one of the most important holidays on the Chinese calendar. If we were in China, we would get together with our families tonight, eat mooncakes and look at the full moon. It’s the autumnal equinox, the time of year when the moon is at its roundest and fullest. The festival dates back more than 3,000 [...]

Asian Students Spice Up Dinner Fare

Asian students added an exotic flavor to the usual cafeteria fare yesterday. The Asian/Pacific Islander Celebration of Culture at the Christian Cafeteria at 4 p.m. yesterday was part of the university’s celebration of culture series. The event was sponsored by the Minority Services office and Aramark with participation from students from Asian and Pacific Island [...]

Students Learn U.S. Easter Traditions

Many of our international students learned about the American tradition of the Easter Egg hunt this Easter weekend. The Intensive English Program sponsored the hunt as part of a program to explain the Christian holiday to students from Buddhist and Muslim countries. About 50 international students attended the event, according to Phillip Taylor, an IEP instructor. The [...]