{"id":12924,"date":"2012-04-20T05:04:10","date_gmt":"2012-04-20T05:04:10","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-04-20T05:04:46","modified_gmt":"2012-04-20T05:04:46","slug":"Student-petitions-for-Asian-cultural-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=12924","title":{"rendered":"Student petitions for Asian cultural center"},"content":{"rendered":"

Student groups are looking to bring something to Purdue that every other school in the Big Ten already has \u2013 an Asian Cultural Center.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Although Purdue has one of the most diverse campuses in the country, it\u2019s one of the few schools to not have a cultural oasis for Asian students<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

College of Health and Human Sciences sophomore Victoria Loong, vice president of the Asian-American Association, said the University not having a center is baffling.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s really odd,\u201d Loong said. \u201c(The University is) diverse but it\u2019s obviously still segregated because everyone goes into their own groups again.\u201d<\/p>\n

One setback in getting a center established, according to Loong, has simply been the lack of awareness around campus of the absence of an Asian Cultural Center.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s surprising how many people don\u2019t know we don\u2019t have a cultural center or don\u2019t find it necessary,\u201d Loong said. \u201cMy roommate was, one time, talking to a lot of girls on our floor and they didn\u2019t even know we didn\u2019t have a cultural center. When they found out they were like, \u2018Why don\u2019t we?\u2019 and they said, \u2018We\u2019ll support you.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

College of Technology sophomore Tami Dizon, president of the Asian Student Union Board, said a further complication is the lack of interest and activity of many Asian students on campus.<\/strong><\/p>\n

She said there are numerous students who are interested and share the desire for a center and what it would offer \u2013 and that the problem is just getting them motivated and organized in the effort.<\/p>\n

Dizon said she used to be a perfect example of this lack of energy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I first came here, I wasn\u2019t really interested in us being involved in all the (organizations),\u201d Dizon said. \u201cPeople were talking about \u2018Oh, hey, let\u2019s join Asian-American Association and all these other things,\u2019 and kind of thought about it and was like, \u2018Well, why?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Dizon said a lot of Asian students just come to school, focus on their studies for four years and then are gone.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a lot of work to do this, because it will take years,\u201d Dizon said. \u201cIf it\u2019s not going to be done by the time we\u2019re still here to see it happen, a lot of people aren\u2019t going to care.\u201d<\/p>\n

Patsy Schweickart, a professor of English and women\u2019s studies, agreed the lack of interest has been a big hurdle in obtaining a center. She said she and others have been pursuing an Asian Cultural Center since 2007, when the Asian-American studies program was introduced.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a large community of Asian and Asian-American students and there is a need for a cultural space for them,\u201d Schweickart said. \u201cUnfortunately, at the time, we did not have strong interest among the Asian-American and Asian undergraduates. So the idea was recently revived.\u201d<\/p>\n

by Erik Hartman at Purdue<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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