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The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


A member of KASA dresses another student in a hanbok, a traditional Korean dress. KASA held programming Thursday to celebrate the Lunar New Year.

Cultural student groups celebrate Lunar New Year on campus

January 29, 2017

Students rang in the Year of the Rooster on Friday and Saturday with activities organized by the Korean American Student Association and celebrations among friends and family. Saya Han, external president...

Dancers perform at Celebrasia in 2014. This year’s show will be monkey-themed in honor of the start of the Chinese Year of the Monkey.

2016 Celebrasia show rings in Chinese Year of the Monkey

February 10, 2016

A&E Audience members walking into Cahn Auditorium’s lobby on Saturday night will have the chance to take selfies with a huge, Chinese paper lion head. The mythical creature, propped...

Evanston Public Library offers second annual Chinese New Year event

January 31, 2016

The Evanston Public Library will host its second annual Chinese New Year celebration Feb. 6., featuring multilingual storytelling and a parade. EPL announced Jan. 25 its plans to celebrate the Chinese...

Koi dishes use symbolic ingredients for Lunar New Year

February 18, 2015

Lunar New Year is this Thursday, and for many Chinese families around the world this means cleaning the house to ward off bad spirits, exchanging red envelopes called hong bao which are filled with money and,...

The Spectrum: Moving from shame to empowerment as a Chinese American

May 2, 2014

Shame found me when I was just four years old. I had been sitting at the end of the table during lunch with my preschool classmates when I took out my lunchbox. My mom had packed me a steamed bun (mantou)  filled...

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