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EVENT
AASC Film Screening: Better Luck Tomorrow

From Lynna Zhong ’15:

A movie with a badass ALL Asian American cast?  A movie without Asian American stereotypes? An ACTION-packed Movie? Brew Bakers BRUNCH?

Asian American Student Collective presents a screening of Better Luck Tomorrow!

Directed by Justin Lin, a group of unlikely high school students take up crime as an extracurricular activity but they soon find themselves moving deeper into the criminal underworld than they ever anticipated, and things get ugly when they try to move on.

CHECK OUT THE TRAILER

Date: Sunday, November 18th
Time: 1 pm
Place: PAC 002
Cost: Free

Wesleyan’s Upward Bound Receives 10K

This year, Wesleyan lost its funding from the U.S. Department of Education to run Upward Bound, a program that seeks to offer low-income students weekly mentoring, tutoring, and other college preparatory services. Thankfully, AT&T came to the rescue with a $10,000 donation to keep the program running, complemented by smaller donations from local stakeholders. As Middletown Patch reports:

The biggest donor, AT&T presented a $10,000 check to Wesleyan on Friday to help run the program. State Sen. Paul Doyle helped secure the funding.

Sonia Manjon, Wesleyan’s Vice President for Institutional Partnerships and Chief Diversity Officer, took part in the presentation.

Upward Bound will serve 100 local high school students from low-income families about college application process, such as writing personal essays, preparing for SAT, and tutoring. Congratulations to Wes’s Upward Bound team for getting a big fat check from AT&T. You can read more about the grant here and here.