Nisei Week

After the attacks on Pearl Harbor, racism was everywhere, making life extremely unsafe for the Japanese Americans. The United States government then uprooted and forced all Japanese into internment camps in various barren, isolated locations throughout the country. As thousands were forced to leave behind their homes, Little Tokyo was abandoned and emptied. Soon, however, African Americans took their place, looking for homes and jobs, renaming Little Tokyo as Bronzeville. Some bilingual Nisei were able to avoid being sent into the camps, but were recruited in secret for the purpose of military operations. Many of these individuals were credited with “saving countless allied lives and shortening the war by two years,” according to General Charles Willoughby. Other Nisei served in combat in Europe, contributing to the decrease in prejudice against the Japanese after the…

December 7th, 1941 was the day that Japan attacked the United States with bombs killing more than 2,300 Americans, destroying twelve ships and a hundred sixty aircrafts, and damaged nine ships and one hundred and fifty aircrafts. This attack startled the United States, and influenced the United States the next day to enter World War 2. This day is famously known as Pearl Harbor Day. Americans and the American government chose to take drastic measures due to the war at the time. Ten weeks later…

Many young Japanese-Americans, or Nisei, were released from their bonds and captivity in the relocation camps and were allowed to further their education in college or join and fight in World War II. Many of these Nisei went on to join the army and created the 442nd Infantry Regiment.The most decorated regiment in all of United States history, the 442nd Infantry Regiment, was composed almost entirely of these Nisei. 14,000 men served in the 442nd regiment in its years of service and of those…

Freshman orientations can be more than just an event – think about that you’re dropped in a completely new world with different faces and even different languages. And how many times you thought, “That’s just too much to take in a short time”? Orientation becomes more and more important when a campus is increasing the diversity of its student body. I have gathered some information of the problems exist with orientation week. I will also analyze these questions and give some workable solution to…

It was an interesting week to say the least, it was definitely a very slow paced week but it did not feel like it took to long to be over. Which is a good thing. For the whole week we had 2 main projects we worked on. The first one throughout the morning and then the second one during the afternoon. So everyday this week was the exact same but I liked it. For the first two periods everyday we worked on a physics project, which was making a mouse trap into a race car. It was interesting, on…

I am just going to say this and hopefully you agree with me, Monday's suck ass. The only time a Monday is good is if it lands on a holiday, a birthday, or the last day of school. Nope. The univerese declared that this isn't going to happen. Monday is Test day. What's sad is that if this was eleven, twelve, fifteen years ago, I would be graduating today. Embarking on the wonderful and slightly terrifying journey filled with responsibilites and taxes that is called adulthood. And it was the…

The theme that stood out to me this week was that of community and community connections. In this commentary I will first I will talk about the hindrances that face teachers that are not native to small town communities. I will also address the problems of partnering with colleges and universities while being in a rural setting. Last I will address the idea of sharing personal histories helping student connect to each other through their similarities and differences. This week’s topic of…

circle. Suddenly, I found myself surrounded by a group of athletic, and health-conscious peers. I now had friends whose priorities were staying active. Their emotional support, companionship, and validation all influenced my engagement in physical activity. They say “what happens at Camp Oconto stay at Camp Oconto”, but I’m willing to share a glimpse into what happens during PHE/Kin orientation week. All of the first years board a bus and spend three days on a campsite just outside of Kingston.…

This week was a little difficult not because of school because it is the week before fall break. Last year, did not have fall break due to basketball, but this year I did. (The week of September the twenty- sixth to October the second.) My mind was not on anything school this entire week, but I knew if I wanted my behavior to stick I would have to keep it up. The week was not that bad. All my teacher were taking notes and just getting ready for mid-terms after fall break. Thursday we had project…

We intend to use creative advertisements and gift dresses to A list celebrities to get our dresses recognized. Most likely we will use pop-up shows or show a couple of our designs during fashion week. We will develop our website to be exciting in advocating our product. Shmood will also be participating in publicity stunts in order to focus on our color transformative clothing as something edgy and techno rather than just another pretty dress. We also intend to use promotional tools like social…