Hey guys come to our last APASA outing of the semester. It's a trip out to Emeryville's Public Market where there's over 25 unique food retailers representing numerous ethnic flavors as well as a movie theater, Barnes and Noble and more shopping. Check it out at their website www.emerymarket.com as well as their shopping at the City of Emeryville's website.
This outing is in collaboration with the JPop Club. We'll be carpooling from the flagpole at 5pm this Wednesday, November 28th.Hope to see you there!
When:February 6-9 (Wednesday thru Friday of JanTerm Break)
Where: Cabin in South Lake Tahoe
Cost: $70 which covers transportation, lodging at a great cabin (just ask those who went last year), and food. A discount is available for those who are willing to help out with driving others up from campus and back.
We will start collecting money at our next meeting, which is Tuesday, November 27 at 6pm in Delphine.
For more information, call x3701 or e-mail the APASA Officer Team at apasa@stmarys-ca.edu
Also, priority for first choice of beds is based on who ever turns in the full amount of money first (starting on Tuesday). Ties will be decided by random drawing. So, for example, if "John Jacobs," "Sally Samson," and "Albert Andrews" turn in their money at the meeting this Tuesday they get the first three choices of sleeping arrangement and we will pick names out of a hat or something to determine which of those three goes first.
Hey APASA guess what? We're meeting two weeks in a row! Come to our general meetings on November 20th and November 27th (both Tuesdays) in Delphine from 6pm-7pm. On the 20th we'll even have a game night following the meeting with Mah Jong, karaoke, poker, Life and other board games. See you there!
Just wanted to let you all know, the Ice Skating recap is now up here on the website. I'm posting everything according to what date it occurred, not in what order I post them, so be sure to scroll down to check if any new posts are up of old events whenever you visit this site. For example, I've just posted Ice Skating a week after posting the congrats to Brother Dom, but Ice skating appears EARLIER (which means below) the Br. Dom post since it happened before that event. Got it? Any questions ask, Tim.
On Saturday night, November 3rd Brother Dom was honored with the award of Honorary Alumnus of Saint Mary's College at the Alumni Awards Dinner 2007 in the Soda Center. The Honorary Alumnus Award is given to, "a non-graduate, in recognition of outstanding service and dedication to all members of the Saint Mary's College Community."
Brother Dom has been APASA's co-moderator for several years and his contributions to the organization have been numerous. His warm, welcoming manner has greeted many a member as they come to meetings or social events, his sharp mind has advised the group's leadership, and his extraordinary heart has led APASA in embodying the LaSallian Core Principles. For this and for all he's done for the whole SMC community we want to say that this is more than well deserved. Hooray Brother Dom!
Below are some videos of the award presentation and Brother Dom's acceptance speech. Unfortunately it's too dark for the visual to really be worth anything but please enjoy hearing Brother Dom's wonderful bio including a couple of great stories of what he's done for St. Mary's and his thank yous. Sorry about all the dishes clattering it was during dinner.
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If that introduction was a little hard to hear, here's Brother Dominic's bio as found on the Saint Mary's website at Alumni Awards Recipients page
Honorary Alumnus – Brother Dominic Berardelli FSC
Brother Dominic Berardelli was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He entered the Christian Brothers IN 1955 immediately after graduation for Central Catholic High School, a Christian Brothers’ high school. He spent his Novitiate in Ammendale, Maryland (1955-56) and his Scholasticate in Elkins Park, Philadelphia where he graduated from La Salle College with a Bachelor’s Degree in History (1959) and a Master’s Degree in Theology (1960). He taught one year in Arlington, Virginia before going to the Philippines. In 2002 he received an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from the Universidad La Salle in Obregon, Sonora, Mexico for his work in the Pacific Asia Region.
He has been assigned to many different lands and works. Brother spent ten years in the Philippines, where he made his final profession in 1963 with five Filipino Brothers. He taught at De La Salle University and La Salle Green Hills in Manila and in Iligan, Mindanao. He was Principal of the Grade School at La Salle Green Hills for six years and of the High School for one year. He returned to the States 1971 and was assigned to the San Francisco Province of Brothers. He taught religion at La Salle High School in Pasadena for seven years, was Associate Superintendent for Elementary Schools in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles for one year and then became the Superintendent of Catholic Schools for the newly formed Diocese of Orange County.
From 1980 – 86 he was Director of Education and Finance for the Province of Brothers. In 1986 he was asked by Brother John Johnston, Superior General, to go to Rome and was assigned to the Mission Office of the Brothers’ Generalate, where he worked for eight years. His specific responsibility was for the care of and assistance to the Brothers in the Pacific Asia Region, with particular attention to sectors which were under stressful and challenging situations. He also was appointed by the Brother Superior General to be Delegate for Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, and India in which capacity he served for ten years.
After his assignment in Rome, he served at Saint Mary’s College as Special Assistant to the President and worked in the Advancement Office from 1994 - 2001. After a year of sabbatical he was assigned and worked for several years at De La Salle North Catholic High School in Portland, Oregon. He returned to Saint Mary’s College at the invitation of Brother Ronald Gallagher, President, in 2005 and has served as Director of Parent Relations, as a Major Gift Officer, and now is back to his previous work as Special Assistant to the President.
As promised here is the recap of APASA's ice skating outing. We carpooled out on the night of Friday, October 26th to the Oakland Ice Center.
There we met up with an old friend, former APASA President (of 2006-2007) Jessica Lee and her younger sister.
We hit the ice right away with varying degrees of success. Some of us literally "hit" the ice, while others glided along like naturals.
That said, it didn't matter whether we were gold-medal worthy or just wobbling along while clutching the wall. What mattered was we all had fun.
Here's one of APASA's members cheerfully performing the Soulja Boy dance on ice skates! It features a brief cameo by one of the younger kids that was zipping around the ice cutting people off and "icing" each other. We had some issues with them at first about respecting other's right to skate safely but we ended up befriending them in the end. And now we present the world premier of Soulja Boy on Ice!
And now, more pictures... Snowball incoming!
Such focus...one foot in front of the other...gently push forward...
We finished out our time at the rink with ice skating choo-choo train. It was a nice way to bring us all together at the end for one last half lap around the rink. And guess what...we have video of it! (Albeit wobbly video of it)
And what APASA outing would be complete without a stop at Berkeley's "Asian Ghetto" for boba and Steve's Korean BBQ? A fitting close to a great evening.
APASA come check out Finishing the Game, a movie by Justin Lin the director who brought us Better Luck Tomorrow, Annapolis, and The Fast and The Furious 3: Tokyo Drift. This film needs our support! It features many of your favorite actors from Better Luck Tomorrow including Sung Kang and Roger Fan as well as such well known actors like James Franco and Dustin Nguyen. There's even a cameo by a certain someone who shall we say, can't be touched.
The film is making its Bay Area debut this Friday, October 19th at the 3 Landmark Theaters in San Francisco and the Landmark Shattuck Theater in Berkeley. Consider this an unofficial APASA outing. We'll be going to the Bridge Theater (3010 Geary Blvd.) in San Francisco for the 7pm showing so if you're interested please contact Tim or Rommel by phone or email, or leave a comment here so we can plan to provide transportation for you. If you can't make it Friday with us, please try to make it out some time this weekend to either theater to support this Asian American film production. It's movies like this that provide Asian Americans with stereotype-busting opportunities in the entertainment and media career fields.
Following the meeting we all headed to Justin/Mitty Commons for a barbecue with beef skewers, chicken, chow mein, and fried rice. Everyone had a chance to get to know each other and just relax.
The next meeting is Tuesday, September 18th at 6pm in Delphine Intercultural Center. Don't forget it!
Hey all! Our first meeting will be Tuesday, September 4, 2007. 6p - 7p in Delphine followed by 7p - 8p BBQ in the Justin/Mitty Commons! Bring a Friend because all are welcome!
Hey guys come to our last APASA outing of the semester. It's a trip out to Emeryville's Public Market where there's over 25 unique food retailers representing numerous ethnic flavors as well as a movie theater, Barnes and Noble and more shopping. Check it out at their website www.emerymarket.com as well as their shopping at the City of Emeryville's website.
Brother Dominic Berardelli was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He entered the Christian Brothers IN 1955 immediately after graduation for Central Catholic High School, a Christian Brothers’ high school. He spent his Novitiate in Ammendale, Maryland (1955-56) and his Scholasticate in Elkins Park, Philadelphia where he graduated from La Salle College with a Bachelor’s Degree in History (1959) and a Master’s Degree in Theology (1960). He taught one year in Arlington, Virginia before going to the Philippines. In 2002 he received an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from the Universidad La Salle in Obregon, Sonora, Mexico for his work in the Pacific Asia Region. 
Members warmed themselves around the blazing fire while roasting marshmallows.
