WHAT: JASA Daifuku and Dango Fundraiser!
WHERE: In front of Stamp Student Union, near the ATM.
WHEN: Friday, October 8th, 11:00 a.m.->4:00 p.m.
COST: Only $1!!!

We're taking a different approach to our fundraisers this time around by introducing TWO, yes TWO new items to our "menu." We will be selling Daifuku and Dango in front of Stamp this Friday!

Daifuku is a small round Japanese sticky rice cake filled with sweet red beans. The characters written for little cake literally means "great luck"!

Dango is a type of sweet Japanese dessert dumplings served on a skewer. These little treats are a favorite all year round and served in different varieties depending on the season. We will be having Mitarashi dango (a sweet salty syrup) and Anko dango (red bean).

Like we mentioned before, we will be selling it all for only $1! So don't forget to come out Friday and buy a delicious Daifuku or Dango treat before finishing off your week. See you there!

JASA's First GBM!

Hey everyone! We want to thank you once more for coming out to JASA’s first general body meeting of the 2010-2011 school year. We had more than 100 people show up! We hope you all enjoyed the kakigori and had a good time meeting new people and this year’s executive board. We hope to see you all at our other great events this year.

Don’t forget, our next fundraiser will be October 8^th, so mark it on your calendar! We’ll hopefully be selling mochi, onigiri or both at once. We’ll be working on what to sell for all of

you and will keep you posted on what ends up happening.

If you would like to volunteer for our next fundraiser, keep your eyes on your email box for a message on how you can join in and help us out. See you all soon!

JASA ELECTION RESULTS

The New JASA E-board
2010-2011
IS>>>
(top, from left)
PRESIDENT: Hiloshi Sasakula
VP of INTERNAL AFFAIRS: Jeffery Wey
PUBLIC RELATIONS chair: Vic Poonai
TREASURER: Woo Seok Yoo
(bottom, from left)
VP of ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS: David Toledo
VP of PROGRAMMING: Jessica Liu
SECRETARY: Jasmine Vinh
VP of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS: Kat Henry

See you Next School Year!!

TASTE OF JAPAN

Today, JASA hosted it's main annual event, Taste of Japan! Those who attended enjoyed authentic Japanese FOOD, watched some awesome performances, played cool games -- and 1 lucky person won a Wii in the exciting GAME SHOW!!!

Tickets were only $5 and we sold 285!!! Thats a new record!

Performances included: JPOP bands, Kendo (martial art with swords), and JASA's Team Soran!
Activites included: Gold Fishing, DDR, Calligraphy, Origami, Travel info, Fashion, Balloon game, Hand Sumo game, Photobooth and more!!

If you are looking for your Photobooth pictures, they are here!: http://picasaweb.google.com/jasaumd/2010TasteOfJapanPhotobooth#

Thank you to everyone who came out!!!

special thanks again to: AAST (http://www.aast.umd.edu/), MICA (http://www.union.umd.edu/diversity/), and Husky Heating Oil (http://www.huskyheatingoil.com/)

TEAM SORAN AT SAKURA MATSURI

Today, JASA's Team Soran performed TWICE at Sakura Matsuri! (official site: http://www.sakuramatsuri.org/)
Presented by the Japan-America Society of Washington, D.C., Sakura Matsuri is nation’s largest Japanese street festival, stretching for six blocks through downtown DC!
These were definitely our best performances so far! Thanks to all who attended!

TEAM SORAN @ CULTURAL EXPLOSION

Cultural Explosion IS Global Communities and Bridges' big spring event. It combines diversity and entertainment giving students the opportunity to represent and celebrate their heritage. JASA's Team Soran was the closing act for this event! This time we incorporated a fireworks theme! Thank you to everyone who came out to watch us! :D

6th Annual AASU Charity Wiffle-ball Tournament

Today, 17 APA(Asian Pacific American) organizations participated together in a fun wiffle-ball tournament to raise money for Haiti quake relief efforts.
JASA and SYZ Sorority were teamed up as the "White Pandas" and won 3rd place!!

SORAN BUSHI AT NATIONAL CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL

Today JASA's Team Soran performed the traditional fishing dance called "soran bushi" as part of the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington DC. (official site: http://www.nationalcherryblossomfestival.org)
JASA was honored to be a part of this festival and really enjoyed performing for everyone! Thank you to all who attended!

You can see video of our performace on youtube!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoIgjzeChyw

JASA FUN NIGHT

Today was JASA FUN NIGHT! We played many fun games such as musical chairs (above)! The winners of the games won special prizes from Japan!!
See you at our next meeting!

JASA FUN NIGHT this friday!

Come out for JASA FUN NIGHT!
we'll be doing "games and stuff like that"
and giving away a prize!

also, we'll talk about our big event of the year, TASTE OF JAPAN, and how you can get involved!! :D

Friday, February 19
5pm
Dorchester Hall (Basement area)

See you there!!

facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=478460780011&index=1

T-shirt Design Contest

Looking for something to do over winter break? How about making a design for a JASA T-shirt!?!
That's right! JASA's T-shirt Contest opens today! Anyone can enter! The winner will receive a free T-shirt!
Here are the rules:

• must use the template shown above
• should have "Japanese American Student Association at UMCP", "JASA", "日米学会", or something referencing JASA on it (DUH!)
  
• max 2 colors
• t-shirt background may be white or black
• may be 1-sided or 2-sided
  
• no gradients or halftones
• no references to copyrighted material (anime, videogames, etc..)
• avoid using the rising sun flag> , as it was once a sign of the Japanese Imperial Military and is offensive to some
• email your submission to jasaumd@gmail.com and put "JASA T-shirt" in the subject line. Include your name please.
• Deadline: Feb. 1