LETTER FROM THE EDITORS spring 2006 VOLUME vii, ISSUE 2
Spring is in the air! Not only is this a time for love, birds, and corny metaphors, but it’s also time for the Spring 2006 issue of VISIONS—time to celebrate Brown’s Asian American community through incredible works of prose, poetry, articles, and photography. Now about those corny metaphors…think of VISIONS as a tree, forever growing and regenerating. With several new faces on the VISIONS staff this semester, we are also proud to finally call ourselves an official student group, having gained Category I status. But let’s take the metaphor even further and think of VISIONS as bringing together all the branches of the Asian American community. As the meaning of the term “Asian American” constantly changes, these new pages reflect the shifting definition of the Asian American identity. In keeping with this atmosphere of change, we dedicate this issue to Brian Lee ’06. Longtime editor and contributor, Brian has spent countless hours working to make VISIONS the publication it is today, and we will miss him tremendously next year.
We also thank our contributors and staff members for making this issue possible, and most of all, we thank you—for taking part in our mission of Envisioning and Building a Stronger Asian American Community. Yours Truly,
Erin Frauenhofer ‘09
Karynn Ikeda ‘09 Juhyung Harold Lee ‘06