4 SU students compete for Mr. ASIA beauty pageant
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Asian Canadian influencers (L to R) Sheldon Ho, Mike Wu and Edward Leung joined the 2021 Mr. ASIA event halfway in to answer questions and announce the event’s runner-up and winner.
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As Katy Perry’s “Firework” verse “Do you ever feel like a plastic bag” played during Andrew Zheng’s Mr. ASIA competition video, the Syracuse University freshman let go of a plastic bag which then blew in the wind. In the bloopers, the audience saw Zheng chasing the bag.
A Mr. ASIA panelist, SU sophomore Thomas Cheng, commented in the chat, “Environmentally concerned, talented, and he can code a true renaissance man.”
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sian American students at Syracuse University each have their own unique stories and aspirations, but several share common experiences that echo those of many Asian Americans.
Asian students make up 6% of SU’s 21,322 students including undergraduate, graduate and law school students according to SU’s fall 2020 census. Also, 17.6% of the student body are international students.
The Daily Orange asked seven Asian American students and recent alumni of SU about their transitions to college, professional goals and views of their identities. Each talked about their families, their childhoods and their journeys to adulthood parallel to their time at the university.
The Daily Orange asked seven Asian American Syracuse University students and recent alumni about their transitions to college, professional goals and views of their identities.