Iconic “Doge” Shiba Inu dies

Hello and good morning! It’s Wednesday, May 29. Here’s some of what you need to know in our community today:

Happy Everest Day!: Earlier this month, Kami Rita reached Mount Everest’s summit for a record 29th time. Blazing the way for Everest was Nepalese and Indian Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay, who along with Edmund Hillary, was the first to ever make it to Everest’s summit, on this date, now recognized as International Everest Day, in 1953.

Events

A historic Miss Universe PH is crowned

Filipino American Chelsea Manalo made history last week by becoming the first Black woman to be crowned Miss Universe Philippines. She will represent the Philippines at the Miss Universe pageant in Mexico, aiming for the country’s fifth crown.

• Manalo, representing the province of Bulacan, bested 52 other contestants to win Miss Universe Philippines 2024. 

• The 24-year-old tourism degree holder said she experienced bullying as a child due to the color of her skin and the texture of her hair and emphasized wanting to use her beauty and confidence to empower others.

Animals

“Doge” Shiba Inu dies

Kabosu, the Shiba Inu who inspired the iconic “Doge” meme and the cryptocurrency Dogecoin, died peacefully at the age of 18 (in human years) on Friday, according to her owner Atsuko Sato.

• Kabosu was adopted by Sato, a kindergarten teacher in Japan, in 2008 after being rescued from an animal shelter. She became an internet sensation in 2010 after Sato posted a photo of her with folded paws and a puzzled expression.

• “She went very peacefully without suffering, as if falling asleep while feeling the warmth of my hands petting her. Thank you all so much for loving Kabosu all these years. I am certain that Kabosu was the happiest dog in the world,” her owner wrote in an Instagram post.

Education

Prospective college students told to hide being Asian

Controversial tips published in The Princeton Review’s “Cracking College Admissions” guide from 2004 advising Asian students to downplay being Asian to increase their chances of college admittance has sparked debate after being reshared on social media.

• Asian students were discouraged from using their last names to sidestep being categorized as part of the “Asian invasion” of college campuses.

• The book suggested Asian students avoid common Asian cultural topics in application essays, not attaching their photo to the application and participating in activities other than math, computer or chess club.

Chicago

Iraq War veteran attacked in Chicago

Authorities are offering a $5,000 reward for information that would lead to the arrest of individuals behind a violent attack on an Iraq War veteran at a grocery store in Chicago’s South Loop last week. 

• Kevin Qin, 41, suffered multiple injuries after being beaten by a group of at least eight people at a Jewel-Osco store located at Wabash Avenue and Roosevelt Road on May 21. Qin and community leaders are urging authorities to investigate the incident as a hate crime.

• The war veteran, who is Chinese American, believes the assault may have been racially motivated due to a comment made by the attackers. Speaking to CBS 2, he recalled one of them saying “Yo, this Chinese (expletive) is like trying to gang up on me or something.”

China

Mystery of red sky in China solved

Residents of a city in Zhejiang province, China, were left in shock last week after the night sky turned blood-red last, prompting the local meteorological department to investigate. The Dinghai District Meteorological Bureau eventually announced that the incident was caused by … a fishing boat testing its lights.

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Until Tomorrow,

Alan Van