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The fight over affirmative action arrives in Arcadia. Arcadia Mayor Roger Chandler and Councilmember Paul Cheng will participate in a demonstration to protest Proposition 16 on Saturday at Arcadia County Park. Proposition 16 is a constitutional amendment that would repeal Proposition 206, which banned the use of affirmative action involving race-based or sex-based preferences in California, from the state constitution.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35697
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 6, 2020
Pages
p. 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 6, 2020
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Affirmative action
Chandler, Roger (Mayor)
Cheng, Paul (Councilmember)
Protests
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Affirmative action vote splits Asian-Americans. Community members take part in a "No on Proposition 16" rally at Arcadia County Park on August 8. Prop 16 would legalize race-aware decisions in public college admissions, hiring, and contracting. This is a divisive issue among Asian-Americans. Some view it as racist. One banner reads, "Keep discrimination illegal."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35794
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 22, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 22, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Activism
Affirmative action
Liu, Fenglan
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Arcadia High School takes first in the JPL Regional Science Bowl and is headed to nationals in April. See also Mountain Views News, p. 9, January 29, 2022.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36164
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 30, 2022
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 30, 2022
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Academic competitions
Arcadia High School
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Vine-watching student scientist Weber Lin, a senior at Arcadia High School, needs your like. He is in the final rounds of the Breakthrough Junior Challenge, an international science video competition funded by V.C. Yuri Milner. If Lin wins, Arcadia High School receives cash for new lab equipment and Lin will earn money toward college. He studies chirality.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36352
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 20, 2022
Pages
p. A3, A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 20, 2022
Pages
p. A3, A5
Subjects
Arcadia High School students
Academic competitions
Lin, Weber
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