Tag Archives: USC

The incredibly funny Mr. Ly Tong

Posted on January 19, 2009 by Bolsavik

An email (click here to read in Vietnamese) broadcast over the weekend was claiming that Ly Tong, Rambo Pham and Cung The Tran went to USC, cut down the red-and-yellow flag of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and replaced it … Continue reading →

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Anti-USC flag movement off to slow start

Posted on May 10, 2008 by The Bolsavik

On Thursday, Lac Tan Nuygen found out why his rival Hung Phuong Nguyen (read here) never followed through on his threat to picket the University of Southern California over its display of the flag of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: … Continue reading →

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USC flag issue not gone away yet

Posted on May 6, 2008 by The Bolsavik

It has been more than a week since the University of Southern California affirmed that it would retain the red-and-yellow-star flag of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam at USC’s international center, commonly called the VKC building. At the time (April 24), … Continue reading →

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Statement from USC re red flag, yellow flag

Posted on April 24, 2008 by The Bolsavik

The Bolsavik just got this in his email from James Grant, Executive Director, Media Relations at the University of Southern California. Quote: The meeting held by students, faculty, and staff to discuss the flying of the Vietnamese flag was constructive. … Continue reading →

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USC: Red flag yes, yellow flag no

Posted on April 24, 2008 by The Bolsavik

The Register’s Deepa Bharath has this story here on the flag controversy at the University of Southern California. The university has reiterated its position: No change. The red flag stays, the yellow flag won’t go up. The flag display at the … Continue reading →

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Viet students at USC meet, talk flags

Posted on April 22, 2008 by The Bolsavik

(I broke this entry into two parts. The background information is in a prior entry here.) Something funny happened at the forum. Tensions dissolved and a spirit of compromise and accommodation set in as two separate groups of Vietnamese students … Continue reading →

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Flag forum at USC – what led to it

Posted on April 22, 2008 by The Bolsavik

(This is broken off from the old entry so that each won’t be so long. The background information is in this entry; the report on the forum itself is here.) The forum at the University of Southern California arose following controversies over the … Continue reading →

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Vietnamese flag issue coming to USC

Posted on April 10, 2008 by The Bolsavik

The two sides in a dispute over the display of the flag of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam at the University of Southern California will hold a public discussion forum on April 21. See background story by the OC Register’s … Continue reading →

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