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GREETINGS FROM FAASSU!

WELCOME TO FAASSU'S MYSPACE PAGE. Hi everyone!! The FAASSU MySpace site is now just for informational purposes only because the FAASSU WordPress page is now the club's main official home on the web. For more on the big change, read the update below. Salamat!!


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THE TRANSITION TO WORDPRESS
The MySpace site you are looking at served as FAASSU's main page since it was created during the 2005-2006 year. Three years later in 2008-2009, the decision was made to find another home for FAASSU on the web, something with a cleaner look and was free of the distasteful ads you may be familiar with on MySpace.

The FAASSU WordPress website now serves as the club's official page, and is home to literally tons of exciting information and memories for everyone to enjoy, including a special Friendship Games section. To be specific, there is now a links and culture tab, which allows you to sift through a street-long list of weblinks on Filipino culture, feature pieces on Filipinos (and those in the media), and other Filipino student organizations in California and elsewhere on the West Coast. Also available are the complete photo and video archives under the "media galleries" tab. Here you'll find years worth of unforgettable FAASSU memories in photography and moving pictures shot or made by the club's historians and members. Last but not least, the WordPress site is chalk full of lists containing names of nearly all FAASSU's e-boards, members and alumni through the years. This is a tribute to every person (and assisting faculty member or advisor) who has made FAASSU arguably the most dynamic and vibrant of Sonoma State's small population of cultural organizations.

One of the most important things behind the creation of FAASSU's WordPress page was making it as visual as the MySpace site, if not more. Also, the links and culture section was meant from the beginning to be an integral part of the website because FAASSU not only takes pride in its storied history, it also appreciates the bonds it has forged with organizations and Filipino student clubs outside Sonoma State. Friendship is a top priority of FAASSU.

So without further delay, feel free to visit the FAASSU WordPress site at your own convenience. Please don't hesitate to let us know your thoughts about the design and content. You can do so by using the contact tab or sending an e-mail to our two addresses. God bless!!

"ALL THAT JAZZ" ABOUT FAASSU

When FAASSU was created in 1995 at Sonoma State University, it's likely the club's founding students never imagined the organization becoming the cultural and social force it is today--on campus and in the community.

In the mid-1990s, FAASSU's founders wanted to create a group that initially catered to students of Filipino descent and spoke specifically about issues affecting Filipino-Americans everywhere. This first mission statement of FAASSU, shall we say, lives on today. The difference now is students from European, African, and Latin American backgrounds are sharing in the exploration and appreciation of Filipino history, heritage and culture...and it's been loads of fun. The collective multicultural feel of FAASSU is something almost no other student cultural club at SSU can lay claim to, and that's special.

As Sonoma State's proud Filipino-American student organization, FAASSU offers a variety of social, cultural and political events available to anyone and everyone. Friendship Games is our main attraction. It's an annual gathering in mid-October of Filipino-American student clubs all across California, Nevada and Arizona. We all meet on the campus of Cal State Fullerton, where Friendship Games was founded. The main objective of the event is making and maintaining friendships, hence the name. There is also athletic competition by way of five relay picnic games. Several "heats" are run for each game to determine in the end which school is Friendship Games champion for a particular year.

Other exciting events FAASSU offers include the following:
- Donation drives (food and/or clothing)
- Free bowling nights (Thursdays), Double Decker Lanes, Rohnert Park
- Halloween and Thanksgiving dinners/dances
- Christmas in SF (w/ gift exchange, shopping, sometimes ice skating)
- A spring multicultural show w/ other SSU cultural clubs
- Special FAASSU cultural shows during API Heritage Month
- Family nights within FAASSU's family system "Barkada Sama-Sama"

[This is just a small sample of what to expect almost annually.]

In addition to hosting our own events, we also work with local Filipino organizations, such as the Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS), for networking, general education and forums on Filipino issues. FANHS has actually hosted several events in Sonoma County, including showings of the documentary "Remembering Our Manongs." It tells the story of the earliest pioneer Filipino immigrants to this region in Northern California.

If you are interested in joining FAASSU, most alumni and current members will tell you it's an experience worth investing in. The camaradarie and energy people bring to the table gives FAASSU such a different feel from other cultural clubs at SSU, and our multicultural member makeup only makes things better.

We meet every Tuesday from 12-1pm inside the Erin Fisher Room, located on the second floor of the Student Union. Come by and see what we are all about. We'd love to meet you!!

FAASSU MYSPACE LOGISTICS

LINKS
If for some reason a link or picture on the FAASSU MySpace website doesn't work, do send us a MySpace message or write an e-mail to our historian/webmaster. Thanks!!

CREDITS
Website created by 2006-2007 social co-chair Rachel Espinoza.

DISCLAIMER
The views of the advertisements on this site are not of FAASSU or Sonoma State University.




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