September – October 1999 Issue

Manage your time better by reading about Ambar’s struggle, taking a quiz and learning some tips.

Since we brought my cousins here from war-torn Kosovo, they’ve taught me about life, loss and love.

Eight tips for managing your time.

Shengul describes the many things she and her family had to take care when her cousins immigrated from Kosovo.

This quiz helps teens see how orgnaized they are.

All California students should have equal access to Advanced Placement classes, ACLU lawsuit states.

Out of boredom, then because he couldn’t stop, Ruben Lopez drank away his college dreams. But now that he’s sober, things are looking up.

Don’t look down on people in rehab, look up to them—they have a whole lot of courage

When people get sober in the Asian American Drug Abuse Program, they are required to write about their innermost feelings to help them heal. Here are excerpts from Ruben Lopez’s “Treatment Paper #1,” about the things he feels most ashamed about.