As the last Happy Hour in 2014 spring semester and the farewell party for graduating seniors, students organized a Karaoka party and enjoyed singing Japanese songs.

ランディさん、今年1年ハッピーアワーのリーダーありがとうございました。ユさん、来年のハッピーアワーのリーダーよろしくお願いします。

Japanese Culture Club organized Karuta (Japanese card game) Night on Wednesday, April 9th. Students made their original cards and played Karuta.Karuta is a traditional Japanese card game which uses “yomifuda” (reading cards) and “torifuda” (grabbing cards). Leaders of the Japanese Culture Club (JCC) helped students of Japanese make their own Karuta cards and played together. Ten members from JCC and 40 students participated in this event. It was a great study break with Japanese snacks. We appreciate JCC to create great opportunities for hands-on experiences to learn Japanese culture throughout this year.

4月9日（水）にかるたナイトがありました。オリジナルのかるたを作って、みんなでかるたをしました。

2014 Japanese speech Contest was held at Emory University on Saturday, March 1st.  Six students participated from Emory.

Category 1

• Samantha Gokhale 　日本語の経験
• Yi Lin  「いただきます」と「ごちそうさま」
• Akanksha Samal 　私の違う世界

Category 2

• Yuan (Sherry) Jin　日本のドラマから習ったこと
• Julie Shen　もったいない
• Junzhe (David) Yu　私の願い

Everyone did a great job and the following students won the prizes. Congratulations!

Category 1 (3 min speech)
1st prize: 「いただきます」と「ごちそうさま」by Yi Lin (Emory University)
2nd prize: Elderly Care in Japan by Eirene Lakshita (Georgia State University)
3rd prize: 私のちがう世界 by Akanksha Samal (Emory University)
努力賞（どりょくしょう）: 私の大切な人 by Gyeong Ho Lee (Georgia Institute of Technology)

Category 2 (5 min speech)
1st prize: もったいない by  Julie Shen (Emory University)
2nd prize: 日本のドラマから習ったこと by Sherry (Yuan) Jin (Emory University)
3rd prize: 私の願い by Junzhe (David) Yu (Emory University)
努力賞（どりょくしょう）:Learning Japanese as a Korean American by Kyungeuhn Park (Georgia State University)