HOW DID THAT IRISH GIRL SNEAK IN THERE? [Or: Whatever are we going to do with all these immigrants? ]

Our friend, Bill from Wnnco, has sent along the item below for our consideration. He wants to know why so many of the names on the list are Asian in origin. Then he says:

"The good thing about all of this is that regardless of their heritage they are still citizens of the USA. This means that we will benefit from their work regardless. I just feel that what was viewed as classic values from the past are no longer characterized by WASP's. The focus of education and excellence are values of the Asian-Americans. The WASP's are too busy focusing on "ME."


NATION’S TOP SCIENCE PRIZE FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
GOES TO MATHEMATICS AND BIOINFORMATICS RESEARCH
2006-07

SIEMENS COMPETITION IN MATH, SCIENCE &
TECHNOLOGY WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Dmitry Vaintrob of Eugene, Oregon, Wins $100,000 Individual Prize;

Scott Molony, Steven Arcangeli and Scott Horton of Oak Ridge, Tennessee,
Win $100,000 Team Prize

The other national winners of the 2006-07
Siemens Competition were:

Individuals
· $50,000 scholarship – Madhavi Gavini, Columbus, Mississippi
· $40,000 scholarship – Arjun Ramamurti, Lexington, Massachusetts
· $30,000 scholarship – Dominic Ludovici, Morgantown, West Virginia
· $20,000 scholarship – Guannan (Roger) Wang, Horseheads, New York
· $10,000 scholarship – Elizabeth Monier, San Antonio, Texas

Teams
· $50,000 scholarship – Lucia Mocz and Philip Mocz, Mililani, Hawaii
· $40,000 scholarship – Sagar Indurkhya and Nicholas Tang, Durham, North Carolina
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· $30,000 scholarship – Jinju Yi, Plainview, New York and Vijay Jain, New Hyde
Park, New York
· $20,000 scholarship – Jenny Yeh, Houston, Texas and Mary Catherine Wen, Queens,
New York
· $10,000 scholarship – Catherine McCarthy, Lily Roberts and Rochelle Rucker,
Shaker Heights, Ohio