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Fiesta!!! Behrend College celebrated its annual Cultural Fiesta on
Tuesday. The event was filled with ethnic traditions, customs, dishes
and entertainment. One of the biggest attractions was the ethnic food.
The international improvisational band, Sangeta, perfomed for an
enthusiastic audience.
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According to Rodriguez, the
show is more of a fashion 'shOW
but with the added twist of a
contest.
Categories for judging include
poise, stage presence and
contestants' responses to
predetermined questions. Judging
the contest will be Behrend
College faculty and
administrators.
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Dear Editor,
Where have we gone, as a society? To
answer this important question, we must
first answer, "Where have we come from?"
No, not the ideology that you assume is
true (either from fictional sources, blurbs
of what you've seen on TV or taught in
class). but really study our past.
Not just your past or my past, but our
past as Americans. This includes the
African Americans, , the European
Americans, the Hispanics, the Asians, the
Latinos, and everyone in between who
stands there with their hand over their
heart and says, "I pledge allegiance to the
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Contestants will also perform
dance routines as well as
modeling fashions provided by.
local merchants.
In addition to the fashion show
and pageant, live entertaiment
will feature Behrencl band My
Olde Habit, acappella group
Harmony, Pianist Crazy Jay
Simmons and a light show.
There will also be prize give
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Letters to the Editor
and stereotypes, but everyciay I meet a new
person and an old stereotype or prejudice is
removed.
This is how we bridge this gap - not by
pointing fingers or twisting a situation to
fit our argument; but instead, we can solve
these "touchy" problems by learning about
someone else, their experiences, and their
dreams. Trust me, you'll find more
people with the same dreams and
aspirations that you have - then this dark
nightmare that we say haunts our future.
Photo by Bob MisidichlCollegien Photographer
"If you run blindly through the tunnels
of our past you'll always hit a wall."
PEACE
Jotham Austin
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lot of fun."
Pageant coordinators are Earla
Simpson, responsible for
choreography, Calandra Matthews
and Cari Massey.
Contestants fix, „Ms. Penn
,State-Bertiend are: Shanna.eotti,'
Carmen Evans, Rachel Grine,
Tamiko Harvey, Erica Hayden,
Kelly Herbert, Jill Hinkel, Rhea
Husbands, Renee Meyer,
Kimberly Mcllwain, Jeannine
Ouillette, Kelly Pahel, Stephanie
Roberts, Annette St. George and
Catrina Tisdell-Johnson.
Should view all as human beings
In response to the prayer controversy
involving gradimion and convocation
article, I'd like to play devil's advocate for
a moment and ask this about religion and
diversity: What about people who take
advantage of days when their place of
business or school offers a day off due to a
religious holiday, like Easter or Christmas
Day? I don't hour many people crying,
"Oh please, let me go to work. We
should not have that day off because it
offends me." I would view that having to
be forced to take the day off fora holiday I
do not observe, whether paid or not, would
be equally offense to me as having to sit
and listen to a religious prayer, which I
may not worship, during my graduation..
So what's the difference? There should be
none. Either instance is offense to a
person who takes religion seriously, but
not offense to someone who takes
advantage of what religion has to offer.
We take advantage of religion when it
suits our need and benefits, like a day off
from work or school, but cry for diversity
when it's not in our favor. This does not
seem fair.
As for whether we should have prayer
BEHREND-Mr. Jim Frye,
founder, chairman, and CEO of
The Italian Oven, Inc., will
address the College's
International Management 480
class and taking his company
public on Thursday, April 18 at
6:15 p.m., in the Reed Union
Building.
Frye attended Penn State-
Bchrend from 1968 to 1970,
receiving his degree in political
science at University Park in
1973. The former owner of
Gullifty's Restaurant in
Pittsburgh, Frye and his wife,
Janice, decided to create a new
family restaurant combining a
casual atmosphere with a serious
approach to food. In 1989, after
a few years of research including
time spent in Italy, they opened
the first Italian Oven in
Somerset, Pa.
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during the graduation ceremony is a
difficult question to address. If there is a
mention of, for example, "God is great.
God is good. Let us thank him for all he
has offered us" by the clergy speaker,
although I am Roman Catholic and
believe in God, this may be offense to
others who may not worship or believe in
"God" and may also be a violation of the
First Amendment Religious
Establishment Clause.
And finally, in response to John
Rossomando's "Racial Roots" article, yes,
we must all identify with our cultural
ancestry, but what John and a lot of other
people seem to forget is that we are all
human beings. Stop seeing things as
black or white. Hate and racial violence
exists not because we am a massively
diverse campus, but we see each other as
African American or Caucasian, Latino or
Native American, Asian or Hispanic,
Jewish or Roman Catholic, Buddhist or
Hindu. We must all be proud of our
heritage and ourselves, but we must also
view each other as human beings, not just
a racial or religious group.
Thursday, April 11, 1996
agreements in principle to
develop nearly 400 additional
restaurants. Last November, the
company stock went public.
Dr. John Magcnau, head of the
Penn State-Behrend School of
Business, invited the speaker as
part of an ongoing effort to
enrich the educational process.
"We're always pleased to bring
distinguished executives on
campus," he said. Magenau
commented on the importance of
students hearing first-hand about
the experiences of an
entrepreneur.
Earlier this year, the School of
Business hosted a talk by Mark
Loevner, chairman of the board of
Trau & Loevner, Inc., the
nation's fifth largest specialty
imprinting firm.
A limited amount of seating is
available to the public. For more
information about the speaker's
presentation, contact the Penn
State-Behrcnd School of Business
at 898-6107.
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Holly M. Olarczuk
(13 Political Science