Vol. XL, No. 4 Penn State University, Delaware County PENNSTATE December 13, 2006 Delaware County Delco ‘Multicultural Day’ mixes it up! Students of different ethnic bic tide come out to flee allegiance to their heritages By CHARLES HARRISON I Special to the Lion's Eye [ ceh5025@psu.edu Just ten minutes outside Philadelphia, "The Lights Went Out, But the Show Went On" dur- ing the fashion show portion of Penn State Delco's annual Multi- Cultural celebration. Complete darkness fell upon the gymnasium, created by the violent hurricane force winds out- side. The crowd put down every- thing in their hands. Their palate ready fork fulls, singled from slices of cream cheese pound cake, spring rolls and barbeque chicken legs. And to begin rhyth- mically clap for those - gorgeous, awe inspiring, culturally fashion- able, women and men - like Nancy Le dressed in her fitted, traditionally red and black Vietnamese dress. Jeril Phillp, a native of Kerala, India sporting his white Corta with gold trim - to keep strolling the runway. Who would have known that the crowd's kinetic energy was so powerful to turn the lights back on in only five- minutes. Thank them for it, because without lights, we would have never been afforded to enjoy the performances of the talent show like “The Rice Story”. An international insight into something thought to be so simple (rice), yet historically complex. "It was so orderly. A very creative performance, it reminded me of a story you would tell a child, because of how cute the people were dressed." Upon first glance, anyone wouldn't second guess that the Philadelphia area campus is the most cul- LS is inevitable. One must praise all the student and faculty volunteers like M Mallory Anthony, for her enthusiastic ‘i! passion to promote interest and under- Al standing i in all cultures. They sacrificed = their personal time to do things like; cut ! florets from broccoli for the Vietnamese 4! style rice and spread that orgasmic wal- “nut crumb atop Ms. Knoll's pumpkin dessert, to say the least. It is obvious a lot of time went into this event. "Even though all I had was pizza and ice-cream, (Why didn't they get more than five boxes!) I heard the & Indian food was delicious. And Nancy Bf looked beautiful," said Malissa Ha. # Ethnic food was probably the main attraction, but Ms. Diane Shorter, a beautiful woman in the Student Life office said, "It is an effective tool in helping stu- dents realize they're not the only ones out there." Being aware of the international resources on campus in aspects of cus- toms and traditions is beneficial in per- spectives of all majors. Rajai Dias, a native of Palestine, and participant in the fashion show said that, % / o § "Learning different cultures is some- : eo Ee 2 thing you need, especially in America, turally diverse i in the Penn State University system. because of the diversity here. It teaches you how to There are a myriad of flags that represent native born behave respectfully when in the company of different students attending the campus. So many flags that there's cultures.” not enough poles to post them all, but that didn't stop At PSU Delco's campus you don't have to assume those wonderful volunteers from using them to decorate about a culture, there's a student who was born there the gym for Multi-Cultural day. And then there are the who could tell you the facts. A success their event was, posters advertising the Writing Center that say, "No celebrating the different cultures through food, dance Matter What Language You Speak, The Writing Center and fashion. Will Listen." : Stimulating conversation about countries the students So to host a celebration where the annual theme is to usually wouldn't even think about, and all because of celebrate the diverse cultures that keystone the campus another word for party called Multi-Cultural day. LE Lil i of Student Life k | All Photos The . Lion's Eye Recipes..........sesunns Page 2 ACME Prez visits Delco............ Page 8 Democ ratic Iraq Study Group.......cccceerreereens Page 3 Charity Concert...........ccoevininnnnns Page 9 Agenda INSIDE Fireside Music series........... Page 5 Coach's COMA. ......oocvrree Page 10 3 PEODIO POI.......conceceinsrinesneennees Page 6 SOLAS ss viversssnnenninisiansnsinarsions Page 11 pg. Mr. Penn State’s Address......... Page 7 Photo Collage.........ccceeereernean Page 12
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