20—The Daily Collegian Thursday, April 5, 1984 20 African Editor's Note: This is another in an occa sional series on international student groups. Today's story focuses on the African and Nigerian Student Associations. By ANITA YESHO Collegian Staff Writer African students from about 20 different nations will share some of the culture of their homelands with the University com munity this Saturday night as part of the Black Arts Festival.. `You find that we all seem to have almost the same values and the same customs.' Amechi Okereke, secretary of the Nigerian Student Association . . AAUW .. . . ..'.711 • .. • • Used Book Sale ' 0 . 0 r ., Beat the Tax Bite! ~..., • HUB Ballroom .' 0 READ THE an IRA or a TSA* (-\ . April 2.!5 . 0 ARTS SECTION TO L. , BECOME SUAVE, 11.5 % SOPHISTICATED,' . . . 'Payroll reduction for PSU and Public School Employees . 9.5111-9 pin .. 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Hamilton Ave. Child care provided Ample parking FREE Everyone welcome Hi-way Sicillian Style Cut Pie Get 2 slices of Sicilian Style Cut Pie and a Soda for ONLY $1.55 Walk-in fast service at the Cut Pie Shop on Garner Street 112 South Garner Street • 234-0349 nations to share homeland culture "A Touch of Africa," an evening of Afri can food and music, will be held in the HUB ballroom and is 'sponsored by the African Student Association, Trevor Miles, secre tary of the association, said. A dinner featuring food from western, eastern, and southern Africa, will be served at 7 p.m., Miles said. The price of the dinner is $3. Bantu, a Washington, D.C., based Zairian band, will perform at 9 p.m. The group will also sponsor an African art display in Kern Building on April 17 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The organization does not represent all the peoples of Africa because the Egyptians and Tunisiang have their own groups, said Joseph Phiri, president of the organization. However, the organization has about 40 members from a wide range of sub-Sahara African nations, he said. Miles said students from 21 African na tions are members of the organization. According to statistics published by the Office of International Students, 138 African students from 25 countries attend the Uni versity. • The main purpose of the group is to promote friendship and understanding be tween African students of various nations, Phiri said. Also,. being away from Afrida gives stu dents an opportunity to thinks about their African identity, Phiri said. - African students often have misconcep tions about one another because of political differences among their nations, but study ing together in the United States gives them a chance to realize the similarity of their experiences, Phiri said. "You find that we all seem to have almost the same values and the same customs," Amechi Okereke, secretary of the Nigerian Student Association, said. Although a separate group, the Nigerian Student Association has members who be long to the African group, he said. With about 20 members, the Nigerians are *********************** To Harry, Bob, and Lev, Thanks for showing us some Phi Psi 500 fun and with your help * - * * * 0154 ************ * * * * * * * * * * * Luther House A co-ed residential community to explore the meaning of Christian Community sponsored by the - University Lutheran Parish at Penn State Is currently taking applications for the Fall 1984 - Spring 1985 semesters. (Cost $BOO per semester). For application or information contact the Lutheran Office, 112 Eisenhower Chapel, 865-0033. we'll be # 1 Love, The Alpha Chi's Mystery prof column from By The Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. Mystery professor Paul Crafton, now serving a prison sentence for teaching with forged credentials, has written a guest newspaper column on energy. Crafton's "My View" column was published Tuesday in The Patriot and Evening News newspapers here. The "My View" column is a regular fea ture open to anyone with something to say. / I "If you will permit the mystery professor to write a few words, per haps I can make some contribution to the solution of the TMI problem . . Ctafton wrote. He suggested what he called inno vative technology he patented • that Hospital takes holiday Officials from Centre Commu- only. Normal services will resume nity Hospital have announced that with scheduled admissions on Sun the facility will recognize Friday, day, April 22. April 20, as a business holiday., Routine ancillary services will No surgery will be scheduled resume their regular schedule on and ancillary departments will Safurday; April 21. provide emergency care services —by K.L. Kane the largest group of African students, Oke reke said. Besides their social activities, the Nigeri an association members work together to deal with some of their problems, he said. "More importantly, we try to rally around when we have a common problem because we are all being sponsored by our govern ment, and sometimes, with all that's hap pening, we have problems with our finances," Okereke said. The members have found the group a useful way of communicating with govern ment and University officials about the Nigerian goverment's unsteady student fi nancial aid, Okereke said. Last year many universities instituted an advance deposit policy whereby incoming Nigerian students were expected to pay one year's fee in advance, Okereke said. The Nigerian Student Association mem bers discussed the plan with University administrators and officals at the Nigerian consulate and embassy, he said. UNIVERSITY CALENDAR Thursday, April 5 Student Assistance Center meeting, 4 p.m., Room 319 HUB. HUB Eateries, Founder Room special dinner, 5-7 p.m. New. Life Christian Fellowship meeting, 7 p.m., Room 305 HUB. Committee for Justice in S. Africa meeting, 7 p.m., Room 204 South Human Development Bldg. Alpha Kappa Psi meeting, 7•p.m., Room 217 Willard. Sigma lota Epsilon meeting, 7 p.m., Room 306 Boucke. Free U, Society for Creative Anachronism meeting, 7 p.m., Room 225 HUB. P.S.U. Ad Club meeting, 7:15 p.m., Room 75 Willard Bldg. Model Railroad Club meeting, 7:30 p.m., Room 217 Boucke. Society of Mineral Economists meeting, 7:30 p.m., Room 110 Walker *********-*** * * * * * * * * * * * SOPHOMORES AND JUNIORS 1-A! If you had a 3.5 grade point average (30 credits) at the end of your freshman year, you are eligible for ; membership in: PHI ETA SIGMA HONOR SOCIETY * Please bring an unofficial transcript to Rec Hall if * you haye not been contacted by mail. Registration April 3, 4 and 5, ReC Hall, entrance to * 11:00 - 2:00 p.m. For more information, call Professor' Stoedefalke at * 865-6122 (176 Rec Hall) by April 6. , 0143 * ************ * * * * * * * * * * * You ore - invited: ROME• 8 p.m. April 5 • 112 Chcimbers "Art Commissions and Church Definitions by the Popes in Medieval Rome". Prof. Hans Belting Sponsored by the Deportment'of Art History, the Medieval Studies Committee and the Institute for the Arts and Humanistic Studies authors jail cell would extract "protothermal" en ergy from 30 miles beneath the earth's surface. He said his technology would install a heat exchanger 30 miles down that would act as a furnace and produce heat that could be brought to the surface. The energy could be used to replace the nuclear reactors at Three Mile Island, he said. Crafton is serving a three-to-nine month prison sentence at Cumber land County prison. He pleaded guilty to charges he used forgery to obtain teaching positions at Shippensburg and Millersville universities near here. Crafton taught engineering under his own name at George Washington University. Saturday `More importantly, we try to rally around when we have a commori problem because we are all being sponsored by our government, and sometimes, with all that's happening, we have problems with our finances.' "At the end of it all, (University officials) agreed to look at individual cases instead of lumping everyone together" and review the current students' past payment records before deciding if the students have to pay in advance, Okereke said. So far the plan has worked out fine, he said. main gym. Okereke
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