Friday, March 30, 1984/The Battalion/Page 3
Cultural displays in MSC
International Week begins
Day” exhibit that will be featured in
the lobby of the architecture building
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today. The ex
hibit is sponsored by Students Con
cerned for the Handicapped.
he Big Event scheduled
lor Saturday afternoon
By BETTY SCHULTZ
Reporter
Observance of International
Week ’84 at Texas A&M begins
with an opening ceremony
Monday at 10:00 a.m. in the
main hall of the Memorial Stu
dent Center. The ceremony
marks the start of Five days,
April 2-6, of cultural awareness.
During the week, the interna
tional students of Texas A&M
want to show others the cultures
of their countries.
There are nearly 2,500 stu
dents from 100 foreign coun
tries attending Texas A&M this
year.
“International students were
brought to Texas A&M to en
hance the education of the
American students,” said Tina
Watkins, adviser of the Interna
tional Students Association.
The purpose of International
Week, she said, is to bring inter
national and American students
closer by helping the Americans
understand different cultures.
This year’s International
Week begins with cultural dis
plays in the MSC main floor on
Monday and Tuesday. An in
ternational Film festival will also
be featured in the MSC lounge
showing how people live in
other countries. International
Cuisine Night will be Wednes
day at 7:00 p.m. on the second
floor of the MSC. Tickets are
$6.00 per person.
An International Talent
Show and Traditional Dress Pa
rade featuring students from 20
different countries will be held
Thursday in Rudder Audito
rium. Students will give perfor
mances that illustrate lifestyles
in their respective countries.
“Every act is completely dif
ferent. That’s what’s so interest
ing about it,” said Amer Ben-
Ali, member of ISA. “This is the
First year that we will have the
U.S.A. participating in the tal
ent show. And more people
have become involved this year
than the three years before.”
Tickets for the talent show
and fashion show are $2.00 per
person. Tickets for all activities
are available at Rudder Box Of-
Fice.
The week will end with an
awards night on Saturday. The
outstanding talent acts and win
ners of the food fair will be hon
ored.
There will be a preview of In
ternational Week ’84 today at
12:00 in the MSC lounge. A
belly dancer and singers from
Spain and Bangladesh will per
form.
By BETH HRDLICKA
Reporter
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children roller skating and out
for pizza.
Members of the Engineering
Technology Society will clean
up a Girl Scout camp, Camp
Howdy, by mowing and trim
ming underbrush.
Mars candy bar is challenging
Jaycees nationwide to gather
100,000 signatures. If they do
this, then Mars candy bar will
give $250,000 to the Summer
Olympics. The local Jaycees will
attempt to obtain 3,000 signa
tures to add to the national to
tal.
Businesses also are making
their contribution to the Big
Event this year. Swiki Anderson
and Associates Inc., has raised
$250 to help with advertising
for the Big Event. In return for
the donation, Big Event helpers
will clean up trash in ditches in
the Industrial Park where the
company is located.
Chairman Joe Nussbaum,
said the Big Event this year is a
great improvement over last
year. About 5,200 people are
involved, which is 1,000 more
than last year.
“The community has so
many needs,” Nussbaum said.
“We proved ourselves last year
and now people really know we
are here to work.”
The Big Event starts with a
rally at the Grove. The speaker,
Don Murray, the national pub
lic relations chairman for the
Christian Children’s Fund, will
speak on volunteerism.
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Featuring art shows, games,
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