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More than 35 countries to celebrate next week
Cultural display begins
The Memorial Student Cen
ter will turn it’s halls into a
market place of ideas and cul
ture exchanges when the inter
national students begin shar
ing the culture of their
countries during International
Week, March 25-29.
Aggies who represent some
35 to 40 countries will display
their native arts, crafts, mov
ies, music and traditional dress
Monday and Tuesday, 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. on the first floor of
the Memorial Student Center.
President Vandiver will be
present at the ribbon cutting
that begins the week of festivi
ties. The Consulate Generals of
the represented countries have
been invited from Houston to
attend the opening and a lun
cheon to follow. And there will
be a judging of the displays. All
of these activities are spon
sored by the International Stu
dent’s Association.
On Wednesday, March 27 at
7 p.m. the foreign students will
present the annual Food Fair.
All students are invited to
come and taste the native foods
of the various countries. The
Fair will be held on the second
floor of the MSC. Tina Watkins,
advisor for the ISA, says they
expect to serve more than 1000
people.
“We’ll be handling the din
ner differently from in the
past,” Watkins says. “Instead
of people coming from every
direction, there will be fewer
serving lines and a lot more or
ganization.”
As the week progresses, Up
With People, a musical perfor
mance group, will present an
international program in the
Grove at noon on Friday. They
will do a short promotion for
the Talent Show and Tradi
tional Dress Parade at that
time.
The Talent Show is a yearly
event that brings folk dancing,
songs and a variety of other
cultural expositions
“I remember when I first
came here, six years ago r ” Wat
kins says, “International Week
was Internatinal Day. The
whole event took place in one
day, in one room. I think the
growth is due to more interest
in the international students
and the students are more in
terested in sharing their cul
ture here.”
There are about 2,000 students
from other countries that be
long to Texas A&M’s ISA.
Countries with 15 or more rep
resentatives at the University
have formed separate clubs un
der the umbrella of the ISA.
Tickets are on sale at the
MSC Ticket Booth for the Food
Fair for $7, and $2 for the Tal
ent Show, or tickets can be pur
chased for both events for $8 \
AggieCon XVI presents sci-fi
By MARCY BASILE
StaffWriter
Emerge all you closet science
fiction lovers. The time for
MSC Cepheid Variable’s Aggie-
Con XVI has arrived.
AggieCon XVI is a four-day
event (which started yesterday
and continues through Sunday)
that offers participants the
chance to talk to celebrated au
thors, haggle with merchants
and see great movies. The
yearly event is one of the larg
est science fiction conventions
in the southwest.
“Usually we get 400 to 500
people from out of town and
about 1000 to 2000 Aggies,”
said Yvonne DeGraw, public
relations officer for Cepheid
Variable.
Mixed in and amongst all the
film goers and merry makers
are invited guests who have
reached some plateau of fame
in the science fiction world.
Toastmaster for the event is Ed
Bryant, a science fiction short
story author who has been
awarded two Nebulas (Neb
ulas are awards voted on bv
science fiction readers).
Along with Bryant are other
science fiction biggies: John
Varley, best-selling author of
“Wizard” and “Titan;” Patricia
McKillip, author of the “Riddle-
master” series; and James
Christensen, artist extraordi
naire (and creator of the Aggie
Con XVI t-shirt).
The closest most Aggies get
to AggieCon are the night mov
ies shown in Rudder Audito
rium instead of Rudder The
ater. True to form, the folks in
Cepheid Variable have brought
in some good ones: “The Ter
minator,” “Buckaroo Banzai,”
and “Phantasm” tonight and
“Star Wars,” “The Empire
Strikes Back,” and “Laserblast”
on Saturday.
For those of you who cringe
at the thought of leaving the
house in the dark, day movies
have also been scheduled.
“Nate & Hayes,” “Quintet,”
and “Silent Running” are
screening today and “Spider-
man” and “Condorman” fol
low on Saturday.
Contraiy to popular belief,
though, AggieCon XVI in more
than just a plethora of movies.
Panel discussions, short film
sequences, slideshows and an
art exhibit. \
Visitor’ is insightful
A foreign visitor is coming
to tell what it's like to be in
America and looking at
Americans. The picture
probably isn’t the picture
that Americans see.
Dr. Howard Shapiro will
be presenting what he calk,
“a cross cultural theatrical
presentation.” Sponsored by
MSC International Programs
Committee, he will present
“The Visitor” — a mono
logue based on real experi
ences that he has re-
, “The purpose of 'The Visi-
.ior’ is to help Americans be
come aware of how others
see their count!)'," Shapiro
aeys. “It touches on everyday
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stand .their own culture ~
the world and the value of
culture become better.”
After the monologue
there will be a question and
answer session. The audi
ence wall then break inth
exchange ideas and meet
back with Shapiro.
“The best part about the
group discussion is that peo
ple have a chance to express
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about your reaction to his