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Briefly... Latino Fest promotes cultural understanding
Finnish Scholar to
Spealc on globalization
Matti Savolainen, visiting professor
of literature from the University of Oulu
in Finland, will give a talk on globaliza
tion and literature on Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m.
in Cameron Auditorium. The lecture is
titled “Challenges of Globalization and
Their Ramifications for Literary Study.”
Savolainen is visiting UNCW as part of
an exchange program with the Univer
sity of Oulu. He has published exten
sively on popular culture, William
Faulkner, William Burroughs, Edward
Said and Deconstruction. Savolainen
will answer questions on Nov. 10 at 3
p.m. in the University Union, room 100-
B. Both appearances are free and open
to the public.
Sigma Tau Delta
sponsors concert
Kevin Gordon will perform his
"primitive roots rock with a heavy dose
of the blue.s” in the Hawk’s Nest Nov. 9
from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sigma Tau
Delta, the Creative Writing Graduate As-
socialion, the department of English and
the English club. Chapter One, are spon
soring the concert. Gordon's latest al
bum. Down to the Well, is described by
The Washington Post as "capturing the
voice and dilemma of the Southern work
ing class, caught between big dreams and
shoddy surroundings.” The album wil.
be available for purchase at the concert.
Alpha Phi Omega holds
national service week
Co-ed service fraternity Alpha Phi
Omega will hold its national service
week from Nov. 6 to Nov. 12. It is one
of the largest college service events held
in the United States. The individual
Chapters sponsor campus and commu
nity projects throughout the country to
draw attention to a cause. This year’s
theme is- "Nurturing the Leaders of the
Twenty-first Century.” For more infor
mation, c ill the Greek Affairs Office at
962-3119.
MEC3AN D’BRIEN
Features Editor
The scent of spicy foods and the
sound of brassy horns filled Hugh
McRae Park during Saturday’s third
annual Latino Festival. Festival-
goers could hear as many people
speaking Spanish as they did En
glish. The festival was started by
a group of Wilmington residents of
Hispanic descent who wanted to
promote cross-cultural understand
ing and to help businesses and
people who need services connect.
“It’s a great service because it’s
only once a yea,r that the Hispanic
commuxiity gets all together,”
Amigos International Outreach Di
rector Stefanny St. Laurent said.
“This gives (the businesses) ac
cess.”
The first thing a festival-goer
saw was a line of food vendors.
There were three booths serving
Puerto Rican food, five Mexican,
one each Cuban, Venezuelan, Costa
Rican and El Salvadoran vendors,
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A booth selling Mexican food
like tamales, tortillas and salsa
two Honduran and two Colombian
booths. Senior Lauren Crawford
attended to the festival last year,
and said her favorite part was th'e
food.
“I like the Mexican food the
best,” she said. “It has the most fla
vor.”
The vendors were a mix of res
taurants, like La Fondita, a Mexi
can restaurant, to the Joyce family.
The Joyces, from Colombia, were
selling empanadas, tortillas stuffed
with meat and potatoes, to raise
money so they could go to Colom
bia for Christmas.
“We haven’t been there for
Christmas for 20 years,” Charles
Joyce said. “1 would really like to
be there for Christmas.”
Also among the vendors were the
UNCW Spanish Club and Amigos
International, a group that grew out
of the Latino Festival last year.
The Spanish Club was selling
nachos and sodas to raise money for
their spring break service trip.
President Almitra Medina said she
wanted to keep the cost of the trip
around $ 1,000. Last year, the club
went to Guatemala and helped with
a “guarderena,” which Medina de
scribed as a sort of a combination
of a day care and a school, with
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Israeli major speaks on Mideast crisis
MEC3AN RnBERTSON
STAFF WRITER
Major Michael Oren of the Israeli
military spoke in the Warwick Center
Oct. 30 about historical and current is
sues in the Middle East.
Oren also has a Ph.D. from Princeton
University in the history of the Middle
East, and has written a book about the
Six-Day War of 1967 in the Middle East.
Oren lectured about the Six-Day War,
which took place in May and June of
1967, (referred as the June War by the
Arabs), and how it relates to the recent
outbreak of violence in the Middle East.
The Six-Day war started when Egypt
blockaded the Gulf of Aqaba in south
ern Israel in mid-May, 1967. On June
5, the Israelis attacked the Arabs.
“Everything since then has been an
attempt to resolve the conflict of those
six days thirty-three years ago,” Oren
said.
The religious differences are a big
issue with the Israelis and Arabs. The
Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, holy to
both Jews and Muslims, Is currently a
Mu.slim mosque. The building is located
on Temple Mount, the site of Soloinon’s
Temple. Christians during the Middle
Ages believed that the building was the
same for the temple and the mosque.
The building is home to the Wailing
Wall, which is considered by the Jews
to be the only remnant of the second
temple. It is also sacred to the Muslims,
who say it is the place where
Mohammed ascjended to heaven. The
wall separates the old city of Jerusalem
from the new.
According to Oren, the Israelis
wanted to share the sovereignty of the
city and agree to an international trustee
ship of the temple. The Arabs rejected
the offer. The Israelis have presented the
Arabs with many treaties, which the Ar
abs have turned down. Oren said there
will be “no peace between Israel and the
Arab nation.”
The Chancellor's office. Leadership
Center and Student Affairs sponsored
Oren's lecture. Frank Block, a member
of the UNCW board of trustees, is a per
sonal friend of Oren. Block learned that
Oren was going to be in the U.S. for a
short time and asked if the university
would be interested in having him speak.
Carolyn Farley of the Leadership
Center said that Oren was brought to
UNCW' because of the “timeliness of his
knowledge,” and that with everything
going on in the Middle East right now,
many thought that Oren would be able
to help inform the students. Fafley says
that Oren’s lecture would be beneficial
by “knowing that students are currently
studying the issues.”
“(The lecture) is an opportunity to
provoke the level of thought for stu
dents,” Farley said. "(I) appreciated his
knowledge of the history of the region.”
Farley added that the Leadership
Center along with Dr. Don Habibi, as
sociate professor in the department of
philosophy and religion, and a few com-
rnunity members are putting together a
forum of the Palestinian side.