November 7, 2DDD 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, Molly Handler'The Seahswk 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 See Festival, Page 1 1 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.

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