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Filipino culture celebrated Activities Saturday will include traditional dances and a play that traces Filipino history By Erin Snelgrove Oregon Daily Emerald Through the use of story telling, food and dance, Kultura Pilipinas Cultural Night will provide an evening of cultural enlightenment in the EMU Ball room Saturday. Kultura Pilip inas is a University student group devoted to the history and celebration of Filipino heritage. A three-act skit — “Jun-Jun and Boyett’s Filipino Ameri ca,” the history of how Fil ipinos settled in Hawaii, Louisiana and California — starts the night. In the skit, two boys, Jun-Jun and Boyett, travel to each state. Kultura Pilipinas hopes to teach the audience something about Filipino histo ry through their adventures. “We tried to create a perfor mance that would be both en tertaining and informative,” said Brian Akizuki, a member of Kultura Pilipinas. “As we were writing these skits, we discovered that we didn’t know very much about Filipino his tory ourselves. Learning about the Louisiana settlement came as a surprise to us.” Akizuki said the play is in tended to appeal to a college aged crowd by using humor and young characters. Beside the skit, the Beaver ton Filipino Association will perform a series of dances. “What they'll be demonstrat ing is the candle-lit dance, which is very fluid and slow,” said Joe Domingo, a member of Kultura Pilipinas. Also, traditional Filipino food, such as chicken adobo, rice and flan, will be served. “This night will allow people to just sit back and be enter tained,” Domingo said. “They can have a chance to learn about other people and expand their horizons.” University of Colorado at Boulder USE SUMMER TO YOUR ACADEMIC PROGRESS Summer session on the Boulder campus is something special. With over 500 campus courses to choose from, it’s a relaxed, comfortable learning environment. Classes are smaller. And when you're not in class, you can soak up Boulder’s mellow charm. Or explore Boulder’s backyard, a high country playground that includes some of the country’s most rugged and spectacular terrain. VISITING STUDENTS: Take advantage of CU resources to com plete or enrich your own degree program. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS: Take a college course for experience, to enhance your college application, or to see if CU is the right school for you. TEACHERS: Earn recertification credits and tap into everything the University has to offer. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Increase your knowledge base and build skills to enhance your capabilities. ENRICHMENT: Give yourself the pleasure of an academic challenge at CU this summer. FOR MORE INFORMATION. Call 303-492-5146 or 800-331-2801 to request a Summer Session catalog. Or visit our web site www.colorado.edu/sacs/summer Food fight ends in lockdown at Carson Ending as suddenly as it started, the fight drew OPS and Eugene police By Jason George Oregon Daily Emerald Combine April Fools’ Day and a blue moon and people tend to get a little crazy. Thursday evening at approxi mately 6:35 pm, the Carson Dining Hall erupted in a food fight and stu dents gave new meaning to the term “grabbing dinner at Carson. ” “I was checking my mail and I heard screaming,” said Hailey Foster, an undeclared freshman. “It was pretty exciting.” What exactly prompted the edi bles to become airborne is unclear. What was clear was that an amount of noodles, croissants, plates and other dining staples were flying across the main dining area. A brave man stood upon a table and yelled for the fight to stop, and it did. A lone protester flung a sin gle croissant at the man whose yelling stopped the fight, but that was the close of the debacle. The hurling ended just as quick Nick Medley/Kmemld Campus police officer Tony Gadeta guards the door of Carson Dining Hall while an as sessment is made after a food fight broke out last night. ly as it began, leaving many diners confused and some running to ward the doors. But Carson em ployees closed thehall’s doors and diners were not allowed to leave. Approximately 10 minutes after the throwing ended, officers from the Office of Public Safety arrived and let the occupants leave. “Rather that start something else, we are not going to keep peo pie in here,” said Sergeant Gino Acuna of OPS. Quick on the heels of OPS, Eu gene Police Officer Shadwick ar rived with a large can of pepper spray. “The call we got said there were over 20 unruly people in volved,” said Shadwick. “They are too old for this — it’s childish,” said Gloria Adams, a cook in Carson. GET SOMETHING EVERY COLLEGE STUDENT COULD USE MORE OF: EASY ANSWERS. ■T www.oregonfjV^com/coHege^J CLICK NOW AND FIND: Apartments | Job Listings | Concert Dates | Movie Times Dining | Summer Guide | Outdoor Guide | U of 0 Page OregonDVe www.oregon77Ve.com in alliance with £||C (OrCgOHUm