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.”
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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.
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