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Adam Amato Emerald Jonathan Nah, aka DJ Kiat from The Guerilla Collective in Singapore, spins on Saturday at Amplify, the Singapore Student Association’s 2002 Cultural Night, following a presentation of more contemporary Singaporean customs and culture. Singapore Cultural Night focuses on current events ■ Rather than concentrating on the past, the Singapore Student Association wanted its cultural night to be unique By Robin Weber Oregon Daily Emerald The walls of the EMU Fir Room vibrated with the bass of Singapore club music and models in the latest fashions strutted their stuff in the center of the floor. This was not the traditional cultural night. At the Singapore Student Association’s Singapore Cultural Night 2002, Am plify, on Saturday, organizers sought to break the mold of other University culture events. Although the celebration hon ored history and customs, there was a strong emphasis on what’s going on today in Singapore, and what visitors could expect should they journey across the seas and visit the country and its culture. Organizers are hoping this event paves the way for other campus clubs looking to focus not as much on where their cultures were as where they are, and, more impor tantly, where they are going. “Instead of the usual, with this night we wanted to show the devel opments of the 21st century and capture the socio-cultural factors in the event,” SSA President Lind say Goh said. “We want to show it still means something to be a Singaporean,” she added. Goh said she and a team of almost 15 students have been working for six months to bring the night to life. During the first hour, guests in dulged in common Singapore taste treats. As they nibbled on chicken curry and fried rice and sipped jelly cocktail ogar ogar — all made by the students — they then feasted their eyes on the display of many creative talents from Singapore displayed across the room. “We wanted to show the developments of the 21st century and capture the socio-cultural factors in the event.” Lindsay Goh SSA President Scenes from the latest Singapore television sitcom piped out of a nearby laptop on display, as the remixed tunes continued to blast. The group showcased popular art forms in Singapore like The Neces sary Stage theater group and dedica tions to the group’s latest produc tions “One Hundred Years in the Waiting” and “Under the Last Dust.” SSA members considered the theater group to be a good represen tative of the culture because they, too, are looking at the future of the Singapore people. Other posters featured the Singa pore design company Phunk Stu dios and posters of the cabaret group the Boom Boom Room. As the crowd watched, some unaware of just what to focus on, four Universi ty models began parading around the center of the floor, first as human mannequins and then presenting a show of the latest Singapore fash ions from a local designer. Students came out to see just what the Singapore culture was all about, and its influence on today’s society. “I’ve never been out of the coun try, and just wanted to learn more about other places,” student Tiffany Hohmann said. Once the cultural show wound to a close, the dance began, featuring Jonathan Nah, also known as DJ Kiat, of The Guerilla Collective DJ group. Kiat was flown out from Singapore by the SSA to show off his talents for spinning records and mixing fast paced club music. Nah thinks the music he played paints a clear pic ture of the current Singapore culture. “This is a definite side of Singa pore,” Nah said. “Much of it is shown through the more boring academics, but this is the new school,” he said. Nah added that the government in Singapore seems to always be striving to promote multicultural ism, and this is often portrayed in the Singapore entertainment scene. During the performance, hip-hop dancers showed off their break dance moves to the crowd. Overall, the SSA wanted to highlight people from Singapore, and show they are having an impact on the future be cause of their heredity. “We want them to remember the person behind it is still a Singapore an,” Goh said. E-mail reporter Robin Weber at robinweber@dailyemerald.com. Medicare continued from page 6 “There’s more momentum on the part of fiscal conservatives since the farm bill passed,” said Rep. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., a leading budget cutter in the House. “We’re saying, ‘you know, what we really need to do is tighten our belts here.’” Not everyone is buying it all the time. The deal in which Speaker Hastert won three lawmakers’ votes to give Bush expanded trade authority, for example, sent Medicare bonanzas to hospitals in the districts of Pennsylvania Republicans Phil English and Don Sherwood and New York Republican Sue Kelly. The $90 million they’ll get comes from shaving Medicare reimburse ments elsewhere, however. Initial ly, that was to have included hospi tals in the district of Rep. Charles Rangel of Harlem, senior Democrat on the powerful Ways and Means Committee, balked. “Is a child that is sick in one area more important than another child because of the political persuasion of their representative?” he protest ed on the House floor. The New York and Pennsylvania payoffs survived after Hastert pledged “no deleterious affect for othec hpspitals in the New York City” metropolitan area. Everyone else will still have to pony up. Self-described “pork busters” such as Sen. 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