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Event showcases Korean culture with food, drums The event in the EMU Ballroom was attended by hundreds of UO students BY JARED PABEN NEWS EDITOR Mia Kang, owner of Hana’s Restaurant, has cooked for the Kore an Student Association’s annual Ko rea Night for four years. She helps prepare the recipes, gather the ingre dients, cook the food and serve it, and each year she swears it’s her last. But each year she comes back to serve the hundreds of University students and community members who show up for dinner before en tertainment because she believes that “all those kids are my kids.” Be sides, she believes she’s been blessed by God and should give to others, she said. “My heart tells me that I should help them,” Kang said. “My body is tired. In two days I couldn’t do any thing with my family, but it’s worth it.” Sunday night, Kang and volun teers with the KSA served 450 meals for the approximately 350 people who attended the annual celebra tion in the EMU Ballroom. Before a show that included mu sic and performances mixing mod ern and traditional culture, students and community members ate Kore an seaweed salad with a sesame and garlic sauce, lettuce-wrapped rice with Korean beef, Kim Chi, bean sprout salad and a tea made of roasted barley and corn. All of it was made from scratch, Kang said. This year, extra time and expense were taken to package the foods separate Zani: Ritt | Photographer Members of the Yoga Gallery perform at the annual Korea Night hosted by the Korean Student Association. Along with yoga, other presentations included Tae Kwon Do, Fan Dancing and musical performances of Korean harp, bamboo flute, and Samul Nori, traditional Korean drumming. ly so diners could taste the flavor of each individual dish, Kang said. The entertainment segment of the evening included Korean harp, yoga, short bamboo flute, skits and tae kwon do performances, among others. The theme of this year’s Ko rea Night was “Master Ahn’s Birth day Party.” The skits were about Master Ahn, the richest person in a small city called Ulsan during the 17th-century Chosun era. Between 30 and 40 volunteers showed up to help out at the event, which KSA members had been plan ning since the fall, KSA Co-Director Yoo Suk Doh said. “This is our biggest event,” he said. “So we’ve been working on this all year, and we have about 15 members working on it.” Doh said members were concerned before the event that peo ple weren’t going to show up for the event, but they were relieved when people started lining up in the EMU. “I didn’t expect this many peo ple,” he said as people left the din ing room and worked their way up the hall to the EMU Ballroom for the show. “Our main purpose is to spread Korean culture, and if a lot of people don’t come here, there’s less chance of showing our culture. So we were stressed, seriously.” University freshman Sungmin Cho — who is studying business and Japanese and played the part of Dol-Sae, a servant, in the play segment of the show — said he was thankful that so many people showed up, despite the bad weather. KOREA NIGHT, page 8 STUDENT HDUISORS UIHNTED WHAT YOU GIUE: • 1-2 hours per week • Recommendations to the University Health Center administration regarding programs, services, finances, & health insurance • Attendance at meetings Fridays at 3pm UJHHT YOU GET: • An in depth understanding of college health care delivery • Valuable interpersonal skills • Knowledge of college health issues Applications can be picked up at the University Health Center front desk. Completed applications should be submitted to the University Health Center Director’s office by April 29. Please call 346-4447 for more information. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON HEALTH CENTER http://healthcenter.uoregon.edu • appointments: 346-2770 Tim Bobosky | Photographer ASUO Executive President Elect Adam Walsh talks to ASUO senator Nick Hudson right af ter the election results were released outside of the ASUO student government office Friday around 5:30 p.m. ASUO: Tyler Bushnell wins ASPAC spot by two-vote margin Continued from page 1 only about 9.9 percent of students cast ballots in the general election. After learning he won, Walsh imme diately called Coy, who did not answer her cell phone. “Kyla, it’s Adam,” he said in a voice mail message for Coy. “I just wanted to know how it feels to be the vice presi dent of the Associated Students of the University of Oregon.” ASUO Student Senator Nick Hud son, who began supporting Walsh af ter losing in the primary, said student government will be “ 100 percent bet ter than it was this year. ” “My reaction was that I had won be cause I have really put a lot of my sup port, as well as (former candidate Ja cob Daniels) had, into bringing down the status quo of the ASUO and in a sense formulating an organization to help Adam and Kyla,” he said. Other races tight Other races in the election were closely contested. Senate Seat 11 can didate Tyrel Love won with 78 votes compared to Justin Wheeler’s 60 votes. Associated Students Presidential Ad visory Council candidate Tyler Bush nell won with 625 votes, passing Jon tae Grace by just 2 votes. Student Recreation and Fitness Ad visory Board candidates Kelly Dono van, Yumi Nada and Richard Pryor re ceived the most votes for that position. Senate Seat 17 candidate Rob Craig, who ran unopposed in the election, re ceived 171 votes. parkerhowell@ dailyemerald, com IN BRIEF Western United States pays higher gas prices PORTLAND — Gasoline prices across the West have remained higher than the record highs elsewhere in the nation, partly because of a limited re gional pipeline and refinery capacity. Abundant refineries in Texas, along the Gulf of Mexico and in the East feed a maze of pipelines and distribution centers, ensuring a steady supply of fuel to the Midwest, South and East Coast. The East also is supplemented by tankers coming from European refiner ies. Combined, it means increased PRICES, page 5 2841 WILLAMETTE 484-1727 Off-Campus Quaintness Free pizza w/a pint Monday 6pm-12am Large PBR Pitcher $5.00 everyday Hot food 25c pool Free pool on Fridays
