Ethnic Food & Culture









On September 20, 2012 Avila University had an ethnic food celebration party on campus. There were different assortments of sushi that you see down right. Everything from spaghetti  to pasta and desserts. There were many different flags standing tall around the food and also around the cafeteria. Showing there bright colors and different looks. It was a great time to get together with the students on campus and see different ethnic people share their styles. Talking and laughing, sharing with one another about new fun facts about their country. Not only could students see that the food in cultures was different but also the way they dressed, and how they were brought up. There were informational posters around so you could read and even ask questions. There was also gentleman singing and playing instruments! They were dressed in sombrero and wearing white shirts with red scarfs. It was wonderful Mexican music that we as students got the opportunity to listen to. The main part that I enjoyed was the fact that everyone was able to get together and enjoy one another’s differences. As an individual everyone is raised many different ways, and for less than an hour I was able to learn more about the different cultures that I never knew before. Not only learned by mouth, but were hands on tasting and singing along with the students.



September 11

Where were you?

 I asked Denise Culver, “Where were you when you first herd that one of the twin towers were hit by an airplane?” She explained to me that she was working in the intensive care unit for Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. “I was working third shift, which means I worked throughout the night and was off at 5am.” Culver said. She was heading home to go to sleep and head back to work late on the evening of September 11^th. As soon as she got home that morning she turned on her television while she was washing her face before she laid down and herd the news cast was thinking that a plane accidentally hit a tower in New York, but then the second one hit and Culver knew it was not an accident. “All day I stayed up to watch what happened until I was schedules back at work.”

 

  “Fourth grade, I was in fourth grade when the morning of September 11^th happened” was the words from Marcus Grimes right after I asked him where he was eleven years ago. He was very confused along with many others in his classroom because teachers were coming in and out of the rooms, whispering to one another. He informed me that his mother came and took him out of school early that day and he was not sure why. “I knew I did not have a doctors or any sort of appointment, so I was not sure why my mom came and got me,” Grimes explained. Grimes mother started telling Marcus in the car that there was a building that was attacked in New York City. “My mom said I should pray for the people who are dealing with the attack, and that they arrive back home safely.”

  

Kayla Bader is currently a physician assistant student in Texas, and I asked her if she was in school the morning of September 11^th 2001. Kayla was sitting in her sixth grade classroom studying Egypt and learning about mummification when all of a sudden the principle brought a television into the class and put on the news and explained what was going on. “We watched the news the rest of the day and all the teachers tried to stay calm but we could all tell they have been crying,” Bader said. She explained that she did not fully understand the severity of what that sunny fall day in September brought to them. As Bader grew up she understood more clear to why there was so much sadness that morning of sixth grade.

 

 

Student Fair

Artist Penelope Marth drawing the face of Justin Reed a senior majoring in Communications, promoting the Fine Tooners on Avila University campus.

Student Organizations

Avila Women Fighting Against Cancer

 

 

Colleges Against Cancer is an organization on Avila University campus. President Liz Winke and two volunteers, Kate Laterza and Grace Gillaspie (left to right) are fighting cancer on four different fronts. Advocacy, cancer control, Relay For Life, and survivorship. This society mission is by promoting activities in these four main areas. Liz Winke is the only member as of right now and plans on having the first club meeting in September. “My first goal is to get members” Liz said. She has many ideas and said she wants to help Nurse Carrol promote Breast Cancer Awareness Month, get students to participate in the Great American Smoke out, find a way to enforce the "no smoking" on campus rule, host a card making party around the holidays and deliver these cards to a local hospital, and make dinner for families of cancer patients at Hope Lodge and/or Children's Mercy Hospital.”

Liz wants to educate on possible screenings and guidelines that an individual should be looking at. “All club members will participate in Relay For Life at the end of the year” Liz said. Relay For Life offers an opportunity for everyone to participate on the fight against cancer. It is an overnight event that last an average of 24 hours. It is split up into teams, and someone must always be on the track running or walking to be participating. It is a fun time to camp out and get together at a local sporting ground, park or fairground for a good cause. This summer Liz was contacted by a man named John Murry, who lives down the street from Avila. All four of his grandsons have a rare blood disorder in which the body doesn't produce any red blood cells. All four of these boys are in need of a bone marrow transplant. “I am hoping to get 500 new donors added to the bone marrow registry. It would be awesome if we could find a match for one of these boys.” With Liz’s big heart and wanting to help others, Liz invites you to join her efforts so you can help others too!