2008 Woodie Awards
Internations Week to end events with annual dinner
By Sheryl McGlory
Rocket Advertising Manager
Issue date: 11/11/05 Section: News
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The week of events kicked off Sunday with an evening of international sports in the Aebersold Recreation Center.
Students in attendance played such games as ping pong, badminton, soccer, basketball, volleyball and pickle-ball, a game that Austrian foreign exchange student Martina Hall said can be described as a cross between badminton and tennis.
Though several of the sports played are games familiar to Americans, Internations Club adviser Kelly Slogar said they can be much different than most American students are used to.
"Those are big international sports that are not necessarily played the same way in America as they are in other parts of the world," Slogar said. "It's intense."
International students shared more of their countries' cultures in the annual fashion show Monday night. Foreign exchange students dressed in clothing from their countries and took the audience on a flight around the world.
The countries represented included Nepal, Sri Lanka, Mongolia, Austria, Mali, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Venezuela, Trinidad, Antigua and Haiti.
Solongo Tsevegdori performed a Mongolian dance, Wanjiri Muthaburi and Doyinsola Adebakin shared a Tanzanian dance with the spectators, Jenny Loiseau performed a dance from Haiti, Maria Pierre demonstrated a carnival outfit and dance and Shyron Cooper played Caribbean pan drums.
Hall said most of the countries in the fashion show were represented by their own citizens.
"The two presenters were American, but everyone else was from the countries," Hall said. "All but Mali were from the countries they represented," she said.
