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Advertising senior Queen Chuniq Earth, left, helps education administration doctoral student Norseha Unin learn to play “Dance Dance Revolution” for the first time Thursday night during Spartan Remix at the Union. “I didn’t do quite well, but I think I’d like to do it again,” Unin said.
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From left: Interdisciplinary studies in social science senior Ashley Kennon, family community services junior Tona Milton, premedical sophomore Cheryl Jones, and general business administration and pre-law sophomore Anthony Herbert celebrate after an Urban Dreams dance performance during Spartan Remix at the Union. The event was a collaboration of six student organizations to promote diversity.
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MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon dances on stage with the North American Indigenous Student Organization during Thursday night’s Spartan Remix at the Union. The event was a collaboration of six student organizations to promote diversity.
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From left: Telecommunication, information studies and media junior Algassimu Bah, biochemistry junior Dany Masado and human biology sophomore Ellen Odoi perform Aretha Franklin’s “Respect” during the Spartan Remix at the Union. The International Students Association hosted an Eccentric Entertainment Dance Heads booth, where people could record a short music video.
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First-ever Spartan Remix sparks diversity among MSU cultural groups
Spartan Remix brought out people of all nationalities, backgrounds and walks of life — and for one night, students had the chance to experience the world within the walls of the Union.
The event kicked off with the Pilipino American Student Society performing a traditional Filipino dance called Tinikling. The act was followed by a host of other performances, which included a spoken word from the Alliance of Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, Transgender and Straight Ally Students and a traditional Kazakh dance performed by members of the Kazakh Student Association.
Even the MSU administration got in on the fun when the North American Indigenous Student Organization, or NAISO, invited students and staff to join them onstage for a traditional powwow dance. MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon was one of the first participants to take the stage.
“This event represents the power of ‘We,’” Simon said. “Tonight is a historic occasion, because it is the first of its kind.”
Attending the event sparked psychology junior Carla Reyna to take an interest in the alliance and the Latina sorority, Sigma Iota Alpha.
“It’s nice to see all these people from different backgrounds. I really like it.” Reyna said. “Last year, I only attended the latina event but it was nice seeing the different performances.”
NAISO co-chairperson Elizabeth Deneau said the event turned out better than she could have imagined. Her favorite part was the opening performances because it gave people a glimpse of what to expect later in the event.
“I think it was a great experience and I’m very excited at how it turned out,” Deneau said. “ It was nice to come together as one instead of all the separate groups.”
Published on Thursday, August 28, 2008
Comments
FullMetal
08/29/08 @ 8:43am
Spartan Remix was a great event, The First of its kind and hopefully not the last. :)
Bessiecar
08/29/08 @ 10:39pm
I think the group of GLBT is a special group. It’s very hard to be openly gay, lesbian or bisexual. They usually got harassed, beaten up, pushed around and called all kinds of slurs. They would say all sorts of horrible things for the wrong reasons.
So I think we should give them more support and understanding, just like the online community http://BisexualMingle.com.