The Carolinian [November 18, 2008]

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The International House teaches students about Norway and Sweden
Lauren Robison
Staff Writer
Friday Fest is a free program
held every Friday from 2-4 p.m.,
hosted by the International Stu­dents
Association (ISA), and the
International Programs Center
(IPC). Each week the program
rotates to focus on a different
country and the international
students from that country do
a presentation about their cul­ture.
Many presentations include
slideshows, music, traditional
dancing, ceremonies, dress, and,
of course, food.
This past Friday, the festival
opened with five Swedish stu­dents
performing a customary
ritual called Lucia. In their home
country this act is done on the
13th of December as a celebra­tion
of the darkest day of the
year. The students then showed a
slideshow of Sweden, from which
the audience learned much about
the culture. Apart from learning
historical and geographical in­formation,
the audience was also
informed of fun facts including
Swedish brands, such as Saab,
H&M clothing, and Absolut
Vodka, and neat inventions such
as the seat-belt and the coca-cola
bottle. Of being able to present
on her home country.
To represent Norway was Emil ·
Mo Sanderod, a 25 year old Nor-
PHOTOS BY lAUREN ROBISON
ment. "One
of the goals of
the university
is to inter­nationalize
the campus,"
said Fulcher,
and Friday
Fest is do­ing
just that.
By attending
this . event,
student-s are
gtven the
chance to
Sarah Ljungberg, of Sweden, Emil Mo Sanderod of Norway and Sofia Aidemark of Sweden and Sarah Ljunberg, celebrating Saint Lucia.
peer into the
lives of those ·
living a hemi­sphere
away
while being in
the comfort
of their own
Rasmus Bergkvist of Sweden at Friday Fest's presentation on
Sweden and Norway.
wegian exchange student. For
his presentation he also played a
slideshow which was full of beau­tiful
scenes from his homeland,
accompanied by interesting in­formation
about the capital, Oslo,
the country's history, including
much about the famous Vikings, ­and
inventions including the
paperclip and the six-pack beer
holder. "I think it's a great oppor­tunity
for those who want to show
something about their culture;'
said Sanderod. Sanderod very
much enjoys being in the United
States and feels that his chance to
share a little bit of Norway with
his new foreign home is a great what has become known as the
way to "give something back." "I-House", for over lU years now.
At the end of the presenta- Each week there are anywhere
tions an. array of Swedish and between 40-50 students, domes­Norwegian
food was available to tic and international, gathered in
the guests. Items served includ- the Philips-Hawkins lower lobby
ed Geitost, a Norwegian cheese, to learn more about the various
and Kjottkaker, better known to countries of the world a.lld get a .
Americans as Swedish meatballs. taste for life in a different culture.
There were also fun deserts such Drury Fulcher, the Incoming Ex­as
a salty licorice candy called change Coordinator for the IPC,
djungelvral, and gingerbread says that Friday Fest "has an en­cookies,
~hich are tra?-i~~~riching effec~ on domestic stu­eaten
durmg the Swedisfi Lue1a dents who m1ght not get a chance
holiday. to study abroad."
Friday Fest has been an end- UNCG has a very diverse cam-of-
the-week tradition for the pus and the international students
international students living in add even more to our environ-home
country.
The ISA also hosts an annual
fall semi-formal for the interna­tional
students. The dance is open
to all UNCG students and will be
held at Greene Street club on Dec.
5 from 10~2 a.m. If you'd like to
buy a ticket please see the ISA
representatives wl;w will be sell­ing
them in the Phillips-Hawkins
dorm on Tuesday, Nov. 18 at 10
p.m., and Wednesday, Nov. 19 in
the EUC from 11 a.m.- 2 p.m.
The next Friday Fest, on Nov.
21, will focus on our southern
neighbor, Mexico. Come out from
2-4 p.m. for un gran fiesta!
UNCG grad presents fashion line, Nouveau
Lili Johnson
News Editor
At 7:10 p.m. the store lights
dimmed and the spot lights
came on. About 100 people were
jammed into the small vintage
clothing store on Tate Street,
where the clothing racks were
pushed aside to make room for
a skinny cat walk. The cause? To
watch the premier of the store's..
own, Kelly Cox's ciothing line.
Cox, a 2007 Textile, Design ·
and Marketing graduate of
UNCG presented her line of
"upcycled vintage" clothing,
Nouveau, at Design Archives on
Friday.
Cox started interning with
the store in May of 2007 and
continued working there until
Halloween. During her intern­ship
Cox mostly repaired dam-
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aged clothing that the
store received, replacing
buttons, ftxing a seam, or
hiding a stain. The follow­ing
year the store's owner,
Kit_ Roden bough asked her
· to do remakes. These re­makes
·were more. one of a
kind. Cox hopes to differ­entiate
from those remakes
and her line; pieces that
are still one of a ki~d but
will have the same sfyll.
This is how Cox ca,I1fe. to
begin thinking "outside
the box" as she says, and
start completely redesign­ing
the clothing.
.Cox's original goal was
to ·sell her clothing line to
store-s or boutiques,· but
PHOTOS BY LILI JOHNSON since getting recently hired
caroline Binz in a tan pillowcase pin- SEE FASHION ON PAGE TWO
tucked dress, during the show.
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