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DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS
Celebrating the dead
Benjamin Cruz • The Collegian
(Top) Celebratory pins at the sugar skull workshop, a two-day event hosted by the Cross Culture and Gender Center’s Latino/a Programs and Services to teach students how to make a sugar skull as well as teach about the history of Día de los Muertos on Oct. 30, 2017. (Center) Student-made sugar skulls in various colors.
By Hayley Salazar
reation Room, students were asked what Día de los Muertos meant to them. Answers varied from celebrating and honoring family deaths to making it a day when the dead can return in spirit. “It’s a day that we come together,” Breceda said. “The living come and give their time to remember those that are no longer in the physical world. It’s a day that we honor them with their memory.” The tradition has been around for the past 3,000 years, said Breceda, expanding from the Nahuatl tribes from Central Mexico down to El Salvador. And although the Nahuatl tribes spoke in different dialects, the tradition was similar, Breceda said. “Through the Spanish conquest, the tradition was almost eradicated,” Breceda said. “Many tribes were still trying to hold the tradition, but they had it in secret.”
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ne cup of sugar, one tablespoon of meringue and one tablespoon of water were all students needed to create their own sugar skulls in preperation of El Día de los Muertos celebrations. Students of all backgrounds gathered Monday for a sugar skull workshop, hosted by the Cross Cultural and Gender Center Latino/a Programs and Services. About 30 students were taught how to create sugar skulls by Arturo Breceda from the College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP). The center hosted a similar event last year. After a successful event, center officials decided to split the workshop into two days this year: one for creating the skulls and the other for decorating. During the workshop, which was held at University Courtyard in the Baker Rec-
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DAY OF GIVING
For 24 hours, university will hold online fundraiser By Collegian Staff | @TheCollegian Take out those wallets. Fresno State will host a 24-hour “Day of Giving” (DOG) digital fundraising event all day Thursday. The university said the event is the first of its kind in Fresno State history, and it could become an annual event. The purpose of the event is to rally students, staff, faculty, alumni and friends in
order to give back and celebrate Fresno State, according to to Fresno State President Dr. Joseph Castro. “Day of Giving gifts, no matter how big or small, will make an impact on the next generation of students and show the bold things we can accomplish when the university and community work together as one,” Castro said. Fresno State’s eight schools and colleges, along with a list of other university
departments, will take part in a friendly fundraising competition. Hourly fundraising challenges on Thursday will seek to increase donor participation throughout the day. And activities on social media will be featured on a live leaderboard, the university said. A “heat map” of donor support will also be live to show from which areas donations are coming. Donors can choose which school at Fresno State gets their funds. A list of those
schools is on the Day of Giving website. At 10 p.m. a “pajama party” will kick off the event on Wednesday in the Peters Business Building. At 5 a.m. Thursday, the Shehadey Tower at the Save Mart Center will turn red to represent Bulldog pride, according to the university. At intersections around the campus, mini rallies will be held by students to promote the 24-hour campaign. Expect to see students holding signs from 5 to 9 a.m.