October 14, 2014

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“Radushie” welcomes you this Saturday New ISA event, Eurasian night, is the first of many this year. PRATAKSHYA BHANDARI Staff Writer The Centennial Student Union’s Mav Ave is alive with students tabling for all sorts of events and fundraisers. One can tell, it is certainly the beginning of an eventful academic year. The International Student Association is also busy putting together the first of four signature nights being organized this year – Eurasian Night will be the first. The event is organized by the Eurasian Student Association, and is being supported by the International Student Association. Eurasian night is going to be held at the Centennial Student Union Ballroom on October 18 at 6 P.M. The cost of attendance

is $7 for MSU students and $9 for the community. It is free for children under the age of six. The event consists of dinner and entertainment. Tickets can be purchased at the ticket booth that is available at Mav Ave or can be purchased online at the MSU website. The ticket booth will also be available on Thursday at Highland Center as well as the International Center. The event is called “Radushie”, which means “welcome to our event.” The poster represents the East European culture of welcoming guests with sweets and a cup of tea. Patties or “pirojki”, as seen in the event posters, is an important part of this culture and will be served to welcome guests. “Eurasian night has never

mnsu.edu The International Student Assocation nurtures a host of colorful events that occur at MSU.

mnsu.edu Olya Jumakuliyeva, the president of ESA, who was an instrumental part of Radushie.

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happened before. It is going to be something new for the MSU community,” said Olya Jumakuliyeva, president of the European Student Association. The European Student Association consists of 15 countries of East European and East Asian origin. The organization has been an RSO for a while but was recently narrowed down to 15 countries, not including Western European countries anymore. Eastern Europe and East Asia have similar cultures, due to their common history of being a part of the former USSR. Most of these countries share similar culture and traditions, Russian being the commonly spoken language. MSU has a diverse student population from over 90 countries, but not all of these countries have independent RSOs. As an RSO, the European Student Association provides support and a sense of community for a lot of these countries that have a relatively

small population at MSU. The organization meets on Fridays at 6 p.m. and holds open forum meetings for anyone interested to attend. “It is a relatively new organization and has about 30 students so far. As we are new, we wanted to get involved, so we decided to organize our first cultural night,” said Jumakuliyeva. “It is the first event since our organization has changed. Even though we had an event three years ago, it is a different organization now,” she said. Food is a major part of any culture, and Eurasia is no exception. A major highlight of this event is going to be the elaborate food menu. “It has been a lot of work but we are hoping for the best” said Food Coordinator Anastasia Stanceva. The menu includes Borhch Russian/Ukrainian cabbagebeats soup, a side of salad and a

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second main dish; “plov” which comes from The Central Asian part of Eurasia. “We are worried because we included a little more on the menu then we had initially planned since we had to include a little bit of each culture,” Stanceva said. The International Student Association is hoping to get off to a good start with this event. The board was recently elected for the academic year 2014/15, and is working relentlessly to prove that they are student leaders for a reason. “Even though I am not involved in the event coordination, I will be attending the event. It is our first signature night, and I will be asking everyone to come to the event,” said Asian Liason for ISA, Byungjoo Kim.

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