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Horror film falls short, despite a unique twist on cinematography, says film critic Rouse.
“I am a Christian” is no excuse for homophobic discrimination, says columnist Cosgrove.
Panthers snag two wins as third game is cancelled due to weather.
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April 20, 2015 Volume 111, Issue 51
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A hafla of tribal fusion JAKOB JEHN Staff Writer
Clapping and shouts of joy escaped the mouths of performers and attendees at Prairie Rose Middle Eastern Dance Troupe and UNI Middle Eastern Dance Club’s annual hafla (“get together”). The event took place in the Center for Multicultural Education on Saturday. The event started with a traditional lion’s dance, which is a form of dance in Chinese cultures in which the performers mimic a lion’s movements. The performers donned an intricate lion’s head, complete with illuminated eyes and moveable facial features. Once the lion sauntered out, the Prairie Rose Dance Troupe took the stage and performed a Greek number featuring: bright costumes, dangling chains and clinking jewelry. The sounds of their costumes matched the rhythm of the music as their hips and body danced in isolated movements. Throughout the perfor-
mances, shouts, or “zagareets,” were heard. A zagareet is an Arabic sound of joy that is used at weddings and other celebrations. The audience was then taught how to zagareet, which heightened the cultural atmosphere. A tribal fusion style of belly dance was featured as the next performers, Tribal Muse from the Des Moines area, began a skirt dance. Their outfits featured bright skirts that moved and stretched with the guitar’s plucking melody. The next performer was Shiara, a teacher, performer and choreographer from Ames. Her dancing style features musical interpretation and a creative use of body accents in her dancing. Zhanna, the next performer, also from Prairie Rose, took a modern spin on Tribal Fusion dance. Her number, performed in all black, featured dancing to the raspy vocals of a contemporary song. See DANCE, page 4
New eats on campus KATHERINE JAMTGAARD Staff Writer
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Arielle Juliette, professional dancer from Madison, WI, performs a tribal fusion style of belly dancing at the annual hafla in the CME.
We hope you’re hungry! Maucker Union will be welcoming a new bistro: Erbert & Gerbert’s. Joining the sandwich ranks with Jimmy John’s, Sub City and Subway, Erbert & Gerbert’s will be replacing the Café Fresco, which is currently located in Prexy’s. “The change is being made to ‘refresh’ our offerings to improve our customer’s satisfaction with the choices offered,” said Carol Peterson, the director of dining at UNI According to Kim Middleton, a representative from Erbert & Gerbert’s, the company has done well with their campus bistros. “When the opportunity at the University of Northern Iowa presented itself, we knew the brand would serve the campus extremely well,” Middleton said. See BISTRO, page 2
Genocide: 20 years after Rwanda BROOKE WIESE Staff Writer
While genocide seems like a faraway thing to those in the United States, faculty members at the University of Northern Iowa took the time to remind students of a case that wasn’t so long ago. In 1994, there was a mass slaughter of mostly Tutsi and a moderate number of Hutu, by members of the Hutu majority in Rwanda. Pierre-Damien Mvuyekure, professor of languages and literatures, read from the second edition
of his 2006 collection of poetry, “Lamentations on the Rwandan Genocide,” as part of the ongoing Writers Talk series Wednesday. Mvuyekure mentioned that the second edition shows the passage of time from the first. The primary difference between the two editions is the addition of several poems. Many of Mvuyekure’s poems were written in multiple languages, usually French and English. However, one of his poems utilized French, Spanish, English and Latin. In an explanation, he
said that the Bible is written in multiple languages, so why not be playful? He also gave a reason for his use of both English and French. “When you are colonized and receive language and culture and everything else, you can abrogate and do away with it, or you can abrogate and appropriate your culture into the language so that [it] bares your own individuality, and that’s what I’m trying to do…” Mvuyekure said. See RWANDA, page 4
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Professor Mvuyekure shares poems from his poetry book, “Lamentations on the Rwandan Genocide” at the Writer’s Talk series.
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