All Around the World

ARTICLE BY SALIM ROIG / Senior Reporter

PHOTOS BY ABBEY SPENCER / Public Relations Manager

DESIGN BY A. AKIE OLESZEWSKI / Staff Designer

As part of ERAU’s Blue and Gold Week, many of ERAU’s different culture-based Registered Student Organizations came together to create an “Around The World” Festival. The event was filled with various little snacks and foods from all over the world. The Korean Student Association sold packs of sushi for the student body to enjoy, the Caribbean Students’ Association was handing out delicious snacks such as plantain chips, and the Puerto Rican Student Association gave away nonalcoholic piña coladas. Even more options were offered throughout the festive event.

The event was a great way to interact with a bunch of the different cultures represented here on campus. When interviewed about their thoughts on the events, a few students stated, “Personally speaking, I love stuff like this, cause you sometimes forget how diverse the campus truly is.” Others note that they “love being able to meet people from all around the world. Stuff like this helps remind me why I love the aerospace industry and how people it unites.” One student explained that “It’s always nice as someone who is an international student to be reminded just how many people come to study at Riddle from around the world; it helps me feel seen.”

From these sentiments, one could tell that the event was a great way for ERAU’s wonderful diversity to be spotlighted. I hope that as time goes on, the school is willing to have more events like this one, because as someone who was raised in a different culture than the standard American culture, it is always nice to be reminded how here at ERAU we have students from all over the world.

The event was an interesting way to try out food from various other cultures, and is one of the events that I personally recommend you attend should it come back for next year’s Blue and Gold Week!