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Volume 90, Number 16
NADIA KAMIL / VISUALS EDITOR
Members of the Malaysian Student Association perform for the crowd at the annual Malaysian culture night.
Cultural night: A glimpse of Malaysia was a chic fashion show displaying the traditional Chinese Cheongsam, the Indian sari, and the Malaysian Baju KuBailey Vertin rung. Following the fashion show was a slideshow dedicated STAFF WRITER to the country of Malaysia, highlighting the possibilities of As the lights dimmed on the cloth covered tables, a voice touring Malaysia. After the applause slowly died out the rises through the silence singing the Malaysian national an- beat of a fast-paced song took over and out danced a team them. Lights twinkle from the sides of the room as students of students onto the stage with a more traditional style of Malaysian culture. Dinishika Vithanage, a graduate student majoring in Criminal Justice, was decked out in a traditional and large beating drums. Indian sari so that she could perform a special traditional On Nov. 9, Atwood played host to Malaysia Night, an evening celebrating the Malaysian culture and heritage. Stu- dance that told an old Malaysian story. “I’ve been dancing classical Indian dance for eight dents lined up at the doors to witness blurs of colorful fabric and plates of traditional Malaysian food. Excitement was in years,” Vithanage admits. “All of the movements and expressions are important to tell the history of the dance.” the air as the performers sat waiting in the wings to showViewers got to witness this story live, along with many case their talents in dance and song. Starting off the night
others, while enjoying the taste of traditional Malaysian cuisine. Because Malaysia is a mixture of Chinese, Indian, and Malaysian culture, the foods varied from hot Chicken Rending to sweet Bubur Kacang. While dining on exotic, traditional, cuisine, guests got a front row seat to watch a mixture of traditional and modern styles of Malaysian cultural dances and songs. This mixture of the old and new taught the audience the culture of Malaysia and how people who live there now see their country. Pei Jue, a singer in the show, had fun displaying the more modern music brought to Malaysia. “This was a good mixture of the old versus the new,” said Jue. “While the traditional presents the history of
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Women on Wednesdays discuss arranged marriage Ryan Hanenburg STAFF WRITER
Women on Wednesday is an event that happens nearly every Wednesday, which is sponsored by the Women’s Center. This week’s subject was arranged marriage. This is part of the theme for the semester which Hilary Packer, a graduate assistant for the Women’s Center, said is “Women in Globalization and global perspectives.” There were three speakers for the event: Minijeh Daneshpour, Department Chair and Professor of Community Psychology, Counseling, and the Marriage and Family Therapy Master’s Program at SCSU; Sheh Kalia, a Physics Professor at SCSU; and Dinishika Vithanage, a SCSU graduate student. Packer said that “the speakers were chosen for their local perspective and familiarity with students from classes.” marriage?” Vithanage’s experience with arranged marriage has been a personal one, as she was approached by her family in 2007 with a proposal for an arranged marriage. She was told by She did not follow these directives and the proposal was summarily dismissed. Vithanage Professor Khalia had an arranged marriage that still lasts today. Professor Daneshpour is from Iran, where they do not have traditional arranged marriages, but their families still play a large part in the relationship process. arranged marriage?” Vithanage stated that she believes there could be love in an arranged marriage. Professor Kalia said that love in an arranged marriage is different from love in other types of marriages. She believes that in an arranged marriage, love is something that grows over time and experience with the person whereas other types of marriages may be a result of the passionate love that two people feel. “It doesn’t matter how you enter the marriage, but the mindset you enter it with does” she said. Professor Daneshpour said that “marriage is in a continuum,” which means it evolves with time and is a progression. riage?” Professor Kalia said that a disadvantage was that you don’t get to learn about the person until after the marriage, but the advantage is that your family will be the one picking your mate. She says this is an advantage because your family will consider all the factors that go
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The panel of speakers for the session on arranged marriages. (L-R: Dr. Sneh Kalia, Dr. Manijeh Daneshpour, Dinishika Vithanage)
Vithanage said one of the disadvantages was a lack of freedom. She stated that she wanted the freedom to select her own partner. “Marriage is an individualistic choice and I believe in love marriage,” she said. Professor Daneshpour said that an advantage was that, “your level of expectations for relationships are lower.” This is good because you measure the person as they are and not against all the previous experiences that you’ve had. Professor Kalia also said that another ad-
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Voices of Sepharad concert
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Sephardic music comes to SCSU in library concert event.