Malaysian Night brings culture to campus
By Elizabeth Zielinski
Staffumter
UNL students got a chance
to experience Malaysian culture
Saturday night in the Nebraska
Union.
Malaysian Night was held
by the University of Nebraska
Malaysian Students
Association in the union’s
Centennial Ballroom.
The event included
Malaysian food, entertainment
and information.
President of the Malaysian
Students Association and coor
dinator of Malaysian Night,
Cherh-Kuan Wong, said
Malaysian Night was intended
to fit into the association’s mis
sion to introduce Malaysian
Culture to Lincoln.
Wong, who is a senior food
science and technology major,
said planning the formal event,
which included dinner, ornate
decorations and information
kiosks exploring aspects of
Malaysian Culture, took three
to four months. Nearly 310 peo
ple bought tickets.
“It was wonderful,” said
Marion Chu, a senior psycholo
gy major, who attended
Malaysian Night. “I learned
about Malaysian history, espe
cially from the Power Point slide
presentation.”
Wong said that the slide pre
sentation was designed to show
recent Malaysian development
and history.
Chris Ng, a member of the
Malaysian Students
Association, coordinated the
evening’s entertainment, which
included both traditional and
modern Malaysian dances,
Martial Arts demonstrations
and a sketch illustrating 400
years of Malaysian history and
culture.
Entertainers for the event
came both from within the
Malaysian Students
Association and from the com
munity. Students from Lincoln
High School attended the event
to perform a Lion Dance.
“We’ve been practicing our
individual performances for
quite some time,” said Daniel
Chee, a senior computer sci
ence major.
Indian and Chinese dishes
were served at Malaysian
Night. The Indian dishes
included Vegetable Palcora,
Sabze Curry and Chicken Tikka
Kurma, and Chinese dishes
included Honey Garlic Chicken
and Combination Fried Rice.
The Malaysian Students
Association also plans smaller
events throughout the year.
“We organize activities
for our members, like Chinese
New Year and Indian New
Year,” Wong said. “We try to
have celebrations like back
home.”
- Lydia S. Gonzales/DN
RICHARD JACOBSON slashes down with his spear against Ray Petersen who defends himself with a sword during a Chinese mar
tial arts performance that took place at Malaysian night in the Student Union auditorium Saturday. The performance was one of
many that represented the history and culture of Malaysia.
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Berkeley professor discusses
multicultural education
By Iara Luchiari ^
Staff ivriter
A respected scholar discussed the
importance of having a multicultural
education in the Nebraska Union on
Sunday.
Dr. Ronald Takaki, an ethnic stud
ies professor at the University of
California at Berkeley, gave a speech
entitled “The Coming of
Multicultural Millennium - Bringing
it Home to the UNL Community.”
He has also authored seven
books, including “A Different
Mirror: A History of Multicultural
America,” which chronicles
American diversity from 1607 to the
1990s.
He talked about the importance of
students learning to understand the
diversity of American society
through multicultural education.
During his lecture, Takaki pre
sented an overall view of immigra
tion in the United States during the
early 1900s and its importance in
shaping American society.
Takaki said the expansion of the
American Territory was based on
immigration.
He said that by understanding the
diversity of races in the United
States, the American society will
become more inclusive.
Jenny Carlson, a junior commu
nication studies major, said she was
expecting to learn about the ethnic
diversity of the American society.
She went to the speech because it was
required for one of her classes.
Kassi Johnson, a junior news-edi
torial major, said he learned about
important historical facts about
American diversity.
Johnson said the speech made
him reflect on the importance of
understanding the diversity of races
in the formation of the American
society and what he needed to do to
contribute to America’s inclusive
ness.
Johnson said he went to the
speech because he was interested
about this issue.
Takaki said by 2050, whites will
be the minority, and in his home state,
California, whites are already close
to being a minority.
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