Archive forApril 22, 2005

Director of Multicultural Affairs encourages cultural understanding (Collegiate Times)

Takiyah Nur Amin, coordinator of Multicultural Programs at Virginia Tech, enjoys not only maintaining the Black and Multicultural Centers, but also enjoys writing poetry, reading, listening to music and studying philosophy and foreign languages.

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Biracial children face identity, cultural issues (Baylor Lariat)

When someone tells 4-year-old Hanna she looks like her black father, she throws a fit. She wants to look like her mom -- she's white. Junior sociology major Rosilyn Hall, from Clifton, said she has witnessed the "problems" of interracial marriage through her niece, Hanna.

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Warriors logo drums up cultural disputes (MidHusonCentral.com)

Across America, more than 3,000 high schools, colleges and professional sports teams use mascots, names or logos derived from Native American cultures.

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Dance Preview: South Asian arts fest seeks connection to other cultures (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Sreyashi Dey, artistic director of Srishti Dances of India, has a history of collaboration across artistic disciplines and across cultural traditions.

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Hussein Chalayan: Cultural dialogues (International Herald Tribune)

In a spring season when fashion exhibitions are sprouting like tulips, museums could learn from Groninger's didactic yet dramatic approach.

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CD featuring past Maltese composers, DVD containing Navigation History and Cultural Heritage website launched (di-ve)

MARSA, Malta (di-ve news)--April 22 2005 --1325CEST Updated 1445CEST-- Fondazzjoni Memorja Kulturali Nazzjonali has launched three major projects of cultural importance -- a CD featuring Maltese music of the Pre-classical period; a DVD with 5,000 photos and information on Navigation History as well as a website on cultural heritage with information on artefacts in Malta.

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Program unites cultural groups (Wausau Daily Herald)

Marathon County's population has become so diverse since a cultural awareness program was created in the early 1990s that officials are revamping it to include not only the county's growing Hmong population but its expanding black, Hispanic, Laotian and American Indian communities.

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Iranian FM confers with Indian cultural delegation (IranMania.com)

LONDON, April 22 (IranMania) - An Indian religious and cultural delegation comprising Hindu and Muslim leaders on Thursday held talks with Iran's Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi on issues of mutual interests.

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COD flaunts cultural diversity (Desert Sun)

The more than 200 international students who attend College of the Desert each year bring a diversity to the community college campus that often goes unnoticed.

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Fund raising begins for Wellington cultural campus (Sun-Sentinel)

Wellington · A nonprofit arts group has raised more than $500,000 in its bid to create a world-class cultural campus in the village.

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