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WT’s CORE hosts Taste of Mexico event

Taste of Mexico is part of Hispanic Heritage Month. Photo Courtesy of Kristian Diaz.
Taste of Mexico is part of Hispanic Heritage Month. Photo Courtesy of Kristian Diaz.

The CORE office will host Taste of Mexico on Sept. 18 in the Jack B. Kelly Student Center from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event will include free traditional Mexican food and will give those who attend a chance to gain a better understanding of Hispanic culture.

“Hispanic heritage month starts Sept. 15 and we wanted to do something to represent it,” Lluvia Vidana, CORE Student Consultant, said. “We want the issue to be more diverse, like with international students.”

The goal of the event is to raise awareness of some of the diversity on campus and even though the Hispanic culture is what is being emphasized the event will not only be geared toward Hispanics. Students of all ethnicities are encouraged to attend.  The CORE Consultants responsible for making the event possible had the general consensus that it is about bringing different cultures together.

“The event is about showing more students about the diversity on campus and getting involved in other cultures,” Reid Copelin, CORE Consultant, said.

One of the main purposes of Hispanic Heritage month is to unite Hispanics everywhere from Puerto Rico to Mexico to even here in the United States. It’s about celebrating the victories made over the lifespan of the culture and commemorating all of the important achievements and lasting affects made by other Hispanics over the years. Thus, the goal the CORE office has set for itself is cohesive with what Hispanic Heritage month represents. Of course, in order to get a true taste of the Hispanic culture, the decorations are almost as important as the food.

Copelin, along with Briana Moore, CORE Consultant, and a few others have assisted Vidana with making Hispanic themed decorations to hang around the Jack B. Kelley Student Center commons on the day of the event. Brightly colored pom-poms and intricately cut paper banners, also known as picado papel in Spanish, will be ornamented to represent traditional Hispanic culture.

“Getting to think of different ways to decorate for other cultures has been fun,” Briana Moore, senior Corporate Communication major and CORE Consultant, said. “It’s an experience I think everyone should get to have.”

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