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at CMU this month...

Coming up in November

TSA Culture Night

it's a small world
Saturday, November 17th
7:30-10:30 PM
UC Rangos
Presale $5, At door $7

Spring Roll Workshop

Friday, November 16
9PM-1AM
UC Connan

Vietnamese Student Association is hosting a FREE Spring Roll Workshop. It's all you can MAKE and EAT spring rolls. There will also be a movie playing in Conan, piggy banks to paint, and games where we will be giving away free Asian teddy bears and Asian straw hats!

Asian-Pacific American Pageant

Hosted by Lambda Phi Epsilon
Wednesday, November 14
9PM-11PM
UC McConomy
Free Admission

APA pageant is a beauty/talent show pageant that Lambda Phi Epsilon hosts annually. Many contestants representing from different Asian-interest organizations compete for awesome prizes, and you, the audience will get to decide the winner. So come and join us for this year's Mr. and Miss APA pageant. Your vote counts!

International Festival

Global Exchange: Trade, Rights, and Welfare in a New World Economy
Start Time: Thursday, November 1, 2007 at 10:00am
End Time: Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 5:00pm
For the full schedule, see www.cmu.edu/internationalfestival

With a full schedule from Thursday, November 1 through Saturday, November 3, 2007 Carnegie Mellon's University Center will be transformed into a world of exploration with workshops, lectures, performances, food, and films. The International Festival planning committee, comprised of students, faculty, and staff has put together three days of captivating programs and events intended to bring to light the changing economies of the world.

Keynote speaker: Charles Fishman, award-winning journalist and author of The Wal-Mart Effect
FREE on Friday, Nov. 2 from 12:30-2pm w/ lunch in Rangos!

Play: Anthropological Data.
A satire about immigration in the US written and directed by Anya Martin, CMU Drama Alumna. FREE on Friday, Nov. 2nd from 7-8:30pm in McConomy Auditorium.

Performance: Bhangra in the Burgh.
Bhangra dance teams from around the nation competing for top prize. $10 at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial and Museum on Saturday, November 3rd from 7-10pm. Visit www.bhangraintheburgh.com for more details!

Student Cultural Food Fair in Rangos 3
Drop by BS' table on Friday between 4:30 and 5:30 PM to try the food the staff especially made for you, as well as the hard work of the other organizations participating.