Oluwaseun Omotayo Staff Writer History professor Joe McCall highlighted his various trips to countries around the world at ISCO’s first student meeting of the semester last Thursday. The International Student Cultural Organization meeting took place in Hal Hall and the first 30 students to arrive were awarded goody bags. ISCO meetings are usually held on Thursdays and led by students or faculty members who get a chance to share about their cultural backgrounds or unique experiences. The meeting served to introduce new students to ISCO. Jackson Kiger, a junior political…
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Food bringing together cultures: Students from around globe gather over international dishes
Jiandong Xu photo Students mingle outside the Trojan Center ballrooms after a festival held by the Chinese Students and Scholars Association Jiandong Xu Stephen Case and his friends held a party in his house where the food strengthened relationships between cultures. Case and Yisong Huang prepared a Chinese dish called Mapo Toufu. Case is a finance major from Birmingham and was a junior in the spring. Yisong Huang is a journalism major from Wuxi city, Jiangsu province, China, who was a sophomore. “Stephen has great learning ability, and he likes…
Read MoreAnnual ISCO Festival brings international flavor to Troy
Georgia Blanchard Chief Copy Editor The International Student Cultural Organization (ISCO) held its annual ISCO Festival Thursday, Nov. 15, featuring food and entertainment from cultures all over the world. Everyone was invited to attend, and the event was almost completely sold out, with about 300 people attending. According to Matthew Knopps, a junior accounting major from Pell City and the treasurer of the club, ISCO members worked the whole fall semester and part of the previous spring semester to put together the festival. “It’s a lot of work; we have…
Read MoreCampus Kitchen feeds students over holidays
Madina Seytmuradova Staff Writer Campus Kitchen, in conjunction with student and staff leaders, organized a three-day food drive for the students who stayed on campus over the Christmas break. Adrian Bone, a sophomore economics major from New Market and student government association (SGA) senator, along with Sarah Gillis, a freshman communications major from Montgomery and Freshman Forum student welfare committee chair, approached Livingston as well as other campus leaders to organize a food drive for the international students, the group vastly affected by food insecurity on campus. “With the growing…
Read MoreInternationals talk politics
Lirona Joshi Staff Writer While domestic students have been preparing to cast their votes on Nov. 8, many internationals have also been enthusiastically following the 2016 elections. Some international students shared their opinions of the election and how the electoral system in their countries differed from the United States’. “I don’t particularly like either of them (the candidates), but if I had to vote, I would vote for Hillary Clinton,” said Xochi Celis, a sophomore political science major from Apure, Venezuela, referring to the Democratic presidential nominee. Coming from Venezuela,…
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