Video Bistro 09 Winners

Best Message and Best Overall Film:
Sonya Lehman (Arabic, Abuhakema)

2nd Place, Message:
Dave Brown (Arabic, Fam)

Best Comedy:
Julie Long (Spanish, Schlau)

2nd Place, Comedy:
Sydney Boniface (Spanish, Schlau)

3rd Place, Comedy:
Justin Torres and Daniel Miller (Spanish, Schlau)

Additionally, the placements for the Talent Show were:

1st Place: J. Seegars, Henna Painting
2nd Place: T. Contas, Spanish Song
3rd Place: French Class, French Songs and
E.Ling, Saxophone
4th Place: K. Giorno, Italian Song and Guitar
5th Place: M.Williams, Russian Dance and
J.Mink & S. J. Mense,Yoga
6th Place: L. Bush, Guitar and
S.Myers, E. Couli & J.Pinckney, French Story

We'd like to thank Dra. Liz Martinez for all her hard work coordinating the World Cultures Fair. We'd also like to thank the sponsors: Yo Burrito, Starbucks, and The College Bookstore.

World Cultures Day Is Underway!

World Cultures Day Schedule, originally uploaded by languagelab.cofc.

There's still time to join us in the Stern Center Gardens for the extravaganza! We've got food from around the world (I just had some delicious Russian pancakes) and entertainment from Chinese Lions dancers to French slam poetry.

We'll also be announcing the winners of our Video Bistro contest soon!

World Cultures Day Video Bistro

The video submissions for our World Cultures Day contest and celebration have been pouring in for the last few days. We will be judging the entries to pick the cream of the crop very soon. Here's one of our great early entries, from student Sonya Lehman in Dr. Abuhakema's class:



Thanks to all the students who participated, and a special thanks to Profs. Martinez, Schlau, Fam, Abuhakema and Tadrissi for encouraging all the great entries!

View them all here:

Video Bistro '09 submissions

Update: It should come as no surprise that the video above from Sonya Lehman and her Arabic classmates was the runaway winner! Thanks to Sonya, Prof. Abuhakema, Dave Brown in the Center for the Documentary and the whole class for sharing a wonderfully scripted and well produced video with an undeniably potent and urgent message about cultural diversity and keeping our hearts and minds open!

Flickr Find of the Week: Las Ovejas en Amecameca

Ovejas, Amecameca, originally uploaded by Shuck.

The picture above shows a herd of sheep from the municipality of Amecameca in Mexico State, Mexico. Amecameca, also called Ameca, is not a place full of agriculture. In fact, it is considered mostly infertile land. However, there are some places where crops can be grown well in spite of this. There are also many places where cattle and other livestock, like sheep, are raised. This photo is by Flickr user Shuck.