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Show !MONDAY, AUC:.UST 17, 1001 PAC:.E 7 UNIVERSITY JOURNAL CAMPUS NEWS MCC getting oriented .The UU Multicultural Center has chat n1d nt bring from horn , then add ntered the school year with i new the unive ity etting to make a well.student mentorship program called rounded and diverse p rson and AMIGO . organization, Calamity said. "AMlGO stands for A Mentorshjp In "Everyone can be involved," aid etting Oriented with tud nts," Tina Calamity. "It' not real diversity if, for Calamity, c un elor for the Multicultural instance, there are all Polynesians in th Center, aid. PoJynesian Club. Everything is open to ccording to a MuJticulruraJ brochur , everybody," "new rudenc of color and international Th Multicultural Center also serves as sntdents are matched with volunteer a focal point for various cultural dubs at srudenc mentors who have been SUU like tbe ative American tud nt enrolled on ..--- - - - - - -- - - - - - ~ Association, the campus for at 'AMIGOS stands for Black rudent least one year. A Mentorshih In Alliance, the The tudent r Hispanic Club, memo.rs are a Getting Oriented rudent for diverse group of with St.udents,' Tina Caropu · individuals who • . Calamity, Di'7ersity, the have made a fi International commitm nt to counselor or the lub and the help new Multicultural Polyne ian Club. tud nts ake a Center, said. "There is also mooch academic . the p ibility and ·ocial transition into that we will ta.rt an Asian Club thi Calamity aid that the program began year," Calamity said. with an orientation "to help the ·tud n The nter off various service from get networked and how them aro_und." academic advisement and scholarship "Sometimes the ethnic tud n feel i tance to tutoring, cri i intervention really lo t here. lf they c me from a state and study groups. They a.re also in charge that' really diverse and then ome here , of a erie of focus weeks and activities it's a culture shock," alamity aid, "If throughout the ool year, induding those tudents don 't find their pla e Cnternational Week ov. 5-15 and Fiesq within a few weeks, they often tran fer Fun Week Oct. 8-12. There will be a or lea e. e want co keep th m here Multi uJtural nter w !come hack ice and that'. wh we ·tarted th A MfGO cream ocial Thursday. program." "We try to make the MulticuJrural The Multicultural Center's philo ophy enter a home awa from horn , " aid i! that the oter is "built on knowl dg CaJamity. CEDAR CITY LOCATION! Saturday, September 8th Free Food • Discounts • Giveaways Adav filled with local live music, featuring ·preformances by The Soulutions, Unfold, Jonas & many more ... 50 Dollars In Free Workout Wear With EaCh New·LPF Membership • Treadmills • ElliPtical · • Weieht Manasement • Weisht Trainine • Aerobic Classes • Personal Trainins • Racquetball • Circuit Weishts •Yosa • Bikes • StePPers Life Phase Fitness - 246 E. Fiddlers Canvon Rd. rBehind the Fiddlers 6 theatresJ • 586-7447 -········· ··· · --·-- - - -·--·--·-·· · --- ... --·· ............... . ........................................ .... .......... .' |