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Show AQUi YAHORA LIDIA ABANTO/UVU REVIEW El Carnaval de Brasil Ilego a UVU BY LIDIA ABANTO Staff Writer Una noche llena de calor humano, alegria y euforia se apodero del Center Stage en UVU. El Carnaval de Brasil fue trail& a nuestra casa de estudios, por los estudiantes internacionales, y los invitados de la comunidad brasilera, que hicieron vibrar a todos sin excepcion. "Querfamos que la gente conociera un poco mas acerca de la cultura brasilera. Presentar a los americanos, tanto como a los estudiantes internacionales y la comunidad en general, la riqueza de Brasil, para que pudieran experimentar lo que es un carnaval Brasilero", expres6 Maria Jose Tiritich, VP de South America. Dicho evento comenzo a las 7pm, y culmino a las 10pm de la noche, con la COALITION FROM Al countable for," said Steven Broadbent, one of the coalition chairs. While President Holland acknowledged the coalition's concerns, he was hesitant to commit to anything. "When Emily [Lacock] brought up a time frame, he said he couldn't give us a time frame," said Jessica Burnham, the coalition representative for Peace and Justice. "He did, however, want to meet with us again to continue the dialogue." participaci6n de diferentes artistas, tales como, bailarines, cantantes, y la tipica banda brasilera. El Center Stage estuvo abarrotado con mas de 400 invitados. Igualmente, la degustacion de la comida tipica de Brasil fue del agrado de los invitados. Los bailarines de Zumba y samba fueron la sensaci6n de la noche, quienes causaron un gran derroche de alegria, al mostrar las diferentes coreograffas que contagiaron al public° presente en el evento. La gente no dejaba de zambear y corear las canciones. "Me he divertido mucho bailando zumba y samba, me encanto el kapoeira, he disfrutado al maxim° esta noche brasilera en UVU", dijo Devora Oliveira. La organizacion principal del evento estuvo a cargo del Departamento de Estudiantes Internacionales. Los encargados del brillante re- The coalition will be meeting with President Holland again on March 28 to follow up their conversation. During that time, the coalition plans on working hard to make their case. "One thing we need to do is substantiate our claims of discrimination," Lacock said, a coalition member representing the RSU. "And show that the policies in place aren't enough." While President's Holland's response wasn't exactly what the coalition had sultado fueron, Maria Jose Turitich y Oscar Corredor. Asi mismo, un grupo de voluntarios hicieron posible el exit° del mismo. "Hemos trabajado en conjunto para la realizacion del carnaval de Brasil. Tambien hemos tenido auspiciadores que nos han apoyado en esta noche", expreso Corredor. La noche de carnaval de Brasil reuni6 un gran equipo de trabajo, entre ellos la presidenta del Club de Brasil Juliana Sant' Anna , y el estudiante brasilero Vinicius Vitaliano quienes colaboraron arduamente. El restaurante Braza Express, fue el que patrocino la deliciosa comida. "Fue un honor dirigir este evento, disfrutamos mucho y sentimos que fue un gran logro, gracias a todo el trabajo y dedicaci6n que pusimos para la realizacion del Carnaval de Brasil", agrego Turitich. hoped for, members were glad that a dialogue began. "I'm satisfied that we got a meeting and some kind of response," said Chase Henson, coalition member representing SHAAFT. SEXISM FROM Al the Utah Women and Education Project, also expressed disapproval of the tweets. "It's inappropriate in every way," Madsen said. "Civil human beings do not say these things. You just can't say those things particularly if you are in a leadership position or supervisory position." Unlike Mussett, Madsen felt there should be repercussions. "I think this guy shouldn't be in leadership at UVU, bottom line," Madsen said. Other students have expressed their disapproval of the tweets, including members of the Revolutionary Student Union who have been raising awareness about social issues. Jacob Hyden and Ikaika Cox, juniors and members of the RSU, were deeply offended by Jurisic's tweets and were upset that Jurisic tweeted the comments while being in office. "I'm just disgusted that a person in today's society can make such comments and not be amazingly unpopular or hated let alone that that person could be a vice president of the student body or an elected official at an university of any kind," Hyden said. Jessica Burnham, a senior, an activist and feminist who has worked with women's rights organizations in the past, and is also an RSU member, expressed concern over the effect Jurisic's behavior might have on the rest of the campus. "I'm afraid that he is representing the male view towards women on this campus," Burnham said. Burnham was especially concerned considering Jurisic was made Elections Committee Chair this past election. "The fact that he's the one holding people accountable and he's so blatantly sexist, when he is the one who is essentially bringing in the next reign of UVUSA elected students into power is scary," Burnham said. Burnham felt there should be some sort of action taken against Jurisic. "It is certainly disappointing that a representative of student government feels that it is acceptable to post degrading and hurtful messages about women in a public forum." -Professor Shannon Mussett "I want to take these tweets and his photo, and make large banners with his face on it and with these phrases and hang them up everywhere around this campus," Burnham said "And sit outside his office holding these signs and tell him 'You're saying this about me.'" Jurisic stated that the tweets were song lyrics, and he did not find them sexist. "These are all song lyrics," Jurisic said. "Do I find them sexist? Not at all. It just happen to be the song I was listening to." The song lyrics came from artists such as Ani DiFranco and Nicki Minaj. "When I'm up at the Capitol, I would never dare say these things. It's a song that I'm listening to at the time. The song just happens to say these lyrics. I don't understand what's wrong with that," Jurisic said. Jurisic also denied any wrong doing, stating, "They are offensive to you because you find them offensive," Jurisic said. "If you find that offensive, that's your personal choice." Jurisic later back stepped his previous statement, explaining that perhaps his tweets were inappropriate but would not go as far as to say they were sexist. "Do I find that this is inappropriate? In a sense, yes I do. I do find it inappropriate," Jurisic said. "Do I find it sexist? No." Jurisic went on to explain that if people found his tweets to be sexist or offensive, it was because the tweets were being blown out of proportion. "I agree that people who are over thinking this may find this sexist," Jurisic said. "But that's personal choice. That's them analyzing this way too much." While Jurisic remained adamant that his tweets were not sexist, he did claim he was willing to apologize if anyone was offended by the tweets. Joe Jurisic wrote an apology to the student body. To read go to Al. r WINNER ' 5ACADEMY AWARDS BEST PICTURE '' Cc A m PA 5 0 BEST DIRECTOR BEST ACTOR BEST COSTUME DESIGN BEST ORIGINAL SCORE MICHR HAZANAMCIUS JEAN DUJARDIN MARK BRIDGES LUDOAC BOURCE The coalition held a rally on Friday, March 6. For more coverage of the rally, visit uvureview.com . 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