The Gobbled Feast at Lehman College
by Kendra Pierre
Issue date: 12/1/05 Section: Student Life
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On November 23rd, the Lehman College student body came together with friends, food and music for the annual Thanksgiving Dinner hosted by C.A.S.A. Students spent their final day of classes eating from a wide selection of food and dancing to a variety of music with their fellow schoolmates. The time was spent with "lots of people in a lively atmosphere," a Lehman Junior stated.
C.A.S.A. created the sense of a college community, offering students the opportunity to be in the company of collegiate comrades outside of the classroom, and the enjoyment of free food and music. The unique thing about this event is that the Thanksgiving Day meal is commonly thought of as a dinner shared by close friends and family who sit around a Turkey. However, in a commuter college like Lehman, students tend to feel detached from each other and their college community, while riding out the major hustle-n-bustle of New York City. The CASA dinner applied the holiday's sentiment of family and used it to unify Lehman students.
Many students formed a line outside of the Music Building, waiting to gather in the Faculty Dining Room. Students danced their school stress away, complemented by the DJ's music. CASA officers served dishes from oxtail, fried chicken, rice and beans, to Chinese, and offered a choice of salads and slices of different cheesecakes and chocolate cake if a student could pack it in. After chowing fried chicken down, a Lehman senior said, "There's some good food here."
In addition to Hip-Hop, the DJ's all-inclusive selection included music such as Salsa, Rap, African Hip Hop, Reggae and Reggaeton-Latino. Before rushing to the dance floor, a member of the African club stated, "The music's good and there's more people here than I expected." Although the large Faculty Dining room might not fit the ideal of a traditional Thanksgiving Dinner, it was great for dancing and students left with a feeling of a unified college community.
C.A.S.A. created the sense of a college community, offering students the opportunity to be in the company of collegiate comrades outside of the classroom, and the enjoyment of free food and music. The unique thing about this event is that the Thanksgiving Day meal is commonly thought of as a dinner shared by close friends and family who sit around a Turkey. However, in a commuter college like Lehman, students tend to feel detached from each other and their college community, while riding out the major hustle-n-bustle of New York City. The CASA dinner applied the holiday's sentiment of family and used it to unify Lehman students.
Many students formed a line outside of the Music Building, waiting to gather in the Faculty Dining Room. Students danced their school stress away, complemented by the DJ's music. CASA officers served dishes from oxtail, fried chicken, rice and beans, to Chinese, and offered a choice of salads and slices of different cheesecakes and chocolate cake if a student could pack it in. After chowing fried chicken down, a Lehman senior said, "There's some good food here."
In addition to Hip-Hop, the DJ's all-inclusive selection included music such as Salsa, Rap, African Hip Hop, Reggae and Reggaeton-Latino. Before rushing to the dance floor, a member of the African club stated, "The music's good and there's more people here than I expected." Although the large Faculty Dining room might not fit the ideal of a traditional Thanksgiving Dinner, it was great for dancing and students left with a feeling of a unified college community.