Project Background
“Thinking of the world” has been the well-known slogan for SFU. “Feast of Screams” is a series of events that will exemplify this idea into the real life of SFU students who may or may not already be doing so. In the process of internalization, the SFU community has faced enormous difficulties in connecting with the international students population. On one hand, there are few events offered on campus that serves the international population of students; and on the other hand, domestic students feel rather disconnected with their international counterparts. With this said, there is an urgency to create collaborated events with the hopes of attracting both student populations as a whole to not only enrich individual university experiences but to further their understandings of the multiculturalism that is created and existing within their campus. “Feast of Screams” will act as a catalyst for students of different cultural backgrounds, the various SFU departments, the student society, and the various student clubs and department student unions to work together at fulfilling SFU’s slogan. Therefore, in terms of each component of this event, ISG et al. will be recruiting students from various ethnical and cultural backgrounds and will encourage them to bring their knowledge, experiences, and uniqueness to the event and will emphasize the collaborative processes which are being engrained into this project within its entirety. Through frequent cross-organizational interaction and student engagement, “Feast of Screams” will not only have its social aspect, but also facilitate the SFU Internationalization process which was voiced by President Andrew Petters at the Forum Chambers on Wednesday October 06, 2010.
Event Details
- Shop for Halloween
SFU International received feedback from international students stating that they were unaware of Halloween traditions and felt hesitant to participate in Halloween themed activities due to unfamiliarity of tradition and culture. For this reason, the ISG will host a costume shopping tour for students who are unfamiliar with Vancouver and specific locations to purchase costumes and Halloween related accessories.
Date: Friday, October 22nd, afternoon 2 pm
Location to meet: In front of Burnaby Campus Library
Cost: Free
- Pumpkin Crafting Contest
Supplies will be included in the cost or BYOS (Bring Your Own Supplies) if preferred by the student.
Date: Friday, October 29th, 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Location: MBC Atrium Cafeteria
Cost: 2 dollars per person
- Feast of Screams: Halloween Costume Gala
This will be the finale of celebratory events. The celebration is a Halloween Costume Gala with a twist of fun cultural activities. There will be a Live DJ, hip-hop dancers, and various fun ethnical/cultural activities including a “best-dressed” contest. The entire Atrium will be decorated based on the traditional theme of Mexico’s “Day of the Dead,” which implies the death of isolation, and the rebirth of multiculturalism. Also, overall this will in its entirety accomplish the ISG’s goal in further internationalizing SFU, as well as emphasizing the ISG’s main efforts of collaborating with other student groups.
Date: Friday, October 29th, 8:00pm – midnight
Location: MBC Atrium Cafeteria
Cost: $10
Don’t worry if you don’t have time to apply make-up, our people will help you when you get here.
Ticket Sales
- Dates: Monday - Friday (Oct 18-22) and Monday - Friday (Oct 25-29)
- Time: Monday (12:30pm-2:20pm); Tuesday - Friday (12:30pm-3:30pm) EXCEPT Friday Oct 29 (2:30pm-4:30pm).
- Price: Early Birds $8 (First 100); Regulars $10; At the door $15
- Location: AQ C9001 area
Volunteers needed!
The International Student Group (ISG) is looking for enthusiastic, self-motivated and hardworking individuals to be part of their “Feast of Screams” events team! The Feast of Screams events will be taking place from Friday October 22nd – 29th, 2010. This is a great opportunity to meet new people from the SFU community and build up your volunteer experience.
Volunteer Duties may include:
- Event planning
- Event set up and decoration
- Food Service
- Coat Check
- Marketing, Promotion and Ticket sales
- Event Photography
- Make-up Artistry
For more information, please contact the International Students Group (ISG):
isg.cep@gmail.com
www.sfu.ca/~isgroup
