| Students
Raise Global Awareness Through Dance
By Alex Villarreal
More than 200 UNC students gathered at
Nightlight on Rosemary Street for the Global
Music Jam ’06 Saturday night.
They partied in support of the jam’s
theme, “Think
globally. Dance locally.” The dancing
pulsed through the night as DJs spun a range
of world music from African to salsa.
The Campus Y and WXYC sponsored the event
to raise money for Nourish International,
which funds relief projects around the world.
Matt Callahan, Venture Director of Nourish
International, said the group had two
goals when planning the Global Music Jam.
“The biggest thing was just people having a good time,” said Callahan. “That’s
why we had WXYC come. That’s why we’re having the global music
theme. It’s because it’s stuff that people enjoy. And uh, you
know, if we get some money out of it that will be cool too.”
And the group did get some money out of it.
A $5 cover charge earned Nourish International
more than one-thousand dollars by the end of
the night.
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