International Activities at the Wesley Foundation at the University of Illinois

Yes we have International Coffeehouse this Friday & EVERY Friday 4pm -6 pm at the Etc. Coffeehouse. Located on Green st. and Goodwin ave.

Haunted House needs Volunteers! Great way to meet Americans doing one of their favorite Holidays! We are going to start having acting classes for International students that want to practice being scary! Meeting up at 7:30pm every Friday Sign Up here for the Haunted House, if you would like to help! Pumpkin Carving! Next Friday we will have Pumpkins and Carving equipment to make Jack O' Lanterns! this is a traditional American activity and is a lot of fun! If you like your pumpkin you can take it home or take pictures with it and your friends! Fall is officially here!  What better way to celebrate than to have a cookout and hayride! THIS Friday, October 15th, we will be meeting students from the Purdue Wesley Foundation at Turkey Run State Park for an evening of fun and fellowship.  There will be hot dogs and brats cooked over an open fire, a hayride, and of course, s'mores!   If you have not already Signed up it is not guaranteed that you can (but talk to me anyway n I'll see if can come since we need to get cars for everyone, if you can drive and have a car! There is a chance! E-mail me to let me know! Where: ETC Cafe' then to Turkey Run State Park (1hr 30min away) When: Friday 15th 5:00pm What to bring : yourself, $12 October 22nd Friday Night Music Show coming up at ETC HotSpot (starts at 8:30pm) Staring Street Level Doppler COMING SOON: Nov. 6 There is a Foot ball game on November 6th weekend that we will set up in Student lounge big screen TV in ETC so we can watch it live, have Pizza, and talk about how to play football, more importantly how the scoring is done so you know when to cheer. It's a great time and give you a chance to see how many American's connect through sports.. it's almost like they are different people during a game! We are also going to play a small game of football in the courtyard so you can actually learn how to PLAY! Winner will be able to take home the game Football Autographed by all of us :-)   If you want to help out with the Haunted House Room Design and get a sneak peak at the Basement where it is held come to ETC Friday at 7:30pm and Sunday at 12:30 (Food and Drinks provided) Coming up in the near future is the Halloween Haunted House: This is a GIANT Group Event (bigger than the Canoe Trip! ) Halloween is the biggest Holiday on a College Campus, and U of I is very well known for it. Wesley Foundation has the biggest haunted house on campus, netting around $3,000 in Donations for the Food Pantry Charity, and is A LOT of fun! You get to dress up and be everything from a Zombie or a pretty girl getting eaten by the zombies and ghouls!   ONLINE SIGN AT OUR INTERNATIONAL BLOG SITE http://intcoffeehouse.blogspot.com/ Stay tuned for further information... We are always opened with so many different things to do! Special Feature! Yumin Lee from Spring Semester is now the President of ETC coffeehouse! As a special treat for readers she will be posting Popular International Songs every week! Send in your recommendations if you have a song you like and want to share! Regina Spektor ___________ Click here to watch Eet Song Guide: Regina Spektor - Spektor has said that she has created a great number of songs, but that she rarely writes any of them down. She has also stated that she never aspired to write songs herself, but songs seem to just flow to her.] Spektor's songs are not usually autobiographical, but rather are based on scenarios and characters drawn from her imagination. Her songs show influences from folk,] punk, rock, Jewish,[ Russian] hip hop,jazz, and classical music.[12][16] Spektor has said that she works hard to ensure that each of her songs has its own musical style, rather than trying to develop a distinctive style for her music as a whole. Spektor has a broad vocal range and uses the full extent of it. She also explores a variety of different and somewhat unorthodox vocal techniques, such as verses composed entirely of buzzing noises made with the lips and beatbox-style flourishes in the middle of ballads, and also makes use of such unusual musical techniques as using a drum stick to tap rhythms on the body of the piano or chair.Part of her style also results from the exaggeration of certain aspects of vocalization, most notably the glottal stop, which is prominent in the single "Fidelity". She also uses a strong New York accent on some words, which she has said is due to her love of New York and its culture.