The Collegian

Issue date: 5/1/07 Section: News

Media Credit: Linda Hua Claudia Aguilera '07 paints faces of kids who visited Saint Mary's last Friday for the annual Carnival-4-Kids. 310 children from East Bay elementary schools enjoyed the sunny day with various booths and activities led by Saint Mary's students.

With the introduction of Star Search, and Christian Brother trading cards, among other new programs, this year's De La Salle Week was a bigger event than in previous years. Dean of Campus Ministry Brother Michael Sanderl said, "[This] is the third year that the week has been organized to this scale [that includes] many areas and aspects of the campus. Each year it continues to grow and include more people and programs on campus."

In previous years, the main events have been a barbeque, the Convocation, this year honoring Brother Gerard Rummery, FSC, and Friday's Carnival-4-Kids, but this year there were new "creative events." The turnout for each event was also very good. Sanderl said, "Some events [were] meant to gather large numbers of the people and others intended for smaller groups."

The Lasallian Star Search, in partnership with Lasallian Community and Residence Hall Association, was one of the smaller events during the week. There were several entries as well as a panel of judges that included President Brother Ronald Gallagher, math professor Chris Jones, and Associate Dean of Liberal Arts Shawny Anderson, mimicking the American Idol judges. Daniel Armas '09 said, "All in all it wasn't so bad. There were [some] very enthusiastic people." The winner of the contest was a duo called "JK" or "Just Kidding." The top three contestants won cash prizes and had the opportunity to choose a school to donate an amount equal to their cash winnings. The night's winners all chose to donate money to Demariallac School in San Francisco.

In addition to the Lasallian Star Search, other new events included the Brother Kyran Mini Marathon, the First Generation College Student Conference, a meditation retreat, and Christian Brothers Iron Chef.

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