By JORDAN MCLEMORE, Staff Reporter
The Spanish Club and Sigma Delta Pi will be holding their annual Enchilada Party November 3rd. This event will be held in the Ranger Room of the Student Center from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. This is to celebrate The Day of the Dead, which is November 2nd. There will be a t.v. that will show a movie that will share more information about this day at the event. This event is open to everyone and there will be tickets available at the door. It is $3 for students of Northwestern and $5 for faculty, staff, and the community.
This event is just one way that the Spanish Club raises money that goes towards their scholarship fund. The Spanish Club and SDP, the Spanish honor society, sponsor two events a year, one in the fall and one in the spring to go towards the scholarship.
People from the community provide rice and beans and the enchiladas are purchased from El Maya and some are homemade and donated. There will also be horchata, which is a drink made of rice and ground almonds, among other things, and tastes like sweet milk, vanilla, and cinnamon.
Senior Ana Parra, president of the Spanish Club, said, “I’m excited that we get to do this once again. It’s a great opportunity for people to share and taste delicious Hispanic food!”
The Enchilada Party is held to celebrate The Day of the Dead, but it also helps raise money for their scholarship fund. The Spanish Club sponsors a Dorothy Day Spanish Scholarship which is given to a student who applies and qualifies.
To be able to receive this $500 scholarship, candidates must be a full time, continuing student, have a 3.0 CGPA, and must be a Spanish Minor and completed three semesters of Spanish classes. Once the Department of English, Foreign Language and Humanities have all applications, they will select a student. The scholarship may be awarded to more than one student and may be applied toward university related expenses, such as tuition, books, fees, room or board. In the past, recipients had a Spanish Major, however that is no longer available at NWOSU, and students are going after a Spanish Minor that receive the scholarship.
Another event they hold that is coming up is a Karaoke night on November 17th that is free and open to the public.
For more information about the Enchilada Party and the Spanish Club, contact Dr. Francisco Martinez, Professor of Spanish, at 580-327-8466 or by emailing fjmartinez@nwosu.edu.