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eating, they also stretch each other, dance in the hallways and go over I their parts. Pointing at Matthew Vanlaningham, 16, Davis volunteers him toc tell his well-known story about every dancers nightmare. Vanlaning-c ham and Davis look at each other and burst out laughing. Clearly overG the embarrassment that happened five years ago, Vanlaningham com-e poses himself and says, I was doing my solo, and all of the suddena my mind blanked. I just stood there onstage staring at my mom ands making faces at her for 30 seconds. Then I remembered the next stepss and started dancing again. Davis remembers back to four years ago when she turned thes wrong way and stuck out from everyone else. In the finale, ScottC started doing jumps while all the other dancers were still on the stept before. Similarly, Lewis was in a duet and got ahead of the other per-I son. But they grow even closer together because they know how tos laugh off their mistakes and work harder together for the next time. i Davis says, If we didnt stick together and encourage each oth-K er, the atmosphere at the dance school would completely change. It c would be much more competitive. She continued, saying, I have friends who dance at other schools,p and they tell me, Haleigh, dont stop dancing at your school; you aren getting really good training. And I agree. I absolutely love it. Davisa yawns and stretches her arms after a full day of dancing, only to con-f f tinue the next afternoon after school. a
Poor people are lazy. Women cant drive. Muslims are terrorists. Asians are smart. We have all heard and bought into stereotypes at some point in our lives. The good news is we can work past these stereotypes, said Dr. Carey Ruiz, Asburys resident sociologist, at the Filtering the Bubble diversity dialogue in the student center on Tuesday, Oct. 29. The purpose of the event was to create a space for honest dialogue and discussion amongst our student body, said Director of Intercultural Programs Esther Jadhav. It was encouraging to hear [the] students dialogue. Ruiz, professor of sociology, studied race, class and equality in her post-graduate emphasis. At the diversity dialogue event, she gave a presentation defining and explaining the idea of stereotypes. Ruiz defined a stereotype as a faulty generalization of people based on a kernel of truth. She made the point that stereotypes are faulty because they are based on generalizations. By nature, generalizations overlook individuals. One person may fit into the mold of a certain stereotype, however that does mean every other person of a similar background share in that stereotype. The dialogue then moved toward how Asbury students view diversity. Until we are faced with something directly or an issue becomes impor-