Jairdin Engen | Assistant News Editor

Over Easter break, April 18 – 21, students who were staying on campus were given the opportunity to have an Easter dinner of their own on Friday, April 18th, thanks to a collaboration on behalf of Service With Science, or SWiS, and the International Club. Jonathan Ehrlich, president of SWis, and Brock Loseke, president of the International Club, worked together to find a way to give students who would otherwise be unable to have an Easter dinner a chance to enjoy the holiday as well.

“There’s a lot of students, like international students, who stay on campus, so they don’t have an opportunity to have an Easter meal like they normally would at home.” Loseke said. “And also, we had just had the taste night a few of weeks earlier and there were students who weren’t able to cook, and I thought they would appreciate the chance to be able to cook again.”

The meal was held at the Outdoor Rec House from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., and featured games like beanbags, a chance to socialize with friends and strangers, and good food. Some of the food was brought by students, who were invited to make their own traditional Easter dishes, and some was brought by the club, such as a goat which they roasted on a spit.

“That was John’s idea, and that’s because in a lot of Eastern African countries goat is a traditional Easter meal.” Loseke said. “Most of the food was gone pretty quickly though. The goat we had a lot left over, just because it got done a little bit late, so people were already full.”

Loseke said the meal was a good opportunity for people to get together and enjoy themselves. While the groups had originally planned for somewhere between 30 and 40 students, there were around 60 people who showed up to the event.

“There was a lot of good food, I know a lot of people were talking about how good the food was. I didn’t see anybody sitting around looking like they were bored.” Loseke said. “People were playing games, talking, a lot of stuff.”

Loseke said that the plan for the event was originally proposed by Ehrlich, and Loseke immediately agreed. He said that at that point he had already been approached by a number of students who had asked him if he would be staying on campus over Easter break because they were looking for something to do.

“[Ehrlich] actually originally approached me about it, and then I took it up because I thought it would be a great idea.” Loseke said.

Loseke said that he enjoyed the event, and that he believes this will become a yearly event at BVU.

“I’m sure there will be an event next year. John will be here another year, so he’s going to see that it happens again at least one more time, and I think that especially the African students will want to continue it indefinitely.” Loseke said.