Building One was full of music, happy students and the smell of roasted turkey on Wednesday, as the ASOC, in their green jackets, served up their annual Thanksgiving Feast. For the donation of a can of food for the needy, students, faculty and staff received turkey or ham, mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy salad, rolls and dessert. Also water or a soft drink. The ASOC executives were at the main table doling out generous portions of traditional Thanksgiving food to about 500 expected guests. The menu included: two 25-pound turkeys and eight turkey breasts, mash potatoes, ham, and even mixed vegetables. They also had desserts such as German chocolate cake, cupcakes, cookies, and brownies, which were all homemade. Representative at large and head of the Thanksgiving Committee Nayyara Shaik had great expectations for this year’s feast and all were upheld. “I’m very happy to see the people enjoy the food and also happy with the turnout,” said Shaik as she served the mandarin-spinach salad during the feast. She was also pleased to have most of the senators there to help her. Later as she served drinks, Shaik said, “A few could not make due to sicknesses, but other than that all of the volunteers showed up.” Even former ASOC President Jackie McCulley came to help with the feast. Shaik will also be serving food on Thursday at the Newark Campus. This is the first year the ASOC is having the feast there. After people donated a dollar or a can for charity, they got in line to be served. After they got their food, most left, but others stayed in building one to talk and eat with friends. When interviewing students, Adrian Sutton remarked, “I loved the ham, and I’m not so big on the vegetarian dish, but the salad was fantastic.” When asked what she thought of the event in general, she said, “It was a lovely surprise, I just biked here 10 miles and I was really hungry.” ASOC members were well prepared to serve the students due to their Thanksgiving Committee meeting yesterday. During the meeting, Nayyara used a PowerPoint to show the senators what they would be serving, the time window, and even a floor plan of Building One to show what and where things would be. This year, the Thanksgiving was a great success for the ASOC, and for charity, as the money donation box was full and the canned food drive bins were filling up.
By Ean Taijeron
Staff writer
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