Eddie Gale offers the Music, Improvisation, Meditation and Cultural Exchange Night from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. every Tuesday. Gale, a California Arts Council artist, said he wanted to offer SJSU students a place to enjoy the company of others in a safe, nonconfrontational, open-minded environment. Students and different campus groups are welcome to talk and exchange ideas, or even to come in to do homework, Gale said. With a collection of cultural displays, books and instruments, students have the opportunity to experience different ways of life, he said. Gale said he sets out a number of different instruments from Africa, South America and India for students to play with.
Music sets the environment.
The Tuesday night event is still new, and planning it is constantly being created and developed, Gale said. Yet, Gale's workshop isn't all the Multicultural Center has to offer. Many students aren't aware the center is open for the students at their own leisure, Kraai said. Most of the students who drop by are usually in reestablished groups that visit the center again and again for their own personal use, such as club meetings. Kraai, who is new to her position, said she is trying to make a change to get students involved by adding more events and functions for them.