Ouroboros and Latinos Unidos hosted their “Tamales and Translation” event for the second year on March 3 during lunch in C211. As students ate vegan tamales provided by Latinos Unidos, they were instructed to write down their thoughts on the food. 

The statements then were pieced together and read as an exquisite corpse poem: a collaborative process where each person sees only the last portion of the previous writer’s contribution. 

Senior Maya Livni, Latinos Unidos co-president, said club leaders continued with the event because it was a huge success last year. 

“I think it’s really cool to see so many people in one room coming together for a common purpose,” Maya said. “That’s always fun to watch. It was just a nice space. Everyone is very busy and has stressful lives, so to take a moment to sit around with your friends and eat tamales, of course there was an activity, but I think it was just kind of a nice place for people to relax.”

The co-editor-in-chief of Ouroboros Review, senior Adam Tapper, agreed that the intent for the event was to create a space for community, especially during the present moment.

“I think what inspired the event this year was a desire to create a space to celebrate culture and come together amidst all of the fear and violence,” he said. “Just amidst everything that’s happening in our country, we wanted to create a space where we can just be together and be joyful.”