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...Though any interaction with widely-feared weirdo Erica M. Patel ’04 is like being bogged down in a Vietnam-style quagmire, doing a group project with her is like spending six months in the Hanoi Hilton. “So she was going to be in charge of research, and I’d write it up and present in section,” recalls a shellshocked Fred T. Baraka ’05. “Only Erica did research on ‘tribidism,’ which it turns out is the scientific name...
...just talking to wacko Erica M. Patel ’04 is a Vietnam-style quagmire, then eating an entire meal with her is a surreal, Apocalypse Now-esque nightmare. “I was just getting lunch by myself and reading the Gazette,” recalls a shellshocked Thomas A. Coppola ’03, “when suddenly I was in the rice paddies with Charlie everywhere.” Declared a crazed Patel—as Wagner’s “Ride of the Valkyries” played in her mind?...
...Patel says that gradual changes to the dance are necessary to keep it relevant in today’s society, but says “there are indeed Punjabi cultural values, and we should be careful not to lose sight of those as the dance evolves...
...more than internal tensions, Patel says one of the biggest challenges cultural groups face is dealing with audiences whose expectations...
While Bhangra is affected on a relatively small scale—Patel says people outside the group often casually joke about the dearth of non-Punjabi South Asians on the team—other groups say the problem arises at nearly every show...