“Me gustaría probar una rebanda de flat.”

“Je voudrais un corissant pain au chocolat.”

“Ich hätte gern Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte.”

At the Tri-lingual Café, part of International Education Week hosted by the Office of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, off the hussle of the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Forum in Clark Student Center Nov. 19, students were practicing their Spanish, French and German. To receive hot chocolate, flan or any of a variety of other treats, tasters had to write a word or phrase on the poster boards located beside the tables.

• “I came to the event because my professor, Dr. Montoya, asked me to attend,” Thomas Victory, sociology junior, said. “At the Spanish board I wrote ‘Feliz Cumpleaños.’ I asked to try the flan and cookies. I actually went to all the tables and like the German waffles and the Spanish coffee.”
• Carlyse Wallace, mechanical engineering freshman, said, “I enjoyed the Spanish coffee and the French plain croissant was good. I attended because my professor, Dr. Montoya, bragged about the coffee she made for the event during class and came to try it.”
• “I came because I am in German class and the German club,” Zach Orenstein, environmental science sophomore, said. “I tried foods at the German and Spanish tables. My favorite was the German waffle and black forest cake.”

• Timon Thomas, sports and leisure junior, said, “I wanted to experience the culture through the food and because professor Montoya was apart of serving at the café. I liked all the tables because the flavors were all different than what I am used to eating.”
• “I attended because I took four semesters of Spanish and have not had a lot of opportunity to speak with other students,” Holly Gardner, 7-12 English language arts and reading sophomore, said. “I tried the French and Spanish tables and had no favorite. I have a sweet tooth and they were both good.”
• Melissa Brown, early childhood education freshman, said, “I wasn’t going to attend but Holly [Gardner] said, ‘Yes you are, there is free food’ and I told her ‘I cant’ speak another language.’ I thought I would be in a room of multilingual students but I am glad I came. I tried the Spanish cookies which was good.”
• “I think having the café, students can be exposed to more cultures and languages,” Claudia Montoya, associate professor of Spanish, said. “I baked four pans of flan, which consists of eggs, condensed milk, evaporated milk, sweetened milk and rum. The event has be great.”
• Yvonne Franke, assistant professor of German, said, “I was excited to see my students be able to use their language skills and also see new students speaking the language. This event has brought students together to visit with each other. For the German table, I made the black forest cake and waffles topped with powder sugar and whipped cream. Our culture eats a fourth meal, which consists of eating some type of cake and drinking coffee.”
• “I love any event the German club is apart of,” Lisa Moore, English senior and German Club president, said. “I have enjoyed seeing familiar faces here. I went to visit the French table, but they were out of bread to try.”