University of Florida - Tower / Seminole Yearbook (Gainesville, FL)

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mmmn Dominant Studying abroad in Spain provides for a bustling nightlife as Jesse Wright phOtOnghed While studying abroad in Seville. photo hyjesse Wright Above; Sophomore Hunter Williams tfront leftl and International Student Gabriel Reyes tback leftl enjoy Chinese cuisine With a friend before leaving Xian. photos provided by. H on ter Williams t is not an uncommon practice for students Who study abroad to pack a camera and plenty of rolls of film or digital media discs. However most of them dorft end up as published photographers When they come stateside. Jesse Wright spent siX weeks at the beginning of Summer 2004 in Seville, Spain through the Academic Programs International company. In his time touring Seville and other Cities like Toledo and Cadiz, his shutter choked over 500 times, leaving him With quite the collection of photos. Tl submitted a few pictures to them, and they decided to put them in their catalog, Wright said of his photographs of a hotel tfacirig pagel and a bridge in Spain. He was one of 141ucky Winners Who had their photographs chosen. The photographs appeared in the Academic Programs International catalog that could be found at the spring Study Abroad fair on the Reitz Union Collonade. The sophomore has a special connection to Spain and all things Spanish Wright is the president and a founding member of Vuestra Alianza Espafiola or VALE, the first multicultural organization on campus to promote the culture of Spain At the same time, Wrights photography talents also extend beyond distant lands and far off places. The accomplished shutter bug has photographs for sale at the poster shop on the Ground floor of the Reitz Union, Talking Walls. -Leslie Veiga t e t I l'l Student', 1fd lb

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ZWith all my heart said Partlet, let us go and make a N a holiday of it togetherf So they went to the mountains; and as 0 w o . it was a lovely day, they stayed there till the evening $ Al , I Jhe Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet v 0? y Study Ibro ad The University of Florida offers studentsavariety of opportunities to travel abroadAll these programsmake it easy to be aGlobalGator. When you decide to study abroad, it isvery important to Choose a program that is right for you There are independent companies that you can go With, or there are a variety of UP sponsored programs and there are also exchange programs UF sponsored programs countas credit. You cantake coursesthatare required for you major abroad. Some of the individual programs also count forUF credit. Traveling abroad can get pretty expensive. For students Who are afraid of taking advantage because of moneythere are avariety of scholarships and financial aid The International Center also holdstnformatton sessions on a regular basis and at the beginning of every semester they host a Study Abroad fairwhere the different companies and hosts of programs are there with information and availabilityto an- swer questions The International Center in 123 Grinter Hall is home to the study abroad office. It is important to go there for paperwork and information aboutall the different options thatare offered ' -Dtana Delgado , 4- J: V time? LOWER Wong and Hunter Williams revel in Huhter Williams stands in front Of a surrlrrtett palace in Sophomore Jesse nght lthird from leftl and his study abroad group look at the scenery in Toledo, Spain. l 11: their mountain climbing atop Mount Taishan Betjmg. The C01 rupt Empress dowager CW 31Ph0n9d - - . 1. t...t . . . photoprowded byjesse anht . :2 gilh in China. off the ent1re naval budget to bmld 1t. :35 phOfO by. Elizabeth Huang photoprovided by. H unter Williams '5 H I. IStJt'tlent Life

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I LmAV RV ot being abI 0 vote doesnt stop Marianna Soares from taking an active interest in politics on campus. Despite having lived in Orlando since December 1996, Soares, cannot vote in Amen'cau elections, she is a Brazjh'an Citizen II dont think noneittzens should be able to vote because thats not a representation of the Citizens vote? the first-year journalism and pohtical science major said Even though she doesnt think non-Citizens should be able to vote, Soares admitted that she sometimes got upset with the attitudes of a few people who were abIe to vote. It was a little frustrating to see people who were just like, ,oh I dont care about the election; or, T II just go vote for whoever I feel hke at the last minute without even bothem'ng to Ieam anything about them when I had a Clear idea of which guy I wanted to vote for and I couldnt do anything about it- I Soares became an active member of pohtical groups on campus. Her activities included attending meetings, waving political signs and attending the Edwards and Bush rth'es held on campus and in Gajhesville. One of the most exciting points for Soares was watching the 2004 election II spent the first few hours of the election in front of the TV getting frustrated at ah the counts and the predictions. We had both pro-Keny and proBush people watching it at the same time, so that was pretty interesting. Then I had an accident and I spent the next five hours in the hospitaf Soares, toe accidentally got slammed in a door, and she had to go to the emergency room for stitches. II found out in the hospital that Bush wonf she said. Brazil requires its Citizens to vote, but since Soares Iives in a City without a Brazilian consulate, so she is allowed to send a letter to excuse herself from voting. II have to send the letter? she said. IIfI was in Brazil or in a City h'ke Miami where there is a consulate, it would be mandatory for me to vote? Soares may be able to vote in a future US. election IIf I get my Armenian Citizenship, then I can vote in the US, but I dont know it Im going to do that yeti she said. -Kz'rsten5chmitt I 'e m . a DonnnantSeniorMollyCox,GatorsforBushChairmanholdsasig e iddle I Tennessee State football game. ; photo by. Cm thja Sandoval Above; Gators for Kerry members give out stickers to passersby before the MTSU game. Bot h Ga tors for Kerry a nd Ga tors for Bush tailgated before each home game 1 photo by. Cinthja Sandoval t