DePauw University - Mirage Yearbook (Greencastle, IN)

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International StdentsOn Campus Brad Weatherbie Johanna did think Greencastle tended to be somewhat isolated though. ul find l don't know whats going on in the world much, she claimed. Marc found the people themselves something to adjust to. HThey're far more friendly than in Europe. People always say, 'Hi. Hello. How are you? But then sometimes you think they don't really listen. When you get friends it's hard to get through to them. Marc also pointed out DePauw's Hextremes could give a distorted view of the United States. llAmerioa is a rich land, he said. llA Trans Am when you're eighteen years old e it's incredible. In my country you get a second or third or fourth hand car if youtre lucky. I know not all America is like that, but that is the impression you get trom DePauw and Greencastle. Johanna clarified, ill know DePauw does not represent all America e it is small and only with a certain kind of people . . . Its like DePauw is a place in its ownfl Another problem that rises is the llspecial status, that a foreign student gets if he or she is here for just one year. tlTeachers don,t know what to do with me, Marc explained. llNonetheless, he says, ill don't try less hard. Incentive l Brad Weatherbie Brad Weatherbie Lynn Ashworth, Director of International Studies, shares her slides with foreign students. Hideo Sako and Maureen Van Hall found compan- ionship with fellow foreign students important. Foreign students point out their homelands on a map of Europe at an International Students Associ- ation meeting. don't need. l get it from taking interesting courses. As Anneli put it, 'lDePauw is llwhat l was looking for e a small school where one can get a good American education. And one point on which all the foreign students agreed is the familiarity they felt by having other foreign students around. J 23

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Tammy Randall, Sandy Matthhys, Kim Holycross, Sarah Schnepf. and John Biebel pose in Philadel- phia. Tammy and Kim were on the New York Arts program while the others were in Phili. Janet Wilson views New York City's west side from the blacony of her hotel while on the New York Arts program. Janet landed a role in an off broadway opera and worked for the Henry Street Settlement Arts for Living Centert w awe; .. L .auAAn,.. 4..- We . . . In DC, NY, And Phili Approximately thirty-five students study off-campus each semester. DePauw's primary off-oampus programs include the Philadelphia Urban Semester, the New York Arts Program, and the Washington 0.0. Program. These programs require minimum class time plus experience in an internship-type job. Living in large cities, often independently in an apartment, was another challenge. em Twenty To those students from New York or even Chicago, Greencastle and DePauw sometimes felt like a foreign land. And for some students, it is I literally that. Foreign students found it challenging to learn from DePauw .5 students, while DePauw students learned from them at the same time. Director of Foreign Affairs Lynn Ashworth called this an uexchange in cultural interaction. It adds to the atmosphere here on campus for Americans who don't get to go abroad to have these students in class, Ashworth explained. Sy Thomas, a junior who has had several foreign roommates, said, I've learned what other places are like without going there. Getting along with them is easier. They're more open, friendly, and they show emotions more. Like if llm doing something wrong, they just tell me. DePauw has students from the following countries: Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, Jordon, Germany, and Finland. Our foreign students also come from Kuwait, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Canada, and VietNam. Several students are also from Puerto Rico, l but that is really part of the United States. Many ot the foreign students are just here for a year through the Institute of International Education. , DePauw also has a one year exchange with Japan. The students who come from foreign countries to get a four-year degree usually heard of DePauw from someone in their country. Sophomore Anneli Vecchi, who is Swedish but calls Argentina her home, said her math teacher in I Agrentina was a DePauw graduate. She further explained, A very, very small minority stay in Argentina to ? study. The majority go abroad. DePauwls social life was sometimes difficult for foreign students to adjust to. Of sorority and fraternities Annelli expressed some concern. tilt doesn't mean as much to someone who doesnit live here. You might feel like youlre taking up space. Marc Berg from the Netherlands agreed, saying the social life was the hardest adjustment for him. Johanna Extremia, a student from Sweden, found the social life no problem since her small town in Sweden has much the same U-u -uw....-- ,....t.i,1g...s.ssl atmosphere.

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24 m Park Replaces Bowman Stumbling over drying cement with Hanna Street in upheaval, students e especially seniors - grumbled, ttBy the time they get this new park done, I will have graduated! But such grumblers did not share the architectual vision entitled Greater DePauwtt or Design for a Decade. The most recent addition to the plan was construction of the new park. affectionately nicknamed Face Fountain. It marks the end of a decade of new buildings which cost $25 million paid in full. The Park began when the old Bowman Gym was reduced to a pile of ruble and a hole in the ground last summer. The replacement is a three-acre park. The park includes a 200 by 100 foot reflecting pool, a sunken amphitheatre, the fountain, and a pedestrian plaza. In short, an Eden was created for frisbee, outdoor studying, and general relaxation. The University was not the only one doing construction in the community. The opening of Ashly Square ttmini mall also affected the campus. In addition to hiring students, the mall offered baked goods, Mexican food, ice cream and sandwiches, clothes, flowers, and haircuts. Brad Weatherbie N Dan Schwarz Orecinth Smith and the DePauw Chamber Sym- phony traveled to Austria for a winter term tour of performing and sight-seeing. tsee page 218t