Howard University - Bison Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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Carlos Symonds u graduate student in the school ol niucjiion misses the warmth that ts year round es his homeland ol Bermuda Ot.sm.1r4- fti not only a freshman student Iran Air ca, but also a freshman alheletc who finds gelt ng use to Amercan s made easier through sports. A!i Sboiiubfayon is a city planning major Irom Iran He misses horn . but keeps in touch with letters and an occasional phone caD 12 Student Life

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Bermuda. Nigeria, And The Philippines Give Our Traditions A FOREIGN FLAVOR re are these lar away places with strange sounding names? When we think of far away we think of strange mysterous places we know nothing about. Places like Timbuktu. Tanzania. Bangkok, Guyana seem so foreign to us. Yet we have never stopped toconsider that there are places in the United States which are just as far away to the people in these far away lands There are those who seem so far away from familiar ways of life. Their home is just on the other side of the country. Imagine the yearning for home by a student from Nairobi When Thanksgiving or Christmas rolls around, we leave many students here at Howard which don't get a chance to go home but once a year. To be from Alaska or Wash- ington state may prove to be just as lonely as someone international to our community. Long distance may be the next best thing to being there but there's nothing like putting your feet under the dinner table of. to you. the world’s greatest cook and friend, mom Coming to school as a freshman, for many such students, has a preliminary adjustment of being away from home In most cases, the District of Columbia is a big change from your familiar hometown Whether it be the weather. living conditions, or simply the Block Boys, one must adjust to have a successful career at Howard. It may be harder for some because there are no fellow students which to call Home . Imagine the feeling of being the only student from Alaska One such student. A! Greene, is here all alone with no one to call his home-boy or home-girl. He's the sole member of the Alaskan Club Julius Simon, a first year Education student from Nigeria, says he 'doesn't plan to go home until he finishes because it is too costly, so there's no point Like others he misses home greatly, but unlike E T. he doesn’t phone home Julius keeps in touch by writing letters It took him a few weeks to adjust but he says he seems to like it here. In these times of technological advances, man has made life so much easier. There's a substitute for every possible thing imaginable You can have the next best thing to being there, but nothing can replace home. — Kym Smith Adaku Ahoghottu Ibfli human development m |or from Nigeria. t«ik» with her friend IJummada Retacion a Zoology majot from the Philippines Both girts want future careers In medicine Student Life 13