Los Angeles Valley College - Crown Yearbook (Valley Glen, CA)

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FOREIGN STUDENTS New ways of living' their own cooking and housework, learning first hand about life in America. Sometimes, taking it easy, they go to one of the Valley restaurants. There they find the food the same as in Kenya, differing only in cooking techniques. Born in Pakistan, Zarina Alvi attends Val- ley College classes in her native costume. Za- rina is a first semester pre-med biology major at Valley. She has been in the United States on a for- eign student visa for two and one-half years and plans to transfer to San Fernando State after she finishes at Valley. Then it's UCLA for her MD. Living in Reseda With friends, Zarina en- joys art in her leisure hours. She also paints in her spare time. Actually, says Zarina, ullm a jack of all trades. l only wish I had more time for other interestsfl Carmen Hoo, Jamaican-born education ma- jor, is taking a transfer course at Valley which Will enable her to finish her education at San Fernando Valley State. A pretty coed and a member of Valley's ln- Huggczi and Joe 'Take five for supper before study 911 '.w.,ff'24'e: av. ' .,.f 1

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l i We learn from one another' A little of this, some of that and a cup of Tahitian know-how and Lisette creates a Tahiti specialty In the years ,to follow she wants to put into use all that she has learned at Valley. Joe Chege, 22, and Haggai Koyier, 23, stu- dents from Kenya, are office management maj- ors. Both are under a two-year scholarship pro- gram which brought 40 African students to colleges in Southern California. The scholar- ship program is part of President Kennedys AID for international development and is han- dled universally by the African-American ln- stitute in New York. Like other foreign students, Chege and Koy- ier live alone. Besides their homework, they have domestic work to contend with. They do

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New friends to meet ternational Club, Carmen was one of Valley's 1962 Homecoming princesses. Although Carmen's hobbies range from cycling to hiking, and her popularity makes her much in demand, she doesn't have time for all social activities. HNot with all my studies to contend vvithj, she says. There is only time for a little jazz. I caught the jazz-bug in the United States. In Robert Rouarkls prize winning novel, Something of Value, the introductory passage states a Basuto proverb - HWhen man gives up all that means life to him, he must have something of value to replace it. Nineteen Words expressing completely what it means to be at Valley College, thousands of miles from home. This is all a lesson to be learned about students and studies and life in America. Housework and homework pile up , for Joe and Haggoi. Tomorrow we 1 f eot out, says Joe, who is stuck with the dishwoshing detail. , 85 Jamaica-born Carmen Hoo, i962 Homecoming princess, cooxes voters with free coffee.