Oglethorpe University - Yamacraw Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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This wonderful city of Atlanta provides us with Ttan examples of the expansion and growth need- id to enhance the meaning of the word progress. nFRere ' that Oglethorpe students are being offered Jaany new opportunities to grow along with the pity. -THeefiingesiate6very ' heferNeW4juil iingsha4 ' e-- been erected throughout thelcity m the past year, fconstant construction ari ' d expansion has taken pkce along the local interstates. New track has been laid down in the expansion of the Metro Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority and the Lenox and Brook- haven MARTA stations have been added. New ih ' Opping centers have been built nearby to add :onvenience. New nightclubs and bars have al o apened their doors to Atlanta ' s rapid progress. Atlanta ' s cultural aspects have not been forgot-. :en in all this expansion. New galleries and theatres la-ve opened. The recently built High Museum of—; rt has continued to provide | changing exhibitions ?o enhance the aesthetic eiiviroriiiient of AtlaiTta ; .Qglethorpe ' s art gallery has also successfully been contributing to the community with its unique ex- hibits. New hotels have been built to host corporate — :onventioiis arid other social jfunctionsjof thje buli- Is Irher any rea {eft that Atlanta ' s eiiansionjilis lot touched upon? Certainly not ... for Atranta ' s . atogress provides us with .changes ftomall angles. Atlanta

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Cultures And Time Volleyball team member Genie Settbn from Bar ranquilla Columbia, enjoys listenmg to musie while waiting for the van to be fixed, j Many international students have chosen to at- tend Oglethorpe, each with their own reasonsr- These students who come from countries all over the world are exposed to a change that is usually not experienced-byt native Americans JiifferentcultuiaL alues and styles are presented to these students, often for the first time. Although not as much of a culture-shock as the U.S. citizens tend to believe, a change nonetheless is experienced. Mauricio Amaya, from El Salvador, explains that most for- eign countries today are heavily exposed to the American-way, U.S. television programs, (includ- ing the news), American-made movies, and consum- er products are sold world-wide and thus decrease the effects of culture-shock. The move to Ogle- thorpe seems to have been simply a change of place™. Plaving some of the music from his naiiv country ' ot El Salvador, Mauricio Amaya em tertains the audience at the Night of the Arts. Taking a break from studying, Khalil Hourani discusses with some friends his plans for the up com[ing weekend. O.U. People

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' A newer eitension of iMARtTA ' s korth ' Line, ' Brookhaven Station, brings downtown Atlanta withi n a few minute s ride fm Oglethorpe stu- A MART A train jeaving the Btookhaven S tion: What a pleasant change from the half hoot bus ride or attempting to fight the traffic into,, downtown Atlanta! The grid design df the nscently opeited Marriott; Marquis in the Peachtree Center area of down=i town provides a contrast to other architectural works designed by Atlanta architeet- ohnhPoft- Atlanta