Ohio University - Athena Yearbook (Athens, OH)

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tell me about it, he says. Ola voices the same complaints heard often around campus - too much noise in the dorms, ugly walls, no decent apartments in town and cold rooms. The food is great, he adds. l've eaten in seven schools and this is the best. I've put on three good pounds since I came to O.U. Chui Wa Chan, a student from Hong Kong, goes by the American- ized version of her name, Carita, because it's easier to pronounce. She came to O.U. to participate in the Ohio Program of Intensive English. Language and food are much different here than in Hong Kong, Carita says. There are not a lot of hills and mountains in Hong Kong, they all live in apartments, she said. She says attending Ohio University has given her the oppor- tunity to learn about American culture. There is no culture barrier, said Carita's roommate, Rose Wil- son. In general, the foreign stu- dents are here to learn, she said. Our international students come from 90 nations around the globe to discover the American person- ality, learn to master the English language and be with others from home. But for now, Athens is home. Sue Kashuba T Above - This little one's father is an O.U. student. Du.: ne H, I lclch

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International Students Walk through Shively and look at the names on the doors. You'll find ludy and Tracy, Rodziah and Ayumi, Kozlowski, Wilson, Feng, Teng and Huang. Walk into the lobby and look at the billboard plastered with colors and symbols representing the homes of approxi- mately 1,3O0 foreign students who are a part of the Ohio University atmosphere. Along with the stars and stripes are flags from Indone- sia, China, Belgium, Iceland, Hong Kong, the Philippines and Malay- sia. Shively Hall is A Community of Countries whose people share the thoughts, hopes, and goals of the native students attending O.U. Twenty-four-year-old Rodziah Mohamed says she left her three children behind in Malaysia to study finance and computer sci- ence. Rodziah's education is fi- nanced by a government agency and is a step towards the executive position she hopes to acquire with the Malaysian government upon graduation. Ohio University is well-known to Malaysian students, says Rod- ziah. Adjusting to Ohio's cold, un- inviting weather is the biggest change she's had to make, she adds. And l don't like being away from my parents and my family, either. Sociology graduate student Hsiao-Feng Chen said she exper- ienced no culture shock in coming to America, Cities and lifestyles in Taiwan are similar to those in the U.S. We have hamburgers and people wear blue jeans, she says. Hsiao plans to work for a government social welfare agency in Taiwan. Ola Balogun, a Perkins Hall resi- dent, received his bachelor's degree from Purdue University in Indiana, where he heard about O.U.'s indus- trial and systems engineering cur- riculum. My friends had nice things to Stacy Kollar Top - Sudata Gupta takes a rest outside of the library. Above - Hishan Arnaout study- ing outside the Oasis Stacy Kolla

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There's no place li r East Green maintains homey A bright orange frisbee slices the cool fall breeze. Accumulating leaves crunch under the feet of passers-by. A young man seated in the grass strums a guitar. An oak tree shows off its painted leaves as a squirrel gathers acorns at its feet. If this all sounds a bit too homey for a large university, it is in reality only a sampling of the environ- ment found on the East Green. The East Green consists of thir- teen residence halls and is the ol- dest residential area on campus. Six of the dormitories house freshmen, two are international houses, and five are home to upperclassmen who have chosen this green over the other two. johnson Hall resident, Toni Crouse, lived in jefferson Hall last year and decided to stay on the East Green. I chose the East Green for its homey atmosphere, said Crouse. The South Green is too far away. The West Green is too plain. Here we have trees and a winding street which makes it seem more like home. Echoing these thoughts, Doug Maurer of Gamertsfelder Hall, said, It's Home! The East Green is his choice because it's closest to everything. It's not as wild - more civilized. Another Gamertsfelcler resident, Tim Harrison, has been living on the East Green for three years. Har- ke home atmosphere rison likes being close to the laun- dry facilities, and he adds, I think it has a better atmosphere. I like the people. When Bush Resident Assistant Diane Havranek was asked why she chose the East Green as her home, she said Why not? I wouldn't live anywhere else. The West is all cement and flat. And the South Green, Havranek joked, is the R.A. retirement home. There's not much for an R.A. to do there. Besides, I like to work with fresh- men. Also, when all of the Univer- sity's dorms are rated academically, more of the East Green's dorms place higher than those on the oth- er two greens. Brenda Lemon -uw 1 I c fs-, ., Becky Cray