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Foreign students grace Penn This year Penn played host t Italy by the name of Giacomo Ricca Kohei Matesto represented a taste of Japan, while Sonja Lidsheim and - delena Schindler represented Norway and Switzerland. The backgrounds and the cultures of their respective nations which they brought to Penn offered stu- dents an opportunity to learn a little of the world outside the United States Giacomo Ricca, from Savana, Italy stayed with the James Fritz family in Osceola He enjoyed most sports espe- cially soccer and football and took among other classes gym, world geogra- phy, earth science and economics. As a senior, Giacomo realized that one of his biggest problems was the English lan guage Japanese student Kohei Matesto lived with senior Greg Cunningham Kohei whose favorite sport was judo, took an active part in Penn wrestling. Kohei came from a town smaller than Mishawaka where he lived with his parents and three brothers. He explained that the Japane school week is longer than the Amer! one beginning at 8:45 and ending at 3:45, Monday through Saturday. At Penn Kohel took a full schedule including both government and economics, and US bit of Top Giacomo Ricca searches through sources tor the right book Be ow Magdelena Schindier Gia- como Ricca, Sonja Lidsheim, Kone! Matest history. Although this country was new and different, Kohei found many things to his liking—especially good old American hot dogs and hamburgers. Speak of a lover tor music and you have Sonja Lidsheim, a 16-year-old stu- dent trom Norway Sonja enjoyed Penn while she lived with Bev Pettifor. As other foreign students, Sonja had problems with the language. Among her classes at Penn were two music classes, symphonic band and choir. U.S. history, typing foods and 19th century literature com- prised the remainder of her schedule at Penn Magdelena Schindler arrived from Peru, Switzerland, where her father writes for the newspaper and her mother is a local teacher. Magdelena, a senior at Penn, stayed with Lori Mynsberge While visiting here she saw Chicago and was happy to have been given the opportunity to enjoy the tall buildings and other sights She hoped to visit the ocean before returning to Switzerland. Mag- delena took classes in foods, probability, physics and self-identity She found little difference in the American and Swiss teenagers and came to America to meet new people and learn our customs.
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