Principia College - Sheaf Yearbook (Elsah, IL)

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ZO-lCDZ-ICDID2 OO-XFHZ l l With the guidance of Dr. Swett, Mr. Foltz, and Miss Capilla, twenty Prin- cipians traveled and studied seeking to understand the Mexican way. They included B. Anderson, B. Barfoot, D. Covic, B. Day, M. Hamlett, G. Marks, L. Marston, E. Mason, S. McKean, V. Osborn, A. Pike, P. .xaxf w , ,W M-Mk Sit 22' 'M ---.s ,xXx f - .f- .. Q ,T -...X K X Rupp, P. Sanderude, L. Searles, A. Shank, S. Sydness, S. Thompson, G. Williams, 1. Williams, S. Zehender. Llc

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I think it's ridiculous for a college to state that it is a liberal arts school without requiring some type of study program abroad. Americans need to have their viewpoints stretched, altered, challenged by interna- tional cultures. There's an awful lot to be said for cultural submission. You see your country, your col- lege, your family, through a totally different lense. This prompts an awful lot of good questioning. During the trip my concept of myself changed tre- mendously. I became a more serious student, really interested for the first time in my own education. But at the same time l was enjoying learning about people in general much more than I ever had. When you're abroad l think 952, of what you learn is about people and how you relate to them and their ideas about life, education, government, and religion. 17

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X. 'Au Without doubt the best part of the program was the timing. Before we left I didn't know very much about the energy crisis, but while we were there it exploded into a national issue. As a result of working with this issue I've learned so many ways that we can conserve en- ergy. But more than that I learned how a corner of Washington works and I gained a sense of my own ability to get things done. The bureaucracy and red tape was just amazing. ,Zara .QQ ww It took my agency six weeks to blend us into their organization. This really made me reevaluate whether I wanted to get involved in politics or not. I really loved being in the academic world as well as the real world. There were a lot of prob- lems with the program, but I feel as though I re- ally learned from it. I do wish we had had more orientation before we went. Most likely we would have gotten more out of the experience, because I spent an awful lot of time trying to figure out what they were talking about. I really wish people on campus would use us more as resource people. Ev- eryone asks whether or not we had a good time. But few people want to know what we learned. Right now a lot of us know ways that this campus can really conserve energy. We'd love to start applying what we learned. I -gq.,,1,,5--' Q ' ' ' 'WT' ZH