University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Jerry's a handyman around the house whenever he can yet his tools away from daughter Julie. Sometimes she likes to help her father a little hit loo much to Jerry's great amusement. Commonwealth Terrace was completed on July I. 1959. A total of 120 units of housing were made available to students. These units lie south of the University Farm Campus. The one and two bedroom apartments rent for 70 and .SO dollars respectively. Utilities, except telephone, arc furnished at no extra cost. When Jerry takes a study break it's to pay some attention to his two lively daughters. While Jerry throws Julie high into the air Susan plots her move . . . then she strikes. 11

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Salwa Niazi Salwa sings and dances so she naturally enjoys music. The costume shown on the opposite page is worn only on social festival days and is not the usual attire of her people. Salwa made her costume and wears it at foreign student gatherings where she is asked to display her singing, dancing talent. Salwa came to the United States as a visitor, took a series of language tests at Minnesota, then changed her visa to a student's visa and enrolled at the University. Salwa is now living at Comstock Hall and readily admits she likes dorm life. Salwa has a wonderful ability to make friends and she has many of them. Her room becomes a hub of activity when the girls take study breaks. Her friends will come in to play records, play cards or just chat. Salwa is one of fifteen hundred students supervised by the Foreign Student Office at the University of Minnesota. These 1,500 students represent 78 countries on the St. Paul and Minneapolis Campuses. The University foreign student advisers act as a liaison between the student, his government and the government of the United States. The Foreign Student Office is the over-all coordinating agency of the University in respect to the student's individual program and outside activities. As much as she likes the University, Salwa admits she’s homesick. When she wins her B.A. degree she will return to Iraq after taking a brief tour of the United States. When Salwa returns to Iraq she plans to take a position teaching college. She will bring with her a better understanding of the people of the United States and a wiser, broader view of what it means to live and learn in America. Student becomes good ambassador To Salwa Niazi the University of Minnesota was a busy place. “Everybody’s running and I can’t follow,” she said two years ago when she arrived at the University from Baghdad, Iraq. Now life has settled down somewhat for the pretty, vivacious and talented Salwa. American ways first amazed, then amused Salwa. “When I first came here I was amazed at how casual everyone dressed,” she commented. “In Baghdad, school attire was much more formal. Suit coats and neckties were worn, always.” Salwa was pleasantly amused at the Americans’ curiosity about her country and was warmed by the friendly and helpful people she met. During study breaks the girls on SaKva’s corridor gather for a fast hand of cards, a game she had never played in her country.