Indian Student Tells
Of Impressions of US
by NAUSHABA HUSAIN
Emerald Reporter
“The golden sunshine must be
flooding Lahore these days; shin
ing on flowering mustard fields
..Assian students at the Cos
mo Club gatherings alternately
talk of home and compare notes
on their University of Oregon im
pressions and experiences.
Even the American movies had
not prepared any of them for
the friendliness and lack of re
straint that they find between
American boys and girl9 on the
campus.
An Iraq student describes the
absence of co-education in his
country. There is never anything
like house dances, junior proms
or even Friday night dates in
China, India or Turkey.
Coeds to Co-ops
From co-eds to co-ops; a Pak
istani student hefe is full of
plans for establishing student
co-ops when he returns. They
are such a clever convenient, ec
onomical way of group living.
The fraternities and sororities,
too, sound interesting — par
ticularly their national-organiza
tion idea.
All the foreign students agree
that American students are
pampered. The facilities that an
American university offers are
amazing. Oregon is not just a
university; it is a miniature
country. A student from Afghan
stan feels that this knid of living
tends to make the students lose
touch with life and reality.
The auditoriums and sports
facilities, the modern Student
Union, canoe fetes, these acres
and acres of green lawns are
luxuries which dazzle foreign
studenta
Counsellors, Duck Previews,
loan funds, the employment of
fice, all these simplify life here
to what can almost -be called a
push button existence. This of
course gives the Americans more
time to study; they cannot get
their final exams postponed be
cause, as sometimes happens in
Asian colleges, the students were
tdb busy mimeographing text
books to study for the exams.
Americans Unconcerned
American students are so cas
ual and unconcerned about poli
tics—national, local or campus—
that they puzzle Asian students.
Student protests and strikes over
political issues—censorship of
news, an unpopular treaty, just
anything—unheard of over here,
are everyday occurences in Asia.
During campus elections Islamia
college, Karachi, Pakistan, to
name one, resembles New York's
Times Square during New Year’s
Eve, more than it does Oregon
campus these days.
On the academic side, the large
variety not only in the subjects
offered, but in the same subject,
never fails to impress foreign
students. Says Namiko Ikeda of
Japan, “It is wonderful; I can
pick courses that I like, instead
of following a set pattern.”
To the click of billiard balls
in the Cosmo club foreign stu
dents exchange opinions and
ideas. And whether they say it
in Japanese or Hindi or Arabic,
most agree that it is fun to study
here.
SEU IT THRU THE
WAMHPAHS
Campus Briefs
0 The Cosmopolitan dull will
meet Friday at 8 p.m. at the
'Plymouth House. A program on
South America will start after
10 p.m. to give all members a
chance to attend the concert.
Coffee and a dance will follow
the program.
0 The time of the Duck Pre
view chairmen banquet' to be
held Thursday has been changed
to 5:30 p.m. All chairmen are to
bring their reports if they have
not already turned them in.
0 Th«‘ Oregon Alpine rlub
will meet today at 6:30 p.m. in
the Student Union. Following the
meeting there will be a lecture on
rock climbing technique. Visit
ors are welcome.
0 Skull and Dagger will meet
tonight at 6:45 in the Student
Uniorr. New members will be
chosen.
0 The YWCA cabinet will
meet at noon today in Gerlinger
hall. —
• Carol Boals. Margie Har
man, Kathleen Morrison, Carol
Arneson, Claire Brown, Nan Bor
auist. Karen Kraft, Vern Travis.
Randall Ralls, Joanne Flanders,
iJoAnne Rogers, Delbert Free
; man arul Doreen Crawley were
| confined to the infirmary Tues
day for hospital 'supervision. No
visitors are being allowed on the
I second floor.
0 Key. Alfred Stenner of the
i First Presbyterian church of
j Springfield will speak tonight at
Westminster House following a
Skelton Talks to
Young Democrats
Keith Skelton, former Dem
ocratic candidate for state sena
tor. will address University
Young Democrats tonight at 7:30
in the Student Union following
a short business meeting,
Skelton, now a Eugene lawyer,
is the graduate of three colleges.
He has graduated from Kdin
boro college, received a law de
gree at the University of Wash
ington and a political science de
gree at the University of Oregon.
Skelton is also a member of the
Oregon and Washington bar as
sociations and Eugene chumber
of commerce.
The business meeting will start
at 7 with all prospective mem
bers paying dues. All students
and professors are welcome to
attend.
DELICIOUS PEA PODS
Everyone is talking about fender green peapods with
barbecued pork. Cooked to perfection, every cus
tomer comes back for more at
HOURS
Weekdays
4 P M —11 P.M.
Fri. I Sat.
4 P.M.-3 A M.
Sunday
12 A.M.-11 P.M.
LESLIE'S
MANDARIN RESTAURANT
"The Home of Good Food on the Campus Edge"
1249 Alder Phone 3-6234
5:30 supper. Ho will speuk on
"The New Testament; its Mean
ing Today."
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Mother
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