Hosts assist newcomers
By OSCAR HALPERT
Ot ttw Enwrald
Editor's note This story is the fifth in a
series examining foreign students at the
University.
One of the biggest challenges to students
coming to the University from abroad is just
getting here The second biggest challenge is
staying
Two programs, one sponsored by the
University's Friendship Foundation and an
other by the American English Institute, help
foreign students feel more at home in their new
surroundings
Operating since the early 1950s, the For
eign Student Friendship Foundation finds
host families" for foreign students The
students do not live with families, but join them
in activities such as dinners and picnics
"It's kind of informal," says Liz Litchman,
a foreign student advisor "The main purpose
is to be a friend in the community "
A picnic is held each fall by the friendship
families as a kind of welcoming party, Litchman
says Sometimes families going on ski trips or
to the beach will ask their friendship student to
go along
Many friendship families and foreign
students remain in contact after the students
leave the country, she says
Once here, foreign students may face
another hurdle betore being admitted to the
University — learning the language
At the American English Institute, students
who can't speak English well enough to enter
the University are given language instruction
But the aim of AEI goes beyond just getting
students into college, says director Iris Moye
"Our goal is to prepare students for life
after college,” Moye says
Of AEl's 147 students, the majority are
Japanese, followed by Arabic and Spanish
students, says Susan Spradling, housing and
activities coordinator
Spradling organizes a host program for
non-academic students who want a full-time
living situation, rather than the occasional
get-togethers with friendship families About
25 students are placed in houses, apartments
or quads each term, she says
Like the Friendship Foundation's pro
gram. students are greeted at the airport in the
fall Spradling says she learns students' likes
and dislikes from pictures and other informa
tion
"Then I try to pair the student with a
family,' she says, adding that she has the most
difficulty pairing smokers and non-smokers
with compatible families
"It's mostly a matter of luck Some rela
tionships are adequate then there are
those that'll be long-term relationships,” she
says
Photo by Bob Baker
Iris Moye
Group urges ban on cups
By VANESSA KOKESH
01 the Emerald
The Survival Center Is promot
ing a boycott of styrofoam cups
in the EMU to draw attention to
the environmental and health
hazards of the synthetic mater
ial
The environmental action
group has been planning the
boycott since the beginning of
the 1981-82 academic year
Last week, the center began
circulating a petition protesting
the EMU's use of styrofoam
cups
the EMU goes through one
million styrofoam cups each
year, says Liza Scully, Survival
Center recycling coordinator
She suggests that paper cups,
which are recyclable and
biodegradable, should be used
Correction
John Witte, editor of
Northwest Review — a jour
nal of creative writing, crit
icism and comment pub
lished three times a year —
recently was awarded a Na
tional Endowment for the
Arts Grant to pursue his own
writing He was erroneously
identified as John Whitley in
Tuesday's Emerald
instead
“It seems like no one on the
EMU Board will talk to me about
the possibility of a ban on sty
rofoam Paper cups are three
times more expensive and the
EMU food service doesn't seem
anxious to trade in profit for
safety,'' Scully says
Styrofoam is a plastic foam
made by expanding polystyrene
resin Environmentalists say the
gases used to expand the foam
are toxic, and the gases deplete
the earth s ozone layer
The fumes are not only dan
gerous to those who manufac
ture the styrofoam, but also to
those who drink anything acidic
from styrofoam cups, says Matt
Holmes, the center's assistant
director
Coffee and lemon in tea can
cause the polystyrene to leak
out and be inhaled Polystyrene
is a mutagen, or cancer-causing
agent Benzene, a styrofoam
ingredient, has been linked to
cancer by Modern Packaging
Research
Steve Kramer, Survival
Center director, says there is
little need for styrofoam cups in
the EMU
Most people drink their cof
fee in the EMU and there isn't
much of a need for to go' cups
China cups could be used in
stead.1 Kramer says
So far, no one has contacted
the EMU administration about
the ban, according to EMU dir
ector Adell McMillan She would
not comment on the Survival
Center boycott
The Survival Center plans to
implement the ban by educating
students on the harms of sty
rofoam
' The health and environmen
tal hazards connected to styr
ofoam should be reason en
ough to prohibit use of the
product in the EMU,” Scully
says
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