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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1987)
US. exchange program available By Stephanie Holland Emerald Contributor Students who enjoy meeting new people, exploring different parts of the United States and learning about different lifestyles may be interested in participating in the 1988-89 Na tional Student Exchange Program. NSEP was started in 1968. it allows college students to at tend school in other parts of the United States, including the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, while paying the host schools' resident tuitions. Students re quest the number of terms they wish to attend, but the max imum length of exchange is one year. Students may partake in NSEP only once. Application materials for in terested students will be available jan. 30 from Academic Advising and Student Services, and the application deadline is Feb. 13. To participate, an ap plicant must be an Oregon resi dent, have at least a 2.5 grade point average and should be a sophomore or junior. Although freshmen and seniors may participate in ex changes, sophomores and juniors have priority. Many freshmen have not heard of the program and are often limited as to which schools will accept them. The University is selec tive with seniors because of graduation requirements. According to Gwen Kohashigawa of Academic Ad vising and Student Services. "Unless the senior is planning to return to the University for a fifth year, it is not recommend ed that the student participate in the program.” By meeting people from varied backgrounds and living in different geographical loca tions, "students get out of their comfort zones and make new friends,” Kobashigawa said. Students who have par ticipated in NSEP also em phasize the importance of the friendships made while on ex change. Senior Tim Blair, who spent his junior year at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, said "any time I want to go back and visit, there are people I can call. While I was there l met a guy from OSU and we're real good buddies now." Sheri Konowitz, who came to the University last year as a senior from the UM-Amhorst, has made many friends from different cultural backgrounds. On the East Coast, students of the same nationality "all hang out together and Americans don't get to know them." she said. Both Blair and Konowitz learned that students from op posite parts of the United States often know little about the rest of the country. Konowitz found she intimidated people because she talked loudly and quickly, traits common to many on the East Coast. She also found Oregon students "are not so freaked out about getting a job and being successful. It's dif ferent in a nice way.” she said. JU Continued from Page to River Center. The program includes a huge tree with 5.000 to 7,000 ornaments, each containing an in dividual gift request from a needy person. Volunteers can then come and remove a particular ornament and pro ceed to buy the gift and deliver it to the recipient. The YMCA has come a long way since its humble beginnings. “You could slash the “YMC" part of the acronym and you would be accurate,” Reames said. Currently, the association boasts a membership of more than 2,500, a 25-yard swim ming pool, four racquetball courts, steamrooms, saunas and one of the best weight rooms in town. From this description it may seem to the casual observer that the YMCA is no different than other fitness centers in town. However, it has something that the Oregon West and other athletic clubs do not — a mission statement. This reads, in part: The purpose of the YMCA is to improve and positively influence conditions which affect the quality of life for the people we touch — our members, families and our community. Emphasis is placed on the whole person, through programs and ac tivities that develop and en courage physical, mental, spiritual and social well being. This definition of purpose still is valid, according to Eugene YMCA general direc tor Bruce Shaw. “From tho standpoint of what our mis sion is and what we want to accomplish, we’re a much broader community service organization." Pfl NALS xo Ann Owings, Can Vanderschuere, Marisa Pasini and others leaving next term - GOOD LUCK! We ll miss you! Love. Chi Omega 12-11* Personals SEXY GRANOLA We ll miss you next term Sift In your hopes, your dreams and your wishes and nave a blast In Italy We love you very much. YAZ AMP RITA_12-11 HAPPY BIRTHDAY VICTORIA Your trlend. WENDI 12-11 Personals NORM Return the bottle it s The Cure You Can Dance if you Keep Your Distance, but you gotta have Faith that your ilfe wilt have a New Order with more Substance soon Love. 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