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I Program helps students fit in
By Susanna Steffens
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Adjusting to n new culture is not at all easy. espe
cially for the new international students who have
arrived in Eugene to attend the University
Culture shock is expected, and for the past week
and P half, the Office of international Edui ation
and Exchange has provided orientation for the new
students who an* facing a totally different educa
tion system than they are used to
The University already has a thriving interna
tional community Today, more than 1.600 inter
national students from nearly 90 countries com
prise nearly 10 |x*r< ent of the student Ixxlv
With the arrival of tlx* new students and the open
ing of the pilot program at the International Col
lege. the ( nmpus environment is being enriched
together with improved i ross-cultural under
standing
Peter Briggs, the international student adviser at
the Office of International Education and Exchange,
has been involved in the orientation from early sum
mer. preparing a variety ol activities designed to
meet the international students' needs.
Briggs said the orientation has been very sue
< ess fill, thanks to the student volunteers w ho par
ticipated in the program. Altogether, 60 volunteers
helped the international offii e with the main work.
functioning ns group leaders who lead the new stu
dents through academic advising, campus tours and
general University information.
Much of the knowledge the new students received
was how to get involved in campus and commu
nity life, tiecause international students generally
take longer to foe! part of the life on campus. After
the first week, the new students have learned about
the Coffee Hour, which brings together students
from around the world in the International Lounge
each Friday.
The new students also became acquainted with
the hospitality table in the EMU. which is a new
resource set up to help the students through ori
entation and also through this fall The table pro
vides much valuable information about the dif
ferent I University resources, and nine international
peer assistants have been employed to assist the
table and help tin? students with various issues
Magid Shirzadegan. one of the international stu
dent advisers, is the person behind the table. He
has been working hard to form this new program.
Besides the table, workshops will be given this
fall on "Cultural Differences in the Classroom,"
concentrating on cultural and academic, adjust
ments The peer assistants will help the students
understand the U S. system of higher education and
American cultural norms.
1 Safety awareness info available
By Susarme Steffens
i ''egcvt DtUy £<ntrnkJ
Personal safety and protw turn
for students is be< oming more
and more important.
Nationally, one in four women
are sexually assaulted during
their college careers. and last year
52 rapes were reported to the
Kugene polu e department
hi order to raise awareness of
students' personal safety at the
University, the Unwanted Sex
ual Behavior Task Force will lie
providing an information table at
the University Bookstore today,
where information about rape
and sexual assault will lie given
Some of the material will ( ov
er the "Creating a Rape-Free Envi
ronment" seminar that w ill start
this fall and crime prevention tips
of how to protect v ourself both
indoors and outdoors.
Mainly, attention will he giv
en to the safety whistles that will
he given out free in order to
increase safety on campus The
whistles should he only he used
for safety reasons, and if students
hear the whistle around campus,
they should push any of the
emergency call boxes located
uroutid campus or c all Universi
ty Office of Public Safety at 34f>
5444.
The safety table will also he
giving put unofficial report forms
so that students can anonv
mously report sexual assault
experiences.
In the 1992-93 school year,
three rape and sexual assault
reports were given to OPS. Unof
ficial reports of acquaintance
rapt!, date rape and sexual assault
numbered 59.
With the unofficial report form,
the University can better track
sexual assault on campus, while
the student remains nameless
Joanie Robertson, assistant
dean of students, hopes the table
today will reach the largest num
ber of students and said many
|>eople will lie present at the table
to answer questions, stretching
from the Eugene Police Depart
ment to the Counseling Center
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