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and security for the staff, I really
think we can encourage a few
more people to ride bikes,” Petit
said.
He pointed out that some staff
members work at odd hours, com
ing or leaving the health or coun
seling centers in the dark.
“It will make the staff feel a lot
more comfortable to have reason
ably secure parking,” he said.
The proposal for the covered
and secured bike parking was first
reviewed last April. The original
proposal was to build a large shel
ter for covered and secured bike
parking on the west of the build
ing, but the proposal was not in
accordance with University
building regulations and needed
revision. The revised plan re
duced the overall physical size of
the shelters, with one being able
to fit under an existing roof.
David Niles, bicycle coordina
tor for the University, said he sup
ported any improvements of bike
facilities on campus but he also
said the campus might see more
such improvements if there was
more of an organized need and
fewer aesthetic regulations.
Niles said he especially likes to
see such improvements happen
for all users of campus, but students
might not always voice their needs
in an organized and vocal manner.
He said he would like to see
covered and secure bicycle park
ing being considered when a
building is first built, rather than
as an afterthought.
ASUO President Wylie Chen
said he is encouraged about the
new bike rack for the health cen
ter staff, but students’ needs
should also be addressed.
“I think bikes racks are very
needed because it encourages al
ternative transportation, such as
bikes, as opposed to driving or
even taking the bus,” Chen said.
“As far as students getting riled
up about it, I don’t think that it is
necessarily an issue that students
would necessarily want to organ
ize around; however, it is some
thing that students would want to
see more of.”
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By Edward Yuen
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The issue of “international
ism” versus “multiculturalism”
was the topic of a discussion or
ganized by the International Stu
dents Association Monday night.
About 30 students, both interna
tional and American, attended
the hour-long discussion.
Students expressed their con
cerns about international stu
dents not being included in the
different discussions about the
development of campus multi
culturalism. Some American
students also said they feel frus
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communicating with interna
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Jennie Breslow, a senior jour
nalism major, said she had diffi
culties communicating with stu
dents in Finland when she was
in an exchange program in the
country two years ago.
She said when she came back,
she wanted to be able to help
Finnish students who attend the
University, but she was unable
to get information from the Of
fice of International Education
and Exchange.
“There are lots of students and
lots of Americans who want to
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be involved with the [interna
tional students],” Breslow said.
Breslow also said it is impor
tant to keep “different channels
of communication” open to stu
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Mishal Sammon, vice presi
dent of the Gulf Countries Coun
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have different perceptions on ac
tivities.
He said when he talked to
some international students re
garding the Black Heritage Fash
ion Show hosted by the Black
Student Union last Saturday,
“the majority of [them] did not
even hear about that.”
“When you have an interna
tional student who attends an
American activity, they also feel
left out. ... It’s not only getting
Americans or U.S. citizens to get
involved in international activi
ties, but also the other way
around,” Sammon said.
ISA Co-director Alberto Albu
querque said ISA would contin
ue the discussion on campus di
versity in the future and would
invite other student groups and
administration to attend.
“We would like to work to
gether, we would like to have
some quality interaction time,”
Albuquerque said
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