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News brief
Hong Kong Night to feature
traditional wedding
The sound of ringing wedding
bells will be heard during this year’s
Hong Kong Students Association’s
Hong Kong Night, which will be
held from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Sunday.
The event will begin with dinner
in the EMU Skylight at 5:30 and
move into the Fir Room at 7:30 for
the evening’s performance. For
dinner, the group will be making a
traditional Hong Kong meal with
chicken, barbecued pork and
steamed tofu — for dessert, they
will serve a coconut-flavored pud
ding and a sweet egg soup.
HKSA member Macy Chan will
be singing Chinese songs from the
1960s that are popular in Hong
Kong and six HKSA members will
sing Chinese rock songs.
Members will also perform the
play “Wedding Invitation,” which
will explore the culture of Hong
Kong. The play will demonstrate
how a traditional Hong Kong wed
ding is celebrated and follow the
married couple’s life in Hong Kong
through their 50 years of marriage.
In addition, Office of Interna
tional Programs Director Thomas
Mills will be speaking at the event
about study abroad programs in
Hong Kong.
“This event is to let people learn
more about Chinese and the city of
Hong Kong,” HKSA Co-Director
Wilbur Lee said.
Tickets, which are available at the
EMU Ticket Office, are $6 for stu
dents and $7 for the general public.
— Danielle Gillespie
Study abroad
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Middle East. The warning gives
U.S. travelers information about the
present political climate in differ
ent countries. In its latest warning,
issued April 2, 2002 , the State De
partment said U.S. citizens should
defer traveling to Israel, the West
Bank and Gaza because of a pend
ing threat of future terrorist attacks.
This academic year, the Israel
study abroad program had its low
est number of applicants, with only
one student from the University
participating in the program during
fall term 2001. This number is sig
nificantly lower than the 1999-2000
academic year, when seven stu
dents studied in Israel. The pro
gram saw its peak year in 1995-96,
when eight students studied abroad
in Israel.
University senior Sarah Shpall
traveled abroad to Israel in fall
2000, and said she felt safe during
her stay.
“I have been to the country be
fore, and I know how it works,” she
said. “I have family there and they
teach you how to deal with the
atrocities that the people live with
in their daily lives.”
Vanderkar said a University stu
dent has made plans to study in
Turkey for fall term 2002, and at
this time, OIP has confidence the
student will be safe while there.
“Turkey is a stable country at this
r
present time and it does not border
Palestine and Israel, which would
be considered unsafe,” she said.
In the next few months, if stu
dents show interest in studying in
Israel or Jordan, they will have to
seriously discuss safety concerns
and their reasons for wanting to
travel to the country with the For
eign Studies Program Committee,
said Vanderkar.
She said although Jordan is
presently a stable country, study
abroad students would be studying
in Amman, near the border of Is
rael, which the U.S. government
considers unsafe at this time.
Despite the current conditions in
Israel, International Resource "Cen
ter Coordinator Anne Williams said
the center, which offers students in
formation about traveling abroad,
has not seen any change in stu
dents’ interest in studying in Mid
dle Eastern countries.
“People are still coming in and
looking at brochures about the
Middle East, and most students
seem interested in Egypt and Is
rael,” she said.
Shpall said she would return to
Israel, even now, after the Sept. 11
terrorist attacks and with the cur
rent political climate.
“Israel is a resilient country,” she
said. “There has always been strength
there, even at times of adversity.”
E-mail reporter Danielle Gillespie
at daniellegillespie@dailyemerald.com.
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