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ABROAD continued from page 1A trend of increasing enrollment in study abroad programs. Since 1997-1998, the University has seen a 35 percent jump in study abroad enrollment. "The students 1 talk with are en thusiastic about traveling," Van derkar said. Students who have been abroad had positive things to say about their experiences. "It was great," said Sarah Country man, a graduate student who stud ied in Perugia, Italy in the summer of 2001. "I learned a lot about Ital ian culture that I don't think I would have here." Evan Hobbs, a Southern Oregon University student currently study ing in Quito, Ecuador, said his expe rience has been "incredible." "It's been by far the most positive and valuable thing I’ve gotten out of college to date," Hobbs said. "If it were up to me Ed require it of all stu dents. You could study a language for five years and not gain the fluen cy that you could in one year of liv ing in a foreign country." I lobbs and Countryman said that anti-American sentiment abroad did not negatively affect their experiences. "People are very good about dif ferentiating between the American government and Americans as a people," Hobbs said. "Ecuadorians have been, for the most part, incred ibly warm and friendly to me." Countryman said she felt "totally" safe in Italy despite anti-American demonstrations that erupted during her stay. "They had a bunch of people burning flags outside of the Ameri can embassy," she said. Some University students did choose to stay home following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, accord ing to Vanderkar. "Fourteen students chose not to participate that fall, most likely due to Sept. 11," she said. Despite international conditions, University students have chosen a broad range of countries in which to study. While Italy and Mexico are the most popular destinations, Uni versity students dot the globe. In 2002-2003, students studied in such diverse locations as Japan, Chile, Russia, Greece, Thailand and Ghana. Two students even studied in Cuba, a forbidden fruit to most Americans be cause of federal sanctions. Turkey and Israel were the only Middle Eastern nations that Univer sity students studied in during 2002-2003. The average University student abroad is most likely a junior and most likely female, according to Uni versity statistics. This profile is consis tent with national figures. Some fields of study also tend to draw a disproportionate number of University students abroad. In 2002 2003, 55 business majors, 55 journal ism majors, 52 architecture majors, 49 Spanish majors, 47 art majors and 46 international studies majors stud ied abroad. Majors such as chemistry, women's studies, linguistics and geo logical sciences each contributed few er than 10 students to the study abroad pool. Contact the campus/ federal politics reporter at chuckslothower@dailyemerald.com. KENNEDY continued from page 1A on January 20, 1961. He was the youngest president in the nation's history and the first Catholic to be elected for the post. Klonoski said one had to live in those days to appreciate what Kennedy meant to people. The president stands out in history because of his youth, enthusiasm and intelli gence, Klonoski said. "It was a revival of a positive gov ernment and he was going to put en ergy back into national govern ment," Klonoski said. I le said he was at Kennedy's inau guration in Washington, D.C., when Kennedy uttered his famous direc tive, "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask instead what you can do for your country." "The promise of those words just went through the crowd and through the nation," Klonoski said, adding that Kennedy brought "hope back into the hearts and minds of America." Pope said Kennedy is remembered because of the image of youth and ap parent energy, i Iowever, there is now evidence that shows the president suf fered from several physical problems. "He projected an image of being fresh and new and vital in ways that American politics in the '50s didn't have," Pope said. Whether Kennedy actually had a significant impact on the political sphere is up for analysis. "1 lis direct impact was a relatively limited one," Pope said. He said Kennedy was not particularly effec tive in getting measures through Congress and he may have lost the support of more conservative politi cians with some of his ideas. Kennedy's administration was not without troubles. Kennedy's support of Cuban exiles who tried to topple communist Fidel Castro in the failed Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 under mined his image. And the stand-off with Russia on nuclear weapons in the escalating Cold War also posed another challenge. There is also some speculation on how Kennedy would have handled the Vietnam conflict. Rea said Kennedy was responsi ble for increasing the U.S. military presence in Vietnam, which eventu ally led to a war that "cost the na tion a generation of young men and women." "I have often wondered whether the United States would have chart ed a more peaceful path in South east Asia had he lived," he said. Nonetheless, Kennedy did leave legacies that still stand today. One of his most tangible contributions was the creation of the Peace Corps in 1961. He was also active in the civil rights movement. Pope said the assassination ended Kennedy's administration before questions about his life could be an swered. It left a "mystique" as people wondered what great things he might have been able to accomplish had he lived. Forty years later, those questions and the memory of the man still remain. Contact the news editor at ayishayahya@dailyemerald.com. 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