ABROAD
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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.
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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.
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