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’.lackamas Athletic Director Jim Jackson (right) ran into many interesting people on his trip to Russia, such as this Lenin impersonator
hat he met on the streets of Moscow. Jackson recently gave a “Brown Bag Travel Series” presentation at the college about his trip.
Katie Wilson
[The Clackamas Print
. Clackamas Athletic Director
im Jackson gave the last of
Sis term’s “Brown Bag Travel
Feries” presentations
last
mursday.
I The presentations, brought
p the staff, faculty and stu-
lents of the college by the
Social Science Department and
he International Education
[ommittee, are a way for peo-
ile who have traveled to foreign
countries to share the knowl­
edge they have gained through
their experiences abroad. Those
who attend are treated to an
hour of stories, pictures and a
look at some souvenirs.
Last Thursday, in McLoughlin
206, Jackson talked about his
travels in Russia last summer
in a presentation called “How
I Survived the Trans-Siberian
Railroad.” He traveled with a
group led by Elena Bogdanovich,
the college’s Russian language
instructor, and her husband.
“It was quite a whirlwind
tour,” Jackson told his audi-
ence. “We saw a lot of different
parts of Russia, a lot of different
people.”
The trip served several pur­
poses.
“[Bogdanovich] was trying
to promote the [Russian] lan­
guage, so we had 16 people.
About eight were Russian stu­
dents in the first- or second-
year class, and the other eight
were relatives and friends,” said
Jackson.
The trip helped the students
with their Russian and provid­
ed a wonderful experience for
everybody.
Hablando nuestro idioma
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Norma Martinez
The Clackamas Print
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Nosotros como empleados sociedad.
On the flight back to Portland,
Jackson had written down a list
of his thoughts on Russia. He
shared these with the audience.
“The Russians are rude and
wonderful,” he said. “They’re
so rude, but they’ll give you the
shirt off their back. They want
you to enjoy their country and
their language.”
In Russia the group had to
learn to accept many cultural
differences and realize that what
Americans would consider to be
rude, the Russians see as a part
of normal life.
“They’re not hassling you
because you’re American—
that’s just what they do to
everybody. You have to tell
yourself, ‘I’m not in America,”’
said Jackson.
Everyone had to get used to
the food as well.
“The Russian food was great
... the first time,” said Jackson.
“I have a hard time eating fish
right now because we ate fish
everywhere we went.”
The group had many interest­
ing experiences: They found out
that outside of the United States
toilet paper is truly more valu­
able than anything else. They
also got to see the Olympic
torch ceremony go through
Moscow.
“The day before [that hap­
pened], Moscow was probably
the cleanest it has ever been,”
said Jackson. “It is the most
beautiful city that I’ve ever seen
... but don’t take my word for
it. You have to go to Moscow
and see.