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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1980
^Student work-travel programs available
;xt major i
By JAN EVANS
Campus Reporter
I Have you ever considered farming
in Norway, waiting tables in West
^Germany, or being a live-in babysit-
ily don't hamf ; ter in Austria?
d to predict, HiJj; These are some of the jobs that
terview. \company study and travel prog
's second largttjfcns offered to Texas A&M Univer-
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students.
Mona Rizk-Finne, study abroad
viser, said not enough students
low about the office to benefit
em. She said she gives individual
apan gets
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counseling to students wishing to
travel, work, or study abroad.
The International Services Office
has catalogs from foreign universities
and information on work and travel
programs for students.
A file of grants, loans, scholar
ships, and fellowships is also avail
able for inspection. Rizk-Finne said
there are many opportunities for
financial aid, but the student must
seek them out.
“Some grants are very competi
tive,” Rizk-Finne said. “They might
require a 3.8 GPR. ”
Other scholarships are based on
such things as academic major or
foreign language proficiency.
Student travel loans are available
through the Memorial Student Cen
ter Travel Committee. Rizk-Finne
said the individual student should
check on his own potential for finan
cial aid.
Rizk-Finne said even students on
work programs should expect to pay
for living accommodations and trans
portation. The manual labor-type
jobs mentioned above, which are
part of the Working in Europe prog
ram, are usually “minimum pay for
long, hard work,” she said.
Low wages coupled with the rise
in airline ticket prices and the fluc
tuation of the value of the dollar in
foriegn countries, makes it necessary
to have a substantial cash reserve.
Travel and study programs re
quire the student to pay all expenses,
but often a student can arrange to
live with a family in the foreign coun
try, she said. University-sponsored
trips can sometimes get airline group
rates.
Rizk-Finne said there are several
overseas travel programs offered at
Texas A&M, such as MSC Travel
Committee trips, summer foreign
language programs, and individual
department study programs. Stu
dents can also arrange to obtain col
lege credit for overseas studies.
can arrange for home stays, since it
works with the Experiment in Inter
national Living, a student exchange
program.
The office issues international stu
dent ID and Eurrail passes which
provide for student railway fare dis
counts in Europe.
Rizk-Finne holds seminars each
semester to give students an over
view of opportunities and proce
dures for travel overseas.
The International Services Office She stresses early planning at the
seminars. Applications for overseas
work or study must by submitted
several months in advance.
things as credit transfers, living
acommodations, airline reserva
tions, passports, vaccinations t>nd
After the initial application, such
The International Services Office
advises students in all these areas.
The office is on the second floor of
Bizzell Hall.
United Press International
DENVER — When Texas native
rtTennison dons a red, white and
|ue apron and a chef s hat to barbe-
ie beef, he resembles any other
ateur cook enthusiastically pre-
ing a feast of ribs,
as discovered!«*g u t mos t an y tj me p) r l.B. ‘ Bert’
team ol geodi)*nnison cooks, it is for one reason
nilton, Mark2 —promotion.
Anthony Crmt®x enn i son j s the representative to
man. Rp an 0 f the U.S. Meat Export
lid that mostrfift ( ] era tj oni an organization working
riented topra®open foreign markets for U.S.
ikl that most He relies on his fluency in
ented towardf[r») a nese to convince Oriental resi
rs but towardiiW en ts to introduce hamburgers and
structures in MT.hones into their traditional rice
that engineer-.fish diet.
with these in it* At booths in Japanese supermar-
■mors, unlikeajjiets and at trade fairs, Tennison ex-
ahforia, are caui4| a j ns techniques such as broiling
huge plate of Eaijd marinating to “get across to the
ms the continaft) a nese that U.S. beef is juicy, fla-
i. California iraKfal and tender."
ipping and sciMTennison, who worked his way
and North Asc-ftrough the Texas A&M University
Rterinary school by flipping ham-
Itirgcrs at a College Station fast-food
stand, says the Japanese were
posed to the opening of an MEF
ice in 1978 because of what it
fcight do to their own cattle in-
■dustry.
Ijapanese cattle producers, he
§'\/^ sa y s, demonstrated by parading
jjers around the U.S. Embassy in
Japan to protest the opening of the
MEF office.
iprogramsraijfeBut opposition to the lobbying
S and is schediikports of the American meat group
15. Itwasintrakhas turned around. Now the
ustain their knMpanese Livestock Industry Promo-
■fmance existingwn Corporation, which controls
s or loan guaraiief imports to Japan, has opened a
culty getting»|) env er office. MEF President Alan
lR. Middaugh says this will enable
r pressure to eijoser contact with a leading impor-
^specially bec«|§ r ofU-S meat and meat products.
President Ctrtf Heretofore, Japan’s prime source
tin and soybear °f meat has been grass-fed beef im-
from Australia.
sta
ustl
ob
Bill suggests
grain for fuel
>pearancebeforf!| An MEF spokesman said Japan
Iture Coimiii!l! has a quota structure that essentially
retary Bob Bfr®farantees the continued purchase
ion of the pn» ofAustralian beef. But Tennison says
:essary. younger Japanese, becoming more
ik, appearingm more indoctrinated into West-
culture Commit! ern culture and lifestyle, want the
stance, sayingai: Western meat dishes.
>rt “depends oilii Middaugh says most of his organi-
5 ” Several led ^'on’s promotions are geared for
House Agrii hotel chefs and restaurateurs who
hairman Itioa w ant to “Americanize” their menus.
have introJK he says steaks sold in big hotel
he program. Fob 1 chains still are not cheap, and prime
1 it throughSepl? cuts S °W in Japanese supermarkets
are scarce and nearly prohibitive in
d only 4 percei'P 05 ^
;uaranteedasoiy “tf y°u end U P paying $50 for a
ercent were fc B ' ce ste ah dinner in the Ginza area,
tu expected tkati you can figure you’re getting a fairly
e guaranteed. S°od bargain,” said Steve Carpen-
lers Home has; * er > assistant to the MEF president
in promoting ? ' n ^ enver -
igram that proraf
ss of bank loans i
e officials andw
sional investip
fer to handle el
ng loans, orais*.
r rates and sh#
erally guaranWj
United Press International
Home officialst WASHINGTON — Sen. Herman
that the progf Talmadge, chairman of the Senate
ued because M Agriculture Committee, says more
■s Home ownerst should be done to help farmers re
grams often art cover from the Russian grain
embargo.
The Georgia Democrat said Tues-
^ day government-held corn should be
. available at a lower price than other-
1: wise for newly built alcohol fuel
i : plants.
The administration unveiled a
’twlTJU* program to encourage construction
of more gasohol plants, but officials
have opposed isolating any Russian-
bound com for gasohol production.
Talmadge proposed that govern
ment stocks of corn be sold to new
alcohol plants for about $2.41 per
bushel. Under current law, govern
ment stocks could be sold in the mar
ket for no less than $3.15 per bushel.
The gasohol provision was part of
a bill Talmadge introduced by to sof
ten the impact on farmers of Presi-
( y wh dent Carter’s Jan. 4 embargo of 17
vPjB million tons of grain and 1 million
vS tons of soybeans. Hearings on the
U H bill are expected soon.
AJ Talmadge said he is not sure
enough has been done to minimize
“■ the adverse impacts on the American
farmer. The administration says its
post-embargo policies will keep farm
income as high as it would have been
without the embargo.
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