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Monday, October 12,1987 Thursday, October 15,1987/The Battalion/Page 3 ... about ibf :k.eci and and their opinion if How about 1 because you ild would age-old physical heali: rro-choice. ncy and any -e not factual ir. A mindisi State and Local Study Abroad Office sponsors Overseas Day to invite students days! It seemi.: hen they are s more woniec odd sufferitiE ks are not es which offet; double thefe African ach a system ol such as Stud® eople.Thisisi Africa, slacks ofSoutli elp, but would ?t involved iniit i Africa. ail Call on the price, tt woodlands it it or not, the lizes is terribli h rough to nd wrong it isi new anything derstand,kai think is health ingonlife.nov tat must be ronfire becaust re is not a but 1 know fire that issffilf By Cindy Milton Staff Writer To someone walking through the MSC Tuesday, it might have seemed like just another day, but to those students who paid attention to the display tables in the main hall, it was an opportunity to tempt curiosities and world interests. And the stu dents who took advantage of the op- portunites may find themselves in a foreign country within the next year. Tuesday was Overseas Day, spon sored by the Study Abroad Office at Texas A&M. Representatives of the program offered information to anyone interested in traveling over seas for credit or work programs. Mona Rizk-Finne, director of the study abroad office, said the pur pose of the event was to recruit stu dents for upcoming summer courses offered overseas and to familiarize students with the many study abroad opportunities offered at A&M. Rizk-Finne said the study abroad office this year offers 12 programs, including six-week summer courses, full semseter courses and yearlong courses throughout the world. Stu dents have options to go through A&M and other American schools to travel and spend time in other coun tries and get credits that fit their de gree plans at the same time. The mission of the office, Rizk- Finne said, is to provide students in all fields of study a wide range of ed ucational experiences abroad. A&M has affiliations with several universities overseas, such as Tu bingen University in Southern Ger many and the University of Copen hagen in Denmark. Students can completely immerse themselves in foreign cultures by spending whole semesters at a for eign university, or they can go over seas on a shorter program taught by A&M professors. Kathleen Gossman, assistant pro fessor in the Department of Speech Communications and Theater Arts, spent part of last summer in Italy teaching a theater arts and civiliza tion class to a group of Aggies. She, idtwi INTERNATIONAL HOUSTON TO LONDON $489 HOUSTON TO FRANKFURT 599 HOUSTON TO MUNICH 639 HOUSTON TO PARIS 599 HOUSTON TO ZURICH 639 HOUSTON TO TOKYO 721 Call 1-800-223-4417 for more information. Some restrictions apply. LECTURING ON ISLAM CAT STEVENS Former British Popstar Photo by Sam Myers A&M students learn of the opportunities available in the Study Abroad program Tuesday in the MSC. teachers, stayed at La Po along with 23 students and two other grams, but there still seems to teacners, stayed at La Loggerina, lo cated 30 minutes south of Florence. The study abroad program, she said, provides an opportunity for students to meet humanities require ments in a fun way. She said the stu dents became close because they spent so much time together in the classes and learning about Italy. “We took a survey of the students at the end of the summer,” she said, “and most of them felt like they had seen the stars for the first time. We all became very close and we’re mak ing efforts to get together now that we’re back at A&M.” Rizk-Finne said that last year more than 400 A&M students went overseas through the office’s p ro- e a lack of awareness of the opportuni ties the office offers. The office provides almost any kind of information to anyone inter ested in going abroad, she said. “We have quite an extensive re source library and we have informa tion on criteria for the programs, fi nancial aid and the kinds of credits that can be transferred,” she said. “We can coordinate students and show them all sorts of options to go places.” Rick Lockett, a senior majoring in German history and literature, re cently returned from Germany where he studied at the Universitat Tubingen for a year through the study abroad office. He said he, as an American, experienced life as any German, student would. “The education for American stu dents abroad is the best you can achieve,” Lockett said. Rizk-F'inne said Lockett returned from his year in Germany a totally different person. The worldly knowledge a student gains by spend ing time in other countries is more than what can be taught on any cam pus in the United States, she said. Lockett said most students think traveling overseas for classes is out of reach financially, but that is a mis conception, he said. “No matter where you are, you’ll have to pay for food and rent,” he said. “The only thing extra you pay is the travel expense, and by the time you’ve experienced being overseas, it will all pay off.” DATE: OCT.19,1987. ~~ ~ TIME: 7:30 PM. LPLACE: RUDDER THEATER. [-PRESS CONFERENCE at 3:30 PM IN ROOM 206 MSC. ^sponsored by:Muslim Student Association.— J We’re tooting our own horn . . . Battalion Classified 845-2611 Vggie tradiioo;; i and returnee o mid- , butyetwhontt nay be neglij bout real res and dumpiri that were beta one tried ti h Nader is. Tk 1 nn. Personally Inight yell beta by the Hilton, tey littered the* s and other eryone to picbj ig up. Ifyoutf THAT'S HALF OF A MEDIUM CHEESE AND PEPPERONI PIZZA. mm ma~ m* VALUABLE COUPON i FREE SLICE WITH i • A SLICE I (That's % of a medium cheese and pepperoni pizza!) 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