The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, February 19, 1997, Image 4

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By Karen Janes
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a classroom discussing over-
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decide to “drop in” on India to take a
firsthand look at overpopulation.
These students are participants in
a program called Semester at Sea.
They attend classes on a cruise ship,
but the world is their classroom. Stu
dents spend 100 days circling the
globe and visit nine to 10 countries.
Julie Speed, a senior biomedical
science major who spent last fall on
Semester at Sea, said she “learned by
doing” while in the program.
“You study about something,
then you actually see it,” Speed said.
"You live it.”
Though students take 12 to 15
hours and attend classes every day
while at sea, they can explore and trav
el countries while at port.
Anju Ganeshappa, a senior an
thropology major, took the trip last
spring. She said she remembers what
she learned at port better than what
she read in books.
“Even though I spent the least
amount of time studying from a
book that semester,” Ganeshappa
said, “I learned the most I ever have
in my entire life.”
For many classes, students have as
signments or field projects to do while
in port. These excursions give students
an in-depth look at
the cultures of the
countries they visit.
Both Speed and
Ganeshappa visited
a school for the deaf
in Vietnam, which
Speed said proved
to be a learning ex
perience.
“It was amazing
to me that these kids
were so malnour
ished. Most of them
were mute—they never had visitors,”
she said. "They were so excited when
we came to visit them. Their faces just
glowed when we hugged them.”
Ganeshappa’s experiences at the
deaf school made her less scared of
and intimidated by language barriers.
“Children are universal,” Gane
shappa said. “You don’t need language
with them. You can communicate
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an American by
traveling outside
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Anju Ganeshappa
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with them by a smile, by drawing with
them, using your hands, or even by
giving them piggy-back rides.”
Experiences such as those at the
deaf school help Semester at Sea pas
sengers open their eyes to the world,
participants said. Ganeshappa said she
felt ignorant of things happening in for
eign countries before her journey. Now
that she has seen so many diverse
places, she understands people better.
“Semester at Sea gave me a better
sense of reality,” Ganeshappa said. "I
believe that I am more tolerant of dif
ferent people now.”
Though the time spent in port vis
iting foreign countries is incredible,
Semester at Sea stu
dents have a good
time on the ship as
well. When students
are not in class or
studying, they watch
movies, have talent
shows, play volley
ball, dance or just
hang out. Gane-
shappa said she nev
er ran out of things
to do.
“Ship life
was a
complete cultural experience,” she
said, “but a complete college experi
ence at the same time.”
Speed said the passengers on
board formed their own culture
and community.
“It’s like you’re one big family,”
she said. “You’re eating with your
professors, you’re swimming with
your professors, their kids are on
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