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A&M Students consider options in traveling abroad
or many students College Station
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Uumient. For others, however, the “exotic"
feel of the town bagins to wane and the urge
to roam takes over. For these Aggies who can
not stand to eat their Ramen noodles in Col
lege Station — or even in the United States —
for one more day. two options exist: study
abroad or “backpack.'’
Students leaving home for the first year of
college can bring a wide range of feelings:
homesickness, anxiety, bewilderment and of
tentimes, the sheer relief of getting out of the
house and into the world.
Leana Divine, a junior international stud
ies and history major, works in the Texas
A&M Study Abroad Programs Office and
studied abroad in Normandy, France and
Puebla. Mexico, last summer.
Divine said making the choice between
studying abroad and backpacking (traveling
with few possessions through several destina
tions), depends on what the individual student
wants out of his or her adventure.
She said the best way for students to choose
between backpacking and studying abroad is
to determine if their motive for traveling is
purely recreation or education.
Divine said her desire to study abroad was
caused by her intense interest in two narrow
educational fields. She said she felt she could
acquire more knowledge in those fields by
studying abroad than she could by staying in
College Station or traveling on her own. She
went to Normandy to study the history' of
World War II and Puebla to study the Spanish
language and culture.
“1 learned more this summer than i learned
the rest of my life put together,” Divine said.
Divine said living with a family in Mexico
helped her learn Spanish faster than she could
have by attending hour-long classes three
times a w eek, how ever stimulating those class
es might be. She said by visiting France, she
learned about World War 11 in a setting that
made the material more tangible and real.
“1 f you wanted to go to Nonnandy to learn
about World War 11. but just wanted to back
pack it, then you would learn something, but
it wouldn't be nearly as much,” Divine said.
She said that an additional benefit to
studying abroad is the course credit avail
able to the motivated student.
“I was able to get 12 hours of college
credit in a summer in the most amazing
setting ever,” Divine said. “It’s just va
cation versus study — study abroad is
a good way to do both at the same time,
because people in summer school can’t
just go to Europe. You'd miss too
much class. It's not like people in Col
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New York for the weekend,” Divine said.
While Divine spent a good deal of time in
class, she also found time to explore Mexico
and Europe on her own.
“The great thing about Europe is that you
get the weekends off to travel wherever you
want. You study Monday through Thursday,
and then after class and on the weekends, you're
free to see the sights and talk to people. You’re
learning every second of the day,” Divine said.
While Divine's experiences in Mexico and
France fulfilled her desire to learn w hile she
traveled, not all students want to be tied to a
class schedule when they explore the globe.
Lauren Gore, a senior biomedical science
major, and four of her close friends plan to
backpack through Europe this summer as an
epilogue to their college experience.
“Most of us have never been [to Europe],
We’ve always told ourselves that this is what
we’re going to do when w'e graduate, so we’re
going,” Gore said.
Unlike Divine, who had specific interests
that she wanted to study outside of the coun
try, Gore said her interest is more general.
All together. Gore and her friends hope to see
the sights in Di jon, Layon. and many other cities.
“We had a group meeting, and everyone
had a say on where they most wanted to go,”
she said. “And then we talked to other people
who have been backpacking before to find the
best places to go. And then we just threw
Prague in there ourselves.”
Suzanne Tate, a senior journalism major,
knows what can happen when the wrong
choice is made between studying abroad and
backpacking. She went on the Marketing De
partment Study Abroad Program in Europe for
four weeks last summer.
Tate said that the problem she had was a
lack oi' interest in the material that the group
studied in Europe.
“1 have absolutely no interest in marketing.
We would do things like go walk through the
Audi distribution plant, and it just wasn’t any
thing that 1 was really interested in,” Tate said.
Looking back on her experience, Tate said she
would rather backpack Europe than study there.
“Really, the credit didn’t make any differ
ence to me. I just wanted to go, and that was a
good way,” she said. “But in retrospect, 1 think
we’ll have a lot more fun going on our own,
because everything was so planned. Like when
we went to London, for exam
ple, we only had
one
free
night
there. 1
think the
most we ever
stayed in one
place was
two or three
days, and at
least two of
those days
would already
be planned, so
we didn’t really
get to go to many
other places on
our own.”
The lesson to be
learned here is that
when deciding be
tween studying
abroad and back
packing, one’s mo
tives for traveling
should be taken into account before anything
is paid for. Determining how to pay for all this
traveling is the next step.
The Study Abroad Programs Office at
See Study Abroad on Page 5.
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ventive props, the Fred Garbo Inflat
able Theater Co. has redefined theatri-
:al entertainment by combining the graceful
' .ballet and choreography of Daielma Santos with
VVVVVWVVlfred Garbo’s mystifying feats and will bring its
fytalents to Rudder Auditorium Saturday.
IDIE’S IPIII The show’s trademark is its original use of
ifyniquely designed inflatable props and costumes.
SERVICE [|fhe show opens with a 10-foot, air-filled cylinder
slyly taking the stage, then it implodes, signaling
the start to a strikingly new form of entertainment.
In little time the audience is led into a carniva-
lesque state of mind as they bounce, catch and
throw the props that have been cast upon them.
“The people here had a fantastic time. We had
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something we don’t see a lot of around here,” said
Corey O’Keefe, an associate of the Imperial The
ater in New Brunswick.
Janice Chaikelson, director of marketing for
the New Victory Theater in New York City, said
that although their target audience is usually chil
dren and families, the performance was not lim
ited to them.
“As an adult, you just sort of walk in and turn
off your brain and become mesmerized by these
shapes, colors and what they’re doing. 1 thought
it was a lot of fun,” Chaikelson said.
Garbo, the show’s creator, was the original
Barkley the Dog on PBS’s “Sesame Street.”
Since then, he has performed as chief juggler in
the Broadway musical “Barnum” and was a
member of the Obie Award-winning “Foolsfire.”
Garbo recently performed on “The Late Show
with David Lettennan.”
Garbo’s co-performer Santos brings balance
and grace to the show. Born in Sao Paulo, Brazil,
she trained at the Royal Academy of Dance in
London and Michigan University. In her native
country Santos danced with Studio de Dancas
and performed ballet with the Opera Paulista II
dance company.
Santos’ artistry is a well-balanced counterpart
to the humorous work of Garbo.
The Fred Garbo Inflatable Theater Co. will
bring its unique performance to Rudder Audito
rium Saturday at 7 p.m. All tickets cost $6.50 and
are available at the MSC Box Office.
What: Fred Garbo
Inflatable Theater Co.
When: Saturday 7 p.m.
Where: Rudder Auditorium
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