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study experience. The factors that usually affect
where a student studies are finances, major (aca-
4emic credit), location and the time that a particu
lar program is offered, Weber said.
I Study abroad gives students a chance to
enhance their personal being and to find out more
about the United States from an outsider’s per
spective, Schutt said.
I “Until we are exposed to different lifestyles,
vyc are very tempted to think that our way of
doing things is the only way or the right way,”
Phillips said. “It was amazing how different life
is in Europe.”
I Casey McDonald, a junior journalism major, said
sre has always wanted to study abroad her whole
life and was going to apply for the fall, but changed
her mind because of the current war in Iraq.
“One day I’ll go, but I’m going to wait until
things settle down,” she said.
I Sarah Szuminski, a junior journalism major, is
cjurrently studying in Italy. Her program is locat
ed in a small community outside of Florence, and
she said she has never felt unsafe since she has
been there.
I “Taking precautions is a good idea and some
thing that I practice,” she said. “But I have not lim
ited myself in anything that I had planned on
doing or seeing as a result of the constant political
liirest that is going on.”
I Anti-Americanism is not the only threat stu
dents may face when they study overseas.
I Students who are part of the Internship and
Living Abroad Program in the Jordan Institute for
Wednesday, April 2, 2003
International Awareness, were scheduled to travel
to Singapore in May for six weeks. However, due
to the recent outbreak of Severe Acute
Respiratory Syndrome, the trip was postponed.
“We are really just worried about the health
of our students, “ said Diego Garcia, director of
the program.
Garcia said the group will leave, at the earliest,
July 1 and return Aug. 14.
“I’m not saying a month will make a differ
ence, but Singapore will be the first to tackle the
problem because of their health care programs and
they have been the most progressive,” he said.
Garcia said that travelers should check the
Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s, Web
site, www.cdc.gov for information about the dis
ease and travel warnings.
Students in the program say they are not wor
ried about their safety in Singapore.
“Asians value respect and America and treat
everyone with respect,” said Marge Cussen, a sen
ior marketing major.
Garcia said Singapore’s police apparatus made
the country safer than some places in America.
“They are a strong ally and have very, very strong
security mechanisms,” he said. “I think there is more
of a problem in New York or San Fransisco.”
Students currently abroad are advised by the
study abroad office to not advertise that they are
from the United States, to stay away from places
that have an overt connection to the United States,
such as McDonald’s restaurants and to avoid
protests and metropolitan areas. They are also asked
to always carry emergency contact information.
Students can also check travel warnings at
www.state.gov.
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initial reluctance to assist forces
fighting Saddam’s regime.
I Troops worked to win the
trust of Iraqis, keeping in mind
that many still recall promises of
lil eration in the 1991 Gulf War
only to find Saddam’s forces
reiurned unhindered when coali
tion forces withdrew.
I Lights went on for the first
time in weeks in the port city of
Umm Qasr, firmly under British
control. Some British forces in
southern Iraq were wearing
berets in public, shedding their
more warlike helmets in areas
deemed safe.
Lynch, a supply clerk, was
reported missing March 23
along with 11 other U.S. sol
diers from the 507th
Maintenance Company, based at
Fort Bliss, Texas, after an
ambush near Nasiriyah.
Separately, the Navy said two
pilots were rescued, both in
good condition, after their F-14
Tomcat crashed in southern Iraq.
The plane was on a combat mis
sion, but the crash was not
believed due to hostile fire.
The American and British
bombing was constant — large
explosions reverberated around
Baghdad — punctuated by a
series of small ground engage
ments an a sweeping arc to the
south of the capital.
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SARS patients.
I They also say the SARS germ, not yet firmly
identified, appears to spread mostly from droplets
spewed out through coughing or sneezing. But it’s
possible it might also spread more broadly by air
borne transmission, or by lurking on surfaces like
cjoorknobs that other people later touch, the
experts said.
| Short of quarantine, authorities around the
country have taken other steps.
At the airport in San Jose, Calif, an American
Airlines flight from Tokyo was held on the tarmac
after the captain reported five people on board
appeared to have SARS-like symptoms. The dis
ease causes a fever, sometimes with chills,
headache and body aches, and can lead to a cough
and shortness of breath.
A man sitting near three of the passengers said
they showed no signs of illness.
“It’s an overreaction of some sort,” said Bob
Beom of Grants Pass, Ore.
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the United States.
I The rescued soldier’s home-
tjpwn erupted in celebration at
the news.
I “They said it was going to be
the biggest party this road had
ever seen,” Lynch’s cousin
Sherri McFee said as fire and
police sirens blared in the back
ground.
“Everybody was really wor
ried ... but we all remained
hopeful and knew she would be
home,” McFee said.
Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks at
Central Command headquarters
in Qatar announced that a U.S.
POW had been rescued but
refused to provide any further
details.
In a brief statement, Brooks
said: “Coalition forces have
conducted a successful rescue
mission of a U.S. Army prisoner
of war held captive in Iraq. The
soldier has been returned to a
coalition-controlled area.”
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