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V, C GAMECOCK" Jun^f 21, 1977 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. Volume LXVIII, No. 58 ! ! I MM f ' -- - ' - I || -|| -III' I 11 II Bill I III II I I I ... . Ml 1111 11 II | | II I llll !! 11 ! 1111 I? Ill I I ^ 500foreig ('-M (-on the inside?Students cope with foreign lanquaae and culture at USC. pages 3f 4 in students cri tfeit ^gg a , WJg aUr "'*Hr /nBSWr * 1 biIll- - >. ?ri / Hhoih *' % * *"t *?' One of the new Former I !<?/ I . > I . . I . president s duties piayer; will be hiring dnd firing. page 5 I n By RICHA L H Bflr^ Gamecock 1 About 50 problems c students be WHEN M " the United Mt&\ . welcome a Sjygd sa'd Diovi liSlK.- . ?I*a!!!.l - pg|g?? 0. " i wepi Isteu*. upon arriv; may neec* h * "%S5*?2? '*" Diaz be] ' 9 *iec^e^ Urn. among men Aft believe in ~*~W[ people here & iPE ' tributed to K Upon gra J (Mr-. in public hi L^j C . ||^B where she v P* 'fM$W public healt ui * because sti wm ^ ron 1 Wool USC baseball _ ; | Colui ? doing well. Partly I of sc page 7 showei J I Lows i RD G. ELLIOTT Staff Writer 0 foreign students at USC face . lifferent from those confronting ? >rn in America. t IANY foreign students arrive in * States, they receive no official ,nd many lack transportation, elis Diaz, of Panama City, tion for new students as a means ing them to Columbia and to ; is extremely necessary," Diaz >, the average foreign student I'l al has a language barrier and I ielp communicating with almost 1 lieves better coordination is receiving foreign students upon Columbia. "Not that foreign ould be given special attention, semester is very difficult for the ident and more consideration irovided." lg contacts with other students udents tend to stick together." cause they are limited to events * own peers and within their own However, Diaz said she does "boumern Hospitality" and have been nice and have conher professional growth. duation with a master's degree ealth, Diaz is going to Greece I'ants to work with international h MONPAM, from Hyderabad. luckier than most foieig:. 'h n he was accepted at I'SC lad several friends already j he felt it would be easier for r most tn arfinct tn fho now on was also lucky in terms of anguage was no barrier to him udents in India learn three - the mother language, Hindi l. Each of these languages is fferent parts of the educational ndia. lad no problem finding suitable luse a friend located a furnished or himself and his family, n student hasn't had time to rticipate in the International Indo-American Club because of 5 Ph.D. program and maini 4.0 average at the College of iministration. His father is a ^ T?wi:n 1 * ' *? * ? i 111 niuiti dim monuani nas ted to work in business. He trong math background during k in mechanical engineering at /ersity, Ala. ed if Americans had miscon>ut India, Mondani responded, rogressed at a much more rapid tside people think. The political ORKIGN STUDENTS, page 3 he outside-x c?nd forecast I mblo: Beaches: Mountains: cloudy, hot, chance attered afternoon ^ rs, Highs in 90s, in 70s J