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Foreign helped I By SUSAN SHAW Gamecock Staff Writer USC foreign students with nrnhlpms r go to the International Student Prograi office, part of Student Affairs, for advi and a friendly ear. Theodore J. Ledeen, who retired director of ISP at the end of June, said was seeing about 10 students a day. Wh the ISP was first getting started in 19 Ledeen said he saw two or three forei students a day. "This past year was t busiest. We got added questions abc Libyans' wanting to bring their wives to t U.S." FROM ALL the foreign student probler Ixdeen has heard the past 13 years, he ss the hardest adjustment for foreign studer Services increasing Groups < By CHARLES SOWELL Gamecock Staff Writer Foreign students who attend USC can g Southern hospitality from several organ campus and in the community. According to Phillip R. Ives, head of Ir Student Programs at USC, the number students and the services offered to t creasing here and around the nation. About 500 foreign students are enroll today, as opposed to 120 enrolled 10 veai increase can be attributed to many factoi stressed the influence of alumni returni country and recruiting students. IVKS SAID the number of foreign studei in American colleges is increasing partia many third world nations are spending lar of money to educate their youths in An example, Venezuela has begun a program ProfessorsFrom page 3 foreign student undergraduates with that Folks said. Foreign students are not reserved, sak Holmes, engineering dean. They come for they have problems or questions. They ? smart or dumb as their American coi Holmes said. ANOTHER PROBLEM area for the stud foreign backgrounds, which can lead t( expectations from courses. A different discipline" is taught in other countries. Inl affairs and political science students ovc phasize history, philosophy and law, not t analysis as in America. Foreign students "interpret events in t u~?i? a a r_: wiui incii uai:n^iuuuud. nil nnitdii siuut terpret American events differently." Marshall said that often an expla necessary, with a special emphasis on givi proper perspective on American history. T studenl by officc at USC was "getting used to a s accent." Usually the problems Ledeen were more routine. In some ca; ternational Student Program , powerless to help the student. These included academic and immi problems. One instance when ISP i he help involved a foreign student who I renew his stay. He had dropped c M college in the Columbia area and wa ' to transfer to USC. In addition, t j* government wanted to deport him 1 , he was working illegally. h The purpose of ISP is to advise anc the foreign student what resour< * - ?.! n 1 ? dvdiiiiuic to mm. r rom mere, me st ns expected to handle the problem hir lid "A FREQUENT problem faced by its students is always money," said ] lid interna about 2,000 students to thi: college education. The Columbia Council et a dose of said, is a community izations on assistance to foreign stut organization finds the h< adequate housing and ev iternational ment. "The Columbia coi of foreign furniture to furnish 75 co hem is in- said. FOREIGN STUDENTS ( led at USC on a variety of problems f rs ago. The the Russell House. The rs, but Ives ternationals will also hav< ng to their name of the Community 1 The International Stude nts enrolled Students Association are tl lly because f?r foreign students on cs ge amounts , , lerica For Carolina has many i that sends !jrT f?r '"fl" S number of foreign studen Hi uuicui, students are encouraged to is a foreign country to the i Roger A. "it doesn't make sense f ward when study Africa. He already I ire just as shall said. interparts, THE STUDENTS are e> lents is the methods of analysis here. ) different access to computers which I "core of countries. They learn the ernational "They can learn up-to-da rseas em- Marshall said. heory and There is "quite an arr Marshall said. There are mi issociation Asia. Also, the University ?nt will in- exchange program, with school involved. mation is Marshall said the foreig ing them a more motivated, and they "he foreign which place emphasis on t "Learning to communicate using students' language takes about a semest< Ledeen said. I When a student runs completely out money, ISP can arrange for emerge loans up to $150. Students from emerg African nations have the most problem getting money sent to them. Tn ppnpral fnroion ctnHonfc cnoU linl?? < 0 ?w? uvuuv/i l lO own liuip 1 ^ from their own nationality group. "If t J need money, they'll borrow it from tl ^ friends. After they've exhausted all tl resources, they'll come to ISP," 5 southern Ledeen. "Pprtnin nntinnaliiioc rtmuuui *?..? xMv.vtiMiavkViJ uvpvnu V/lI C handled other for security," observed Dillip Hec ses, In- a USC Indian student who was presiden s was Columbia Hall. By staying within their < usually group there aren't barriers to overcoi gration such as language and culture, he said. S?|? 1 The Columbia Council For Internation . .i v* - which pairs foreicn students with Amppi "i a fam^ies.is popular among foreign stude s trying "About 200 students are involved in the 1 fami'y program," said Ledeen. The ternational Club is also a success, .. , usually attracts more foreign students t! I inform American students. ;es are udent is "MOST FOREIGN students adjust ea nself. to the American culture. Most are gradi foreign students who have traveled and know Ledeen. they are doing," said Ledeen. Nume .. i reprej Tionais ByJOSEDUV Gamecock Stal s country every year for a The following by country, cor For Internationals, Ives Statistical Rep< organization that gives Osborne Build tents coming to USC. The students at US< ost families for students, office does not 1 en furniture for an apart- indicate they a incil has gathered enough T>,0 . mp.ete apartments," Ives Blaeksaid fa of the USC stu >n campus can receive help rom Ives' office located in Columbia Council for In; an office there under the r i nuusing rrogram. ints Club and the Chinese le two active organizations tmpus. good programs and tudents, Ives said, and the ts will probably increase. study America because it m. or an African student to knows about that," Marposed to more advanced They have fairly ready they may not have in their en clfillc */v L uv anillO IU U1KC UUIIie. ite analytical methods," ay of foreign students," are from the Far East and of Paris has a graduate one student from each n students are generally . have different motives, aking skills home. the "Most foreign students," said Hegde, a_ ? "are more serious about studying, it's their first priority. Many are outgoing, but they of don't goof off too much. ncv "After getting their degree the majority of Jink fore'8n students want to go home," said * Hegde. The foreign student usually has a good job lined up at home before he conies to the U.S. Also, There is security in their rst native country. hey Phillip Ives, new director of ISP, has hpir _i f? ?"i? * 1? * * ?; pmua iui geiuug ioreign ana American ieir students together. He suggested a monthly aid newsletter, a weekly social hour and intensive English courses geared toward ach American and international students, tee, American and foreign students would be 1 ?f paired off to aid each other in their language )vvn problems ? Americans learning a foreign tTie' language with a foreign student for whom that was a native language, als, "STUDENTS WOULD be more motivated can and get better use of the language," Ives nts said. The new ISP facility will move this A \i;onIr #rv * * iusi "?' > iu uit ncai w...K ui uii* uascmcni ot In. Russell House ? the former campus but bookstore. han The international floor at Columbia Hall last year, "was a good experience," said Hegde. "There was no predominant foreign sily nationality. The floor had 50 per cent late American and 50 per cent foreign students, 'hat with 12-15 nationalities represented. ISP helped organize the international floor. 1 1 tous countries sented here ALL Ff Writer ; is a breakdown of foreign students at USC npiled by Debbie Black, statistician at the )rtini? Sprvipo AHm* ? 1 -- 1 *? 0 ?? . . wiiuuou auvc miueA, in me ing. Black said there are more foreign D than the 183 students listed here, but her lave a record of them because many do not re foreign on applications to USC. ire for spring semester 1977. reign students account for about 2 per cent dent body. Bahamas 1 Belgium 2 Bolivia... 2 Brazil.... 21 Cameroon 1 Canada 5 Chile...1 Colombia... 8 Costa Rica 2 Denmark 1 Dominican Republic 1 England 4 Finland 1 France 1 Gambia 1 Germany 4 Ghana 2 Honduras 1 Hong Kong 13 India 15 Iran 6 Iraq...2 ^ Israel 1 Jamaica 1 Japan 2 S. Koroa ** Kuwait 3 Lebanon 2 Libya 13 Malaysia 2 Morocco l Nigeria 7 Pakistan 2 Philippines 2 Taiwan 29 Thailand o . ..wiiuiiu Uganda 1 United Arab Emirates 3 Venezuela 1 Vietnam 3