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At\ Learn By Megan Sexton Gsmccock Staff Writer Up to 14 apartment units on South Marion Street will become an "International Villiage" for USC and international students next fall, Phil Ives, director of International Services said. The new program will enable ' American students to live with t students from other countries who 2 are learning English as a second language. ( "THE PURPOSE of this ] program is two-fold," Ives said. ] "It will give American students the ( opportunity to see other cultures in action, and give foreign students the opportunity to learn American culture first hand and also to practice their English." The apartments, located behind the Koost, are owned bv USC housing, and five of the 14 units are already rented by international students. Next fall, all of the apartments will hopefully be turned over to the international students. Virginia Thornton, graduate assistant for housing for the Office of International Services said. In the fall the two-and four person apartments will each house one American student and one or three international students, Thornton said. American students will be recruited for the program this month for next fall, Ives said. Students interested should contact m ^ int U NUGGETS BP SHARKS TEETH I JEWELRY1 ^ 2909 PLATT SPRINGS RD. * r * ^ fo j Vice-Pr( * * "Leadership Pli t Vote W >-,,v^ ^t\ j :%,/ *, , *? $* s* jf- i'f h %&.'%' v ,i:> .v, ?LA/ > ..V > */7 \/v * \ / Monday / March i / in WtfSfSS \ .tofcelebre \^rjhe 'Jpj , - ^ f F; ' np The Campus S Russell Your Partner I jtifHHrnfi'OiMtf<?ri -V ~ i/inr1fr miii' iV*\%\t International Villa> i another < 'This is a unique portunity for USC s also out of the ordina rhornton at the Office of In- t ernational Services before March | ft "This is a unique educational opportunity for USC students, but it is also out of the ordinary," Ives 5aid. It will require an outgoing, committed person and impose certain demands on the student, he added. TO BE ELIGIBLE for the program, a student must be at USC for at least one year, have a minimum 2.5 cummulative GPR, show an interest in other cultures, have an outgoing personality and agree to remain in the program for at least one vear, Thornton said. The Office of International Services will accept applications and conduct interviews for interested students. A screening committee of four people will chose the 14 American students for the program, Thornton said. The international students involved in the program will be both graduate students and students who have just arrived in the country and who are studying English intensively for one semester, Thornton said. The cost of the apartments will kRS ARROWS ^ I FREE FORMS WAREHOUS^^ . A . W. COLA . 9 HI 6 Mon. Sat loyo ; r * esident I * is Experience" * larch 11 J ******** *********v ' S&C&t-'S** V< I V j 4^\,? 1 ... ' " '" ' A^A:, x>v v * -k ^ / /\ \t ' ' K*t\ y? 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