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Wedne Stuc By Barbie McKie Special to the Gamecock "From California to the New York Islands, from the Redwood Forests to the Gulf Stream Waters" is the way the song goes and also the way to describe USC's student body since the National Student Exchange Program began at the universtv this semester. There are 22 exchange students at USC this fr/im cphnnlc across the country. They came to South Carolina for a variety of reasons, including the university's programs in Latin, journalism, business and geology and because of the beautiful weather. Olivia White, of the Student Affairs Office, said the program offers students who could not afford out-ofstate tuition the opportunity to go to a university outside of their home state. The student pays tuition at their home school and room and board at the exchange school. The only additional cost is the transportation to anrl frnm tho nvnK.m c-t ^ uiiu m. m. v/i > i niv school. Sophomores and juniors with at least a 2.5 grade average can exchange for a semester or a full year. WHITE AND MARK SHANLEY, coordinators of the USC program, said they have received excellent feedback from USC students who are attending out-ofstate schools on the program. She said they have met a number of friends and are enjoying their stay and the challenge to develop personally and socially. The NSE coordinator at the new school takes care of the first adjustments for the exchange student, and White said she feels that thpv aro in good hands. One exchange student said, "It is an opportunity to refresh your whole life in a new environment and see new wonders about yourself and others. It's what life should be ? a continuum of new and fresh learnings, deepening appreciations and iwiHoninfl hnrWrtnc " f IIVI UA7JIO. Bob Reid, president of the National Student Exchange Association at USC said South Carolina was his1 first choice because he heard from people on his home campus, the State University College in Potsdam, N.Y., that the business school here had a better reputation than other schools in the program. Bob came to South Carolina Aug. 24 with no preview of the campus. He was surprised and a little Hi?r?nnninfprt thnt C'iirolinn ",wvTr ? -? - ? was in the downtown area of Columbia. At first he thought Capstone and South Tower were office buildings like the Hankers Trust building. After walking around campus he realized the campus and the city were ssday's lent J The ci /tun \/ -=i These are twelve of the USC through the National and colleges throughout tl distinctly separate, though. BOB SAID HE is studying more since he came down here, but he was pleasantly surprised he didn't have to wrue a 10101 term papers, ai Potsdam, a school of 5,000, a Marketing major has to write a 25-page term paper. In a sense he feels it is a little easier down here. After researching 50 schools, USC was Nancy Hugh's first choice for photojournalism. Nancy is from the University of Hawaii where it rains almost everyday. Nancy, who said she needed a change, thought NSE was a good opportunity to get away and experience something new. In 1927, when the University of Hawaii was founded, all the classes were conducted in houses that had been converted into classrooms and were used until 10 or 15 years ago when modern classroom buildings were constructed. Nancy said, "USC's history is so neat. The architecture has so much history, and it's so old." A recent letter from Nancy's sister said it is about 90 degrees in Hawaii. Nancy said she is trying to get use to the cold weather here, whereas Bob said he is "happy as hell" that it is GO degrees because in New York it is probably 25 degrees. :vir,Hi!l/\i\ LKhMUJUIS, a sophomore in journalism from New Mexico State University, is busy soliciting advertising for the Gomel and Black. Mcighan said she chose USC because she has always loved the east coast. "South Carolina has a good location, and it's really Bwaj OSS-COl IP.;;, . :mmm twenty-two temporary mer Student Exchange Progran le country. (Photo by John t pretty. And it is nationally known for its journalism school," Meighansaid. Meighan said what first impressed her about the university was the greenery. The beautiful university enchanted her, and she was fascinated by the old till i 1 ri i n(Jc anH hooaiico everybody looked so important. , ' \jflp m :V ... J9m | /-'-H Tracing her route from y-? i: / i cannula iz> IVI itii i *- tftjf // journalism at USC this ] Mexico State University. ( mtry ed - ' BPFr : I u-~ r ^ ~ ' v " ' ' ' m H S ^ffli HH^-.' -xvA-'vflfc S jyHH^'':::';' nbers of the USC student b n. The exchange students i Parnell) Meighan noticed the preppie look at USC and said. "In New Mexico people can wear almost anything and nobody would think less of that person. Here people wear what's in style, or they get a big stare from the people," Meighan said. New Mexico State, a school of approximately 11,000 students, has larger iBBb | 1 New Mexico to South iouts. Meighan is studying /ear after a year at New Photo by Jeannie Ralston) I M 0 ucation ^7 = .^KotR x ? :: #*$&&$ vs.:' y'r-'- s Jjr ;M>:::::>?x:^:^?::gM^P^UF^'^^^ ody who chose to attend ep resent various regions journalism classes than at Carolina. Meighan said her professors here want to see every student at least once for feedback. She thinks her proiessors maKe a Dig ettort to be on a personal basis with their students. Friends in Charleston, the college of journalism, warm weather and the "great looking girls" attracted ( Michael Anderson all the way from the University of ] Montana where in June the , setting sun lasts for 45 , minutes because the land is so flat. He said life is more simple in the Montana country-side. MICHAEL SAID the high humidity has a lot to do with people's attitudes in Columbia, and he believes people are more serious here. Montana is a semi-arid region where inthesummeriU reaches 110 degrees, so hot a person can not hardly move, he said. Yet in the winter Montana has alpine and cross-country skiing. Tho fmithall Homoc M. 11V. A VV/VMUI 1 ^UUIW C41 V CI little different for Michael here than in Montana where a student simply shows his validated student II) at the gate and is let in to look for a seat. He said the football games here are the social event of the week, and he notices there seems to be a lot more alumni at the games than students. Tim Gorey is a geology junior who was attracted to the NXK nniKrnm hw>yncn he "kinda got burned out" at llumbolt State University in Areata, California. He came te USC because he had never been to the east coast and his professor at Humbolt said Carolina had a good geology program. Tim was on a thieequarter system in California and said the school work is considerably easier, leaving him with a lot more free time here. Tim "kind of cracked up" when he first saw the preppie-look and thinks the beach music here is "ridiculous." Tim's home is in Los Angeles, 14 hours from his school. The look in L.A. is not preppie, but more of a disco-type look Tim said. The night clubs have new wave and punk rock music. SANDY HENDERSON, a junior in psychology, was attracted to Carolina from North Missouri State University l)ecause of the Latin program. Sandy said her school did not offer Latin. Sandy said she wanted to try a new school to see if she could be independent. USC is much bigger and the people are friendly but not as different as she had expected. She said she is not studying quite as hard as she should here because there is so 4 I ? A _ 1 . r i mum iu uoouLsiaeoi class. "One of Bowling Green State University's 13,000 students, Robyn Rodgers, came to Carolina for the beautiful weather, but she was scared to death of the big city. Robyn said she did not think she was going to make it to class because the campus Was so spread out. I * nt-r nuiiie campus is very compact and included an ice skating rink. Robyn wanted to participate in the NSE because of the adventure of traveling. Her only trouble here is understanding the southern accent. Robyn feels she is not missing out on much at home because there is so much to do here. One of the big cultural differences Robyn found at Carolina were the football games. In Ohio, a bunch of girls or a bunch of guys got together wearing their worst T-shirts and went to the game. They don't date to the game, and they definitely don't dress up. The games are always over by 5 p.m. wnen cveryooay goes 10 a beer blast, said Robyn. IT IS AN ADJUSTMENT at Carolina for Robyn because in Ohio she was on the quarter system. She would be having her finals this week and then going home. Students returning from exchanges reflect an increased feelinu of in dependence, self-reliance, self-confidence and a better appreciation of their family and their home campus. When students are asked if they would recommend the urogram. "Definitely, it's a realiy good experience and everybody should j^et away from home. It's too easy to do the same thing. It opens your mind to a lot of things." Meighan said.