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by Erin Reed
Features Editor
There is a place where skin color
doesn't matter.
Reunion Island, a French province
in the Indian Ocean, offers what most
countries cannot: a life free of discrimination
based on race or religion.
Weena Gaulin, an exchange student
from Reunion, came to USC to study
English.
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of midterms
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by Deneshia Graham
Assistant Features Editor
What are you stressed out about?
, For some people, it's that make it or
break it mid-term coming up.
For others, it's working several
hours a week and still trying to be a
student
Your source of stress might be as
simple as finding the perfect bathing
suit for spring break.
Whatever it is that stresses you
out is not as important as knowing
how to manage that stress.
So what exactly is stress?
"Stress is your physical, emotional
and mental response to change, regardless
of whether the change is good
or bad," according to a stress relief
pamphlet from the Thomson Student
Health Center.
Without some stress, people
wouldn't get a lot done, according to
the pamphlet.
The increase of adrenaline that
helps you finish your final paper, win
at sports, or meet any other challenge
is considered positive stress.
"Stress is what keeps you going
and alert," said Carlos Anrrich, a registered
nurse at the health center.
"Everybody has it"
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Through her classes and social life,
she has noticed the problems with race t
relations in the South. t
"I'm not used to the kind of racist t
feeling that I can feel here," she said.
"Like on campus, right from the be- (
ginning, I noticed that white students
would stick together and black students j
would stick together. ?
"On my island, it is
no problem," she said. ?TitT1
"My dad is black and 1 111 * 11U"
my mom is white." of black a
Reunion Island be- white blo<
came a sort of melting
pot for many different I Ol prOllC
races during its devel- And this 1
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People from India ^ TCpeate
came to Reunion dur- and again
ing the 17th century to JclanH "
escape religious persecution.
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A wave of Japanese USC exch;
came while fleeing po- from R<
liucai tensions.
The British moved
there, bringing with them African slaves r
to help establish the French colony, e
"They had to get along with each
other to survive," Gaulin said. i
"I like it because there are Chinese, s
Japanese, Muslim and Indian people I
living together, and there's no racism s
or discrimination based on skin color
or religion. I think that we are really I
respectful of others." i
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state, this is considered negative stress, o
This type of stress often leaves you
feeling out of control. tt
According to the pamphlet, "neg
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element in half of all illnesses, rang- b
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studies Everybody hat
suggest that .
your stress Cat
level affects registered nurse,
your immune
and nervous
systems,
heart function, metabolism and hor- ii
mone levels," Anrrich said. g
"As a result, researchers now be- o:
lieve that stress may affect your re- si
covery from, as well as your suscepti- ti
bility to, illness,"
Some symptoms of stress include, h
but are not limited to, problems eat- y
ing or sleeping, increased use of al- o
cohol or other drugs, increased bore- a
dom or fatigue, inability to pay v
attention or concentrate, inability to s
get organized, nightmares or frequent
headaches, backaches, muscle aches a
or tightness in the stomach. s
Fortunately, there are practical,
short-term and long-term ways to ban- ti
die stress. 9
Anrrich suggested a change in one's t
personal attitude to help control stress.
Tour attitude is a combination of 1<
a belief that you have and also a val- o
ue about that belief," Anrrich said, h
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People in Reunion are tolerant of
;he different religious and social cus
ems because they see them as interring
diversity.
"It's more like a spectacle for us,"
jaulin said.
Having lived her life in a racially
leaceful country, Gaulin has some
idvice for the South in alleviating the
problems caused by
vtiirf discrimination. ^
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od and white people, should
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he said she gets frustrated when she p
tears professors and students become aboU
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"They're really moved about what j
tappened to their ancestry, and I can
inderstand that, but just don't try to pabT
hink about what happened; just try to
emic work one semester, while somene
else may dread every minute of it _|_
"You can certainly train yourself
) have a better attitude," Annich said. .
Some short-term ways to handle
tress include relaxing by practicing ?
reathing techniques or by meditat- ?
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tressful situations and preparing for ,en
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diich is often a direct link to negative "
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bit more lenient. Those people a:
now; we're the ones who might 1
to change things."
Reunion is a rural, tropical islar
t nine kilometers from Paris ar
kilometers from Madagascar,
he area is a paradise, with a co
t temperature of 80 to 85 degrei
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Brigadoon," a musical about a ma
Scottish village that materializ*
mce every hundred years, appean
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f it's a hundred years befoi
jadoon" appears again, all the be
Powerhouse production compar
ca Entertainment put on a love
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nusical from moving at a pace th
led as if, like its characters, tl
took a himdred-year-long nap eve:
t.
he musical was written in 19471
ler and Loewe, whose otht
/s include "My Fair Lady" an
lelot." "Brigadoon" tells of the di
y of the mystical town by two lo:
rican tourists, Charlie and Ton
[he storv lends itself to being rea
metaphor for the struggle for b
1 spirituality and God.
harlie, the empiricist who only b
s what he can see, feel and easi
rstand, leads a shallow life an
ms his cares away with alcohc
ommy, the romantic, has mater
nforts but is dissatisfied with lif
e miraculous city of Brigadoon, 1:
/ers a greater love than he thougl
inable, recognizes he has to giv
rerything to keep it, experience
and doubts, and loses Brigadooi
ventually he realizes it's great*
anything the world can give hii
bat "what you believe in can b<
more real to you than all the thin|
an explain away or understand
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is not too fantastic. The musics
;es along so slowly that the intei
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ye and Creole.
Gaulin spends her time there workid
ing and going to school, and on weekid
ends she goes to one of the many beaches
near her home in Saint Andre,
n- Tourists come to the island for the
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musical was put on Sunday at The ?
1_ est it does create is lost. At the end
of the long first act, a resident of the
~~ town tries to escape, which would make
Brigadoon disappear forever. I secretly
cheered him on.
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d when neonle are singing "Brigadoon"
j- is a classic musical, the kind where peopie
burst out into song and dance mide
sentence. ^ ^
ie The music was sung excellently,
^ particularly by the beautiful Fiona of
'e Johanna Wiseman, whose opera train;s
ing seemed an excellent support. The
1- music itself, though, reeks worse than
;r the story line.
31 The show was not a total loss, how^
ever; it did redeem itself visually. Re5s
alistic period costumes reminded the
. audience that these were once normal
1- people, while the set design allowed for
t imaginative dreams,
it Magical scrims served as backdrops
behind set pieces that suggested buildy
ings and town squares. They gave just
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ilation mix of British, French, African,
Reunion is also home to a quiescent
volcano that erupts every few years,
which Gaulin calls "the most beautiful
thing."
Le Piton de la Fornaise erupts
quietly and safely, and tourists come
to the island to take pictures of the lava
that flows down the mountain into
the sea. Tourism is Reunion's main economic
activity.
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erican tourists who realize what they
the mystical town of Brigadoon. The
oger Center.
enough sense of place to let the fancy
muse on the rest.
Particularly successful was the airy
cathedral scene. But the most interesting
visual aspect was the movement.
Director Karen Azenberg thought well
to try to save the show from monotony
with a lot of dance.
Her choreography was varied and
well-executed by cast members trained
by Alvin Ailey and the Joffrey and
Boston ballets. Perhaps the most successful
scene, due in large part to its
choreography, was the wedding.
The wedding dance did an excellent
job of capturing traditional Scottish
movement, especially with the excitingsword
dance.
Like Fiona says of Tommy, one
might say of the Troika "Brigadoon,"
whose tired story was nearly saved by
a talented and well-staged cast, "I
like you very much, but I dinna like
anyting tat you say."
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