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Show 1984 Page 10 The Thunderhird Wednesday November 7, find home students Foreign campus Varied cultural backgrounds add unique flavor life to by Kon Its Canada, Chile, Columbia, Greece, Iran, Israel, Kontogiannis long way from, say, Tipperary, to SUSC, and although the registrars rolls show no students from that south Ireland county, there are more than 40 students from 20 foreign countries who attend SUSC this year. Many of these students are homesick and lonely when they arrive in the United States but Bessie Dover, adviser to the group, said the college a For most foreign studentsy studies are a high priority. M any have made great sacrifices for an opportunity to attend college in the United States. makes every effort to facilitate the transition to a new environment. Perhaps thats why the college attracts as many foreign students as it does, Dover said. Foreign countries represented in the SUSC student body this year include Australia, Brazil, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palau, Ponape, Russia, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, and Truk, as well as students from the Hawaiian culture. To help foreign students adjust, the college sponsors a foreign student club on campus, which ties the students together and helps them plan their activities. The largest foreign student affiliation, the Pacific Islanders, is an independent club, advised by Marilyn Perry. Some foreign students have difficulty with English when they first arrive in the United States. This can be attributed to the fact that English is not taught as a foreign language in their country. Foreign students, however, add a cultural tone to the SUSC campus. They bring with them their customs and each year students have the opportunity to observe these customs at the annual International Night. For most foreign students, studies are a high priority. Many of them have made many sacrifices, such as saving money and studying English, for an opportunity to study at an American college. SUSC is a better and more educational college for having foreign students, Dover said. They bring the world to us in many enjoyable and interesting ways. Book exchange plan in works A students idea to set up a book exchange has turned into a committee that will try to create such a program by the end of fall quarter. The Executive Council last week asked junior Dave Thayne to form a committee to work out a book exchange plan so students can get more for returned books than the SUSC bookstore pays. I just felt the bookstore wasnt exactly doing its job as a student service, Thayne told the council. He outlined a plan to give credit for those who participate in the book exchange. What wed like to do is have people, with a membership, bring in books, and theyd receive credit, Thayne said after meeting initially with the committee. They could use that credit to buy books. Were not in this to make money, he said. The membership fee would allow us to buy books that arent being used and allow us to keep them until the quarter they are used. Executive Council members noted that SUSCs business club, Phi Beta Lambda, had tried a similar program last year. It worked pretty well for a while but then people got disinterested, said Jon Christy. I think people came in, set prices, and PBL said, well take a cut. But the prices were still 30 or 40 percent below what the bookstore charges. The committee plans to meet weekly to discuss alternatives to the bookstore buy-bac- k system until coming up with a plan, Thayne said. This weclts Movies -- 4$, u ft of any conventional aircraft. Since then, Hastings has devoted much of his time to UFO research. I guess you could say that Im a political activist, he says. I am taking a politicized approach to getting that information out in the open, challenging the ongoing problem of government secrecy. He notes that there is an abundance of hard evidence to indicate an ongoing coverup and insists that the government should be forced to open its files on UFOs. Previously classified documents indicate that UFOs were sighted in highly sensitive air space above nuclear research labs and missle silos. Some of those sightings go back as far as ' Robert Hastings will present a lecture and slide show concerning the alleged U.S. on government cover-u- p UFOs tomorrow in the SUSC Auditorium at 11 a.m. Hastings program is based on information he and other researchers obtained through previously classified CIA, FBI, and Air Force documents via the Freedom of Information Act. He will attempt to show 1948. There is also reference to the possible recovery of three downed UFOs containing the t MfinniWftB m imnwiwflrifiMn bodies of alien pilots in New Mexico in a FBI memo dated mm Robert Hastings. March that UFOs do exist and 22, 195CT. Hastings continues, I believe the governments policies are very shortsighted to keep the public so totally in the dark regarding seemingly vital information that affects not only Americans, but the entire human race. Im not on a romantic quest, he insists, and Ive got no illusions about changing government policy. Basically, Im intensely committed to bringing the facts before the public. I believe we are on the threshold of an extremely exciting period in the history of mankind. despite government denials, these objects are of great concern to the Air Force and intelligence communities. Hastings interest fn UFOs began in 1967 when he was at an air traffic control tower on Malmstrom Air Force Base, near Great Falls, Mont. Five UFOs were tracked on military radar, he recounts, and for a half-hou-r period they hovered over nearby ICBM silos, violating sensitive air space. Hastings reports that the craft then flew off at an estimated speed of 5,000 mph, far beyond the capability Ye OCd Flower 5m 5 Thursday Convocation will deal with UFOs Thursday No v. 8th 8:00 p.m. Hombre starring Paul Newman nr a V Shoppe Dusty and Jcm.net Brown cordiaCty invite you to A Dickens of a Christmas also & Eockvide UASn to 7:CO 5:03 p.m. p.m. (an open house) on Thursday, November 0 p.m. 9-1- 0, 7-1- at Wednesday Nov.I7th 8:00 p.m. The Pink Panther Strikes Again starring Peter Sellers STUDENT LOUNGE 27 North Main Cedar City, Utah Buffet wid Be served 586-518- 4 1984 |