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Show Foreign student By JEAN JOHNSON Chronicle Staff We sat around in Ali Fakhar-zadeh's Fakhar-zadeh's room munching pistachios, black, white, yellow and everything in between (the people, not the pistachios). I had been sent on a Chrony assignment to get a bunch of foreign students together and have an international affairs bull session. Ali, associate hall director had gathered up a cross-section of the foreign students and a miniature U.N. session was underway. The cost of living in Salt Lake City as compared to their own country opened the discussion. Joven Calara, a graduate metallurgy student from the Philippines, has found that "if you buy from the Salvatior Army the cost of living is cheap. That's where I got my carpet and typewriter." He went on to say that "chicken is cheap" but on the whole everything costs about "six times here what it would cost in the Phillipines." "Petrol and food are more expensive ex-pensive in my country," said Abu Aminu Yar' Adua, an electronics student from Nigeria. Ramesh Srivastava, an English teacher from India, answered that "eggs are more expensive here and some Japanese things." "Don't they use pineapple juice for gas in India?" exclaimed Shigeyasu Honda, a Japanese accounting student. He went on to say that the Japanese tend to buy for decoration, while Americans buy for practicality. "For example, television sets here are much simpler." Everyone agreed that Coca-Cola is more expensive here. Honda brought up the point that "90 percent of the American napalm bombs come from Japan because they are much cheaper." Somehow the conversation turned to the recent arrest of students demonstrating against U.S. involvement in Okinawa. Honda stated that "both the U.S. and Japan deny that there are any arms on Okinawa." Ramesh interjected, "Japan only has rubber bullets anyway." Honda bounced back with, "India flies paper airplanes into Pakistan." Much good-natured U, on when the Intern, stents gettoST they had grol U Next 1 asked the students, "What is thf: welcome in the pui- rid war However, the American nt 15 not well-lfc Filipinos feel that "Ma,0 puppet of the a! capitalists. People think tj Americans rig the f elections." Honda, who came to Sa' C.ty because "it is a religio', with no bad influence" sa the Japanese like anythine made in U.S.A. "Especially people will buy someth m the United States even , can get the same shirt in Jar Like Joven, Honda felt that ' J is a puppet of America, j, always says yes to the because of trade pressure added that "a few years a: survey taken showed America was the most ad foreign country of the lap, Now America is in about place." Ali (Iran) philosophized "since America is supposed so great, with all its freedon wrongdoings always show r than a country like Iran." At that, the conversation ched to gun control or the la it. Honda could not under-"how under-"how a regular person conic Robert Kennedy. In Japan, the police have guns." Abu (Nigeria) exclaimed th. his country "even the polices have guns." Someone yelled out, "They1 spears don't they?" "No," said Abu, "stones." Ramesh said that India has strict gun control also. From gun control, the versation took an easy turn It Kennedys. Everyone agreed the Kennedys are morepopii their country than in the U (continued on paf r u home away from home V. Aldten popping back V 'l another meeting, said Sedy realized that tis idling in other tc, f,irs "He tried to do " 1 he was so PPUar- j that "The Filipinos ,? about the Kennedys .J 4, the Americans. ' i jd(jed "When I was in I "we had to memorize I: t Kennedy's inaugural ad- tt, aim to be the friendliest. However Honda has found that "Ballif girls are friendly." All of the foreign students were surprised to find that many of their fellow students are married, (oven said that "Filipinos rarely marry until they are out of school." Honda explained that in Japan a "young married couple lives with the man's parents for the first few years." Another custom that surprised the foreign students was that American young people are Pressuring japan with its policy of lf vouu recgnize Taiwan we wont buy your goods. As a result Japan ,s de-emphasizing Taiwan." Stanley, continuing the UN discussion, explained that "it is functioning well in educational and health areas such as WHO and UNESCO, but politically it is all talk and no action." Abu decried the fact that, "There is never any action taken against a big power." Ali ended the three and a half hour rap session with, "Small l : - di " 4 ' - i 4 111 V s !, ' - I , x rn , J - 1 ' . r V , .J on i Fakharzadeh from Iran, the associate hall foreign students in his room to discuss problems lV I klor of International House, joins with other faced by anyone going to school away from home. nations shouldn't let big nations manipulate them and big nations shouldn't try to manipulate smaller ones." He added that, "It is time to idealistic. If nations don't start being honest with each other, the H bomb will be the only answer." i 1 raan Baraki, a pre-med student I nctn Iran dropped in at that vmentand the talk turned to a ;itience in American customs e,. i' compared to their country. u'; cen and Cangerico Ramos, --other Filipino, said that "there jfitlle dating at an early age. If tl, ahold a girl's hand, the father (i shoot you." i said that the same was y - .e in Japan . "Ten or twenty boys ,1 go out together instead of :;rs" js jssan felt that American girls "foreigners are inex--ienced and so do not want to !; out with them " , i'. everyone agreed that "girls iy! peUniversity are cold towards U ;'The out-of-town girls seem independent at an early age. Honda said that "The custom of working after school is very strange." The general consensus of the foreign students was that "Americans don't care about their parents. They should be obligated to take care of them." Stanley C. Che, from Taiwan, was hunted up for the next subject. I asked him how he felt about the expulsion of Taiwan and the admittance of Red China. After turning a few different colors, he said, "It was expected." Stanley went on to say that "as long as other countries recognize the economic power of Taiwan, it is not really important that it has been expelled." Honda, getting into the conversation con-versation said that Red China was |
