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Show Wednesday, January 20, 1999 Lawmakers Debate Welcomes Students in National Student Exchange U But Utah 's not delivering what brought them here snow Kersten Swinyard Chronicle News Writer The only thing to do in Utah is ski, according to the student population of the rest of the nation. At least that is the principal reason the majority of students in the National Student Exchange program chose the University of Utah. NSE held an orientation for group in the fall," said Slava coordinator of NSE. The NSE is a program that allows students to complete one or two semesters at a different v, university in the United States. Among the universities available to students are institutions in Guam, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. Also available are colleges in slightly less exotic locations such as Wisconsin, Nebraska and Wyoming. "We both send out and receive students a year," said. "I think an important goal is to make students aware of this. There are 150 schools, and the program is rela- 45 to 55 Lubo-mudr- ov tively cheap." "I had to narrow it down to a college that carried my major Bioengineering; I'm taking a few graduate classes in it. I chose the U because I wanted to go to a university as big as mine, and that was about 27,000. And of course, the skiing," said Susan Srour, home student of North Carolina State University at Raleigh. "I like use this: the mountains, and I wanted to go to a big city where I could do lots of things." The students have had to entertain themselves other ways, though because Utah is a little short on the white stuff right now. "I've been driving, just trying to find the quickest way to campus without running into a blocked off street," Capri Weimer said. Weimer is originally from Orange County, Calif., but attended college at Sonoma State University in northern California. Students have the opportunity to attend a university in another tuition. state while paying That was one of the major draws for Drew Blackman from California State University at North-ridg- Before they get down to arguing the merits of Rep. Tammy Rowan's English-Onl- y bill they are debating how to handle the measure. had worked out a Rowan, plan with House leaders to bring her bill straight to the House floor Thursday. Some representatives are resisting the plan, saying it would circumvent the normal legislative process of sending bills to committee for a public hearing first. Rowan, who had garnered 39,783 votes on petitions supporting the bill, believes the issue should go straight to the House floor. "There is enough interest and enough misunderstanding that the whole House would benefit from hearing the arguments," said Rowan. English-onl- y advocate Joan Smith David Zolman offensive. "If one language is official-d- oes that mean all other languages are unofficial?" Zolman asked. "Such arrogance has no place in any state policy." Rowan's bill would make English Utah's official language and, with a few exceptions, would prohibit state agencies from conducting government business or printing information in any language but English. Rowan contends her bill would gen- ence for Community and Justice compared the proposal to segregation of would save government money through not publishing documents in other lan- drinking fountains and hotels. Meanwhile, Rep. David Zolman, was rounding up votes guages. A poll conducted for the Deseret News last November found three out of four respondents favored making English the state's official language. Civil-righ- ts attacked the bill as exclusionary. In a House speech commemorating Utah's Human Rights Day, the executive director of the Confer- official-languag- e "Such arrogance has no place in any state policy immitly prod grants into learning the language and against Rowan's bill. In a letter sent to all House members, he said the bill was unnecessary and The Associated Press in-sta- te e. students coming to the U from other universities Thursday. "I chose the U for the environment and skiing. I have friends up here, and I wanted a new perspective," said Matt Horstmann, whose home school is Northern Arizona University. "This was the tip of the iceberg. Not all the students were here, but we also had a fairly large Lubo-mudro- Utah Chronicle - 3 The Daily "My mom worked at my home university, so my tuition was about $400, and that's what I pay for coming here. I'm about a semester away from graduation, so I've got to take advantage of this now," he said. Les Cook, director of orienta- tion and new student programs, provided a brief orientation for the new students with supplies, lists of pertinent phone numbers and a basic overview of programs at the U. Karen Bush, a former NSE participant, handed out a list of events and entertainment around Salt Lake City. She attended a student exchange at the University of Montana in Missoula, and passed on advice to the students about trying to find their wayaround Salt Lake City and the U campus. included Her suggestions at events athletic the attending the Jon M. Huntsman Center, student theater performances at the Babcock Theatre and taking advantage of the Outdoor Recreation program on campus. Additionally, she suggested checking out the Utah Symphony, Capitol and Pioneer Memorial Theatres and the numerous art galleries spread through the city. More information about NSE can be obtained at the office of Undergraduate Studies in room 130 of the Sterling W. Sill Center. 29TH REMEMBER, ENROLLMENT AND unforeseen medical bills get in your way. The University of Utah sponsors an affordable student health insurance plan underwritten by Don't let Educators Insurance Company. 1, get this: , Protect yourself. hi Health Insurance for CASH P11E ENI ARGf D TO SHOWUXTURE U. News writers wanted. 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