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Show jPAGE4 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2S, 2001 UNIVERSITY JOURNAL CAMPUS NEWS Alumnus to untangle 'web' Today's Convo speaker will discuss the 'web of oppression' rudents and the pu lie are invited to listen to Kilo Zamora, program director for the tah region of the National Conference for Community and Justice, at today' Convocation. Zam ra will speak on "The Web of Oppression and Its Allies" at 11 :30 a.m . in the Auditorium. The ational C nferen e for Communjty and Justice · a human relation organization KIio Zamora Science to have Focus Week (cont'd. from page 3) the Ho ting Center or in th tarlight Room of the harwan mith Center. The location of the activity will dep od on th weather. Day said the dinner · th bigg t activity during the F us Week because Dean Harold Orne depanment heads and profe ors from the CoUeg of cience will attend the dinner with tudent . Garn are also plann d that night. "(Faculty] mingle with tudents and g t to know tuden better," Day aid. "This i just a little party that people can com to and get some free fo d and relax." Po. ters and bann, rs will b post d around campus announcing Focu Week activitie . Da)f e timated that om 300 tuden will attend the activitie . dedicated to fighting bias, bigotry and racism in America. NCC) promotes understanding and re pect among all race ,. religions and cultur . "[NC€]} is a wond rfuJ organization. Their total objective is to see that justice prevail and that every pe on i treated equally in this country," eal ox, dean of studen and director of the Convocations erie . said. Zamora earned a bachelor's degree in ociology from , wh re he was active in campus life and rved as a multicultural re.pre er:ttative. He al o earned a mast r' degree in ociaJ work from the niversity of tab. student are working on building a wall to represent oppression, and they will physically knock it down tomorrow at 11 :50 a.m. ruden will gath r on the lower quad for a moment of il nee, followed by a "mom nt of noise.• "It' ll be a healthy no· e / ox said. "[It will b ] the und of youn p ople tearing down a ymbol of ignorance and all the negative of prejudice, violence and oppre ·ion fand] repla ing it with hout of acceptance, unity and comp ion . What a wonderful noise ." Cox aid the Con ocation serie brings highcaliber peakers of international impact, uch as Zamora, to educate and enlighten audiences. The lecture erie take place each Timrsday at 11 :30 a.m. in the uditorium , unless otherwise noted. Conv cations may be taken up to four time for redit b enrolling in f . 2 10. Marcus Cusick, a senior finance major from Riverton, Utah, asks questions during the College of Business and Technology's Quiz Bowl Competition last week during its Focus Days. hotel and howcase ," uJin Le , an interoexu student from outh Korea , aid . tab has a lot of beautiful national parks like Zion, Arch and Kolob Canyon / Young- hin Kim, a enior art major from uth Korea, aid . International ruden were also asked what tran portation they use and what they pend money on while traveling, and also where they would like to travel next. Ninety-four percent aid th y drive, 26 p rcent fly and five p rcent take a train . Most interaationaJ stud nt pend money on hopping, sight eeing and food wh n they travel. They also pend money on ouvenirs and entertainment. The three most popular places international tudent want to visit BY SHOHEI KAMADA JOURNAL TAFFWRITER next are Hawaii , ew York and veral international stud nt wer ur eyed by th Washlngton , D. . ournal and asked wh r they have traveled in th "There is a beautiful United tates and wruch places they nj y d the mo t . ea in Hawaii," rudents fr m nearly e ery country repre ented at Takahiro Watanabe, a Japan, Korea, Taiwan Mexico, China, Yemen , audi Arabia enior computer and Hong Kong- were surveyed. M re than 53 p rcent f information sy terns them have traveled to destination in Ca}jfomia, evada, major from Japan, said. Arizona and tah. Le than 21 percent r,f international Wu aid be would like students have traveled to other tate , with th exception of to travel to New York ew York. Thirty-eight percent have b en t N w York. City b cause it i the California w th most popular place to go among bigge t city in the international students. United tate . They aid the enjoy vi iting the tate because the weather eventy- ix percent of i warm and ther are many things to do and place to go, international · tudent student tram 5e0ul, particularly in Lo Angele . aid th y travel for Hyewon Ko, an \nte~~x:: lntemexus Office. Bin Wu, a junior finance major from China, aid he enjoyed . relaxation. Korea, reads a bO<> 'ted States she has visiting niver al tudios in Hollywood. Forty-two per ent Since being In the Um d Salt Lake City. She evada and Utah tied a the econd most popular pla e tra el to ee new things traveled to Las Vegas aneled to New York and for international tudent to travel t . and 21 p rcent travel for has aISO Prevtously trav "La Vegas ha o many iotere ting places like ca ino , nice enjoyment. LOS Angeles, International students· talk travel: The bests of the U.S. S w |