Show Peruvian Student Finds Campus Social Provisions Inadequate By JORGE ARCE-LARRETA Arce-Larreta is a foreign student from Peru and is majoring- in civil engineering at the His article today concerns the social activities of a foreign student at The activities at the University of Utah in which a foreign student takes part are very When a foreign student comes to a new and furthermore to a new way of his problems are THE UNIVERSITY offers some help through the foreign student advisors' Here the student receives help with his of classes and his It is in the social aspect where the foreign student receives very little attention from the The social aspects of a student's formation is as important as the scholastic and this social life becomes more important in the case of the foreign Many students would like to have an active participation in extra-curricular but the opportunities available to them at the university are The Cosmopolitan Club and the Students from Abroad Com are two organizations where the foreign student can but their activities are not Several religious institutions periodically invite foreign students during the celebration of United Nations Day or during the course of their they study a particular part of the But this is not THE PARTICIPATION the student can enjoy in his own country is much This leaves an empty spot in the student's life that must be The opportunity that American students have to learn from the foreign students about world problems is not The friendship of these who are the future leaders of their must not be The emptiness a foreign student feels makes him create a poor impression and gives him a sad remembrance of his detention in the United HOW MUCH do we know about the problems of Japan and other countries of the What are the feelings of the people in these How much communist influence is there in these What are the living All these questions and many others can be answered by the people who live since politics is a subject most foreign students like to What can be done about giving them a chance to dis cuss these Weekly meetings could be held where a group of foreign students from a particular country would answer questions and or give lectures on various aspects of their countries to include present conditions and living and forms of THE UNIVERSITY should show the foreign students that the interest in world affairs is Students should be aware of the world There exists an excellent opportunity for this in the foreign students who come from remote parts of the Let us take advantage of this opportunity and maintain friendships that can help to obtain peace in the |