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Letter from the Director • Credits 4 Where CELOP Students Come From 5 Registration Week Activity 6 Start of Semester Get-Together 8 Boston Photos by Seung Moon Lee 9 Get to Know Your Classmates 10 Student Profiles 12 Atsushi Kunimatsu • Alicia de la Cruz • Carlos Trujillo • Cesar Guerrero • Lepolt Linkimer • Lok Kam Yuen • Mariana Muñoz Romo • Fabio Azzolin • Mehmet Ali Cibikci • Noora Al-Hashimi • Sergio Colin Castillo • Nida Chanthavanich • Su-Kyoung Shim • Tomomi Kanayama Interview: CELOP Intern and Alumna Eri Washida 21 Raquel Chavez: Flamenco Dancer 22 The Wizard of Wisconsin by Wan-Fang “Shirley” Yeh 24 BU Global Pizza Party 26 Class Trip to Konditor Meister Bakery 28 Class Trip to Rockport 30 Tour of the Museum of Fine Arts/Trolley Tour by Rafael Ulloa 31 A Day at Revere Beach by Rafael Ulloa 34 Salsa in Cambridge with Willie Colon by Rafael Ulloa 36 Photos of Newport, Rhode Island, by James Wong 37 Class Pictures 38 CELOP Photo Shoot 54 Class Activity in the Multimedia Language Lab 55 Photos by Chantima Larpchivashitti 56 Birthday Party in Pam Steeves' Class 57 What's in a Name? Class writing activity 58 Tomomi Ono, Simone Lopes, Seung Hi Chung, Noora Al-Hashimi, Miryam Vargas, Eun-Na Kim, Zaymar Ramirez, Antonio Crous, Atsushi Kunimatsu, Claudia Becerra Hernandez, Maher Alalili, Petcharat Chintawongvanich, Ye Sun Rha, and Wei Chih “Stanley” Liao Naming our Daughter by Osvaldo Mejia 64 What's in a Chinese Name by Yinghui Hu 65 Changes in Name Patterns in Today's China by Yun Shen 66 Major News Events of the Semester 67 A New Political Experience in the U.S.: DNC in Boston by Sergio Colin Castillo 68 Postcards Home 70 Haitham • Nida • Ozzie • I-Feng • Gray • Samantha • Maria • Giovanna • Cheng-Hsing Photos of Boston by James Wong 76 Night Train by Tomomi Kanayama 80 A Place I Love: Niagra Falls by Seung Hi Chung 81 Capri Island: A Poster Presentation & Photos by Atsushi Kunimatsu 82 New York: A City I Love by Eun-Na Kim 84 84 Salem: Imagination vs. Reality by Po-Chieh “Claudio” Chang U.S. Photos by Dae Kwan “DK” Jung 85 Do Men and Women Love Differently? by Monique Saing 86 The White Lady by Maria Noel Vila 86 A Happy Marriage by Maria Rangel Escobar 87 Momotaro (Peach Boy) by Tomomi Kitahara 87 Something New by Maria Noel Vila 87 88 Rowing by Juan “Pipe” Costa Seung Sik “Stack” Choi by Maria Eugenia Rangel Escobar 88 Super 88 Market by Maria Rangel Escobar and Tomomi Kitahara 88 The Republic of Yemen by Esam Al-Subari 89 Advice about Greetings by Atsushi Kunimatsu 89 Movie Reviews: 90 Kentaro “Ken” Kudo • Ingrid Prifer • Won-Young Park and Ju-Yeun Han Restaurant Review: Top of the Hub by Yoko Hattori 94 CELOP Alumni Manabu Ohinata and Ina Yoshino 96 Friday Movie Club at CELOP 98 The Simpsons: Sitcom Club 100 CELOP Short Story Reading Club 102 104 Review: The Lady or the Tiger by Kenichiro Yokoo Summer 2004 CELOP Faculty & Staff 110

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Letter from the Director • Credits

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Dear CELOP Students, I am very pleased to have the opportunity to send you a personal message at the end of the semester. At the beginning of your programs this summer, I welcomed you to Boston and to CELOP at Boston University. Now I would like to congratulate you on your successful completion of the Summer Program. I sincerely hope that you had a wonderful adventure here this semester, improving your English language proficiency, broadening your awareness about culture in the United States, making new friends, and exploring new places in Boston. The CELOP faculty and staff, and all the friends of the CELOP program, have greatly enjoyed hosting all of you this summer. Although classes are ending, and many of you will be returning to your countries, Semester Book Summer 2004 will keep your CELOP experience alive. Share your memories with your friends and family. For those of you who are returning to CELOP in the fall, we hope you continue to have an enjoyable and productive time here. Best wishes, Margot S. Valdivia Director

COVER: Boston collage, John de Szendeffy. Center photo by Raquel Chavez. ILLUSTRATION PAGE 5:

Andreina De Lamo, Fall 2002.

Send correspondence regarding the Semester Book to John de Szendeffy, [email protected]. www.bu.edu/celop/alumni All material ©Center for English Language and Orientation Programs, Boston University, 2004. [v. XIII.0]

CELOP SUMMER 2004 SEMESTER BOOK Editor Design Production/Editorial Assistance Photographers Distribution Contributors

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John de Szendeffy John de Szendeffy Lesley Andrews, Jonathan White Lesley Andrews, Jonathan White Gabriella Campozano Jenn Kay Kosch, Lesley Andrews, Jonathan White also Judy Di Leo, Barbara Bliss, Marcella Framondi

This is the 13th edition of the CELOP Semester Book. It is published every semester and available at the Front Desk free of charge to all current students. All Semester Books can be downloaded from the CELOP Alumni Web site as Adobe Acrobat (PDF) documents, www.bu.edu/celop.

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Illustration: Andreina De Lamo, Fall 2002

Where CELOP Students come from

Argentina Brazil Cape Verde Islands Chad Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Germany France Hong Kong Indonesia Israel

Italy Japan Jordan Korea Kuwait Mexico Morocco Panama Paraguay Peru Russia Saudi Arabia Senegal

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JILLIAN’S BILLIARDS CLUB

START OF SEMESTER GET-TOGETHERS

Student Get-Togethers

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BOSTON PHOTOS

SEUNG MOON LEE

Fenway Park from the top of the Prudential Tower. The reflecting pond at the Christian Science Center.

Catching a late afternoon game at Fenway.

Old City Hall on School St, until recently home to the Maison Robert French restaurant.

The Granary Burying Ground on Tremont St., where Sam Adams, among others, is buried.

A “Duck” boat tour of Boston.

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New Student Activities

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GET TO KNOW YOUR CLASSMATES

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every orientation week, CELOP holds an event called “Get to Know Your Classmates” to help students meet each other before classes begin. New students get together for the first time to have fun, enjoy refreshments and get to know each other by playing games.

We begin with an icebreaker that challenges everyone to remember each other. However, students not only have to remember other students’ first names, but also the countries they come from, their favorite food, and a word that best describes them. (For example… “Hello, I am Kenichiro from Japan. My favorite food is noodles and my word is ‘art’ because I love to paint.”) As we go on, students have to introduce themselves and then recall facts about all of the other students who have gone before them. It can be really difficult (especially toward the end), but everyone helps each other out and there are usually some VERY funny moments. —Jenn Kay

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Get to Know Your Classmates Scavenger Hunt Unlike a regular scavenger hunt, where you must go searching for things (e.g., a matchbook from a restaurant), we have a “get to know you” version. Students go around the room asking each other if they fit any of the descriptions on the sheet. (Ex. Rafael, do you play the guitar?) In the end the person who gets the most names in five minutes wins a great prize! This is just another way for people to get to know each other better in a fun and relaxing environment. We all enter the room as strangers, but leave as friends! Here is an example of our scavenger hunt list:

HO . . . W M O RO N THE I E N OMEO __ FIND S ______ _ ______ ______

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Faithful CELOP alum Rafael Ulloa helps a new student find scavenger hunt answers. Rafael, from Ecuador, was a CELOP student in the summer and fall of 2000 and again in the summer of 2001. He returns every semester to help Jenn Kay Kosch orient new students and is otherwise employed as Communications Manager at Hispanic News Press and Editor in Chief of El Planeta Spanish Newspaper. He would no doubt like to hear from you at [email protected]. (For articles and a poem by Rafael, see the Summer 2003 Semester Book at the CELOP Alumni site, www.bu.edu/celop/alumni.)

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P ROFILES Students bring an amazing variety of experience and interests to CELOP. Lesley Andrews interviewed a few students to get a sense of that experience and their ambitions as well. Lesley worked furiously to finish conducting and writing up these interviews while managing the Computer Open Lab.

Atsushi Kunimatsu Japan

Atsushi, from Tokyo, is currently a Visiting Researcher in Computer Science at MIT, working with new computer media and interfaces using speech and motion via video. He is also experimenting with computers and aesthetics and using motion in artistic images. He has been living in Cambridge for two months, and is studying in the six-week summer intensive program at CELOP. He likes Cambridge but so far he only knows the summer, and has heard that winter in Boston is very cold. Still, he feels that Cambridge has a good atmosphere, and enjoys the many parks and trees. Atsushi has found CELOP to be a very international experience. He has met Middle Eastern, Latin American, European and African people here, and has been able to learn about other cultures and other ways of thinking. His best friends here are Noora, from the United Arab Emirates (also profiled in this section) and Shimon, a medical student from Cape Verde. He says he doesn’t have much free time, as he spends most of his time studying, but he has gone out a bit. Yesterday (June 30), for example, he went to a Cape Verdean restaurant with Shimon and had very good seafood. His other favorite restaurant here is Legal Seafoods. Both Atsushi and his wife Eri enjoy cooking, she was a pharmacist in Japan and is now studying English at the Public Library in Cambridge. Last week Atsushi and Eri went to Cape Cod with Noora and a Taiwanese couple. They drove from Cambridge to Provincetown and back in one day (rather a long drive). They thought that P-town was pretty and had very cheap outlet shops (they saw T-shirts for sale for $2.00). Before leaving they walked by the water to enjoy the bay and took many photos.

In the past, Atsushi has visited San Jose, Silicon Valley, and the Napa Valley in Northern California, but finds that Boston is very different. Some surprises he has found here are that supermarkets are very big and have very good prices, but some systems are confusing such as newspaper coupons and “buy one get one free” offers. Health insurance here is very expensive, and can cost eight thousand dollars per year for young couple, but on the other hand he can get free admission to Boston museums with his student ID, and amazingly, a resident parking permit in Cambridge costs only eight dollars a year! Atsushi feels that driving is a little bit dangerous here. First he had to get used to driving on right, but then realized that other drivers don’t use their signals very often, and they pass very fast. He has heard that Boston is the second worst city for traffic in the US after New York, and we do have a reputation for aggressive driving. Tokyo, in contrast, is number three in world (after maybe Singapore). On starting his trip to the Cape, Astushi got lost in downtown Boston trying to find his way out of the city, but in the end they had a very enjoyable day.

Alicia de la Cruz Peru

Alicia is a biologist from Lima, who works with a government institute for the protection of natural resources. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology, a Master’s in Ecotourism, and she comes from a family that loves all kinds of animals. Her mother grew up in the countryside, and her father used to bring home many small animals for the children to keep as

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pets when she was young. In her house they had hamsters, mice, parakeets, pigeons, praying mantises, walking sticks and two dogs. Her brother works in agriculture as an agronomic engineer, so it was not surprising to her family when she chose to study biology. Alicia has been in Boston for about eight weeks, and it is her first time here. She is on a Fulbright scholarship, and will go to Idaho University in the Fall to begin work on a Ph.D. in natural resource management and ecotourism. The university is located in Moscow, Idaho, a city with a population of about thirty thousand, so Alicia is very curious to find out what her life will be like there. Lima is a modern city on the Pacific Coast, with mild weather and beautiful beaches. Idaho, on the other hand, has mountains and farmland, is very far from the ocean, and will have very cold winters.

Carlos Trujillo Colombia

Carlos is a Mechanical Engineer who has worked in the plastics industry in Bogotá, designing molds to be used in the manufacturing of packaging materials and household goods. He has also taught instrumentation and controls, and statics at the Universidad de Antioquia in Medellín. He is here at CELOP on a Fulbright scholarship and will go to SUNY at Stony Brook in the Fall to start working on a PhD. His area of research will be in controls and automation, as this is a weak area at his home university, and his goal is to acquire more modern knowledge of manufacturing technology so that when he returns to Colombia he will be able to strengthen research in Mechanical Engineering in his department at the university. He is particularly interested in applying this knowledge to the manufacturing of prosthetics and other devices used for rehabilitation after a person is injured in some way. As a child, Carlos suffered from a disorder of the femur. He had surgery to correct the problem and then had to use crutches for six months. He remembers his long recovery and wants to help others who have physical problems. Carlos is from Armenia, a city of about 300,000 people in the middle of the country. The area is known for its coffee, as the land is very rich for growing coffee. It is also a

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tourist area, and the weather is always like summer. Five years ago, however, there was an earthquake that destroyed half of the city’s infrastructure (buildings, roads, etc.) and killed about 2,000 people. Luckily, Carlos’ family was okay, but their house was severely damaged and they decided to move. After the earthquake the city received a lot of help from other countries, including Japan, the UK and the US. It was very impressive to see the level of cooperation during that time. The rebuilding is still not complete, but the city is recovering from this disaster. For Carlos it was a dramatic change moving to Bogotá and then to Medellín to study and work. The cities were much bigger than his home town and it took much longer to get from one place to another as the distances were greater. Since then he has experienced several more changes, as he got married a year ago and has now come to Boston. He has been here for about seven weeks, it is his first time here, and is enjoying his stay. Before coming here he thought that Boston was a big city, but was surprised to find that it is both safe and easy to get around. He thinks this is an interesting place, with a wide range of cultural places like the Museum of Science, the Museum of Fine Arts, the Aquarium, and the Peabody Museum at Harvard. He has also found the people to be friendly and very respectful to others, staying very organized in lines when they have to wait for something and generally respecting each others’ personal space. The most valuable thing about being here, though, is the experience of getting to know people from other countries, including several classmates from Dubai, Korea, and Japan.

Cesar Guerrero Colombia

Cesar is from Bucaramanga, a city in the mountains near the border with Venezuela. It is similar to Boston in that there are many universities, and many people go to study there. Bucaramanga is called "the beautiful city,” and it is known for a certain species of ant which is considered a local delicacy. Cesar says that with a little salt they are very good, but a problem is that when you eat them you end up with the legs stuck between your teeth, so it’s better not to smile. In Colombia, Cesar is a Professor of Computer Science

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at the Autonomous University of Bucaramanga, and teaches courses to both graduate and undergraduate students. He has been in the Department of Computer Science for eight years, and was the Dean of the department before coming to the U.S. to continue his studies. Cesar specializes in networking and is interested in computer security. At the moment, he and others are trying to convince the Colombian government to switch its computer systems from Windows to the Linux platform in order to increase security and reduce costs. Cesar has a sister who lives in Hudson, New Hampshire, and has been working with the Department of Social Services there for three years as a psychologist and social worker. It’s very good for him to be able to visit her while he is here. Cesar is living on Bay State Road on the BU campus, and he feels that Boston also is a beautiful city because of its architecture – both old and modern. Every night he talks to his wife using a webcam and his computer, and he has held the camera up to the window to show her his great view of the city. Here in Boston, Cesar is on a Fulbright scholarship which will take him to The University of Florida to do a PhD in Computer Science and Engineering after finishing his English courses at CELOP. His instructors here are Carol Landers for American Culture, Doug Kohn for Academic and Professional Writing, and Ramón Valenzuela for his Core class. Cesar told me that Ramón is "the best professor that I have had in my life,” and he feels that he is not only learning English but also ways to improve his teaching skills just by observing Ramón.

Lepolt Linkimer Costa Rica

Lepolt is a Fulbright scholar from Turrialba. His grandparents emigrated from Lithuania to Costa Rica during World War II and raised nine children, of which his father was the second. His mother’s family had sixteen children, of which his mother was the tenth, so Lepolt has a very large extended family. His parents have been married for thirty years, and Lepolt is the youngest of their four children. The oldest is Mildred, who works as an agronomist, is married and has a four-monthold baby. Next are twin sisters Silja, a medical doctor, and Madai, a psychologist who works with deaf and blind patients.

Lepolt is a geologist, and has been interested in geology since he was four years old. He loves his work, and is fascinated by earthquakes, volcanoes, rocks and fossils. His first memory is of looking at a globe with his mother, and her telling him that at one time in the past, all the continents were joined together in one huge piece of land, but they split apart over millions of years, and you can still see some of the outlines where they fit together as an enormous puzzle. Lepolt was very impressed, and became curious about how this could have happened. Later, when he was twelve years old, there was a devastating earthquake near Lepolt’s home town. It measured 7.7 on the Richter Scale and Lepolt remembers that everything started to shake, things in the house started to fall down, and he couldn’t walk. He hugged his Mom and stood in a doorway until the shaking stopped. For him, it was a "great experience" that encouraged him to study geology in order to find out how it happened. Of course, his Mom thought it was a terrible experience and was very scared. Now Lepolt is studying English at CELOP in preparation to start working on a Master’s Degree in geophysics at Michigan State University in Lansing. Geology is still a young field, it began with James Hutton, a medical doctor in the 1800’s who made analogies between the human body and the earth, and developed a theory that the waves in the earth moved like the blood in the body. Now we know that the power of an earthquake produces two types of waves, called P-waves and S-waves, and like the thunder and lightning in thunderstorms, if you time the interval between the P-waves and the S-waves you can calculate the distance from the center of the earthquake. Lepolt’s goal is to understand the mechanics of earthquakes in order to learn how and where to build safer buildings. The fact that earthquakes are common in Costa Rica means that not many historic buildings survive for very long, so Lepolt is fascinated by the architecture in Boston. He takes "millions" of photographs of buildings, bridges, and architectural details around the city. This is Lepolt’s first time visiting the U.S., and he has been here for about eight weeks. In addition to Boston and Lansing, he hopes to travel to the West Coast and absolutely has to make sure to visit the Grand Canyon, whose layers are “like the pages of an enormous history book” for geologists. He is pleased to see that National Parks are very important in the U.S., and a lot of work goes into conservation of our natural resources. Aside from being away from his family, Lepolt told me that he misses earthquakes. In Costa Rica when there was an earthquake he would run to the lab and stay there all night studying the aftershocks. Here, he woke up one morning to a loud noise, and thought it was an earthquake until he remem-

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bered where he was and realized that it was a big truck passing by. Geology is both his work and his hobby, and while he doesn’t earn a lot of money he feels very fortunate to get paid to do what he loves.

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Lok has been studying here for nearly a year. She hopes to continue her studies as an undergraduate student at BU, because she enjoys living here and BU has an excellent program in Communications.

Lok Kam Yuen Taiwan

Lok Kam Yuen is a very cheerful and energetic young woman. Her father is from Hong Kong and her mother is from Taiwan. Her parents met while her father was visiting Taiwan on business. He fell in love immediately and convinced a mutual friend to introduce him. He traveled back and forth between the two countries, and they were married within a year. They were together for ten years living in Hong Kong, but then got divorced, so Lok Kam moved to Taiwan with her mother when she was eight. Both parents have since remarried, and she has a 14-year-old half-sister named Chi Su, and a 4-year old halfbrother named Cheng Jun Yuen. As the oldest child, she was expected to help take care of her little sister, and was not terribly happy about this when she was younger because there is a nine-year difference in their ages. As they got older, though, they became closer and now have a very good relationship. At age ten, Lok Kam started learning to play the piano, and enjoyed it very much, but gave it up a few years later. There was a lot of pressure to do well in school, to prepare for high school entrance exams in order to get into a good high school, and then to prepare for college. In her last two years of high school she studied from about 7 am to 9 pm every day. She focused on history, geography and language, as she knew she was interested in studying communication, but after graduation she definitely felt like she needed a break. She took advantage of the next few years in order to travel, improve her English, and visit universities where she might continue her studies. In addition to Communication, she wants to study more languages in the future, perhaps Japanese and Spanish. Lok Kam has also lived in several cities in the U.S. and Canada. She spent the Fall of 2001 in Los Angeles, and the 2002-03 school year in Toronto, Ontario. She loved the weather and the atmosphere in Los Angeles, and her father travels there frequently on business, so it was convenient for

that reason, but she wanted a bit more independence, and heard that there are very good schools in Toronto. She had a good experience there, and even went skiing for the first time, but found that compared to her home it was "unbelievably cold," and there was a large Chinese population there, with a particularly large number of people from Hong Kong, so she found it too easy to speak Chinese and not practice her English enough. Finally, she came to Boston in the Fall of 2004, and felt she had found her place. For her, Boston is more beautiful, and has more history, which interests her very much. She admits that sometimes it seems too old, as some of the sidewalks and streets are uneven or in poor condition, but her general impression is that Boston is very different from other cities because of the mix it has of historic and modern buildings. As for her studies here, Lok Kam says: "I love CELOP." She’s been studying here for nearly a year. She has made many new friends here from Korea, Japan, Thailand and South America, and feels very sad when they go on to other things and have to say goodbye. She hopes to continue her studies as an undergraduate student at BU, because she enjoys living here very much and because BU has an excellent program in Communications. Right now she is working on her application essays and will be visiting TASC for help. We wish her success and hope that we will be seeing her on campus for several more years.

Mariana Muñoz Romo Venezuela

Mariana Muñoz Romo is from Mérida, a valley at the northern end of the Andes in the western part of the country, the weather is cool, and it is a popu-

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lar place for tourists because it is very beautiful and cheap for North Americans. Mariana was born in Chile, but her family moved to Venezuela when she was five years old. Her father had been active in politics, and felt it was necessary to leave Chile when Pinochet came to power. Since then he has had the chance to go back but he will not. Her parents were in their thirties when they moved, and they lost their Chilean accent. Mariana grew up with her brother Igor and sister Rocío, they celebrated both Chilean and Venezuelan holidays at home, and she felt like was Venezuelan, but still others usually called her the "Chilean girl." Mariana got married in 2001 to Juan Fernando Burgos, a graphic designer, and became a University Professor of Biological Sciences, teaching Zoology. She came to Boston University as a Fulbright Scholar and will begin work on a Ph.D. this Fall. Her research interest is the behavioral ecology of bats, and she feels very lucky to be able to study at B.U., as Thomas Kunz, one of the most important researchers on bats, teaches here. When I asked her how she first became interested in bats, Mariana said that she feels bats are very misunderstood, and told me about a trip she took when she was a university student. She went with another student to assist with a research project on bats, and was surprised to see fifteen different species living in the same place. This made her curious to find out why there were so many species, all different in color, shape, and features. The answer, she learned, is that each species is adapted to eat a different type of food, and in fact there are about twenty-five species living in that same area, even though she was only able to see fifteen of them. Mérida is surrounded by different types of ecosystems including arid zones, forests and rainforests, so it is a very interesting place to study different types of animals. Mariana is living in a house on Bay State Road with the other Fulbrighters who are studying at CELOP this Summer. At first there were mostly Spanish speakers there, but recently some new people have come from places like Chad and Indonesia, so they are all practicing their English more at home. Mariana said that it is wonderful to share a house with people from different countries, and to be able to learn about different cultures from her same continent and others. She feels that Boston is a clean city, it is near the water, it has a lot of history and many museums, and is very enjoyable. She likes the convenience of the T, as Mérida has no train, and has found the people here to be very kind, friendly, and helpful when she is trying to find a place in the city. She says that although in cloudy weather Boston seems very gray, when the sun comes out it is completely different.

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Fabio Azzolin Italy

Fabio Azzolin is visiting Boston from his home in Marostica, in the Northeast of Italy. It is a small town of about ten thousand people, located about 70 kilometers North of Venice. It is a beautiful place, and the town sits between two castles, one on a hill overlooking the town, and the other on flat land. Marostica is enclosed by walls, and although it is a small place, it is famous for a chess game that is played there every two years using real people in medieval costume as the chess pieces. They play in a large square designed as a huge chessboard, and the event draws large numbers of spectators. According to legend, the game dates back to 1454, when two noblemen fell in love with the daughter of the Lord of Marostica Castle. They challenged each other to a duel, but the Lord convinced them to settle their dispute through a game of human chess rather than a duel which would most likely leave one of them dead. I was not able to learn the outcome of the game, but it has remained a tradition and developed into an elaborate festival involving more than five hundred participants. Fabio describes Marostica with great enthusiasm, and he clearly misses both his home town and his wife, Cinzia, and three children, ten-year-old Valentina, four-year-old Stefano, and Alessandro, who is one and a half. They live in an apartment in Fabio’s parents’ house, and he works with his brother at a company called TPA Plast, which develops polymers used to make strong but light-weight parts for the manufacturing of airplanes and sports cars, among other things. Fabio has been in Boston for one month, and will be returning home after classes end in the middle of August. He feels very comfortable here, and does well interacting with different people. He has become friends with a group of Japanese students, and while he says this is the first time he has been able to really get to know anyone from Japan, and he has found that while they initially seem very quiet, once you get to know them they are very open. Fabio’s goals in coming here were to improve his English for his work, and to visit as many places as possible. He is taking a class in Professional English for Business with Maria Tomeho-Palermino, with nine students including three Italians, one Venezuelan, and five Japanese. He is pleased to see that the students are very interested in the class, they speak well and have no problem sharing infor-

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Marostica is enclosed by walls, and although it is a small place, it is famous for a chess game that is played there every two years using real people in medieval costume as the chess pieces. mation with each other. As for his travel goals, Fabio visited New York last weekend, and will take a bus to Philadelphia and Washington, DC this weekend. It’s a long trip, so hopefully he will have enough time to enjoy both places. This is the first time Fabio has been to Boston and the US, and he remembers feeling when he arrived here that the country is not as big as he thought. Then he went to New York and his idea changed completely when he saw Manhattan. He thinks that Americans are crazy because we have no limits, and everything is big, from cars to the portions of food they serve in restaurants. People here have a totally different idea of distance from people in Europe, as we think in hours instead of kilometers, and the time it takes to drive from one city to another is long because the distances are so great. Fabio found that his first week here was difficult, trying to find his way around the school and the city, and adjusting to the time difference. He hasn’t visited many places in Boston, as he is not very interested in museums and feels that in the places which are popular with tourists, you find many more foreigners than local people. He prefers to spend his time walking downtown and watching people on the street, and also runs along the Charles River in the morning.

Mehmet Ali Cibikci Turkey

Mehmet has been studying at CELOP for two semesters. He is a frequent visitor to the Multimedia Language Labs, where he studies, checks up on international news, and communicates with his family back home. Mehmet was born in Adana, a city of three and a half million people near the

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Syrian border. The weather there is very hot, and the main economic activity is agriculture, producing cotton and wheat. Adana also is home to the modern and important Cukurova University, which focuses on business and engineering, especially agricultural engineering. Mehmet completed his university studies in Adana, and worked as a Regional Manager with a Property and Casualty Insurance Company, traveling to many cities in Southeastern Turkey. He moved to Istanbul in order to take a promotion to Assistant General Manager, and now lives there with his wife, a bank manager, and his 20-year-old daughter who is in law school, although his mother and brothers still live in Adana.

After the shock of winter and the small size of Boston, Mehmet decided to visit New York, but thought it was a terrible city, because everything was so expensive and it seemed very dirty. He felt better returning to Boston . . . Istanbul is an enormous city, with a population of fifteen million and covering a large area half on the European continent and half in Asia. There are only two bridges connecting the two halves of the city across the channel between the Black Sea and and the Sea of Marmara, so Mehmet spends three hours a day commuting between his work on the European side of the city and his home, 25 kilometers away on the Asian side. This is the first time Mehmet has visited the US, and he arrived in Boston in January of this year. During this time he has not been able to return home, but his wife did come visit him here for several weeks in May. After living in Istanbul, Boston seemed very small and very quiet. Here the stores, restaurants and clubs close early, while there is activity in Istanbul twenty-four hours a day. This winter the weather set records for the coldest temperatures in a hundred years (according to newspaper reports), and Mehmet discovered the meaning of the term "wind chill," and didn’t like it at all. After the shock of winter and the small size of Boston, he decided to visit New York, but thought it was a "terrible city" because everything was so expensive and it seemed very dirty. He felt better returning to Boston, even though the summer has been more cold and rainy than sunny and warm, and has found a favorite place to read and relax by the Charles River.

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Noora Al-Hashimi United Arab Emirates

Noora has been living in Boston for about two months and is from Dubai. Before coming here she studied in Egypt, completing a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration at Ainshams University in Cairo. She found the city to be completely different from Dubai, which is very modern and has a large international population. In contrast, Cairo was very crowded and noisy, and sits right next to the enormous, ancient pyramids. Egypt is different from UAE in its culture, accent and vocabulary, food, clothing, and people’s attitudes towards each other. When she visited the pyramids, Noora was struck by the experience of seeing something that was so ancient, and wondered how they were able to build them without any modern technology.

Noora went to Cape Cod with friends and put her hand in the water to see how cold it was (not as cold as she expected) and tasted it just out of curiosity. She said it was not as salty as the sea water back home. Now she is experiencing another completely new culture living in the US for the first time, and calls this "the second adventure of my life." She hopes to attend graduate school here, and has been accepted by a university in Alabama, but is enjoying her stay in Boston and thinking that she would like to stay here, even though she can’t imagine what the winter will be like. She has found the people here to be very friendly and kind, especially at CELOP. Noora has been to England in the past, and sees a lot of similarities between London and Boston in the architecture, the people, and has even found a Big Ben type clock at the New England Aquarium. She likes to visit the museums here, and has been to the Museum of Fine Arts with her English class, but is studying a lot and doesn’t have a lot of time for other activities. She did go to Cape Cod with her friend Atsushi and his wife, and enjoyed seeng Provincetown and

the ocean. She even put her hand in the water to see how cold it was (not as cold as she expected), and tasted it just out of curiosity. She said it was not as salty as the sea water back home. Although Noora misses her family, friends, and favorite places in Dubai, she is thinking about working here for a little while after finishing her MBA in order to get some business experience in the US. She hopes to work in public or customer relations, perhaps organizing conferences and seminars, as she enjoys interacting with other people as much as possible. Whatever she does, though, she will take home a degree, stronger English skills, and a lot of memories from her time here.

Sergio Colin Castillo Mexico

Sergio is from the town of Tepetlixpa, just southeast of Mexico City. He works as an environmental economist, that is, he studies economics and its impact on the physical, biological, and social environment. This is a new academic field which only started about ten years ago. In Mexico Sergio studied at Chapingo University, and completed a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics. Then he worked for one year in a rural program which provided seed corn and beans to families who were not able to buy them in order to plant their fields, either due to a lack of money or the inability to travel to markets in the cities. Sergio went on to do a Master’s degree at the Colegio de la Frontera in Tijuana, which was a major change from his life in Tepetlixpa. After completing his studies, Sergio returned home and founded a group with the goal of rescuing local culture, promoting organic farming and a return to indigenous values, agricultural methods, and cultural activities. One of these activities is a festival for the sixteenth century poet, playwright and women’s advocate Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, who was born in Tepetlixpa. Since 1995, Sergio has been working with the Mexican National Institute of Ecology as an economist. He acts as an advisor to economic and environmental regulators within the government, in an effort to reduce pollution and protect the environment. He feels lucky that the position was open when he arrived, and remembers

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Sergio worked as an advisor to the United Nations in Argentina and to the government in Ecuador. He is here at CELOP on a Fulbright scholarship and will go to Texas A&M in the Fall to begin work on a Ph.D. that when he started the office had only one room for five or six people and contained just a table and three chairs. Over the next few years they gradually expanded, until now they have twenty people with offices and computers. While working with the Institute, Sergio was able to visit Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Spain, Portugal and Italy. He even worked as an advisor to the United Nations in Argentina and to the government in Ecuador. In the meantime, he continued his studies by taking courses in geography and environmental policy. He is here at CELOP on a Fulbright scholarship, and will go to Texas A&M in the Fall to begin work on a PhD. This is his first time in Boston, and will be his first time in Texas, although he visited San Diego while living in Tijuana. Sergio had a lot of expectations before coming here, as he had read about the history of Boston and the importance of this area for the US economy. Since he arrived two months ago, he has visited the Museum of Fine Arts, the USS Constitution, the Downtown area, Harvard University and MIT. He is living on Bay State Road, and enjoys watching people out walking, running and biking along the Charles River outside his window. He can see people out very early before going to work, and he joins them every morning to run up one side of the river and back along the other side.

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Advertising at the university, and helped out at her father’s company, which makes soap. Most people think that a soap factory would smell very nice, but Nida has probably been around it for too long. As a child she hated the smell of soap but never told her father about it, and now feels like she is getting a cold when she encounters a very strong-smelling soap. Bangkok is a very big, crowded city and has huge traffic jams. Nida lives in the suburbs, and when she wants to drive in to the city to meet her friends, it takes two hours to go twenty kilometers, so it is more convenient to visit with friends at one of their houses. This is the second time Nida has been to the US, the first time she went to San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco in California, and Reno, Nevada. Her brother is studying for an MBA in Maryland, so she has visited him, too. Before coming to Boston, she heard that it was a very nice, quiet city, so she was in shock on the first day to see many cars in the street. It seemed crowded, dirty and noisy, and the people in cars would honk their horns at people who crossed the street in front of them. Nida felt that she didn’t want to stay here. Last year when the Red Sox played the Yankees in the final games before the World Series, Nida was living near Fenway Park, so she remembers that it was terribly noisy with people shouting and honking their car horns. Since then, she has moved to Beacon Street, and feels that is quieter and nicer. She has also visited New York since she has been here, and although it has a good night life, she found that it was so crowded and fast-paced that when she came back to Boston she liked it better than before. Things seemed slower and more peaceful, and fortunately she is feeling much better about living here these days. After finishing her English classes at CELOP, Nida plans to apply to Metropolitan College to study International Business, so that when she returns home to Bangkok she will be able to help her father’s company.

Su-Kyoung Shim Nida Chanthavanich

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Nida is from Bangkok and has been studying at CELOP and living in Boston since last September. Before coming here she studied Communication and

Su-Kyoung is the youngest of three sisters from Seoul. One of her older sisters is a lab researcher working on cancer treatment, and is now living in Australia and working in an

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Su-Kyoung expected that she would learn a lot about American culture but finds she is learning just as much about the Thai, Chinese, Colombian, Venezuelan, and African cultures from meeting all the international students here.

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movies but has not yet had the chance to go there. The best thing about living in the US, though, is the fact that people seem to have a lot of freedom to be themselves without worrying about what other people think.

Tomomi Kanayama Japan

internship with an Australian company. Su-Kyoung studied Political Science and Diplomacy at the university in Korea, but feels that she is still "looking for what I want to be," and is really interested studying Journalism and Communications with the idea of working with the media or the government. After studying at CELOP she hopes to attend the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, but is concerned about the fact that as a non-native speaker of English, she will have to work twice as hard as the American students. Seoul is a very big, crowded city with few parks, so she was happy to see that Boston is fairly small and has many trees and parks. When she first came here, she learned quickly that you can’t believe the weather forecasts, when they say it will rain it doesn’t, and when they say it will be sunny it rains. After carrying her umbrella around when she didn’t need it and not having it when she did for a little while, she gave up and left it at home, so now she just gets wet in the rain like most of the other students around here. Still, she likes the fact that Boston is peaceful, academic, and safe. Su-Kyoung expected that when she came to the US she would learn a lot about American culture, but finds she is learning just as much about the Thai, Chinese, Colombian, Venezuelan, and African cultures from meeting all the international students here. She feels like she is living in a very small world. Before coming here, Su-Kyoung had already visited New York City, and had enjoyed the busy, crowded atmosphere with lots of activity and a fast lifestyle. After living in Boston for a few months, though, she found that she didn’t like spending time in New York anymore, and now she thinks that Boston is better because it is like neither the countryside nor the city, but something in between, a compromise. In addition to New York and Boston, she has also visited Tampa, Las Vegas, and the Grand Canyon. She thought that Tampa was the most fun place, but very hot. The Grand Canyon was beautiful, but she didn’t like Las Vegas, and has decided that the best place for living in the US is the Northeast. Still, she wants to visit Chicago, as she has seen it many times in

Tomomi is from Nagoya and wants to study either music or fashion at a university in the US. She has been playing the electric organ since she was two years old, has studied in programs through the Technics and Rowland companies, and has done well in the competitions they hold every year. She also worked in sales for two years with her father’s company, which designs and sells clothing. As a part of this job, she had the opportunity to travel to various parts of Japan and the US, including New York and Las Vegas, to attend fashion shows. When she was in high school, Tomomi studied in Denver and Seattle for six months and lived with American host families. Her school in Japan did not offer any English instruction, so she arrived without knowing even the alphabet. She was lost and very homesick at first, but says that "my host family cared a lot for me,” so she was able to adapt to life here and learn English quickly. In fact, when she returned home after the six months and took an English test, she scored at a level which qualified her to teach English in Japan. Tomomi’s brother and sister also have experience living in the US, her brother lived here for ten years, and her sister for three or four years, so now it is her turn. At first, she wanted to visit Korea as both of her parents are Korean, but she agreed to come here for three months and has now decided to stay. She finds Boston to be similar to Nagoya in size and location near the ocean, and she enjoys the fact that it is easy to reach the countryside once you leave the city. She has visited Cape Cod and other places with friends she met here at CELOP, and spends time with them going to movies or studying at the university library. She will apply to study at Berklee College of Music or Pine Manor College in Boston, and perhaps also to the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. SB

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INTERVIEW: CELOP Intern and Alumna, Eri Washida by Lesley Andrews

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ri is from Arita City in southern Japan, but left home to study International Relations at Tsuda University in Tokyo, and then worked for ten years in customer relations. She came to Boston with her husband, who received a scholarship to do research in comparative media studies at MIT. They have been living in Porter Square in Cambridge for just over one year and enjoy the international character of the city. Eri studied at CELOP during the Summer of 2003 with Susan Vik, who heard that there was an opportunity available for someone to work as an Intern at the front desk. Eri applied and was hired, and she has been filing, answering phones, helping with activities and assisting students ever since. She says that her English has definitely improved a great deal since she has been here, but it took some time to realize that she was improving. There are many Japanese students at CELOP, but Eri says that she only speaks Japanese about once a week because most students want to practice their English as much as possible. Eri will be returning to Japan at the end of June, and plans to look for a job in education where she can use her English, perhaps in the English department of a university or language school. She has found that she likes the atmosphere of the university, the people are very nice and there isn’t as much competition as there is in the business world. Eri will not miss the

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"horrible" winter we had this past year (it was unusually cold), but she will remember barbecuing in her garden, and being introduced to Mexican food and Thanksgiving turkey. She will also look back on her travels to Niagra Falls, New York City, Washington D.C., and Disney World, as well as a Caribbean cruise to Jamaica, Grand Cayman, Cozumel and Key West. The most important thing she has gained from her time here, though, is the experience of studying and working at CELOP. She feels that studying here opens up the future for international students, enabling them to attend universities in the US, get new and better jobs, and make friends from all over the world, perhaps even meeting their future husband or wife here (we have seen several couples marry after meeting at CELOP over the years, and have even begun to enroll some of their children in English courses here). In her own life, Eri sees that things are changing in a better way and has high hopes for the future. We will miss seeing her here and wish her every success. Good luck Eri from all of us!

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Student Interview

Raquel Chavez: Flamenco Dancer

WITH STUDENTS from all over the world at CELOP, bringing all sorts of different experiences and backgrounds, should it be surprising that we have a Flamenco dancer from Venezuela?

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aquel Chavez, 23, started taking Flamenco dance lessons at the same time with her older sister when she was 11 years old. It was the first activity that her mother tried to get her involved in that she actually liked. In fact, she loved it. She had to perform in dance recitals every year in a theater, and five years after starting to dance, she began to perform regularly at concerts with famous singers, such as the Gypsy Kings, Rosario Flores, Azucar Moreno, and others. To most of us, dancing might seem fun, recreational. But Raquel insists that Flamenco dancing is very demanding, requiring complete and exact coordination of every part of your body. Flamenco dancing has been an all-consuming pursuit for her, much like a professional athlete’s dedication to his or her sport. Nonetheless, she managed to finish college in Venezuela with a degree in business administration, while keeping up her dancing. She took classes with well known Flamenco teachers from Spain, and, at 17, began teaching children and adults at a dance studio. If you want to see Flamenco dancing, Raquel says that while you can find plenty of it in Venezuela, Spain is the center of Flamenco dancing, though she

Five years after starting to dance, Raquel began to perform regularly at concerts with famous singers, such as the Gypsy Kings, Rosario Flores, Azucar Moreno, and others.

has yet to visit that country herself. Flamenco in Boston? Not that she knows of. Raquel came to CELOP to improve her English because many of her fellow countrymen have come here and recommended it. This summer, she’s in Pam Steeves and Nora Smith’s class. She plans to stay through the fall semester then return to Venezuela in December. At first, she’ll work for her family’s import-export business, putting her college education to work, but eventually she’d like to open her own dance studio to train Flamenco dancers of the future and put on dance shows.

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What is Flamenco Dancing?

Flamenco music originated with the Roma people of the Andalusia region of southern Spain in the 14th century. The essence of flamenco is cante, or song, often accompanied by guitar music and improvised dance but sometimes accompanied only by hand claps or the beating of a stick, the palo seco, on the floor. Flamenco song falls into three categories: cante jondo, or cante grande (profound, or grand, song), which is profoundly emotional and deals with themes of death, anguish, despair, or religion; cante intermedio (intermediate song), a hybrid of cante jondo with Spanish music styles; and cante chico (light song), which tends to deal with less serious, often humorous or romantic subjects. After the mid-19th century, dancing and guitar music became standard accompaniments to flamenco song. In traditional flamenco dance, the male dancers’ steps emphasize intricate footwork (zapateado) and heel-tapping (taconeo), whereas female dancers rely more on expressive movements of the hands and fingers (florea), arms (braceo), and upper torso. In the gestures of the baile grande, or profound dance, the arm, hand, and foot movements closely resemble those of classical Hindu dance, perhaps revealing a clue to flamenco’s ancient origins.

Raquel, Koishim, Mariana in the CELOP lobby.

Maru, Ignacio, Mariana, Antonio, and Raquel at Jillian’s Billiards Club.

The flamenco guitarist is, ideally, a sensitive and knowledgeable accompanist whose primary duty is to provide the rhythmic foundation for the singer’s performance. The audience often plays an important role in flamenco performance. They may help set the tone for the performance with shouts of encouragement and admiration in the jaleo, and rhythmic hand clapping (palmas) and finger snapping (pitos) to complement the rhythms of the guitar and the dancer’s zapateado.

(Excerpted from Britannica Student Encyclopedia Online, 2004. www.search.eb.com/ebi/article?eu=348192, 7/16/2004.) Mariana, Antonio, Raquel, and Maru at Naoto’s house party.

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The Wizard of Wisconsin: Toto, I Don’t Think We’re in Taiwan Anymore by Wan-Fang “Shirley” Yeh

Shirley has worked at CELOP’s Front Desk since the fall of 2002. She came to Boston University from Taiwan for a doctoral program in linguistics. I asked her to write about her experience here and how it might serve as an example of part-time work that an international student might find in the U.S.

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lmost every international student has a story about studying abroad. Studying abroad was not an easy thing at all for a girl who was alone and thousands of miles away from home. It was quite an experience for me. Right after I graduated from college, I went to the graduate program at the University of Wisconsin at Madison (UWMadison). Not knowing anyone, I arrived in Madison at a somewhat small airport with my two big suitcases after a tearful goodbye from my family and more than 24 hours of flying. Through an arrangement with a long-distance relative, I stayed at a friendly Chinese-American couple’s place temporarily until I found a place of my own. They were also the nice people who went to pick me up at the airport even though they did not know my father or me. My first challenge in settling in was finding an apartment. First, I spent a long time copying down phone numbers that were posted on campus for people who were looking for roommates. After several frustrating phone calls, it occurred to me this method did not seem to work. I decided to try my luck on the streets. With a simple map, I walked randomly on the streets to look for signs outside of the build-

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With a simple map, I walked randomly on the streets to look for signs outside of the buildings, such as “now renting.” After a long search, I signed a one-year lease that same day . . . . This may be nothing for some people, but I was very proud of myself for finding a place to stay in a foreign country all by myself within such a short time. ings such as “now renting.” After a long search, I signed a one-year lease that same day, thinking that I would not go home until I graduated. I got myself a furnished room close to the campus with two friendly American roommates and moved in the next day. This may be nothing for some people, but I was very proud of myself for finding a place to stay in a foreign country all by myself within such a short time. The next challenge was food. Since I did not know how to cook and could not find a full-service supermarket, I had a simple sandwich with lettuce, tomatoes and ham or turkey for every meal. After a week, I got sick of sandwiches, or even just looking at bread, and refused to eat any kind of sandwich for a long time. I finally asked my roommates where the nearest supermarket was. Later, I found it was only a few blocks away; I had been looking for it for the wrong direction. My first homemade dish was cabbage with pork. It took me only one hour to chop up the cabbage and pork. Nevertheless, I was jumping up and down in the kitchen

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when my first cooking project was finished, which of course caused my roommates to wonder what had made me so excited.

ing along Lake Mendota. On weekends, the best thing to do was sit on the terrace, listen to a band and have the delicious ice cream made by the university!

Life was not easy at school, either. I had to adjust to a different style of learning—having discussions and presentations in class. I could not just be a quiet student sitting in the class like what I was in Taiwan. Schoolwork was tough. With lots of reading and assignments, I spent quite a bit of time either in the library or in front of the computer. Also, after turning in a one-paragraph-long paper proposal, I realized I did not really know how to write a paper, so the Writing Center was another place to find me on campus. In addition, discussing homework with my study group was also on the school must-do list. With my busy schedule, I almost did not have time to enjoy the pretty scenery on campus. UWMadison has the most beautiful campus I have ever seen. The big campus is located in downtown Madison stretch-

One month after my arrival, I received a big package from home. It was full of food! Inside the box, there was a letter written by my mother. Once I opened the letter, I could not even read it because my eyes were full of tears. I never realized how homesick I was until that moment. The next thing I knew, I was at the manager’s office changing my one-year apartment lease to academic year, so I could go home right after the summer vacation began. But I came back in the fall, having gained several pounds because of my mother’s delicious home cooking. I lasted through another frigid winter in the mid-west, and graduated in the summer. I was happy to go back to Taiwan, but I still miss UW ice cream. SB

Beginning a University Program?

CELOP Part-Time Day & Evening Courses

Why not continue improving your English while you pursue your degree?

www.bu.edu/celop/part-time

IMPORTANT! Students studying part-time are not eligible for a CELOP I-20. To remain in the U.S.on your F-1 Student Visa,you must be enrolled full-time at CELOP, Boston University, or another qualified institution. See Marcella Framondi in office #238 for more information.

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17 JUNE 2004

BU GLOBAL PIZZA PARTY @ CELOP

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DOREEN MILLER’S CLASS

CLASS TRIP TO KONDITOR MEISTER BAKERY a hot Tuesday in July, Doreen Miller’s Mid-C core class took a tasty field trip to Konditor Meister Bakery in Braintree. Cameras flashed, and the students enjoyed many delicious samples from the ovens of this renowned bakery. Guenther Moesinger, one of the bakery owners,

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was a very gracious host and provided the students with interesting details and stories about his life and the history of the bakery. If you like sweets, be sure to check out Konditor Meister Bakery at 32 Wood Road in Braintree where friendly smiles await you. —Doreen

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Konditor Meister Bakery 32 Wood Road Braintree, MA

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MARSHA DEAN

CLASS TRIP: ROCKPORT

Lunch, shopping, fun with class mates by the sea.

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MFA Tour

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MFA TOUR

CELOP Alumni Rafael and Tomo (at right) serve as guides for CELOP tours of the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) and a Trolley Tour of Boston.

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RAFAEL ULLOA

GIVING A GRADE TO THE PROFESSOR WORKING IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY is hard and requires a lot of energy, patience and self confidence. Day after day you need to meet tourists from all over the country and from many nations of the world, some of whom are not the nicest persons on earth and still you need to keep your smile. That is why I feel it is hard to judge the people providing services such as guided tours.

This semester the CELOP traditional activity Bus Tour of Boston had two personalities on board. One was me, taking pictures (kidding) and the other was the tour driver, a man with a thick beard, glasses and grayish/white hair whose artistic name is “The Professor.” This gentleman looked like a . . . hmm . . . a Professor! Easily he could have followed the academic research path or he could have found a job acting in educational videos or as a wise grandfather who teaches the capital of the world to his grandchild. However he chose the Trolley Tours. I had the opportunity to sit next to The Professor, and in my opinion he did a good job. It is hard to interact with a bus full of students from different countries:

Which style you use? Are the jokes that make the Japanese laugh good to make the French laugh too? Are the students understanding what the guide is saying? Are they interested in the talk or they would have liked more to have a peaceful tour?

Anyway, The Professor gave me the best grade!* He even let me get off the bus at Hynes. The only complaint is that I heard some inaccurate information about some restaurants in my neighborhood (Back Bay). But, anyway, have you met a good professor who is free to be informed of food and style? *I’m lying. The Professor didn’t grade anybody, but I am just trying to make the other students jealous.

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Day Trip

RAFAEL ULLOA

A DAY AT REVERE BEACH SUNDAY JULY 17 WAS A TYPICAL DAY from this summer with the tricky weather included. The morning was cloudy and it was uncertain if rain was going to ruin the day we had planned. The plan was going to Revere Beach, a few steps away from the Revere T Station on the Blue Line.

When we arrived at the beach, the sun didn’t let us down and the day became just perfect. Before going for the first time to Revere Beach, you don’t know what to think. My advice is that you should not imagine something too close to the Caribbean or the beaches in other countries famous for “fun in the sun” or you will be disappointed. On the other hand, if you just expect to find a beach that is on the northeast coast of the U.S. with more urban qualities than wildnature atmosphere, then you will have a good time in Revere. The students from Taiwan and Thailand and I enjoyed some fun in the sand, walking along the beach and even tried the water, which was not as cold as I expected it to be. Quoting the words of Patricia Shao, a 20-year-old student

from Taiwan, “the water was full of seaweed, but the fun time under the sun with friends was great.”

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Going Out

RAFAEL ULLOA

SALSA IN CAMBRIDGE, 21 JULY SALSA IS SO POPULAR NOW that when the announcement of Willie Colon coming to Cambridge for a free concert as part of the City of Cambridge’s “unconventional week,” I thought it would be a crime not to let some of my CELOP friends know about this free event.

The night was hot, clear and perfect for a big open air performance. The stage, food stands, and dance floor were located right at Technology Square at the Kendall/MIT T stop. It took a while to get to see Willie Colon, who is a respected name in the entire world when you talk about salsa and tropical music, but all the time before his show there were many other performers opening the night. Kazuhiro and Ayako Arakawa, a married couple from Japan who are studying at CELOP were learning how to

dance Salsa with the instructors who gave a free lesson before the concert. Other CELOP students from Korea, Jung (Tiffany) and Kim, were fast at learning the basic steps. More into the visuals the student Takashi Horie from Japan took great pictures of the performers… so great that they were included in the newspaper I work for. According to Kazuhiro and Aya, “the concert was very enjoyable and it was great to have the chance to go to this kind of event, the energy and the party atmosphere were contagious and for sure we want to learn more and more how to dance Salsa.”

Rafael Ulloa can be reached at [email protected]

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Chris Antonellis, 025 - Vanida Busrathepkul, Cheng-Hsing Chen, I-Feng Chiang, Sergio Colin Castillo, Osvail Lazarim Dias, Nyingcha Duoji, Giovana Gambaro, Byung Chul Kim, Fang-Ju Lin, Haitham Osta, Maria Ramon Canet

Jamie Beaton and Jeff DiIuglio, 055 - Nora Alnasser, Abdulla Ali Alzaabi, Young-Ah Ha, Sae Ro Mi Kim, Ricardo Moron Hernandez, Karla Vargas Rodriguez, Krit Vipatanakit, Hee Na Yang; 015 - Luis Fuenmayor

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Shelley Bertolino, 005 - Tomoko Eguchi, Vanessa Neumam, Wararat Santiseweekul, Maria Torre Sainz de Rozas, Yuko Umezawa, Kuang-Yi Wu

Barbara Bliss and Jacquie LoConte, 055 -Esam Al-Subari, Mariana Bego, Nida Chanthavanich, Sun-Wook Chung, Juan Costa, Dae Kwan Jung, Tomomi Kanayama, Bo Hyun Kim, Chantima Larpchivashitti, Mi-Young Lee, Seung Moon Lee, Koichi Miyazaki, Su Kyoung Shin, Chun-Chieh Wang, Lok Kam Yuen

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Lynn Bonesteel, 026 - Yumiko Aoi, Satoru Ariwaka, Chun-Hsien Chen, Adriana Collazos, Atsushi Isokawa, Soo Jin Kang, Chihiro Kusano, Giorgio Recine, Kiyoshi Tsujimoto; 016 - Savitree Sriboonreung, Chie Yakura

Jill Brand, 005 - Chan-Yang Hsu, Hea Wook Jung, Hyung Duk Kim, Chin-Yu Lin, Yi-Jyun Liou, Ji-Wei Tang, Huei-Ting Yang, Chih-Chin Yu, Sebla Yuzbasioglu. (not pictured) Jong Min Park

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Ron Clark, 038 - Hao-Yang Huang, Joon Ki Song, Daisuke Wakura, Wan-Ju Wu; 028 - Boutaina Dinia, Rokuhei Hayashi, Yi-Chun Lin, Motonori Sato, Chun-Yang Wei. Not pictured: 048 - Hirotsugu Furuoya, Yasuhiro Makita, Emiko Yoshikawa, Marie Astrid Koenig

Pamela Couch and Lori Lubeski, 025 - Ana Arosemena Bendetti, Jia Ying Chang, Po-Chieh Chang, Yi-Hung Lin, Wei-Chen Liu, Wen-Ting Lo, Angel Morales Gonzalez, Monique Saing

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Elizabeth D’Angelo, 025 - Jun Hyeok Choi, Takahiro Hasegawa, Michelle Hernandez Martinez, Hsin-Hao Hsu, Iahli Patale Gabdibe, Francesco Iannamorelli, Joan Juny Parello, Seong Jun Park, Rigoberto Rios Estepa, Sebastian Roa Prada, Mehmet Uludag, Joana Maria Vives Andres, Atun Wardatun

Joyce Ho and Judith Dan, 055 - Maher Taresh Al Alili, Noora Alhashimi, Claudia Becerra Hernandez, Petcharat (Pat) Chintawongvanich, Seung Hi Chung, Antonio Crous, Mbathio Diarra, Eun-Na Kim, Wei-Chih (Stanley) Liao, Simone Lopes, Tomomi Ono, Ye Sun (Suny) Rha, Miryam Vargas Rodriguez

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Marsha Dean, 055 - Chariya Apisithamorngul, Imsook Jung, Chi Nae Kim, Jinkyung Kim, Seung Hyun Kim, Yen-Lin Lai, Santiago Machicado Villamizar, Seong Hyun Park, Carlos Trujillo Suarez, Patricia Vivanco, Tae Ho Yoon

Margo Downey and Doreen Miller, 055 - Ahmad Al Frayan, Orit Avivi, Jin Won Choi, Seung Sik Choi, Mehmet Cibikci, Tomomi Kitahara, Jung Yeon Lim, Kazuhiko Matsumura, Abril Munoz Alberich, Maria Rangel Escobar, Maria Vila, HeeWon Yang, Kaori Yasunaga

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Michael Feldman, 026 - Eiji Hagio, Wei-Sheng Hong, Yasuto Imai, Georg Jacobs, Takao Kawase, Carla Parra, Junichi Setsuda, Shinya Shimada, Sang Kyu Song, Ching Suen Jane Tsui; 016 - Hui-Fen Chan, Fusako Kirinuki

Shelley Fishman, 005 - Emmanuel Atlan, Hsiao-Ju Chien, Yi-Chun Chou, Shira Cohen, Takeshi Hanai, Takashi Iijima, Sugsoon Im (not shown), Tzung-Wei Liu, Jikichiro Matsubara, Bayron Augusto Milian Vincente, Ayako Otani, Juan De Dios Simon Sotz, Takeshi Takaura

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Cynthia Flamm, 026 - Ali Alhashimi, Augusta Maria Aljovin De De La Puente, Kazuhiko Arakawa, Fang-Yu Chen, Pai-Chiang Chu, Hiroyuki Kohyama, Takaaki Oki, Maira Pechman, Kai Rueting, Airi Tozaki; 016 - Goki Nakadate, Mariko Shiratori

Joanne Fox and Renee Delatizky, 055 - Ji Yeon Han, Chih-Hung (Vincent) Huang, Chan Yong Jung, Seung Wan Kim, Jae Won Lee, Hsueh (Maggie) Peng, Ingrid Prifer, Woo Young Ro, Ha-Jung Yoon, Hye Kyeong Yun

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Jim Kaplan, 005 - Thays Carneiro, Yi-Ju Chen, Ming-Chan Chien, Takeshi Goto, Ece Gucuk, Wei-Lin Hsu, Ryutaro Iwanami, Takuya Kato, Eun Kyung Kim, Fernando Martin Loarte, Yukiko Miyazaki, Yuthasak Rattanapong, Ta-Yin Shih, Ji Soo Yang, Wan-Jung (Winona) Wei

Doug Kohn, 055 - Hiyam Alfassam, Natasha Amendola, Hui-Shan Chen, Ju-Yeun Han, Yasuo Ishii, Tiptida Kangwarnjit, Tae Hyun Kim, Marco Negroni, Eid Salek, Yu Sun, Soo Nyung Yoon; 027 - Sumina Ono, Hau-Yi Wang

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John Kopec, 015 - Carlos Arreaza, Rodrigo Britez, Xuyu Cai, Se Yon Choi, Chih-Hui Lee, Min-Shan Lee, Narawan Mekdumrongsang, Yuko Sakai, Gonzalo Rojas (not shown), Jung-Hyun Yea

George Krikorian, 015 - Inas Alashkar, Cecilia Caferri, Chia-Ling Chen, Sin Hang Chiu, Chizuru Goto, Iris Guajardo, Tomohiko Hoshino, Kai-Hui Hsiao, Won-Yul Lee, Toshio Nakayama, Kumi Shimada, Hyoun-Goo Shin, Bu-Hyun Yoon, Ikumi Yoshihiro, Jungsun Yun

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Dorothy Lynde, 025 - Andre Benini, Atsushi Mitoya, Mauricio Ramon Canet, Yi-Kai Sheng, Tosie Takahashi, Takashi Yamanaka

Bob Maguire, 025 - Gueye Abdou, Mohammad Ahnaf, Yueh-Lun Chang, Ezra Cohen, Vicent Garcia Moreno, Tien-Lu Huang, Eun Jeong Kim, Min Jung Kim, Yoko Kimura, Hiromi Kiyohara, Ting-Chun Kuo, Tzu-Chen Liu, Firas Nassar, Maotai Xia

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Amelia Onorato and Sterling Giles, 025 - Ayako Arakawa, Wei-Ju Chen, Yun-Chieh Hsieh, Hsu-Cheng Hsu, Jong-Won Kim, Kwang Jung Kim, Kwang Pok Kim, Chuan-Ju Lin, I-Pe Patricia Shao, Chi-Chen Wang, Huan-Chieh Wang

Patricia Peknik, 026 - Minoru Aosaki, Takuya Fukuoka, Makiko Harigai, Jun Ho Hong, Shinichiro Kitamura, Kuniaki Kobayashi, Wan-Chih Liu, Marta Ortiz, Francesco Paolino, Pei-Yi Sun; (016) - Kaoru Enomoto, Pierre-Louis Herin

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Joe Pettigrew, 015 - Micheal Barrera, Butsakorn (Pear) Chevathamanon, Kengo Fukasawa, Young Hoon Kang, Michelle Lasanta Morales, Nutphatai (Ashley) Ratanasanti, Andrey Shlyakhovoy

Carol Piñeiro, 009 - Willem-Jan Acou, Pablo Gonzalez, Yu-Chi Lee, Borwornsom Leerapan, Munehito Machida, Marcos Alberto Munoz Domon

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Nora Smith, 055 - Raquel Chavez Muscolino, Won Kuen Choi, Da Young Chung, Misako Fukuda, Sawako Horie, Kentaro Kudo, Ignacio Martin Fernandez, Li Ra Pi, Marco Vanotti, Mei-Huei Yang, Mizuho Yasudome

Maria Tomeho-Palermino, 008 - Fabio Azzolin, Alon Cohen, Niria Hernandez, Yohei Kadoya, Chinatsu Nihei, Laura Vazzana, Tomoya Yamashita, Hiroyuki Yoshida

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Ramon Valenzuela, 055 - Byung Joo Ahn, Samy Al Onazy, Saleh Al-Subari, Taelang Bae, Alicia De La Cruz Abarca, Cesar Guerrero Santander, Kyung Min Kim, Yi-Ching Lin, Lepolt Linkimer, Mariana Munoz Romo, Sang Hoon Park, Won-Young Park, Carolina Salinas, Jong Min Shin

Susan Vik and Donna Palermino, 006 - Stella De Sampaio Lara, Kiyoto Matsuyama, Tatsuki Murase, Fumiyuki Oya, Shuji Sato, Aryo Setoadji, Megumi Shimizu, Naoko Sonobe, Toshihiro Sonobe, Daniel Villareal (not shown), Yoshitaka Wada, Silvia Olivero, Rafael Sanz (not shown)

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Ellen Yaniv, 005 - Li-Jung Lin, Po-Ya Lin, Leslie Meny, Valeria Nichele Torre, Alexander Wang, Hwai-Chern Wang, Li-An Yen, Eleonora Ziveri

The Boston University campus, showing the towers that frame Marsh Chapel in the center, the CAS observatory to the right, and Back Bay highrises, including the John Hancock Tower, at far right.

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Part-time Program

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CELOP PHOTO SHOOT When CELOP needed to update a brochure for the Part-time program (left), we looked for the most accurate depiction of those students, so we turned to students actually enrolled in that program this summer. Four students from Chris Antonellis’s evening class agreed to be photographed outside of CELOP for the brochure— and had a good time along the way.

Jeong Moon Hee (Korea)

Maria Silveira (Brazil) Alexandro de Jesus Santos (Brazil)

Gustavo Khozam (Brazil)

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DOROTHY LYNDE & SHELLEY BERTOLINO

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helley Bertolino and Dorothy Lynde’s core classes worked together in the MLL in July to prepare for a field trip to the Paul Revere House in Boston. Vanessa Neuman from Brazil and Yi-Kai Sheng from Taiwan received a prize for finding all the correct information the fastest.

Winners Vanessa Neuman and Yi-Kai Sheng.

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PHOTOS

CHANTIMA LARPCHIVASHITTI

Fooling around in Barbara Bliss’s class.

Pictures from Class

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Birthday Party

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BIRTHDAY PARTY IN PAM STEEVES CLASS

Classmates help Raquel Chavez (center, holding flow ers) celebrate her birthday. How old do you think she is?

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Student Writing

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What’s in a Name Name?

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tudents in Judith Dan’s intermediate class had an assignment to write about the origins of their names. Here are the students’ undestandings of what their names mean as well how their names look in their native languages.

Tomomi Ono Japan

My name is Tomomi Ono. Tomomi means “beautiful morning,” a name which my father gave me, and Ono is my family name. I like this name because my birth day is December 22, which is the winter solstice. Most of this day is dark, but I was born in the morning, by daylight. However, few Japanese can read my name because my name, from a Chinese character, rarely reads “Tomo.” Generally, we read “Asa,” because there are many ways to read or say a Chinese character. My father wanted to give me a unique name, then he thought of a famous Japanese samurai who is Yoritomo. Yoritomo’s tomo and Tomomi’s tomo are the same in Chinese character. When Japanese people ask me why I am called Tomo, I say “Tomo comes from Yoritomo.” Then, everybody understands. And, Tomomi’s mi comes from my mother who is Mitue. I think my name is excellent!

Simone Lopes Cape Verde Islands

My name is Simone Encarnacao Fernandes Lopes. When I was born, my father named me after a Brazilan singer’s name that he liked. And my middle name, Encarnacao, came from my great grandmather’s name. Fernandes is my mother’s last name. Lopes came from my grandfather’s name. Usually, the last two names are your parents’ last names that come from their father’s last name. I like my name, but I wouldn’t like to have any children named like me. I would change Encarnacao because I think it is so old-fashioned.

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Seung Hi Chung Korea

My name is Seung-Hi. This name combines two Chinese characters. The meaning of Seung is “become someone or accomplish something.” The meaning of Hi is “cheerful or bright.” I don’t know the meaning of my name completely. Perhaps this meaning is good to me. This name was made by a Buddhist priest. The priest made my name after cosidering my birth date. So my parents accepted it, and then it became my name. In past, I didn’t use to like my name because the name is common in Korea. But now I like it because my parents gave to me the name.

Noora Al-Hashimi United Arab Emirates

My name is Noora Al-Hashimi. One day, I asked my mother about my name, she told me that I was named after her favorite friend. The meaing of my name is “bright” or “light,” and I like it very much. I’d like to name someone after my name. I don’t want to change my name, because my mother chose it for me, and I respect her taste.

Miryam Vargas Mexico

My name is Miryam. My aunt chose my name, and my parents liked it. In my family only I have this name. This name is the same as Maria. My aunt liked my name and she said to my parents “why do you not call your daughter Miryam?” and my parents agreed. I like my name, but I don’t want my children to have the same name because I like other names: for example, Daniela, Fernanda and Alejandra.

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Eun-Na Kim Korea

My grandmother got many names in a naming place when I was a baby. My parents chose my name. My name’s meaning, Eun, is “grace,” Na is “how.” I don’t know Na’s correct meaning. I don’t like my name because my name is difficult to pronunce for Koreans. Some Koreans call my name, “Eun-a!” I can’t change my name because my name is rare. My name is unique.

My Baby’s Name by Zaymar Ramirez Venezuela

I want the name “Paula” for my baby, because my grandfather, called my grandmother “Paula,” is interesting, because, my father, didn’t now this history, My grandmother has other name, but my grandfather called “Paula,” after they to separate, actually they died. For me is reward, because I love my father, and my father loved my grandmother. It is very difficult, chose the name for my baby, because the opinion my husband is important too, maybe this name don’t like. For my husband the best name is “Maria Valentina,” I like too, but, I want the name “Paula.” Today my baby no have a name.

Antonio Crous Spain

The main reason I was given the name Antonio was my father has the name and my grandfather before, and my great grandgrandfather too. My father chose it but my mother agreed. My name is Antonio, but everybody call me Tono, it’s my nickname. I like this nickname because it’s diferent. In my country, Antonio is a popular name, but there are only few persons who are called Tono. My nickname or my name has diferent meanings in other languages. In Japanese, it means king and in Italian means tuna. I like my name very much. I never will change my name and I want to continue the tradition in my family giving my name to my son.

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Atsushi Kunimatsu Japan

My name is “Atsushi.” This name is from the Chinese character for “London.” I was born when my father was traveling to London. The Chinese character of “London” has two letters. One is “Lon” and the other is “Don.” The Chinese character of my name is the same as “Don.” My name has no meaning. My father had just been in London. But I like my name. It’s a simple name, but it was given to me for a unique reason. If I could Change my name, I would like a more meaningful name: for example, a name that has the meaning of clever, strong, or bright.

Claudia Becerra Hernandez

My name is Claudia Iveeth Becerra Hernandez, and it was chosen for my parents and my mom chose it. She just liked my name, but I didn’t know the meaning of the name. I only know the pilate’s wife name was Claudia, who lived in the time of Joshua. I like just one of my names, Claudia, because Iveeth I don’t like, also nobody calls me Iveeth. But if I have to choose a name for somebody to be called, I won’t choose either. I prefer other names, for example I like it so much Samantha.

Maher Alalili

My name is Maher. My father named me this name after his favorite soccer player. It means a person who does well. I love my name. I would like to name someone after me. I don’t want to change my name because I think it’s beautiful. Also, I think it’s a modern name.

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Petcharat Chintawongvanich Thailand

My name is Petcharat Chintawongvanich. My name was chosen when my family shop sold a very big china vase the day that I was born. It was too hard to sell that vase because it was too expensive. My grandmother was so happy and gave this name to me. It means good diamond. Petch in Thai means diamond. Rat means five good things, beloeved and precious. I really like my name so much even though some people told me that my name was too long. But I am so proud I didn’t think to change my name anyway. And if someone who liked my name and wanted to choose this name to be theirs, I would be proud and like to give it to them.

Ye Sun Rha Korea

My name is Ye Sun Rha. my name was chosen by my parents. Ye means intelligence, and Sun means kind. I like my name because it is very unique. I could see many of the same names when I attended school. However, I didn’t know any other ye sun. Thus I think that my name is special and unique.

Wei Chih (“Stanley”) Liao Taiwan

My name is Wei Chih Liao. My name was chosen by my father. They were looking for the book about names. One word of my name is “Wei.” This word means something is great! Another part, “chih,” means intelligence. So my name means someone has great intelligence! The history of my is ome day my uncle gave my father four names. Let my father choose! And he chose this one! Actually, I don’t like my name very much! Because in Taiwan, a lot of people have the same name as me! But it’s ok. Finally I don’t want to change my name! Because I already use this name for twenty two years! SB

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Student Writing

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Naming our Daughter by Osvaldo Mejia

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y wife is European, from Slovakia. I am from the Dominican Republic. When my wife was pregnant, about four years ago, she and I spent a great deal of time seeking a name for the expected child. Coming from different countries with distinct identities, we did not wish to pick a name that conveys either a Slovak or a Dominican origin. We were thinking of a name that may possibly express some universal meaning, and that may perhaps sound well to people’s ears. Although, nowadays, the trend in naming children has changed compared to the patterns used in the past, when names clearly expressed ethnicity, naming children can still be a daunting task when those children are born to parents of different cultures.

most of those books did not offer interesting and attractive names, or names that convey that the parents belong to different ethnic backgrounds. The names we saw in those books were those which most parents in this country use to name their children. Those are names like Jennifer, Emily, Kathleen, etc. Because they are very popular names, my wife and I believed they were not attractive. Then, my wife and I went to see Mozart’s The Magic Flute at a Boston theatre. She was in the middle of her pregnancy. During those days, we tried to go out as much as we could, believing that we will lack that privilege once the child was born. We went to see other operas before, but none of them had enthralled us like The Magic Flute. We were so captivated by the charming and courageous Pamina, one of the main characters, that my wife and I decided to name our baby after her. We had not known the name Pamina before that day. But, in Mozart’s opera, we discovered the fantasy and the imagination appealing to all humanity, regardless of ethnicity and race.

Coming from different countries with distinct identities, we did not wish to pick a name that conveys either a Slovak or a Dominican origin. We were thinking of a name that may possibly express some universal meaning, and that may perhaps sound well to people’s ears.

Having lived abroad for many years, my wife and I never considered naming the newborn using the traditional names of our respective countries. Though we met in the U.S., we both had spent some time in Russia, studying, before arriving in this country. Thus, the connections with our own cultures had weakened a little bit. Under such circumstances, after my wife learned through an ultrasound that the child will be a girl, she never thought to name the child Vlasta, Jozefina, or Zora, as many female children are named in Slovakia; neither did I suggest to my wife to offer the baby a name like Gladys (my mother’s name), Luisa, or Altagracia, which are very popular names in the Dominican Republic.

This being so, my wife and I decided to consult books about naming children. I remember one day going to the local library and finding a half-dozen books about names. I also recall the day when my wife purchased a book on names at a supermarket. We spent a great deal of time trying to obtain a name from those books. After that, we realized that

Naming children born to parents of diverse cultures can be a complicated undertaking when one needs to replicate the diversity of values of the parents’ union in the child’s name. But my wife and I were very fortunate to name our daughter Pamina. The name Pamina does not express any ethnic or racial identity. In The Magic Flute, Pamina is the symbol of beauty, courage, and self-determination. These are the values we hope will be present in our daughter. The writer, from the Dominican Republic, is in Judith Dan’s Academic and Professional Writing class.

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What’s in a Chinese Name by Yinghui Hu

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hat does a Chinese name tell you? Different from English names, Chinese names have both sounds and meanings. Some Chinese names indicate wishes, some are blessings, some display spirits, and some might be memorial. Furthermore, a person’s name in Chinese is not just his or her individual identity but also reflects the social changes of the times. Traditional Chinese names normally reflect the family values. Most traditional Chinese names consist of three characters, and only one character in a Chinese name is really the given name. One character, the first, is the surname. The second character has been settled in the family or clan registry

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according to the family tree, and it is not freely chosen, which is called generational name. The generational name in the given name is shared by all members of a generation and these generational names are worked out long in advance. In some families there is a small number of generational names through which are cycled. Together, these generational names maybe form a poem about the hope or histroy of the family. Only the third character is really the given name, which is chosen by the parents or grandparents and is designed to somehow influence the child destiny. For example, the name of Mao Zedong (Mao Tsetung), Mao is the surname, and Ze is the generational name. Thus all of Mao Zedong’s cousins have their names starting with Mao Ze . . . Only dong is the unique given name for Mao Zedong, which means “east.” During the “Cultural Revolution” (1966–1976), all family trees were destroyed, and traditional Chinese names lost their roots. In this decade, all of the old traditional practices were not allowed to be kept, and the family tree, also known as “Zupu” was one of them. For a safe reason, most of the families discarded their family tree. The writer, from China, is in Judith Dan’s Academic and Professsional Writing class.

Starbucks at 874 Commonwealth Avenue and the Allston Shaws Market proudly support Boston University and the students of CELOP.

Starbucks at 874 Commonwealth Avenue and the Allston Star Market proudly support Boston University and the students of CELOP.

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Changes in Name Patterns in Today’s China by Yun Shen

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hina is one of the countries undergoing huge changes in every aspect of society. Even the way Chinese parents name their children has greatly changed over the last two decades. Through a comparison, we can easily see the following three trends in the way today’s parents name their children which differs from those of the older generations.

First, names are getting more complicated. Due to the explosive Chinese population, it is not uncommon for two or more people to have the same name within the same affiliation. Such phenomenon happens especially in schools or companies which have a large number of people. Many Chinese people, today, are concerned about this and try to reduce the possibility of name duplication for their children. One way they take is to use longer names. A traditional Chinese name usually has two to three characters, and, perhaps, two character names were more popular in the past two decades. But, now, some parents deliberately give a four character name to their children. For example, a child’s name may combine his/her father’s last name, mother’s last name, and, then, a two-character first name of his own. Another way to avoid duplication is to use some uncommon characters, even some characters which have been almost abandoned. Secondly, names are getting more specific and carrying more of the parents’ personal anticipations for their children. As known by all, the living standards in China have been greatly improved compared to two decades ago. People’s hopes for their children no longer stop at survival in harsh conditions, especially in rural areas. They desire more for their children—a better and more prosperous life in the future. It was once a tradition in a lot of the countryside for people to give a child a name after some animal, such as dog or cat, indicating the child will be easy to raise. But, now, parents would name their children with characters regarded more elegant and intellectual, such as Yin (prosperous), Qian (beautiful), Wei (splendid, brave), Min (bright, swift) and so on. Another reason that names have become more specific is because of the looser political atmosphere. I remember, when I was a student, I had so many classmates whose names were Weihong, which means to protect Chinese red (Com-

Names are getting more complicated. Due to the explosive Chinese population, it is not uncommon for two or more people to have the same name within the same affiliation. Many Chinese people today try to reduce the possibility of name duplication for their children. One way they take is to use longer names. munist) government, and other names such as Weidong, which means to protect our leader Chairman Mao, Jianqiang, means to build up a prosperous country, Jianguo, which means to build our new socialist country. Now, there are fewer such names since political influence no longer plays such an important role in people’s lives. As China becomes more and more open to the world, parents develop new ideas to name their children. For example, some people may name their children with characters that sound like English names, such as Mali for Mary, Yuehan for John, or Dawei for David. Of course, names of new styles are not only limited to different cultures. They could have any meanings or no meaning at all, as long as they could be thought of as new or unusual to others. In other words, names are no longer restricted by any rules. Decades ago, it was rare to have a child’s name be the same as a Chinese word, but, now, some parents do take advantage of their last name and give the child a name which is a word starting with the same character as their last name. For instance, if the father’s last name is Ren, probably the child will be given a first name He, so the combination of last name and first name will become a word, RenHe, which means any. It is really interesting to see all these changes in naming a child in today’s China. Since names play such a significant role in everyone’s life, through the changes of names, can we see some deeper changes in people’s value system, and, can we draw some conclusions about economic or social changes throughout the whole country? If we continue to work on this topic, maybe we can find the answers. The writer, from China, is in Judith Dan’s Academic and Professsional Writing class.

News of the Semester

M a jo r N e w s E ve n ts o f th e S e m e st e r In the World . . .

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Compiled by Jonathan W hite

• American cyclist Lanc e Armstrong wins the 10 1st Tour de France—his • Residents of Miyake record 6th victory. and in Japan are allowed caused by the eruptIsl to return home after a ion of Mount Oyama. 4-year evacuation • Microsoft exposes a da ng ero information, such as cre us flaw in Internet Explorer, allowing hackers to steal vital dit card numbers. • Thomas Klestil, Presi dent of Austria, dies. • Athens, Greece, make final preparations to ho Greece since they hos ste the Summer Olym d the first modern Olst ypic Games in 1896. pics, the first Olypics in • Sovereignty is turned over to Iraq, but the vio lent insurgency continu es.

In the U.S. . . . • Famous people who passed include Ray Charl liver disease; Marlon Brando, one of America’es, famous musician and entertainer, at 73 U.S. President, of Alzh m eimer’s disease at 93. s greatest actors, at 80; Ronald Reagan, 40fro th • Popular summer movie Candidate, Spiderman s2,include: Shrek 2, The Bourne Supremacy, I, Fahrenheit 9/11, and Ha Ro , The Manchurian rold and Kumar Go tobotW • Hit music this summ hite Castle. er includes: Burn by Us Mute by Incubus, Th he r, Ev ery tim e by Br e Re itn Love by Maroon5, Heav ason by Hoobastank, Accidentally in Love ey Spears, Talk Shows on en by Los Lonely Boys. by Counting Crows, Th is • The U.S. Democratic an d Re pu bli can pa rties hold their national Kerry and George W. Bu conventions, nominatin sh as candidates for Pr g John esident. • Scandal erupts as Disn ey for bid s its Hollywood studio, Mira Moore’s controversial an max, from distributing M ti-Bush film, Fahrenheit ichael 9/11.

In Boston . . . • The "Big Dig" proje "Central Artery." ct nears completion as workers demolish the old elevated Interstate 93 • The Democratic Nati al Convention (DNC) throughout the city on of Boston surrounded by is held at the Fleet Center and other ve Carter and Clinton an d Vice President Gore overwhelming security. Past presidents nues speak. • The Boston Police Un pickets the lead up to th Menino hours beforeion e DNC but settles with the convention begins. the Mayor • Boston enjoys cool bu t pleasant summer weath er.

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• The new sports and ath ic center across fro University stays open let during the DNC. m CELOP nears completion. Boston • BU Global hosts a we ll attended pizza party at CELOP for all stude • A variety of new and nts. sp ec ial ize d pr ograms get off the grou Health & Medical Profe nd at CE ssionals, Pre-MBA Engli LOP, such as English for Professionals. sh, and Business Engli sh for • Holidays observed th is semester: Fathers’ Day, (France independence— S. Independence (July celebrated in Boston U. 4th), Bastille Da Day. at the Boston Harbor Hotel), and Memoryial

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A New Political Experience in the U.S. by Sergio Colin Castillo

Student Writing

Last night was a party that nobady wanted to miss, a party for the nomination of a candidate. I have confirmed that the meaning of the word party has a close relationship with the political party. Yesterday I realized that. The writer is from Mexico.

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n Thursday of the Democratic National Convention in Boston (July 29, 2004) my friends and I went to the Fleet Center. We were trying to see the environment of the Democratic National Convention. We found two guys, two activists for the Democratic Party. They explained their reasons for supporting Kerry for the presidency of the US. Our first contact was on the train and they explained to us how to get to the Fleet center. They were our guides and when we arrived there, we exchanged E-mail addresses. They were young and seemed very open-minded. My first impression of the Fleet Center was that it looked like a bunker, with plenty of policemen and soldiers watching all the movements in the area. However, you could move around with plenty of freedom. There were many people making some little protests and speeches. Groups of gays, pro-choice activists, anti-abortion activists, but most of them in favor of the Democratic Party and supporting Kerry for the presidency. We walked around the Fleet Center and watched the people, took some pictures and looked for a place to watch the speeches. We found one in a pub where the police, minutes before, were discussing with some guys about liberty and the support of Bush or Kerry. We arrived there just at the moment when Kerry was introduced. He began to talk and it was amazing, I had never heard him before, it was very exciting to see all the people shout and support him. I think he is not such a bad speaker.

I really enjoyed this experience because it was new for me. It was a different way to do politics. I have never had a similar experience because in my country, Mexico, this happens in a different way. There are three political parties: the PRI, the PAN and the PRD. The PRI and PRD usually choose their candidates by a popular vote across the country. It sounds like a primary in the US. The PAN usually chooses its candidate using the US system, but it is not such a big party, so it is not transmitted by TV.

The Democratic Party had their political convention in Boston for the first time this summer. Among the many speakers at the Fleet Center were former presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy, former first lady Hillary Clinton, and former vice president Al Gore. The city prepared for this event for years. No major incidents occurred and there were hardly any arrests.

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Postcards Home | Some American customs are so strange to me . . .

Students in Chris Antonellis’s intermediate class wrote postcards home. They wrote about cultural differences they noticed while living in the U.S.

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. Everything e n to os B in fe li , tak Dear Sarah g about my new acation I willally in v h t et es m g so n lo ou e y th ll I want to te exciting. You know, this is at I have met a lot of re e. th is beautiful an!dFirst of all I can tell you the university, but also outsid in all my life ndly people, not only inside a map a man on ce la p a r fo ie g gh kind and fr nd I were looke inus all information even thout us a io PAR AVION rg io G en h w ou iv b y g a a d to g e in n O eth ided t of us and decThen he wanted to know somand so on. Finally on fr in ed p op st him anything.hat we were doing in Boston we didn’t ask co p of coffee ,w cu om a fr h e it m w le e p w eo p see like where good luck, and he left. I can always on e. m ti s u y n to a t id a he sa ng a less too. a waste of time to nd drink a ri u t d ea or le y p a eo p bw . In the U .S ng the street, even in the su my home. It’sse a washing machine e id ts ou ry d lo n a u d ving the la y expensive, so you can u a in their han h is e k li ’t on ver Id The only thing a laundry. Dry cleaning is. st to take our thingust it takes you one hour at lea r good friend, ou Y b f el rs by you Giovanna

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I would Boston for twliokewtoee tell you my life in Boston. worry about me. ks. Everything is fine so I have been in customs are differeAmericans are all very frie you don’t have to ndly. Many nt When shopping in from our customs. price I see on the the U .S., I have to pa was very confusedproduct but also an extra 5 y not only the PAR AVION restaurant for lunch about it. And if you wan % tax, and I t to or go to a dinner en you h tax and another 15 a v e to %-20% tip, th p a . It is very strang y the 5% Another strange cu e, isn’t it? faucet. In our cou stom is that Americans n d try, people drink machine. bottled waterirnkorwwater directly from the ater from a filter There are interestin g thin don’t worry about me, and hgasveina thg e U .S., and I will take ca ood time. re of myself, so Cheng-Hsing Chen July/13/04 SB

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SAMPLE CELOP ACTIVITIES

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Shows (discount tickets) Blue Man Group Mamma Mia!

Orientation Welcome to CELOP Pizza Party Phone Workshop E-mail Account Workshop Computer Lab Orientation Banking Workshop Transportation and Shopping Workshop Safety Workshop Geddes Language Lab Tour

Clubs,Weekly Events Short Story Club Sitcom Club: Starring The Simpsons Free Friday Movies Academic Workshops

Trips & Tours Jillian’s Billiards Party Museum of Fine Arts Old Town Trolley Bus Tour

BU Summerfest Trips/Shows

Cirque du Soleil Red Sox baseball Freeport, Maine Boston Harbor Cruise/Whale Watch Martha’s Vineyard Fenway Park tour Tanglewood Six Flags New England

Class Trips Rockport Museum of Science Tour of Fenway Park Boston Harbor Cruise (Provincetown) Harbor Express Salem George’s Island JFK birthplace

This business is owned by a CELOP alumnus from Turkey, Cengiz Hocaoglu.

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Back Bay

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Presidential Candidate John Kerry’s townhouse in Louisburg Square.

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Night Train by Tomomi Kanayama

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ne of my special experiences was a trip to Europe with my boyfriend. After the last semester at CELOP we went on a trip for about a month. First, we bought tickets and a Euro pass for the train in Boston. We went to seven countries: England, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Italy and Spain. There are many kinds of special sightseeing places, and the best country was Germany for me because it was similar to my city. We didn’t make reservations for hotels, so when we arrived in another city or country, we had to make that first and then we had our time for sightseeing.

One day we went to a pizza restaurant in one city. (I don’t remember which country.) That time we were in a bad temper because we were so tired from our trip and we couldn’t find a hotel there. While we were eating, one guy smiled at me. Some university students were sitting behind my boyfriend. Suddenly, they tried to talk to us and gradually they and my boyfriend became friends. Actually, at first I was nervous with them. After the restaurant they helped us to find a hotel. It took a long time and we were sorry for

them. But they talked about their experience in the U.S.A. and they said we should help each other like that. That time I trusted them. We found a place. The next day we had to take a morning train from there, so the next morning they picked us up, then took us to the station. We ate breakfast together and took pictures there. We almost cried because we got very nice friends in Europe. During the trip we fought many times because we were born at different times and in different places. So our personalities are different. At first we didn’t know each other, but we gradually made a group of friends. My boyfriend and I couldn’t think about each other on the trip because we had to protect ourselves and we didn’t know anything about Europe. We always said we shouldn’t give up this trip, but finally we gave up and came back to Boston three days early.

Dear Taelang, We had a good time in Europe. Sometimes we fought, but it was good for our study and our life. Thank you for everything. —Tomomi

Dear parents, Thank you very much for the very big special present trip for us. —Tomomi

The writer, from Japan, is in Barbara Bliss’s intermediate class.

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A Place I Love: Niagara Falls by Seung Hi Chung

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like Niagara Falls. Last Friday I visited Canada for three days. When I saw Niagara Falls, I came to love it. It is a huge falls on the border of Canada and the U.S. The scenery of Niagara Falls exceeded my expectations. When I arrived there, I just watched breathlessly. I was deeply impressed with the grandeur of the falls. The falls were a symphony of another nature. It was gorgeous. I

wanted to see the vicinity, so I got on an excursion steamer, “Maid of the Mist.” The scenery was more impressive than being under the falls. Actually, I became speechless because of the falls. If I have another opportunity to visit there, I want to see them again. The writer, from Korea, is in Joyce Ho’s intermediate class.

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Capri Island A poster presentation by Atsushi Kunimatsu

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tsushi Kunimatsu prepared the photo posters below for a class presentation in Margo Miller’s Listening, Speaking, and Vocabulary elective class. The top poster shows pictures from his 2003 honeymoon with his wife Eri on the

island of Capri. In Atsushi’s creative presentation, he revealed the pictures one by one, and each was placed strategically over a spot on the map of Capri.

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At Blue Fin, a Japanese restaurant in Porter Square, Cambridge. (left to right) Simone, Noora, Atsushi, and his wife Eri. Eri and Noora near Fenway Park.

At the MFA in front of Arab tiles, which Noora explained. At the Arnold Arboretum in front of blooming lilacs.

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A City I Love by Eun-Na Kim

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ew York City is a place I love to visit. I like NYC the best of all the big cities of the United States. NYC is very active. There are many buildings and many people. NYC’s night view is very beautiful, for example, Broadway. Time Square’s night streets are really fantastic. NYC has a variety of cultures. We can go to Soho, Chinatown, and Nolita (Little Italy) on one’s way, we meet people from various countries. When we go there, we go through a varied experience: each country’s foods and culture. Also, NYC is a center of finance, shopping, fashion, and arts.

Salem—Imagination vs. Reality by Po-Chieh (Claudio) Chang

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alem is a meaningful place for me because when I was in Taiwan, I wrote a paper on the “Moral System in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Young Goodman Brown.” In my paper, the focus is on how the historical background affects Hawthorne’s work. In my imagination, Salem is a place full of history. There must be a harbor, and many old buildings. I could see lots of witchcraft on the street. I could even smell the fragrance of literature in one breath. Salem must be a place where the past mixes with the present. People are elegant and they dress formally, just as people did in the 19th century.

Wall Street is a place that is a symbol of economy. I love New York City. NYC gives me energy. There is movement. I think, NYC is a live museum.

The writer, from Korea, is in Joyce Ho’s intermediate class.

curious about the most famous event in Salem. The presentation was not as vivid as I expected, but at least I have more ideas about the sentence of witches in 1692. I also corrected my assumption that only women were hanged in that event. I was impressed by the beautiful harbor in Salem. The atmosphere is peaceful and relaxing, quite different from the witch museums. I went to one of the souvenir shops, and I saw many ships in bottles. These bottles offer dreams for children who love the sea. Also, I was happy to see the real House of Seven Gables in Hawthorne’s work. I got to know more about this giant in early American literature. It’s wonderful to interact with a famous person by knowing his works, background and the traces of his life.

It’s wonderful to interact with a famous person by knowing his works, background and the traces of his life.

When I really went to Salem on July 10, 2004, I found things are not exactly as I expected. First, my friend and I got off the train and took a walk, and soon we found that Salem is really a small city. I saw old buildings, but most of them are souvenir shops and museums. I can’t believe that there can be so many museums in such a small place! Then we went to see the witchcraft presentation because we were

Salem is a complex city. It is commercialized, but it helps people understand history. People look casual on the street, but there are lots of stories behind them. It’s a place where you can’t define whether you are in the past or present. In the past, witches were sentenced to death; nowadays, witchcraft is a popular issue. (Fortunately, Harry Potter lives in the present rather than Salem in the 17th century!) Salem is a place that you should visit once. Enjoy the feeling of being overwhelmed by history! The writer, from Taiwan, is in Pamela Couch’s advanced class.

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U.S. PHOTOS

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Miami

San Diego Yosemite National Park (CA)

Key West, Florida San Francisco Kennedy Space Center, Florida

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Do Men and Women Love Differently? by Monique Saing

The word love has by no means the same sense for both sexes, and this is one of the serious misunderstandings that divides them. —Simone de Beauvoir

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he word love has a different meaning for both sexes. We all know that men and women are physiologically different. Therefore, they have a different vision of love, and also different needs. All these differences bring about a lot of misunderstandings between the two sexes. First, let’s talk about the physiological differences. Men and women do produce the same hormones in the body, but not in same quantity. For example, men produce more testosterone and women produce more estrogen. These physiological differences make men’s brains function differently from women’s brains. So, our behavior is not the same, and we have our own vision of love. Having our own vision of love also means having different needs.

The White Lady by Maria Noel Vila

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hen I was a child, my brother told me a lot of stories, because he liked to invent them. One time he told me one story called “The White Lady.” Always he told me, “I’m going to tell you a nice story!” However, it was never true; all of his stories were terrifying! Once upon a time, a wonder-

What men need the most is support from their wives and recognition of what they do or achieve. For women, what they need the most is attention from their husbands and the feeling that they are secure. What men need the most is support from their wives and recognition of what they do or achieve. For women, what they need the most is attention from their husbands and the feeling that they are secure. Usually, a woman tries to give to a man what she needs, and a man tries to give to a woman what he needs because they think that what they are looking for is also what the opposite sex is looking for. Wrong! We are different. We don’t have the same needs, and lots of people don’t know that. That’s why many couples experience conflicts inside their relationship. These conflicts are just misunderstandings. To conclude, I would recommend to anybody who would like to enhance their love relationship skills to read John Gray’s famous book: Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus. In this book, the author explains the differences between men and women, and how both sexes view love. In addition, he also gives some advice for the daily life. The writer, from France, is in Pamela Couch’s advanced class.

ful couple was going to marry. Both were so happy, and they loved each other very much. However, the man had another woman, and one day before the wedding, the man and his lover killed his future wife. The murderers buried the body and escaped to another city. Nobody ever found the body, but some people say that every Friday night the ghost of the woman walks around her murderer’s house. She is wearing her white wedding dress, while crying and crying. It was enough to drive her boyfriend crazy. The writer, from Argentina, is in Doreen Miller’s intermediate class.

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A Happy Marriage Maria Rangel Escobar

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happy marriage has to be based on love, communication, respect, similar goals, honesty, patience, similar personalities, understanding, compromise, similar expectations, and many other characteristics which are going to strengthen the relationship. I believe that love is the most beautiful feeling in our lives. When you are in love, you accept your partner how he or she really is, with qualities and faults, and if you are in love, although time passes, it isn’t going to change. I think one of the most difficult things in a relationship is maintaining one’s love, and for that both partners have to work very hard everyday, every minute. To maintain love you always have to have present all of the above- mentioned characteristics. One should always be appreciative, thankful, kind, and one must always have time to give a kiss or demonstrate one’s love. Everyday is an important day in your life and in your marriage. Everyday is like the first and the last day. “Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today.” The writer, from Venezuela, is in Doreen Miller’s intermediate class.

Something New by Maria Noel Vila

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omething that has changed in my life as a result of moving to a new place is the recent experience I had when I came to Boston.

Before this journey I had lots of feelings inside me because this trip would be a challenge. This would be my first time in another country alone because I’m only 18 years old. I had to leave my family, my friends, etc., but this experience has been incredible and unique. At first, I was very frightened and anxious, but when I

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Momotaro (Peach Man) by Tomomi Kitahara

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his story is a very famous fairy tale in Japan. We call it, “MOMOTARO.” “MOMO” means peach in English. A long long time ago, there was an old couple. The old man went to the forest to gather firewood, and the old woman went to the river to wash the clothes. Suddenly , when the old woman was washing the clothes, a big peach floated by slowly. The old woman picked it up and brought it to the house. The old man said, “Let’s cut open this big peach!” Then he cut the peach open, and a baby appeared inside it. The old couple didn’t have a child, so they brought it up carefully. They named him “Momotaro.” After 20 years, he grew up a perfect man. He helped not only his parents but also another people. One day the devil attacked their peaceful village. Momotaro knocked down this devil. Peace returned to the village, and Momotaro became a hero in Japan. The writer, from Japan, is in Doreen Miller’s intermediate class.

arrived here, I was calmer. Luckily, I found lots of good friends here, and they have helped me a lot. All of them are wonderful people, and it is very funny because I have not only Spanish friends but also friends from Korea, Japan, China, Italy, etc. I’m learning very much about different cultures, and that is very interesting. I thought that I was going to miss my family so much, but now I feel the opposite. I love Boston, and this experience is something unforgettable. The writer, from Argentina, is in Doreen Miller’s intermediate class.

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Seung Sik “Stack” Choi

Rowing

by Maria Eugenia Rangel Escobar

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his summer I wanted to do something I had never done, so I entered a rowing class. Actually, I had gone kayaking, swimming, and boating, but this was new and different because I had to work in a group. It was a really good experience and something different to do in my free time. Actually, I enjoyed it a lot because I saw swans and ducks in their environments. Also I was on the Charles River, and I felt the peace and privilege of doing this. I have to say that I learned a lot: First of all, I learned to row, I learned group work, and finally I learned to enjoy the experience. I had the opportunity to make new friends. The writer, from Colombia, is in Barbara Bliss’s intermediate class.

Super 88 Market by Maria Rangel Escobar & Tomomi Kitahara

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uper 88 Market is the biggest Asian supermarket in Boston, and it is located at 1095 Commonwealth Avenue, Brighton, MA 02125.

There are a lot of Asian food ingredients in the supermarket, for example Asian vegetables, fruit, various kind of meat and snacks. There you can buy every Asian thing. We think this supermarket is cheaper than other Asian supermarkets in Boston, and it has a food court. The food court has 6 restaurants. There you can find Korean, Chinese, Japanese food like Sushi and Noodles. Some of their names are Fuji (Japanese Cuisine), Misono (Korean Cuisine), Chinese Katin and J.M.P International food. Tomomi ate Bibimba from the Korean restaurant. Bibimba is made of white rice, some vegetables and meat with a spicy sauce. It was very good, Maria liked it, but she couldn’t eat it because it was too spicy. Maria ate Sushi from the Japanese

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tack is from Korea. He is 24 years old in America and 25 years old in his country because the day he was born is counted in his country as 1 year. That is something very interesting to know because I’ve never heard that before in my life.

He wants to learn the English language because he would like to live in America. His purpose is to study here, but he doesn’t know when. I think the first reason why he wants to live in America is because he hates the pollution in his country. In America he can live in peace. I asked him hypothetically, “If you could, what would you like to change in your country?” He said, “It has too many people in such a small place, so I absolutely would like to change that.” He is a really funny guy. I asked, him, if he were a girl, what would he like to do? He laughed so much and said, “I would like to meet many boys.“ He is an only child, so he would like to have many children and have a big family. His favorite color is green and his favorite movie is “Gladiator.” I really liked meeting him; I had a lot of fun. The writer, from Venezuela, is in Doreen Miller’s intermediate class.

restaurant. She chose one roll of Boston Maki made of shrimp, salmon, tobiko, cucumber and mayonnaise, and one California Maki made of imitation crab, avocado, cucumber roll and tobiko. It was wonderful; it tasted very good. We had a great time because we had the opportunity to share with each other. Also, we shared cultures because ethnic food is one of the most important things in culture. You can get there by the T on the Green lineB train. Business hours are 7 days a week from 11 am to 11pm. Go, eat and enjoy! The writers, Maria, from Venezuela, and Tomomi, from Japan, are in Doreen Miller’s intermediate class.

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Advice about Greetings

by Esam Al-Subari

emen is located in the southwest part of Asia. Arabic is the main native language for the citizens. The main religion of the country is Islam. The economic structure of the state concentrates on many factors, which are represented in two main areas, the underground resources and the aboveground resources. The underground resources include fuels like oil and gas and minerals. Then there are visible natural resources like tourist sights, which have recently become a main reason for tourists to visit the country, to see the great attractions. Also, the marine resource is deemed a good support for the economy. Before all these resources is the agriculture, which is considered the source of the country’s economy which the citizens count on. The government is dedicating a lot of efforts to exploit this side. Handicrafts and light manufacturing make up a percentage of the economy, also the strategic location of the state on the global trading routes. Currently the government is subsidizing the development of all the sides. Building a strong economy helps the country to improve the society. The current situation and the economists’ projections tell and ensure that the economic future of Yemen will be bright.

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by Atsushi Kunimatsu

Dear Osamu, Now, I am living in the United States. I heard that you have a plan to visit the U.S. I have some advice for you about greetings. I think it is helpful for your life in this country. These are from my experiences of an American life which has a lot of mistakes. The first advice is about business cards. You should bring your English business card to the U.S. In laboratories or companies, we shake hands and exchange business cards with each other the same as in Japan. I guess you have only Japanese business cards. If you will visit the U.S., you should make English business cards, soon. The second advice is about saying hello. In Japan, when we met a boss or teacher, we take a small bow to him or her. But, in the U.S., we don’t take a bow anytime, anywhere. At the first meeting to other person, we shake hands and say “Nice to meet you.” After the next meeting, we don’t shake hands and say “How are you?” or “How is it going?” This is Boston style of saying hello. I recommend you to use the Boston style when you visit my town. The last one is about saying hello and goodbye at night time. You know, in the morning, we say “Good morning.” In the afternoon, we say “Good afternoon.” But at night, we don’t say “Good night.” Please, notice it. “Good night” is to say goodbye in night time. Instead of this, we say “Good evening” in the night time. Regards, Atsushi Kunimatsu June 22, 2004 The writer, from Japan, is in Judith Dan’s intermediate class.

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Movie Reviews

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Super Size Me Reviewed by

Kentaro (Ken) Kudo

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his movie is a warning against fast-food culture, especially in the United States. The number of obese people in the United States is increasing. It has doubled in the last 10 years. Although the American Medical Association has issued warnings, obesity has increased year after year, and fast-food restaurants are popping up in many more cities. In this movie, a man named Morgan Spurlock stood up to prove the risk of fast food himself. He ate at McDonald’s

for 30 days and had medical check-ups several times during his experiment. He gained weight quickly and lost his health. At the end of his experiment, the condition of his liver and blood pressure was serious. This movie ended with the following words: "Which will die first, people or fast-food restaurants?" In my opinion, I’d like the number of fast-food restaurants in the world to decrease. I saw this movie and realized the risk of eating fast food. I don’t want to eat it for a while. This movie was very tough for me because there are a lot of conversations, interviews, and explanations in it, but I had a lot of fun seeing it. The writer, from Japan, is in Pam Steeves’ and Nora Smith’s high-intermediate class.

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gathered, statements and interviews to create the script of the movie, did not scare me.

Farenheit 9/11: A Foreign Perspective Reviewed by

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t is amazing how humans connect events and experiences. A few days ago, just after seeing a “must-see-movie,” the taxi driver asked how it was. “Pretty bad,” I said. He reacted immediately—in his noticeable Arabic accent—“What? You didn’t like Fahrenheit 9/11?”

At this point, I was scared by his loud and frenetic question, but right away explained that it was The Terminal, the last Steven Spielberg movie, that I found disappointing. After a brief “ahhh,” he mentioned that Fahrenheit 9/11 was a “must-see-movie,” that “should be presented in every American school,” and that EVERYTHING (he emphasized) was totally true. To be sincere, it was not in my plans to see this most commented on movie of the summer, particularly because of my lack of information on the subject and of American history. But, since the driver was so fervent, I promised him that I was going to watch the film that same week. And I did. As the credits began to roll, I realized that something on Michael Moore’s film was bothering me. It was not the “wow, what an amazing film!” of my friend, it wasn’t the comments I’d heard in the hall, it was not the smiles or tears rolling down from some of the spectators’ faces, it was not the frenetic applause at the end of the film. I got to understand my feelings, the disturbing matter that kept me thinking about the movie over and over, as I remembered the taxi driver’s experience. I want to make it clear that I don’t know the taxi driver. I don’t judge him. I do not think he is a bad person, a terrorist, or extremist. It is not my intention to raise false statements based on stereotypes, but he gave me the answer that I was looking for. The movie terrified me, not because of the awful statements about President Bush, the terrible truth of the American troops in Iraq, or the inside connections and political interests. Even the excellent editing job, how the story was

Around all this, I found out that what was so upsetting was another sensation, maybe a common one to many that had seen the film: the movie is so anti-Bush that it ends up being anti-American. Sincere but extreme, I feel that Moore is trying to say “9/11: we deserved it!” “Everything is true,” was the expression resounding in my head. It was the opinion of the taxi driver, of many spectators, of my friend, and yes, of Hezbollah. David T. Hardy and Jason Clarke, authors of the new book Michael Moore is a Big Fat Stupid White Man, claim that Moore is a brilliant propagandist. His message is essentially that the U.S. is an invasive, aggressive bully, apt to kill third-worlders for profit or out of paranoia. If you believe that - can you criticize the terrorist attack on 9/11? Isn’t the movie at some level a propaganda piece for the other side? (FrontPageMagazine.com, July 13, 2004).

This other side, as the authors call it, is based on a story in The Guardian (Samantha Ellis/Thursday June 17, 2004), which reports that the movie received an offer of help from Hezbollah: Meanwhile, in the United Arab Emirates, the film is being offered the kind of support it doesn’t need. According to Screen International, the UAE-based distributor, Front Row Entertainment, has been contacted by organizations related to the Hezbollah in Lebanon with offers of help.

As I’d said before, I’m not an expert on the subject, so I’m not pretending to analyze every aspect of the movie. I think that it has interesting scenes, arguments and debates, but, on the other hand, goes far beyond my comprehensive limits, almost in an insulting attitude to everyone that has died and fought for this country. I guess I was not so lost about my feelings; someone had my same perception. Good? Not to me. Fahrenheit 9/11 reminds me of the sad, old, and ignorant comment: “that women was raped because she was wearing a mini-skirt.” Even if you walk naked on the streets, no one has the right to attack you. And, about the Hezbollah offer [to help distribute 9/11 in the UAE], my comment to Moore is beware. As the saying goes, “equal fault has the one that kills the goat as the one that holds its legs.” The writer, from Costa Rica, is in Judith Dan’s advanced academic writing class.

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appearance is not the most important thing, but usually a good appearance is more desired in our society. Shrek 2 reminded us that appearance is just appearance, it doesn’t show what is inside. After the movie we could think about humanity, and it felt so nice.

Shrek 2 Reviewed by

Won-Young Park & Ju-Yeun Han

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aturday, June 12 was the first time we went to a movie in Boston. We saw two movies even though we didn’t make up our minds until we arrived at the theater. Shrek 2 was one of them. Shrek and Fiona got married, but no one at home knew about Fiona’s new appearance; it’s like Shrek. As soon as they came back from their honeymoon, a messenger notified them that Fiona’s father, the King of Far, Far Away wanted to have a big wedding celebration for his daughter. At first, Shrek didn’t want to go because he was afraid of what Fiona’s family would think of him. But Fiona insisted, so with a little hesitation, Shrek, Fiona and Donkey started traveling again. True to Shrek’s expectations, the King, the Queen and the people of Far, Far Away were shocked to see Fiona and Shrek’s ugly faces. The King and Queen wanted Fiona to marry Prince Charming and go back to her beautiful form. As the movie went on to climax, the situation was very bad for Shrek. In desperation, he drank a magic potion that changed him into a gorgeous man. Fiona went back to being a beautiful princess, and Donkey became a magnificent white horse. What a wonderful story! But the magic would only last for 24 hours, then Shrek and Fiona would have to decide whether they wanted to stay in their new forms or go back to the way they were before. Shrek asked Fiona to decide, and they liked their new appearances, but she wanted them both to be the way they were when they met and fell in love, so they changed back to their old forms. They decided that a beautiful appearance is not important.

Many people I talked to were impressed by this same thought when they watched Shrek. Now, I think that Shrek 2 is going to move many people. This time, it seems to focus on the relationship between society and appearance. Of course, everybody knows that

Both writers are from Korea. Won-Young is in Ramon Valenzuela’s advanced class and Ju-Yeun is in Doug Kohn’s advanced class.

Free Play on the Common

W atching Shakesp eare’s Much Ado About Nothing in the Boston Common

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Restaurant Review Top of the Hub by Yoko Hattori

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topofthehub.net 800 Boylston St. Prudential Building, 52nd Floor Boston

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hat a fantastic view! This was my first impression when I stepped into the Top of the Hub, a restaurant located on the 52nd floor of the Prudential Tower. The seats are separated into two parts, the restaurant and bar/ lounge. The interior is gorgeous and stylish, and the whole of the restaurant is glassed in. Looking out, you can see beautiful scenes of Boston. At dinner time, the scene changes to a splendid night view. Accompanied by the music of jazz bands, the atmosphere is wonderful. Most of the customers are in their 30s or more and are well dressed. The dishes this restaurant serves are contemporary: salads, pasta, pizza and so on. Each dish costs an average of $15. Of course, there are various kinds of wine and cocktails. You might make a reservation if you want to have a seat in the restaurant part, especially on the weekend.

After the dinner hour, many people come only to have a couple of drinks, not to eat dinner. You will have a wonderful time at the Top of the Hub. You can escape from your busy life and relax. Because this restaurant’s staff cares about the customers, you will not be annoyed even when you have to wait for a seat. Once you experience this good atmosphere at the Top of the Hub, I believe you will want to go there again. The writer, from Japan, is in Pamela Couch’s Media and Communications class.

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CELOP Alumni

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CELOP ALUMNI Jenn Kay Kay Kosch, Kosch, CELOP’s CELOP’s Student Activities Coordinator Coordinator,, keeps in touch with many many of our former former students, especially especially the ones that miss CELOP the most.

Manabu Ohinata

Fall 2002 Manabu Ohinata was at CELOP in the fall semester, 2002. He came here for a semester abroad from his school in Japan, Hosei University. (Every fall, Hosei University’s Faculty of Intercultural Communication sends a group of students to CELOP, who receive a semester’s credit for their studies here.) Last year, Manabu transferred to California State University in Northridge, California. He came back to visit CELOP in the spring of 2004, when this picture was taken. He really enjoys studying in California (in spite of the forest fires which he can see 10 miles away from his dorm) and credits CELOP with helping him become eligible for entering a university in the United States. —Barbara Bliss

Ina Yoshino My CELOP Experience CELOP, the place where I had a lot of first times and great memories. For the first time, I was studying ESL in the U.S. I began my studies at CELOP, the biggest language school in the U.S. that I had ever seen.

Summer–Fall 2003 For the first time I shared a room with someone I didn’t know. I felt uneasy, but fortunately I had a good relationship with my roommate— a cheerful girl from Africa. Of course we are still keeping in touch now. For the first time I met a lot of foreign people

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in the CELOP lobby and went to parties with people from the U.S. It’s also my first time to write about my CELOP experience as an alumna for the Semester Book. Trust me, all of you will look back on your own plentiful, joyful experience after you graduate from CELOP. My New Life in College After my happy CELOP life, I started my new life in college. I made new friends, and I have a busy schedule just like every normal college student. Everything around me has been changed, but there is one thing that will never change: I’m proud that I was a CELOP student. My Future Plans After I graduate from college, I’m going to go back to my country – Japan. I hope to work in

CELOP Reunion. Three former CELOP students and one staff member get together for dinner at Jenn Kay’s house. From left to right: Nori Shinokawa (Summer 2000), Rafael Ulloa (Summer/Fall 2000), Jenn Kay Kosch (CELOP Student Life Coordinator) and Hiroka Shinokawa (née Kobayashi—Summer/Fall 2000).

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a Christian Dior shop in Japan, because CD is my favorite brand. But I may change my mind to live here. I have too many memories here that I can’t bring back to Japan... My Advice for CELOP Students 1. Keep your shape. Don’t eat too much at the cafeteria. 2. Be a good student. Don’t make your teacher cry, because all of the CELOP staff and faculty are so nice! Please give attention on these two points. Then, just enjoy every single day in CELOP. Even doing heavy homework, even getting a bad score and even hating the cafeteria food. Those problems are all going to be part of your special memory. So just take the challenge and face everything in this summer, in Boston, in CELOP. SB

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Movie Club

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by Jenn Kay Kosch

Friday Movies provide students with a fun way to relax after a week of studying hard in their classes. Popular movies are shown with closed captioning, projected onto a widescreen from DVD, to help CELOP students practice their English skills while learning about American culture through film. It is a great way for students to increase their vocabulary and improve their listening skills! All students in all levels are welcome to enjoy the movies and free refreshments every Friday!

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MOVIES SHOWN IN SUMMER 2004 Cheaper by the Dozen Gothika Brother Bear The Last Samuri Peter Pan Miracle Pay Check 50 First Dates Big Fish Mystic River Along Came Polly



Lesley Andrews setting up the DVD and projector while students settle in with some snacks.

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Tom Cruise in Last Samuri

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Kurt Russell in Miracle

Sean Penn and Kevin Bacon in Mystic River

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Sitcom Club

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What is the Sitcom Club? this club CELOP students watch a new episode of The Simpsons, one of the most popular television shows in America, every week. Afterwards, we discuss such things as vocabulary, slang and cultural references. For example, after seeing an episode titled “Bart Gets Hit by a Car,” we had a great discussion about the American court system. During a discussion of another episode, “Bart Gets an F,” we talked about school systems and teaching methods in the U.S. and abroad. We also have different activities to enrich each meeting, such as trivia contests, vocabulary challenges, crossword puzzles and more! Sometimes students can even win great prizes, and there are always delicious refreshments. It’s a great way for students to practice their speaking and listening skills!

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CELOP Short Story Reading Club

a week, students meet to discuss the assigned story. Every week we read a different author and try to have a variety of topics and genres so there is something for everyone! This semester we read satires, mysteries, romances and more! Students discuss the stories, learn new vocabulary and watch accompanying movies. Some of the authors we read are Shirley Jackson, Ernest Hemingway and Dorothy Parker. Each session begins with student questions about vocabulary, followed by a discussion of the story, and ending with some type of activity. For example, after reading “The Red-headed League” (a Sherlock Holmes Mystery by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) students were given their own short mysteries to solve.

Once

Every student who solved the case they were given won a great new mystery novel to help further improve their skills. This is a great way to get to know popular short stories and practice your English skills! —Jenn Kay Kosch

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REVIEW: The Lady or the Tiger by Kenichiro Yokoo

The Short Story Club’s first selection was the famous openended story “The Lady or the Tiger” by Frank Stockton. In this story, a man accused of a crime is sent to a large arena. There, he must choose one of two doors to determine his fate. Behind one door is a beautiful woman; behind the other is a hungry tiger. In the end the reader is left to decide what comes out of the door one specific man picks—the lady or the tiger?

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his story is just bizarre. Even a brutal offender can possibly survive in the imaginary country where this story takes place. Furthermore, he can get married with the most beautiful woman in the country only if he chooses the right door at an arena instead of the wrong door behind which is the wildest, biggest, hungriest tiger waiting for its prey. If he picks the wrong door, he will be killed instantly by the tiger. This is the justice in this country, a brainchild of the barbarous king. Can you imagine this kind of justice? A supposed answer must be “no.” However, our

Chris Antonellis’ Listening and Speaking elective poses with Daily Show host Jon Stewart at the Starbucks near CELOP. Stewart was in town during the Democratic National Convention, filming his comedy/ news show for cable station Comedy Central from BU’s campus.

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judgment system does not always function correctly just like the one in this country. We cannot laugh at this country. In this story, a jealous king imprisons a fine young man who is in love with his daughter, the princess. This is done to tear her away from him. He is not able to achieve his love any more. He has only two options: death or marriage with another beautiful woman. Only the princess, who knows the safe door, can save him. This story is over although the fatal question remains unsolved. This is whether the princess tells him the safe door or not. We must picture the situation and guess her mind. If I were this young man, either result would be indifferent for me because I would never be able to marry my true lover. What are your views? This story tells me that reading is not only being able to read books, but also human minds, even my own. It also means reading between lines apart from the original texts and writers’ plots. This is the reason why I cannot stop reading. The writer, from Japan, is an active member of the Summer 2004 CELOP Short Story Club as well as a student in Margo Miller’s class.

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Academic Workshops

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One of Academic Advisor Judy Di Leo’s weekly Academic Workshops for CELOP students preparing for further college study in the U.S.

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CONSTRUCTING STUDENT VILLAGE/ATHLETIC FACILITY

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A view from CELOP

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ajor construction projects continued throughout the BU Charles River campus, including • John Hancock Student Village: housing, sports and recreation facility • Graduate student housing on Commonwealth Avenue • Science and Engineering building on Cummington Street • Hillel House on Bay State Road

At left, artist’s rendering of the aquatic center across from CELOP and, below, the completed John Hancock complex. See details at www.bu.edu/construction.

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Scenes of BU

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SCENES OF BU

The brownstone student apartments along Bay State Road.

You’ve walked passed it a thousand times— CELOP on the corner of Comm. Ave. and St. Paul St.

An aerial view of Comm. Ave looking down at the east campus toward Kenmore Square and Back Bay. (Photo: Steve Dunwell, from Boston University: A Pictorial Commentary, Boston University, 1989.)

Visit the CELOP Alumni Web site and see all 13 Semester Books. Check out the Alumni database and other features under “Quick Links,” too, such as the Boston Trivia Quiz, photo albums, and upcoming lessons. www.bu.edu/celop/alumni

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SUMMER 2004 CELOP FACULTY Chris Antonellis Jamie Beaton Shelley Bertolino Barbara Bliss Lynn Bonesteel Jill Brand Ron Clark Pamela Couch Judith Dan Betty D’Angelo Marsha Dean Renee Delatizky Jeff DiIuglio Margo Downey Michael Feldman

Shelley Fishman Cynthia Flamm Joanne Fox Sterling Giles Joyce Ho James Kaplan Doug Kohn John Kopec George Krikorian Carole Landers Jacquie LoConte Lori Lubeski Dorothy Lynde Bob Maguire Judy Massey

|| Doreen Miller Margo Miller Amelia Onorato Donna Palermino Patricia Peknik Joe Pettigrew Carol Piñeiro Michelle Smith Nora Smith Pam Steeves Maria Tomeho-Palermino Ramon Valenzuela Susan Vik Ellen Yaniv

For E-mail addresses of faculty, go to the Faculty & Staff section of the CELOP Web site:

www.bu.edu/celop

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Miriam Fawcett

Lesley Andrews

Assistant Director, Administration

Lab Assistant

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John Szendeffy Multimedia Language Lab Coordinator de

Marcella Framondi Admissions Officer





Lara Gordon

Judy Di Leo

Marketing & Admissions Manager

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Bruce Rindler Associate Director, Academic Programs

Margot Valdivia Director of CELOP

Jenn Kay Kosch

Jonathan White

Student Life Coordinator

Technical Coordinator



Designated Substitute Teacher

Staff Coodinator

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Program Coordinator

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Alicia Radl

Fabiola Framondi

Gabriella Campozano

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Eri Washida

Wan-Fang “Shirley” Yeh

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Ambassadors Abroad Program

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CELOP Ambassadors Abroad

Each semester, CELOP looks for students who would like to participate in the Ambassadors Abroad Program. If you are a former student and would like to be a source of information for people thinking about coming here to study English, consider volunteering to be a CELOP Ambassador. We will put your name and a brief introduction that you write about yourself on the CELOP website. Potential students will be able to e-mail you their questions about CELOP directly, via your own e-mail address or, if you prefer, they can send them to you at [email protected] and we’ll forward them to you. Some CELOP Ambassadors get together with other CELOP Alumni back home. You can invite potential students to attend these get-togethers so they can find out from all of you what it’s like to study at CELOP and live in Boston. If you’re someone who would enjoy helping us strengthen our network of CELOP Alumni and telling people in your home country about CELOP, please e-mail me. This kind of network can be useful to all of us and fun as well!

Judy Di Leo Academic Advisor 0ffice #242 [email protected]

The Semester Book team is al wa ys looking f or ne w ideas f or content. We w oul li fe after o u l d l i k e to hear fr o m f o r m er CELO P s tud e nts ( alumni) about lif CELOP. Contact us after y ou lea v e CELOP this semester, whether y ou r eturn to y our countr y or sta y in Boston or some wher e else in the U .S. Tell us what y ou’r e doing and send pictur es, if possible . We’ll tr y to include y our experience in the next Semester Book. E-mail J ohn de Szendeffy at .

What can I do after Summer 2004? You have 60 days after the last day of class to complete these procedures! August 13, 2004 + 60 days = October 12, 2004

The Summer 2004 program is drawing to a close and many of you are thinking about life after CELOP. When making plans for the future, you must remember some important details and procedures related to your visa and your SEVIS I-20. Here are answers to your most urgent questions: I am returning to CELOP. What should I do? Complete the following steps by August 13, 2004: • You must complete a Fall 2004 Continuing Student Application form. • Make sure that your passport is valid at least 6 months into the future. • If you will exit the U.S. after the Summer semester and you plan to come back for the Fall semester, make sure that your F-1 visa is still valid and that you have a valid signature from Marcella (#238) on page 3 of your SEVIS I-20.

I am leaving CELOP and transferring to another school. What should I do? You must submit to CELOP a Transfer Report for the school you wish to attend so that we can release you for transfer in SEVIS. Your new school will be responsible for preparing a new SEVIS I-20. Please remember that it takes CELOP 24 hours to process a transfer, so make sure to do this with time. The SEVIS transfer release date will be August 13, 2004 when the Summer 2004 session ends. I am leaving CELOP and transferring into an academic program at BU. What should I do? You must make sure that you check-in with the International Student & Scholars Office at BU if you will continue your studies in an academic program this Spring. The BU International Students & Scholars Office (ISSO) can assist you with this process and you should plan on visiting them in August. They are located at 19 Deerfield St., 2nd Floor. Make sure that you bring your SEVIS I-20, BU ID card, passport and I-94 card to the ISSO office. I am staying inside the U.S. to relax and travel before returning to my home country. What should I do? Remember, whenever you stop studying, you may remain inside the U.S. for only 60 days while preparing for your return trip home. By day 60 (October 12, 2004), you must exit the U.S. If you stay more than 60 days and do not resume full-time studies and do not have an I-20 from the school you are attending, you may be considered to be inside the U.S. unlawfully. Please note that CELOP will report you to SEVIS as having completed your program on August 13, 2004. I have no idea what I’m doing after this semester. What should I do? You only have 60 days after your last class at CELOP to: • transfer to another school • go home • OR, you can apply to continue at CELOP for the next available sessions in Fall 2004 no later than August 13, 2004!

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