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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2013
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MINAMI LAVON Russia and Switzerland
ATHLETE
HOW ARE YOU INVOLVED WITH KU
ATHLETICS?
I am on the women's golf team on scholarship at KU.
WHAT'S YOUR EXPERIENCE OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY?
I was born in London, England,
and lived there for three years. I
moved to Moscow, Russia.
for another three years and then Switzerland for six years before moving to America when I was 12. My mom is Japanese and therefore I travel to Japan every summer.
WHY DID YOU BECOME A JAYHAWK?
WHY DID YOU BECOME A JAYHAWK?
I went to highschool with one of my teammates and I knew my assistant coach before coming.
WHAT ARE YOU STUDYING HERE?
Journalism with a minor in Linguistics.
WHY DO YOU LIKE ABOUT THE UNITED STATES? ABOUT KU?
I love that you never have to worry about not finding anything in America; they have everything! I love KU because of the atmosphere. Almost everyone here is proud to be a Jayhawk.
HOW HAS YOUR EXPERIENCE ABROAD
IMPACTED YOUR LIFE?
I definitely feel very accepting of other cultures and love traveling and eating international food.
STUDENT
WHERE DID YOU GO ABROAD, AND
WHAT WERE YOU DOING WHILE
THERE?
I studied at the University of Costa Rica in San José for a semester for two primary reasons. First, I had taken Spanish classes at KU, which made me interested in the language, and I had some [people] in my family who told me that to learn to speak it you have to go live in a foreign country. I had also lived in Lawrence my whole life, and, even though I love it, I wanted a new experience on my own.
COSTA RICA, AND HOW WAS IT DIFFERENT FROM LIVING IN LAWRENCE?
The feel around campus was very different. It's more of a social place in Costa Rica with a lot of areas designated for just hanging out. People do that on campus here, but not on the same level. It seemed like people would stay on campus for extra time just to hang out with friends. Also, class length was different as each class typically met once a week for three to five hours. And of course taking class in a different language was difficult, but I had very positive teachers who were willing to help.
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