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Wednesdav. August 29, 1979
University Daily Kansan
McCollum Hall life bridges varied cultures
By BOB PITTMAN
Staff Renarter
The paper nameplates taped to the doors of McCollium Hall rooms give an indication of the uniqueness of the residence hall.
"Danelle Des Re Manx—Monica Mi" reads one door. A second reads "Masaaki Shimzi-Davida Holsinger."
As the names suggest, the hall has become the place where students from varied cultures live side by side.
The institutional decor is no different than in other university residence halls, but the scene in McCallum's lobby easily could be that of a bustle international airport.
A young woman from the Far East flips through a magazine. A group of Iranian students clusters around a television set. A Nigerian man sips a soft drink, waiting for a ride.
The scene is a familiar one to residents of McColm Hall, the largest of the KU residence halls, and the one known as the "Nation's institutions" and the "International Building."
MCCOLLUM HALL. houses about 900 students and about 30 percent of them are foreign students, Mike Johnson, resident director of the hall, said yesterday.
"The contact with other cultures makes life in McCollum more interesting for everyone living here," Johnson said.
Johnson said the majority of foreign students lived at McCollam Hall because of the orientation programs the hall offers.
In addition, most foreign students are upperclassmen and freshmen are burden from the hall. This creates a building filled with more mature students, he said.
"A lot of college students end up here because they have friends living here," Columlin says. "Columlin is both an exciting and interesting place to live. Diversity makes it more interesting."
KANS SAID THAT many foreign students from the same country tended to form cliques at the beginning of the school year. They would often become friendly with other hall residents.
David Chase, assistant resident director,
said he agreed.
said he agreed.
"The foreign students do mix quite well."
'I think that what happens is they suffer
from cultural shock. They must try to adjust to what's going on around them."
She said that at first, foreign students felt more comfortable talking only to people of their own country.
“IT HELPS TO know that there is another person of your own nationality that can help you with your problems.” Lm said.
Al Samiyeh, Tehran, Iran, junior, said that his limited English speaking skills caused problems in adjusting to life at KU.
"I spoke some English when I came here, but I didn't know anybody," Sameni said.
He said the process of making friends was one of give and take.
"You just go up and talk to them. Dinner is a good time to make friends." he said.
John McLaughlin, Salt Lake City, Utah, graduate student, said he thought the friendiness of many foreign students depended on where they were from.
"PEOPLE FROM the countries with the most foreign students here are more cluehous," he said.
Amy Charo, Belleville, Ill., junior, said she had made friends at McColum Hall of different nationalities.
"You have to be friendly to them first to make friends," she said.
Lim said making friends in a strange, new country was only one of the many problems faced by students studying in the United States.
She said Lawrence was very different from Singapore.
"When I first came here, I was horrified at the lack of transportation systems," she said. "This posed an immediate problem for me because I don't own a car."
"I COME FROM a city of some two million people. It was surprising to me that Lawrence was so very small."
She said that although she had learned English in Singapore, she had difficulty making herself understood here.
Lawrence residents have been friendly and helpful to her, she said.
"I like the place. It's really beautiful. There's such a lack of formality about it," she said.
"The United States is large a country and Kansas is so far in the center that it's great that people here have the chance to get to know foreign students.
"living at McColm Hall is a marvelous opportunity for cultural exchange."
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