University Daily Kansan, December 7, 1982
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Foreign
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said. This is an abrupt change and difficult to adjust to.
"There is a pattern when school is on — you go to classes, work in the lab and spend time with friends — but it all works out." "What do you do with your time?" he said.
Some foreign students just drop on Coan's office to talk on no particular topic, he said. Quite a few home for Christmas. The office already has preordered hundreds of certificates that student will need to re-enter the United States.
THERE Is a small number of foreign students who go home with their American friends, he said. Traveling around the East and West coast is also very popular.
But finding a place to live during the Christmas break is a big problem for some families.
"It puts pressure on students," Coan said. "Suddenly they have to find their meals and eat out. The bus system quits in the morning and face a real problem. It gets expensive."
There are some alternatives that foreign students across the country can take advantage of, he said. There are certain exceptions when they them during the break. Some options are:
- VISIT, a program where local communities receive traveling students and provide them with housing. They are trained in industrial and scenic places in the area.
- CHRISTMAS International House provides planned activities for two weeks and room and board is free. There is a registration fee.
- Friendship International House is sponsored by a Christian group. It provides an opportunity to spend Christmas with an American family. There is a registration fee.
Part of the problem foreign students face is that they are not mentally prepared for the change and do not anticipate all that goes with it. Coan said.
Hagop Bekarian, Lebanon graduate student, said, "Nobody cares for students who stay in Lawrence. Everything is for the majority."
He remembers his first Christmas in Lawrence as being very lonely.
"I didn't know that everybody goes and all the action steps. There is nothing."
IT IS HARD to find real friends during the first semester, he said.
Foreign Students Services tries to provide students who get depressed during Christmas.
"If we get any clues that they are feeling low, we try to get some family to take care for the Christmas Day," he said. "We ask them to get out of Lawrence for a while."
He said most students did not display outward signs of depression but they
Coan also does academic counseling during the break. Some foreign students suffer qualms about having done badly on exams, he said. They worry about being placed on probation and losing their scholarships.
"THEY HAVE to make rather quick decisions about the future. Sad news is different for a foreign student because he has a German teacher as an American student," Coan said.
This year he anticipates another kind of problem for those who stay to work on their research. All the buildings might not be open this winter and this could make life difficult for those wanting to use them, he said.
"It could face a situation that we haven't faced before," Coa said.
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