May 5,1988
THE LANCE
page 9
WCC Presents International Week
Denise Peck
Twenty-four St. Andrews students
from foreign countries organized an
International Week to expose the rest of
the college and area residents to a
sampling of their cultures.
International Week began with College
Vespers on Sunday, April 24 and ended
with an English Cricket match Sunday,
May 1.
President of the World Culture Club
Cajetan Chukwulozie, a sophomore
from Nigeria said he hopes that the event
will help to further unite foreign students
with American students.
Monday, April 25, Peter Meijer,
export manager for Titmus Optical,
delivered an address on international
trade. Meijer, who has spoken at St
Andrews before, is a native of Holland
and received his bachelors degree from
the University of Amsterdam.
He received his masters degree in
modem languages from the Royal Dutch
Business Institute. Meijer came to the
United States and began working for
Bauch and Lomb during the 1960s.
He was the European area manager
for Bauch and Lomb and controlled
42 branches and three optical plants
located across Europe and the Middle
East
Tuesday, April 26 was Chinese Day.
There was a slide presentation and a talk
by Daniel Nie on Xie Yi, a school of
Chinese painting.
Wednesday a series of Foreign films
were shown including “Things Fall
Apart” by Chinue Achebe.
Dr. Florentine Timbreza spoke
Thursday on “Politics in the Phillipines.
Timbreza is a renowned expert on the
philosophy of the PhilUpino people and
is a visiting St. Andrews professor.
Friday, April 29 the most worldly of
worldly sports, soccer, was played and
many foreign athletes took part in the
game.
A foreign arts and crafts display was
shown on Saturday.
Tuscarora Indians and the Scotland
County Scottish Dancers shared The
Physical Education Center lawn as they
each showed their traditional dances.
International Week ended with an action
packed game of cricket. The American
cricket team successfully defeated “The
Rest of the World” by the score of 69-19.
Early in the game, according to
Stirling Exchange student James Inman,
it became clear that baseball bats and
cricket bats had much in common as the
American team proved too strong for
“The Rest of the World.”
Colin McDavid, co-organizer of the
match said, “We had a great time out
there. We had about 70 people who
turned out to support the teams including
President Reushling.”
Neal Bushoven did a great job as
umpire, said McDavid, especially since
he had the rules described to him only
one hour before gametime.
Chukwulozie and the World Culture
Club were pleased at the turnout for
International Week events. Even when
the smdents were too busy with papers
and tests to attend, the professors came
out to watch and hear the lectures.
The World Culture Club is now an
officially chartered club and is looking
forward to other international events in
the future.
Americans Sweep the International Students 69-19 in Cricket Match.
The Wviid Cul
ture Chib would
like to offer our
thanks to Billie
Martin and Alli
son Bird for their
commendable ef
forts in making
International
Week so success-
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Lee Huber takes a swing at the ball during Sunday's Cricket Match on the Belk front lawn.
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International banner was on display in the Belk Center during International Week.