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The Tar HeelThursday, May 29, 19869 UNC'sttmideiats help orieett imtematipmal stimdemts to campuns Dy C'.LL LOGAN Staff Writer UNC upperclassmen and gradu- ate students have the opportunity to help international students become comfortable with life in Chapel Hill through The Campus Friends pro gram sponsored by the International Student Center. "It's very simple," said Mary Scholl, coordinator of the program. "The students who volunteer will meet their international student at a breakfast on August 15. Then, depending on the specific needs of the international student, they will help him with things like campus orientation, setting up checking accounts, buying textbooks, catch ing buses, etc. "These things may seem very simple, but they can be complex and confusing to someone who has never been in America and may not be used to speaking English." The only obligation for the volun teering students is that they plan to arrive in Chapel Hill in time to attend the breakfast Scholl said. After the breakfast, the volunteers will have no set schedule and they can plan subsequent meetings around each other's schedules, she said. Computer labs are open By UNDA SHEA LEY Staff Writer The Microcomputing Support Center operates six staffed computer labs where UNC students and faculty have free access to IBM and Apple Macintosh personal compu ters and may receive free instruction. The MSC has centers in The Undergraduate Library, Venable Hall, Caldwell Hall, The Health Sciences Library, Phillips Hall and has personal computers in eight dormitories. Most departments have the convenience of being able to use the computer centers in their build ings for grading and class instruc tion, said Ann Parker, director of the MSC. Reservations are not required to use the centers, although the facil ities may be used by professors for their classes during some hours. The facilities and most of MSC's services are free to students and staff. There are lab assistants to help beginners learn how to use the equipment in the Undergraduate Library, Venable Hall, and Health Sciences Library centers, Parker said. The facilities are open during regular hours during both summer sessions, although fewer lab assist ants will be staffing the centers this summer. Instructional classes will be offered during the summer in var ious aspects of microcomputing, and are free and open to all UNC students. A microcomputing class on the basics is currently being taught in Venable 8-9:30 a.m. week days, she said. The MSC offers other free ser vices to University students and staff. The User Support system in the Ram's Shop located in Student Stores is open to help those who are unfamiliar with the IBM PC-write program, Macintosh word process - ing software and other programs. The system also provides answers to Volunteer Myra Best said she became involved in the program as a way to practice her Italian. It was well worth the invested time, she said. She has helped three interna tional students since last fall, one from Italy and two from mainland China. It has helped her to better understand different cultures as well as allowing her to share her culture with the foreign students, she said. "It is exciting to take two main land Chinese to MacDonald's and watch them order a Big Mac," Best said. "It also makes you look at America from a whole new perspec tive as you see the things that these students notice on campus. It made me proud of America." Jehan Arulpragsam, an interna tional graduate student from Italy, was befriended by Best. "It is hard for graduate students to meet peo ple," he said. "Myra showed me around, pointed to various com munity places, bus stops, and other necessary services, as well as inviting me to go out places with her and her friends. "I got comfortable with the University and was able to meet people too. Myra and I are great friends now." Best said students with a lesser command of English really need help, which takes a great deal of patience and inexhaustible kindness. "Jehan had been to the United States before and could speak English pretty well, so he didn't have much trouble," Best said. "It takes a lot of time, but not so much that you cant adjust your schedule. "It takes an effort to call them (the international students) and take them out with you to parties and things but since the have so little first hand contact with American culture, they depend on you. It's exciting." " Students who are interested in Campus Friends can obtain imfor mation by calling the International Center between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. at 962-5661, or just coming by the center in Room 065 A of the Student Union between these hours. date f I I 1 I 1 J I Now thru Memorial Day. we're offerina the kinds of savings yoinl never forget on the components youVe always dreamed of owning. Stereo Sound quality. Stereo Sound service. 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