‘ FI.ORIDA!
y Colin Christopher
' Winter Term in
Vda! It sure sounded
’e a great idea to me.
":nty of sun and sand
^i, well, you get the
\ure. Of course, going
”th Professor W. D.
’\ite, I knew I'd be do-
a lot of hard-core dis-
^'ision on the topic of
' r course: The Social
^ nstruction of Disease
IK,
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ainly on AIDS).
I got to our hotel in
rasota before anyone
e in the class, and
°'liin thirty minutes I
®1 registered the first of
, ny complaints we
'*^Te to receive for our
idness.
'^ur first class was the
"Vt morning over at
College. Three
^“jw College students
°^re in our class: Cay-
“'le.NiJd.andMichelle.
jar,.
ey all turned out to be
tty nice people, and
came to our hotel a
nights to grill out
'Fi help us add to our
itSDwing list of com-
e*«nts. (But hey, don't
^ me wrong, the man
e *rs absolutely loved
"This Lsn't Kansas
Anvmore!"
By Elizabeth Simmons
and Maria Faust
This became a famil
iar saying throughout the
month of January for
seven students and one
professor from St.
Andrews who decided to
skip off the Korea for
Winter Term '92.
Countless people
asked us, "Why do you
want to go to Korea?"
of The next few weeks
leiclass were quite inter-
lomg.Oneday we talked
teiiPeter Uitdenbosch, a
sic n who has AIDS and
tioS the is the founder of
a group called AIDS-
MANASOTA. Later we
went out to lunch with
him and had many a scin
tillating conversation.
Another day we had a
long discussion/argu
ment with a New college
student named Mitch,
whose physician father
had died of AIDS. None
of us will ever forget
Mitch.
There were also times
in Florida we had to do
as we pleased, and we
did so quite often.
All in all, the Winter
Term trip to Florida was
quite worth the time and
money, based on the fel
lowship we experienced
there. But the best part of
the trip was the class. Dr.
White strived to make
each day better than the
last. In the end, we all
agreed he provided us
with a truly unforgettable
experience.
We all had different rea
sons. Some of us wanted
to see Asia; some wanted
to gorge themselves with
kimchee (the national
dish of Korea; basically,
fermented vegetables);
and still others just
wanted to be with Tom.
We were all excited but
we weren't quite sure
what to expect.
What we found when
we breezed into Taejon,
our central location, was
more than we ever imag
ined. St. Andrews' sister
college, Hon Nam Uni
versity had stationed our
group in the men's dor
mitory where each stu
dent received his or her
own private room. Our
rooms were nestled in the
third floor...a long walk
from the community
shower-laundry room
that was downstairs. We
managed to study, in
spite of our excitement,
and learned much about
Korean culture and his
tory of Korean-American
relations since the Ko
rean War. This course,
taught by Dr. Tom Will
iams, enabled each stu
dent to be matched with
a Korean student, and
each set of partners re
ported on various inci
dents of interest, leading
group discussions and
tours.
Each weekend was
spent travelling. Our first
trip landed us at Cheju
Island, the honeymoon
capital of Asia. We flew
into Cheju City and spent
the next four days tour
ing the Korean Folk Vil- |j
lage, interviewing an eld- ^
erly Communist leader,
eating Cheju tangerines
galore, visiting Japanese
airplane bunkers from
WWII, and paying our ^
respects to Buddhist
temples; all of this was
great fun until we began
to be harassed by the
friendly Cheju police!
Upon leaving Cheju, we
returned back to
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mainland via ship. It was
that
cold and windy
morning at Sam, but ev
eryone hurried outside
for the magnificent view
as we passed numerous
islands and villages.
Our second trip took
us to Pusan at the south
ern tip of Korea. There
we visited the famous
fish market where every
kind of sea creature was
available (from octopus
to stingray!) Ralph and
David even talked their
way into a boat ride in
the harbor. We toured the
Port Authority and then
set our sights toward
Ulsan, the Hyundai city.
There we received a tour
of the enormous Hyundai
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