Guilford Life
Japan Night
by Laurel Griffin
Guilford's interest in
things Japanese was seen
at Bill and Bev Rogers'*
house last Wednesday
evening where many
students and faculty par
ticipated in the Japan
Night program.
First admired was a
display of souvenirs from
the Rogers' recent trip to
Japan. The display includ
ed a furoshiki (cloth used
to carry things), a chop
and stamp, and a complex
map of the subway in
Tokyo. Another table
displayed Noh-drama
masks, a Shinto temple
bell, and a collection of
Buddhist sutras.
After everyone had mill
ed around the displays for
a while we sat down to
watch two sets of slides.
The first set gave some
Culture Shock
by Laura Peters
We reminisced. We talk
ed about being back at
Guilford. We compared
our experiences of vastly
different cultures. I am
speaking of the welcome
back reception on January
21 in the Gallery for
students who studies
abroad in 1987 and for
students planning to go
abroad this year.
I felt the excitement
while speaking with the
new students who look
toward their next
semester abroad. They
will go to Guadalajara,
London, or Munich. I
remember well the an
ticipation I felt at this time
last year, as I envisioned
myself riding a double
decker bus in London.
There is excitement in
returning home as well.
After three months of ex
ploring new places and
meeting many people
from different countries,
there is comfort in return
ing to the familiar. I
observed in my London
group transitional periods
which led up to the time of
our homecoming. After
the first month, friends
and family seemed far
away and homesickness
set in. Following the se
of the Rogers' impressions
of their trip. Like most
tourists they visited
many temples and
shrines, but there were
also slides of children in
traditional dress,
downtown Tokyo, a series
of ornate doorways and
some shots of the folk
museum at ICU. ICU, the
International Christian
University, is Guilford's
exchange school, located
just outside Tokyo.
The second set of slides,
taken by Jeff Wayman
during a trip in 1983,
revealed another view of
Japan. The simple beauty
of the countryside and
traditional hot spring
baths contrasted with the
rush of Tokyo with its
skyscrapers and bullet
train. The last few slides
touched upon the faces of
Japan, smiling children
with glowing cheeks and
cond month, we started
recalling all of our favorite
bits of Americana. We
talked of "Dominoe's piz
za, driving, blaring our
stereos, stupid American
television shows and
showers (we did take
baths!)". When December
came, we were settled into
our way of life. Then it was
time to return home again.
I found my home environ
ment to be as I
remembered, although
some change had taken
place while I was gone.
A strange feeling has set
in, one of living a double
life. One life at Guilford,
where you pick up where
you left off. The other life
is abroad where the world
is in your hand.
Each student, of course,
has undergone a different
experience while abroad,
but many have returned
with the same perspective
on living. When asked
what it is like to be back,
the students I spoke with
offered varied responses.
Danny Gottovi, in
Munich last fall, replied,
"Weird, life is more
restricted. I can't just run
out to any bar and get a
drink. I can't just hop on a
train and go anywhere."
Of much the same view.
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Japanese mask on display.
wrinkled grandmothers
with wise and happy eyes.
After a few comments
from Bill Rogers the pro
Susan Fleer (Munich)
said, "A different Euro
pean country every
weekend—far from North
Carolina. I found the peo
ple over there a lot more
friendly, even in East Ger
many. It takes going to a
foreign country to unders
tand what it is about."
Joe Freeman and Susan
Welsh were on the pro
gram in Mexico. Joe told
me that he is "incredibly
disoriented." Susan Welsh
responded, "Whenever I
look at a Coke, I think
'Coca' It reminds me of
Spanish and of Mexico."
Kim McCollum who was
in Paris last spring shared
that "Talking to people
who will be going over
throws me back to France.
What I feel at this time is
what I felt when I was
there." And lastly, Susan
Thompson, who accom
panied me in London,
remarked that she is hap
py to be back, but it's hard
getting used to having so
much to do again, "I'm ex
periencing structure
shock."
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writers and
photographers
Meets Mon., Thurs.
9 PM.
gram ended, although peo
ple stayed to enjoy infor
mal conversations and
good food. The yakatori, a
dish of skewered chicken,
Epstein-Barr Virus: What is it?
by Beth K. Gatewood
Chronic viral fatigue. . .
chronic fatigue syndrome.
.. the "yuppie disease"...
all of these are names for
the syndrome: Epstein-
Barr Virus (EBV).
The symptoms are
strange and in many cases
seem "psychosomatic",
but to more and more doc
tors and people, this is a
very real syndrome—and
an extremely common one
at that. It is estimated that
90% of the population
carry the virus.
The picture of this
disease is still sketchy.
About seven years ago,
Dr. Paul Chenney, was
working in Utah, seeing
patients who were
chronically fatigued. Slow
ly he discovered that there
were people all over
America who were
describing similar symp
toms.
Many of the patients had
been once diagnosed as
having chronic
mononucleosis, a fairly
rare disease which, when
first discovered in the
1950'5, was predicted to af
fect only 1% of the popula
tion.
The cause of chronic
mono is the Epstein-Barr
Virus (a note: EBV is the
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Photo: Frit Buck
onions and zucchini was
devoured while people
shared thoughts on Japan.
cause of infectious mono in
95% of the cases of all col
lege student mono). Hence
chronic fatigue syndrome
was linked to EBV.
As the picture became
better defined, Robert
Gallo, a researcher at teh
National Institute on
Health and also discoverer
of the AIDS virus, iden
tifies a new virus, Human
B-Lymphotropic Virus
(HBLV).
The HBLV, like EBV, is
a virus that infects the
B-cells of the immune
system. These are the only
known viruses that infect
the B-cells. There has been
an increase from 2%-30%
in the past four years of
the HBLV virus.
Gallo proposes a theory
that HBLV—whose in
cidence has increased
from 2%-30% in the past
four years— can "turn on"
the EBV that lies inactive
in most people. Another
theory, held by Carlos
Lopez of the Center for
Disease Control in Atlants,
proposes that herpes virus
6 might act in the same
manner at HBLV.
The theory of the reac
tivation of the EBV is one
that is held by many
researchers. Some have
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