Meredith Herald
November 10,1999
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Campus News
Professor plans excitement, adventure in China
Nikki Norkis
Staff Writer
Studying abroad offers stu
dents excellent opportunities to
travel and study in new and
exciting foreign environments.
Although many students pic
ture trips to England and Spain
at the mention of study abroad,
exciting trips to China are also
available.
Dr. Carolyn Happer of the
history department is planning
a trip for interested students to
China for summer 2000. The
trip will be led by Happer and
will consist of six weeks of
study and travel beginning with
a four week slay at Dongbei
University of Finance and fico-
nomics in Dalian. This slay
will be followed by two weeks
of travel in Beijing, Xi'an and
Datong. Students can receivc
six hours of credit.
Students will take two cours
es, each worth three credit
hours. The first is a course in
Chinese language that will
introduce students to Chinese
and serve as a survival guide
for students during their trip,
according to Happer.
The second course is Chi
nese Today. This class will
cover such topics as geogra
phy, history, mythology, cui
sine, an and music. The topics
will be mostly aimed at the
specific destinations of the trip.
Happer said that with the
Chinese Language class, stu
dents will not focus on learning
how to write the language but
learning how to speak the lan
guage enough to travel inde-
Some Meredith students from the last group lhat went to
China stop to talk to a Chinese man.
SUBMITTiO BY CaBOLVN HaPPHR
pendently. Happer replied
that after two days, last year’s
students “were able to get on
buses and go into stores and
shops alone.”
While in Dalian, students
will stay in dorms at (he uni
versity, where they will have
private baths and hoi water.
The students will also eat in
the dining facilities at the
university. Happer replies
that the university, as well as
the country of China, is a
very safe environment.
Why would students be
interested in going to China?
Happer said lhat the trip will
be a very unique and exciting
experience. “Everyday is an
adventure," she said. Happer
added, “Simply crossing the
streets in China can be an
adventure for students."
Students will have the
opportunity to be placed in a
completely Chinese environ
ment where they will not
become just tourists, but a
part of the community. Hap
per said, “There will be virtu
ally no other Americans
there."
Happer has traveled to
China twice already and is
exalted about this summer’s
trip. She has only fun and
exciting memories of her
trips. She said lhat last year’s
students went to clubs,
dances and sporting events
with students from the univer
sity. She also said that Mered-
Professor Che LiJuan and students Nikki Illingworth and
Melissa Bishop went to China on Meredith's last trip.
Submitted by Carolyn Happer
ith students were able to teach
classes.
During last year’s trip, Hap
per and students visited
schools, factories, farms,
parks, beachcs and mountains
with different groups from the
schools. The students were also
able to visit homes and cook.
Happer said that the people
of China are very hospitable.
"We received so many offers to
visit homes that we had to turn
many down.’’
Happer urges all students to
consider this exciting opportu
nity. She said, “You will get a
taste of a traditional, agricul
tural society that you just don’t
find anymore." She added.
“Chinese know how to have
fun in simple ways.”
According to Happer the
Chinese are a “lovely and gra-
ciousj)eople who want others
to love China."
The trip to China is sched
uled for departure on May 16,
and students are scheduled to
return on June 29. The applica
tion deadline is Jan. 15, 2000.
Happer has scheduled (wo
information sessions for Mon
day, Nov. 15 from 6 p.m. (o
7:30 p.m. and Thursday, Nov.
18 from 6:30pm-8 p.m.
BrtKhures will be available and
a slide show will be presented.
Happer is also planning to post
information on the web.
Rice Krispies Treats sales
could bring band to Meredith
foNi SMmt
staff Writer
KeiSogg’s cereal company
wants everybody to like Rice
Krispies Treats, and now
Meredith students seem to
agree. This delicious snacic is
the latest craze on the Meredith
College’s campus.
The BeeHive is sponsoring a
contest in which Ae college
campus with the most people
who buy Rice Krispies Treats
wins a band party with the pop
bwd Blessed Union of Souls.
Blessed Union of Souls per
forms the song “Hey Leonardo
(She likes me for me).”
To be fair to small schools
like Meredith, the content will
be judged on the ratio of stu
dents who buy Rice Krispies
Treats compared to the number
of students the school has.
The contest lasts for five
weeks, and someone wins a
prize every week. Manager
Gray Sherrill will pull a wrap
per out of a box every Friday at
noon. In order to win a prize, a
student must deposit the Rice
Krispies Treat wrapper with
her name and phone number in
a bOK. Complete rules and reg
ulations can be found in (he
BeeHive. -
The prize for the first week
is a backpack valued at $85. the
second week’s prize will be a
Swiss Army watch valued at
$85. the third week will be
North West Airline \touchers
valuedatSlOO. the fourth week
the prize will be roller blade
inline skates valued at $219
and the flnal week of the con
test the prize will be a Raleigh
N30 Mountain Bike valued at
$234.
Sherril said, “Rice Krispies
Treats are sold for $.49.1 will
sell them for $.30 with the pur
chase of any entree item.** He
encourages students to tiy for
the band party.
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