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CELOP: semester book

2004

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Letter from the Director • Credits 4Where CELOP Students Come From 5Registration Week Activity 6Start of Semester Get-Together 8Boston Photos by Seung Moon Lee 9Get to Know Your Classmates 10Student Profiles 12

Atsushi Kunimatsu • Alicia de la Cruz • Carlos Trujillo • Cesar Guerrero • Lepolt Linkimer • Lok Kam Yuen • Mariana Muñoz Romo • Fabio Azzolin • Mehmet Ali Cibikci • Noora Al-Hashimi •Sergio Colin Castillo • Nida Chanthavanich • Su-Kyoung Shim • Tomomi Kanayama

Interview: CELOP Intern and Alumna Eri Washida 21Raquel Chavez: Flamenco Dancer 22The Wizard of Wisconsin by Wan-Fang “Shirley” Yeh 24BU Global Pizza Party 26Class Trip to Konditor Meister Bakery 28Class Trip to Rockport 30Tour of the Museum of Fine Arts/Trolley Tour by Rafael Ulloa 31A Day at Revere Beach by Rafael Ulloa 34Salsa in Cambridge with Willie Colon by Rafael Ulloa 36Photos of Newport, Rhode Island, by James Wong 37Class Pictures 38CELOP Photo Shoot 54Class Activity in the Multimedia Language Lab 55Photos by Chantima Larpchivashitti 56Birthday Party in Pam Steeves' Class 57What's in a Name? Class writing activity 58

Tomomi Ono, Simone Lopes, Seung Hi Chung, Noora Al-Hashimi, Miryam Vargas, Eun-Na Kim, Zaymar Ramirez, Antonio Crous, Atsushi Kunimatsu, Claudia Becerra Hernandez, Maher Alalili,Petcharat Chintawongvanich, Ye Sun Rha, and Wei Chih “Stanley” Liao

Naming our Daughter by Osvaldo Mejia 64What's in a Chinese Name by Yinghui Hu 65Changes in Name Patterns in Today's China by Yun Shen 66Major News Events of the Semester 67A New Political Experience in the U.S.: DNC in Boston by Sergio Colin Castillo 68Postcards Home 70

Haitham • Nida • Ozzie • I-Feng • Gray • Samantha • Maria • Giovanna • Cheng-HsingPhotos of Boston by James Wong 76Night Train by Tomomi Kanayama 80A Place I Love: Niagra Falls by Seung Hi Chung 81Capri Island: A Poster Presentation & Photos by Atsushi Kunimatsu 82New York: A City I Love by Eun-Na Kim 84Salem: Imagination vs. Reality by Po-Chieh “Claudio” Chang 84U.S. Photos by Dae Kwan “DK” Jung 85Do Men and Women Love Differently? by Monique Saing 86The White Lady by Maria Noel Vila 86A Happy Marriage by Maria Rangel Escobar 87Momotaro (Peach Boy) by Tomomi Kitahara 87Something New by Maria Noel Vila 87Rowing by Juan “Pipe” Costa 88Seung Sik “Stack” Choi by Maria Eugenia Rangel Escobar 88Super 88 Market by Maria Rangel Escobar and Tomomi Kitahara 88The Republic of Yemen by Esam Al-Subari 89Advice about Greetings by Atsushi Kunimatsu 89Movie Reviews: 90

Kentaro “Ken” Kudo • Ingrid Prifer • Won-Young Park and Ju-Yeun HanRestaurant Review: Top of the Hub by Yoko Hattori 94CELOP Alumni Manabu Ohinata and Ina Yoshino 96Friday Movie Club at CELOP 98The Simpsons: Sitcom Club 100CELOP Short Story Reading Club 102Review: The Lady or the Tiger by Kenichiro Yokoo 104Summer 2004 CELOP Faculty & Staff 110

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Editor John de SzendeffyDesign John de SzendeffyProduction/Editorial Assistance Lesley Andrews, Jonathan WhitePhotographers Lesley Andrews, Jonathan WhiteDistribution Gabriella CampozanoContributors Jenn Kay Kosch, Lesley Andrews, Jonathan White

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CELOP SUMMER 2004 SEMESTER BOOK XIII

Dear CELOP Students,

I am very pleased to have the opportunity to send you apersonal message at the end of the semester. At thebeginning of your programs this summer, I welcomedyou to Boston and to CELOP at Boston University.Now I would like to congratulate you on your success-ful completion of the Summer Program. I sincerely hope that you had awonderful adventure here this semester, improving your English languageproficiency, broadening your awareness about culture in the United States,making new friends, and exploring new places in Boston.

The CELOP faculty and staff, and all the friends of the CELOP program,have greatly enjoyed hosting all of you this summer. Although classes areending, and many of you will be returning to your countries, SemesterBook Summer 2004 will keep your CELOP experience alive. Share yourmemories with your friends and family. For those of you who are return-ing to CELOP in the fall, we hope you continue to have an enjoyable andproductive time here.

Best wishes,

Margot S. ValdiviaDirector

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Catching a late afternoon game at Fenway.

Old City Hall on School St, until recentlyhome to the Maison Robert French restaurant.

A “Duck” boat tour of Boston.

The Granary Burying Ground on Tremont St.,where Sam Adams, among others, is buried.

Fenway Park from the top of the Prudential Tower.The reflecting pond at the Christian Science Center.

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During every orientation week, CELOP holds anevent called “Get to Know Your Class-

mates” to help students meet each other before classes begin.New students get together for the first time to have fun, enjoyrefreshments and get to know each other by playing games.

We begin with an icebreaker that challenges everyone toremember each other. However, students not only have toremember other students’ first names, but also the countriesthey come from, their favorite food, and a word that bestdescribes them. (For example… “Hello, I am Kenichiro fromJapan. My favorite food is noodles and my word is ‘art’ becauseI love to paint.”) As we go on, students have to introducethemselves and then recall facts about all of the other studentswho have gone before them. It can be really difficult (espe-cially toward the end), but everyone helps each other out andthere are usually some VERY funny moments.

—Jenn Kay

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Get to Know Your Classmates Scavenger Hunt

Unlike a regular scavenger hunt, where you must go searching for things (e.g., a matchbook from a restaurant), we have a“get to know you” version. Students go around the room asking each other if they fit any of the descriptions on the sheet.(Ex. Rafael, do you play the guitar?) In the end the person who gets the most names in five minutes wins a great prize! Thisis just another way for people to get to know each other better in a fun and relaxing environment. We all enter the roomas strangers, but leave as friends! Here is an example of our scavenger hunt list:

FIND SOMEONE IN THE ROOM WHO . . .

has lived in at least three countries _____________________

has a pet that is not a cat, dog, or bird _____________________

has been on television______________________

plays the guitar

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has a birthday this month______________________

likes to go skydiving______________________

speaks Mandarin

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Faithful CELOP alumhelps a new student find scavenger huntanswers. Rafael, from Ecuador, was aCELOP student in the summer and fall of2000 and again in the summer of 2001.He returns every semester to help JennKay Kosch orient new students and is oth-erwise employed as Communications Man-ager at Hispanic News Press and Editor inChief of El Planeta Spanish Newspaper. Hewould no doubt like to hear from you [email protected]. (For articles anda poem by Rafael, see the Summer 2003Semester Book at the CELOP Alumni site,www.bu.edu/celop/alumni.)

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PROFILES

Students bring an amazing variety of experience and interests to CELOP. LesleyAndrews interviewed a few students to get a sense of that experience and theirambitions as well. Lesley worked furiously to finish conducting and writing upthese interviews while managing the Computer Open Lab.

PROFILES

Atsushi KunimatsuJapan

Atsushi, from Tokyo, is cur-rently a Visiting Researcher inComputer Science at MIT,working with new computermedia and interfaces usingspeech and motion via video. He

is also experimenting with computers and aesthetics andusing motion in artistic images. He has been living in Cam-bridge for two months, and is studying in the six-week sum-mer intensive program at CELOP. He likes Cambridge butso far he only knows the summer, and has heard that winterin Boston is very cold. Still, he feels that Cambridge has agood atmosphere, and enjoys the many parks and trees.

Atsushi has found CELOP to be a very internationalexperience. He has met Middle Eastern, Latin American,European and African people here, and has been able tolearn about other cultures and other ways of thinking. Hisbest friends here are Noora, from the United Arab Emirates(also profiled in this section) and Shimon, a medical studentfrom Cape Verde. He says he doesn’t have much free time,as he spends most of his time studying, but he has gone outa bit. Yesterday (June 30), for example, he went to a CapeVerdean restaurant with Shimon and had very good seafood.His other favorite restaurant here is Legal Seafoods. BothAtsushi and his wife Eri enjoy cooking, she was a pharmacistin Japan and is now studying English at the Public Libraryin Cambridge. Last week Atsushi and Eri went to Cape Codwith Noora and a Taiwanese couple. They drove from Cam-bridge to Provincetown and back in one day (rather a longdrive). They thought that P-town was pretty and had verycheap outlet shops (they saw T-shirts for sale for $2.00).Before leaving they walked by the water to enjoy the bayand took many photos.

In the past, Atsushi has visited San Jose, Silicon Valley,and the Napa Valley in Northern California, but finds thatBoston is very different. Some surprises he has found here arethat supermarkets are very big and have very good prices,but some systems are confusing such as newspaper couponsand “buy one get one free” offers. Health insurance here isvery expensive, and can cost eight thousand dollars per yearfor young couple, but on the other hand he can get freeadmission to Boston museums with his student ID, andamazingly, a resident parking permit in Cambridge costsonly eight dollars a year! Atsushi feels that driving is a littlebit dangerous here. First he had to get used to driving onright, but then realized that other drivers don’t use their sig-nals very often, and they pass very fast. He has heard thatBoston is the second worst city for traffic in the US afterNew York, and we do have a reputation for aggressive driv-ing. Tokyo, in contrast, is number three in world (after maybeSingapore). On starting his trip to the Cape, Astushi got lostin downtown Boston trying to find his way out of the city, butin the end they had a very enjoyable day.

Alicia de la CruzPeru

Alicia is a biologist fromLima, who works with a govern-ment institute for the protectionof natural resources. She has aBachelor’s Degree in Biology, aMaster’s in Ecotourism, and she

comes from a family that loves all kinds of animals. Hermother grew up in the countryside, and her father used tobring home many small animals for the children to keep as

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pets when she was young. In her house they had hamsters,mice, parakeets, pigeons, praying mantises, walking sticksand two dogs. Her brother works in agriculture as an agro-nomic engineer, so it was not surprising to her family whenshe chose to study biology.

Alicia has been in Boston for about eight weeks, and it isher first time here. She is on a Fulbright scholarship, andwill go to Idaho University in the Fall to begin work on aPh.D. in natural resource management and ecotourism. Theuniversity is located in Moscow, Idaho, a city with a popula-tion of about thirty thousand, so Alicia is very curious to findout what her life will be like there. Lima is a modern city onthe Pacific Coast, with mild weather and beautiful beaches.Idaho, on the other hand, has mountains and farmland, isvery far from the ocean, and will have very cold winters.

Carlos TrujilloColombia

Carlos is a Mechanical Engi-neer who has worked in the plas-tics industry in Bogotá, design-ing molds to be used in themanufacturing of packagingmaterials and household goods.

He has also taught instrumentation and controls, and stat-ics at the Universidad de Antioquia in Medellín. He is hereat CELOP on a Fulbright scholarship and will go to SUNYat Stony Brook in the Fall to start working on a PhD. Hisarea of research will be in controls and automation, as this isa weak area at his home university, and his goal is to acquiremore modern knowledge of manufacturing technology sothat when he returns to Colombia he will be able tostrengthen research in Mechanical Engineering in his depart-ment at the university. He is particularly interested in apply-ing this knowledge to the manufacturing of prosthetics andother devices used for rehabilitation after a person is injuredin some way. As a child, Carlos suffered from a disorder ofthe femur. He had surgery to correct the problem and thenhad to use crutches for six months. He remembers his longrecovery and wants to help others who have physical prob-lems.

Carlos is from Armenia, a city of about 300,000 peoplein the middle of the country. The area is known for its cof-fee, as the land is very rich for growing coffee. It is also a

tourist area, and the weather is always like summer. Fiveyears ago, however, there was an earthquake that destroyedhalf of the city’s infrastructure (buildings, roads, etc.) andkilled about 2,000 people. Luckily, Carlos’ family was okay,but their house was severely damaged and they decided tomove. After the earthquake the city received a lot of helpfrom other countries, including Japan, the UK and the US.It was very impressive to see the level of cooperation dur-ing that time. The rebuilding is still not complete, but thecity is recovering from this disaster.

For Carlos it was a dramatic change moving to Bogotáand then to Medellín to study and work. The cities weremuch bigger than his home town and it took much longer toget from one place to another as the distances were greater.Since then he has experienced several more changes, as hegot married a year ago and has now come to Boston. He hasbeen here for about seven weeks, it is his first time here, andis enjoying his stay. Before coming here he thought thatBoston was a big city, but was surprised to find that it is bothsafe and easy to get around. He thinks this is an interestingplace, with a wide range of cultural places like the Museumof Science, the Museum of Fine Arts, the Aquarium, and thePeabody Museum at Harvard. He has also found the peopleto be friendly and very respectful to others, staying veryorganized in lines when they have to wait for something andgenerally respecting each others’ personal space. The mostvaluable thing about being here, though, is the experience ofgetting to know people from other countries, including sev-eral classmates from Dubai, Korea, and Japan.

Cesar GuerreroColombia

Cesar is from Bucaramanga,a city in the mountains near theborder with Venezuela. It is sim-ilar to Boston in that there aremany universities, and manypeople go to study there. Bucara-

manga is called "the beautiful city,” and it is known for a cer-tain species of ant which is considered a local delicacy. Cesarsays that with a little salt they are very good, but a problemis that when you eat them you end up with the legs stuckbetween your teeth, so it’s better not to smile.

In Colombia, Cesar is a Professor of Computer Science


at the Autonomous University of Bucaramanga, and teachescourses to both graduate and undergraduate students. Hehas been in the Department of Computer Science for eightyears, and was the Dean of the department before coming tothe U.S. to continue his studies. Cesar specializes in network-ing and is interested in computer security. At the moment,he and others are trying to convince the Colombian govern-ment to switch its computer systems from Windows to theLinux platform in order to increase security and reduce costs.

Cesar has a sister who lives in Hudson, New Hampshire,and has been working with the Department of Social Servicesthere for three years as a psychologist and social worker. It’svery good for him to be able to visit her while he is here. Cesaris living on Bay State Road on the BU campus, and he feels thatBoston also is a beautiful city because of its architecture – bothold and modern. Every night he talks to his wife using a web-cam and his computer, and he has held the camera up to thewindow to show her his great view of the city.

Here in Boston, Cesar is on a Fulbright scholarshipwhich will take him to The University of Florida to do aPhD in Computer Science and Engineering after finishinghis English courses at CELOP. His instructors here are CarolLanders for American Culture, Doug Kohn for Academicand Professional Writing, and Ramón Valenzuela for hisCore class. Cesar told me that Ramón is "the best professorthat I have had in my life,” and he feels that he is not onlylearning English but also ways to improve his teaching skillsjust by observing Ramón.

Lepolt LinkimerCosta Rica

Lepolt is a Fulbright scholarfrom Turrialba. His grandparentsemigrated from Lithuania toCosta Rica during World War IIand raised nine children, of whichhis father was the second. His

mother’s family had sixteen children, of which his motherwas the tenth, so Lepolt has a very large extended family. Hisparents have been married for thirty years, and Lepolt is theyoungest of their four children. The oldest is Mildred, whoworks as an agronomist, is married and has a four-month-old baby. Next are twin sisters Silja, a medical doctor, andMadai, a psychologist who works with deaf and blind patients.

Lepolt is a geologist, and has been interested in geol-ogy since he was four years old. He loves his work, and isfascinated by earthquakes, volcanoes, rocks and fossils. Hisfirst memory is of looking at a globe with his mother, andher telling him that at one time in the past, all the conti-nents were joined together in one huge piece of land, butthey split apart over millions of years, and you can still seesome of the outlines where they fit together as an enormouspuzzle. Lepolt was very impressed, and became curious abouthow this could have happened.

Later, when he was twelve years old, there was a devas-tating earthquake near Lepolt’s home town. It measured 7.7on the Richter Scale and Lepolt remembers that everythingstarted to shake, things in the house started to fall down,and he couldn’t walk. He hugged his Mom and stood in adoorway until the shaking stopped. For him, it was a "greatexperience" that encouraged him to study geology in orderto find out how it happened. Of course, his Mom thought itwas a terrible experience and was very scared.

Now Lepolt is studying English at CELOP in prepara-tion to start working on a Master’s Degree in geophysics atMichigan State University in Lansing. Geology is still ayoung field, it began with James Hutton, a medical doctor inthe 1800’s who made analogies between the human bodyand the earth, and developed a theory that the waves in theearth moved like the blood in the body. Now we know thatthe power of an earthquake produces two types of waves,called P-waves and S-waves, and like the thunder and light-ning in thunderstorms, if you time the interval between theP-waves and the S-waves you can calculate the distance fromthe center of the earthquake. Lepolt’s goal is to understandthe mechanics of earthquakes in order to learn how andwhere to build safer buildings.

The fact that earthquakes are common in Costa Ricameans that not many historic buildings survive for very long,so Lepolt is fascinated by the architecture in Boston. Hetakes "millions" of photographs of buildings, bridges, andarchitectural details around the city. This is Lepolt’s firsttime visiting the U.S., and he has been here for about eightweeks. In addition to Boston and Lansing, he hopes to travelto the West Coast and absolutely has to make sure to visit theGrand Canyon, whose layers are “like the pages of an enor-mous history book” for geologists. He is pleased to see thatNational Parks are very important in the U.S., and a lot ofwork goes into conservation of our natural resources. Asidefrom being away from his family, Lepolt told me that hemisses earthquakes. In Costa Rica when there was an earth-quake he would run to the lab and stay there all night study-ing the aftershocks. Here, he woke up one morning to a loudnoise, and thought it was an earthquake until he remem-


bered where he was and realized that it was a big truck pass-ing by. Geology is both his work and his hobby, and while hedoesn’t earn a lot of money he feels very fortunate to getpaid to do what he loves.

Lok Kam YuenTaiwan

Lok Kam Yuen is a verycheerful and energetic youngwoman. Her father is from HongKong and her mother is from Tai-wan. Her parents met while herfather was visiting Taiwan on busi-

ness. He fell in love immediately and convinced a mutual friendto introduce him. He traveled back and forth between the twocountries, and they were married within a year. They weretogether for ten years living in Hong Kong, but then gotdivorced, so Lok Kam moved to Taiwan with her mother whenshe was eight. Both parents have since remarried, and she hasa 14-year-old half-sister named Chi Su, and a 4-year old half-brother named Cheng Jun Yuen. As the oldest child, she wasexpected to help take care of her little sister, and was not ter-ribly happy about this when she was younger because there isa nine-year difference in their ages. As they got older, though,they became closer and now have a very good relationship.

At age ten, Lok Kam started learning to play the piano,and enjoyed it very much, but gave it up a few years later.There was a lot of pressure to do well in school, to preparefor high school entrance exams in order to get into a goodhigh school, and then to prepare for college. In her last twoyears of high school she studied from about 7 am to 9 pmevery day. She focused on history, geography and language,as she knew she was interested in studying communication,but after graduation she definitely felt like she needed abreak. She took advantage of the next few years in order totravel, improve her English, and visit universities where shemight continue her studies. In addition to Communication,she wants to study more languages in the future, perhapsJapanese and Spanish.

Lok Kam has also lived in several cities in the U.S. andCanada. She spent the Fall of 2001 in Los Angeles, and the2002-03 school year in Toronto, Ontario. She loved theweather and the atmosphere in Los Angeles, and her fathertravels there frequently on business, so it was convenient for

that reason, but she wanted a bit more independence, andheard that there are very good schools in Toronto. She hada good experience there, and even went skiing for the firsttime, but found that compared to her home it was "unbe-lievably cold," and there was a large Chinese populationthere, with a particularly large number of people from HongKong, so she found it too easy to speak Chinese and notpractice her English enough. Finally, she came to Boston inthe Fall of 2004, and felt she had found her place. For her,Boston is more beautiful, and has more history, which inter-ests her very much. She admits that sometimes it seems tooold, as some of the sidewalks and streets are uneven or inpoor condition, but her general impression is that Boston isvery different from other cities because of the mix it has ofhistoric and modern buildings.

As for her studies here, Lok Kam says: "I love CELOP."She’s been studying here for nearly a year. She has mademany new friends here from Korea, Japan, Thailand andSouth America, and feels very sad when they go on to otherthings and have to say goodbye. She hopes to continue herstudies as an undergraduate student at BU, because sheenjoys living here very much and because BU has an excel-lent program in Communications. Right now she is workingon her application essays and will be visiting TASC for help.We wish her success and hope that we will be seeing her oncampus for several more years.

Mariana Muñoz RomoVenezuela

Mariana Muñoz Romo isfrom Mérida, a valley at thenorthern end of the Andes in thewestern part of the country, theweather is cool, and it is a popu-

Lok has been studying here fornearly a year. She hopes to continueher studies as an undergraduatestudent at BU, because she enjoysliving here and BU has an excellentprogram in Communications.


lar place for tourists because it is very beautiful and cheapfor North Americans.

Mariana was born in Chile, but her family moved toVenezuela when she was five years old. Her father had beenactive in politics, and felt it was necessary to leave Chilewhen Pinochet came to power. Since then he has had thechance to go back but he will not. Her parents were in theirthirties when they moved, and they lost their Chilean accent.Mariana grew up with her brother Igor and sister Rocío,they celebrated both Chilean and Venezuelan holidays athome, and she felt like was Venezuelan, but still others usu-ally called her the "Chilean girl."

Mariana got married in 2001 to Juan Fernando Burgos,a graphic designer, and became a University Professor ofBiological Sciences, teaching Zoology. She came to BostonUniversity as a Fulbright Scholar and will begin work on aPh.D. this Fall. Her research interest is the behavioral ecol-ogy of bats, and she feels very lucky to be able to study atB.U., as Thomas Kunz, one of the most importantresearchers on bats, teaches here.

When I asked her how she first became interested inbats, Mariana said that she feels bats are very misunderstood,and told me about a trip she took when she was a universitystudent. She went with another student to assist with aresearch project on bats, and was surprised to see fifteen dif-ferent species living in the same place. This made her curi-ous to find out why there were so many species, all differentin color, shape, and features. The answer, she learned, is thateach species is adapted to eat a different type of food, andin fact there are about twenty-five species living in that samearea, even though she was only able to see fifteen of them.Mérida is surrounded by different types of ecosystems includ-ing arid zones, forests and rainforests, so it is a very interest-ing place to study different types of animals.

Mariana is living in a house on Bay State Road with theother Fulbrighters who are studying at CELOP this Sum-mer. At first there were mostly Spanish speakers there, butrecently some new people have come from places like Chadand Indonesia, so they are all practicing their English moreat home. Mariana said that it is wonderful to share a housewith people from different countries, and to be able to learnabout different cultures from her same continent and others.She feels that Boston is a clean city, it is near the water, ithas a lot of history and many museums, and is very enjoyable.She likes the convenience of the T, as Mérida has no train,and has found the people here to be very kind, friendly, andhelpful when she is trying to find a place in the city. She saysthat although in cloudy weather Boston seems very gray,when the sun comes out it is completely different.

Fabio AzzolinItaly

Fabio Azzolin is visitingBoston from his home in Maros-tica, in the Northeast of Italy. Itis a small town of about ten thou-sand people, located about 70kilometers North of Venice. It isa beautiful place, and the town

sits between two castles, one on a hill overlooking the town,and the other on flat land. Marostica is enclosed by walls,and although it is a small place, it is famous for a chess gamethat is played there every two years using real people inmedieval costume as the chess pieces. They play in a largesquare designed as a huge chessboard, and the event drawslarge numbers of spectators. According to legend, the gamedates back to 1454, when two noblemen fell in love with thedaughter of the Lord of Marostica Castle. They challengedeach other to a duel, but the Lord convinced them to settletheir dispute through a game of human chess rather than aduel which would most likely leave one of them dead. I wasnot able to learn the outcome of the game, but it hasremained a tradition and developed into an elaborate festi-val involving more than five hundred participants.

Fabio describes Marostica with great enthusiasm, andhe clearly misses both his home town and his wife, Cinzia,and three children, ten-year-old Valentina, four-year-oldStefano, and Alessandro, who is one and a half. They live inan apartment in Fabio’s parents’ house, and he works with hisbrother at a company called TPA Plast, which develops poly-mers used to make strong but light-weight parts for the man-ufacturing of airplanes and sports cars, among other things.Fabio has been in Boston for one month, and will be return-ing home after classes end in the middle of August. He feelsvery comfortable here, and does well interacting with dif-ferent people. He has become friends with a group of Japan-ese students, and while he says this is the first time he hasbeen able to really get to know anyone from Japan, and hehas found that while they initially seem very quiet, once youget to know them they are very open.

Fabio’s goals in coming here were to improve his Eng-lish for his work, and to visit as many places as possible. Heis taking a class in Professional English for Business withMaria Tomeho-Palermino, with nine students includingthree Italians, one Venezuelan, and five Japanese. He ispleased to see that the students are very interested in theclass, they speak well and have no problem sharing infor-


mation with each other. As for his travel goals, Fabio visitedNew York last weekend, and will take a bus to Philadelphiaand Washington, DC this weekend. It’s a long trip, so hope-fully he will have enough time to enjoy both places.

This is the first time Fabio has been to Boston and theUS, and he remembers feeling when he arrived here thatthe country is not as big as he thought. Then he went toNew York and his idea changed completely when he sawManhattan. He thinks that Americans are crazy because wehave no limits, and everything is big, from cars to the por-tions of food they serve in restaurants. People here have atotally different idea of distance from people in Europe, aswe think in hours instead of kilometers, and the time it takesto drive from one city to another is long because the dis-tances are so great. Fabio found that his first week here wasdifficult, trying to find his way around the school and thecity, and adjusting to the time difference. He hasn’t visitedmany places in Boston, as he is not very interested in muse-ums and feels that in the places which are popular withtourists, you find many more foreigners than local people. Heprefers to spend his time walking downtown and watchingpeople on the street, and also runs along the Charles Riverin the morning.

Mehmet Ali CibikciTurkey

Mehmet has been study-ing at CELOP for two semes-ters. He is a frequent visitor tothe Multimedia LanguageLabs, where he studies, checksup on international news, and

communicates with his family back home. Mehmet was bornin Adana, a city of three and a half million people near the

Syrian border. The weather there is very hot, and the maineconomic activity is agriculture, producing cotton and wheat.Adana also is home to the modern and important CukurovaUniversity, which focuses on business and engineering, espe-cially agricultural engineering.

Mehmet completed his university studies in Adana, andworked as a Regional Manager with a Property and CasualtyInsurance Company, traveling to many cities in Southeast-ern Turkey. He moved to Istanbul in order to take a promo-tion to Assistant General Manager, and now lives there withhis wife, a bank manager, and his 20-year-old daughter whois in law school, although his mother and brothers still livein Adana.

Istanbul is an enormous city, with a population of fif-teen million and covering a large area half on the Europeancontinent and half in Asia. There are only two bridges con-necting the two halves of the city across the channel betweenthe Black Sea and and the Sea of Marmara, so Mehmetspends three hours a day commuting between his work onthe European side of the city and his home, 25 kilometersaway on the Asian side.

This is the first time Mehmet has visited the US, and hearrived in Boston in January of this year. During this time hehas not been able to return home, but his wife did come visithim here for several weeks in May. After living in Istanbul,Boston seemed very small and very quiet. Here the stores,restaurants and clubs close early, while there is activity inIstanbul twenty-four hours a day. This winter the weatherset records for the coldest temperatures in a hundred years(according to newspaper reports), and Mehmet discoveredthe meaning of the term "wind chill," and didn’t like it at all.After the shock of winter and the small size of Boston, hedecided to visit New York, but thought it was a "terrible city"because everything was so expensive and it seemed very dirty.He felt better returning to Boston, even though the summerhas been more cold and rainy than sunny and warm, and hasfound a favorite place to read and relax by the Charles River.

Marostica is enclosed by walls,and although it is a small place,it is famous for a chess game thatis played there every two yearsusing real people in medievalcostume as the chess pieces.

After the shock of winter and thesmall size of Boston, Mehmetdecided to visit New York, butthought it was a terrible city,because everything was so expen-sive and it seemed very dirty. Hefelt better returning to Boston . . .


Noora Al-HashimiUnited Arab Emirates

Noora has been living inBoston for about two monthsand is from Dubai. Before com-ing here she studied in Egypt,completing a Bachelor’s degreein Business Administration at

Ainshams University in Cairo. She found the city to be com-pletely different from Dubai, which is very modern and hasa large international population. In contrast, Cairo was verycrowded and noisy, and sits right next to the enormous,ancient pyramids. Egypt is different from UAE in its cul-ture, accent and vocabulary, food, clothing, and people’s atti-tudes towards each other. When she visited the pyramids,Noora was struck by the experience of seeing somethingthat was so ancient, and wondered how they were able tobuild them without any modern technology.

Now she is experiencing another completely new cul-ture living in the US for the first time, and calls this "thesecond adventure of my life." She hopes to attend graduateschool here, and has been accepted by a university inAlabama, but is enjoying her stay in Boston and thinkingthat she would like to stay here, even though she can’t imag-ine what the winter will be like. She has found the peoplehere to be very friendly and kind, especially at CELOP.Noora has been to England in the past, and sees a lot of sim-ilarities between London and Boston in the architecture,the people, and has even found a Big Ben type clock at theNew England Aquarium. She likes to visit the museums here,and has been to the Museum of Fine Arts with her Englishclass, but is studying a lot and doesn’t have a lot of time forother activities. She did go to Cape Cod with her friendAtsushi and his wife, and enjoyed seeng Provincetown and

the ocean. She even put her hand in the water to see howcold it was (not as cold as she expected), and tasted it justout of curiosity. She said it was not as salty as the sea waterback home.

Although Noora misses her family, friends, and favoriteplaces in Dubai, she is thinking about working here for a lit-tle while after finishing her MBA in order to get some busi-ness experience in the US. She hopes to work in public orcustomer relations, perhaps organizing conferences and sem-inars, as she enjoys interacting with other people as muchas possible. Whatever she does, though, she will take homea degree, stronger English skills, and a lot of memories fromher time here.

Sergio Colin CastilloMexico

Sergio is from the town ofTepetlixpa, just southeast ofMexico City. He works as anenvironmental economist, thatis, he studies economics and itsimpact on the physical, biologi-

cal, and social environment. This is a new academic fieldwhich only started about ten years ago. In Mexico Sergiostudied at Chapingo University, and completed a Bachelorof Science in Agricultural Economics. Then he worked forone year in a rural program which provided seed corn andbeans to families who were not able to buy them in order toplant their fields, either due to a lack of money or the inabil-ity to travel to markets in the cities. Sergio went on to do aMaster’s degree at the Colegio de la Frontera in Tijuana,which was a major change from his life in Tepetlixpa.

After completing his studies, Sergio returned home andfounded a group with the goal of rescuing local culture, pro-moting organic farming and a return to indigenous values,agricultural methods, and cultural activities. One of theseactivities is a festival for the sixteenth century poet, play-wright and women’s advocate Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, whowas born in Tepetlixpa. Since 1995, Sergio has been work-ing with the Mexican National Institute of Ecology as aneconomist. He acts as an advisor to economic and environ-mental regulators within the government, in an effort toreduce pollution and protect the environment. He feels luckythat the position was open when he arrived, and remembers

Noora went to Cape Cod withfriends and put her hand in thewater to see how cold it was (notas cold as she expected) andtasted it just out of curiosity. Shesaid it was not as salty as the seawater back home.


that when he started the office had only one room for five orsix people and contained just a table and three chairs. Overthe next few years they gradually expanded, until now theyhave twenty people with offices and computers.

While working with the Institute, Sergio was able tovisit Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Spain,Portugal and Italy. He even worked as an advisor to theUnited Nations in Argentina and to the government inEcuador. In the meantime, he continued his studies by tak-ing courses in geography and environmental policy. He ishere at CELOP on a Fulbright scholarship, and will go toTexas A&M in the Fall to begin work on a PhD. This is hisfirst time in Boston, and will be his first time in Texas,although he visited San Diego while living in Tijuana. Ser-gio had a lot of expectations before coming here, as he hadread about the history of Boston and the importance of thisarea for the US economy. Since he arrived two months ago,he has visited the Museum of Fine Arts, the USS Constitu-tion, the Downtown area, Harvard University and MIT. Heis living on Bay State Road, and enjoys watching people outwalking, running and biking along the Charles River out-side his window. He can see people out very early beforegoing to work, and he joins them every morning to run upone side of the river and back along the other side.

Nida ChanthavanichThailand

Nida is from Bangkok andhas been studying at CELOPand living in Boston since lastSeptember. Before coming hereshe studied Communication and

Advertising at the university, and helped out at her father’scompany, which makes soap. Most people think that a soapfactory would smell very nice, but Nida has probably beenaround it for too long. As a child she hated the smell of soapbut never told her father about it, and now feels like she isgetting a cold when she encounters a very strong-smellingsoap. Bangkok is a very big, crowded city and has huge traf-fic jams. Nida lives in the suburbs, and when she wants todrive in to the city to meet her friends, it takes two hours togo twenty kilometers, so it is more convenient to visit withfriends at one of their houses.

This is the second time Nida has been to the US, thefirst time she went to San Diego, Los Angeles and San Fran-cisco in California, and Reno, Nevada. Her brother is study-ing for an MBA in Maryland, so she has visited him, too.Before coming to Boston, she heard that it was a very nice,quiet city, so she was in shock on the first day to see many carsin the street. It seemed crowded, dirty and noisy, and thepeople in cars would honk their horns at people who crossedthe street in front of them. Nida felt that she didn’t want tostay here. Last year when the Red Sox played the Yankees inthe final games before the World Series, Nida was livingnear Fenway Park, so she remembers that it was terriblynoisy with people shouting and honking their car horns.

Since then, she has moved to Beacon Street, and feelsthat is quieter and nicer. She has also visited New York sinceshe has been here, and although it has a good night life, shefound that it was so crowded and fast-paced that when shecame back to Boston she liked it better than before. Thingsseemed slower and more peaceful, and fortunately she isfeeling much better about living here these days. After fin-ishing her English classes at CELOP, Nida plans to applyto Metropolitan College to study International Business, sothat when she returns home to Bangkok she will be able tohelp her father’s company.

Su-Kyoung ShimKorea

Su-Kyoung is the youngestof three sisters from Seoul. Oneof her older sisters is a labresearcher working on cancertreatment, and is now living inAustralia and working in an

Sergio worked as an advisor tothe United Nations in Argentinaand to the government inEcuador. He is here at CELOP ona Fulbright scholarship and willgo to Texas A&M in the Fall tobegin work on a Ph.D.


internship with an Australian company. Su-Kyoung studiedPolitical Science and Diplomacy at the university in Korea,but feels that she is still "looking for what I want to be," andis really interested studying Journalism and Communicationswith the idea of working with the media or the government.After studying at CELOP she hopes to attend the John F.Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, but is concernedabout the fact that as a non-native speaker of English, shewill have to work twice as hard as the American students.

Seoul is a very big, crowded city with few parks, so shewas happy to see that Boston is fairly small and has manytrees and parks. When she first came here, she learnedquickly that you can’t believe the weather forecasts, whenthey say it will rain it doesn’t, and when they say it will besunny it rains. After carrying her umbrella around when shedidn’t need it and not having it when she did for a little while,she gave up and left it at home, so now she just gets wet inthe rain like most of the other students around here. Still,she likes the fact that Boston is peaceful, academic, and safe.Su-Kyoung expected that when she came to the US shewould learn a lot about American culture, but finds she islearning just as much about the Thai, Chinese, Colombian,Venezuelan, and African cultures from meeting all the inter-national students here. She feels like she is living in a verysmall world.

Before coming here, Su-Kyoung had already visited NewYork City, and had enjoyed the busy, crowded atmospherewith lots of activity and a fast lifestyle. After living in Bostonfor a few months, though, she found that she didn’t likespending time in New York anymore, and now she thinksthat Boston is better because it is like neither the countrysidenor the city, but something in between, a compromise. Inaddition to New York and Boston, she has also visited Tampa,Las Vegas, and the Grand Canyon. She thought that Tampawas the most fun place, but very hot. The Grand Canyonwas beautiful, but she didn’t like Las Vegas, and has decidedthat the best place for living in the US is the Northeast. Still,she wants to visit Chicago, as she has seen it many times in

movies but has not yet had the chance to go there. The bestthing about living in the US, though, is the fact that peopleseem to have a lot of freedom to be themselves without wor-rying about what other people think.

Tomomi KanayamaJapan

Tomomi is from Nagoya andwants to study either music orfashion at a university in the US.She has been playing the electricorgan since she was two years old,has studied in programs through

the Technics and Rowland companies, and has done well inthe competitions they hold every year. She also worked insales for two years with her father’s company, which designsand sells clothing. As a part of this job, she had the opportu-nity to travel to various parts of Japan and the US, includingNew York and Las Vegas, to attend fashion shows.

When she was in high school, Tomomi studied in Den-ver and Seattle for six months and lived with American hostfamilies. Her school in Japan did not offer any Englishinstruction, so she arrived without knowing even the alpha-bet. She was lost and very homesick at first, but says that "myhost family cared a lot for me,” so she was able to adapt tolife here and learn English quickly. In fact, when she returnedhome after the six months and took an English test, she scoredat a level which qualified her to teach English in Japan.

Tomomi’s brother and sister also have experience livingin the US, her brother lived here for ten years, and her sis-ter for three or four years, so now it is her turn. At first, shewanted to visit Korea as both of her parents are Korean, butshe agreed to come here for three months and has nowdecided to stay. She finds Boston to be similar to Nagoya insize and location near the ocean, and she enjoys the fact thatit is easy to reach the countryside once you leave the city.She has visited Cape Cod and other places with friends shemet here at CELOP, and spends time with them going tomovies or studying at the university library. She will apply tostudy at Berklee College of Music or Pine Manor College inBoston, and perhaps also to the Fashion Institute of Technol-ogy in New York.

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Su-Kyoung expected that shewould learn a lot about Americanculture but finds she is learningjust as much about the Thai, Chi-nese, Colombian, Venezuelan, andAfrican cultures from meeting allthe international students here.

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E ri is from Arita City in southern Japan, but left home tostudy International Relations at Tsuda University in

Tokyo, and then worked for ten years in customer relations.She came to Boston withher husband, whoreceived a scholarship todo research in compara-tive media studies atMIT. They have been liv-ing in Porter Square inCambridge for just overone year and enjoy theinternational character ofthe city.

Eri studied atCELOP during theSummer of 2003 withSusan Vik, who heardthat there was an oppor-tunity available for some-one to work as an Internat the front desk. Eriapplied and was hired,and she has been filing,answering phones, help-ing with activities and assisting students ever since. She saysthat her English has definitely improved a great deal since shehas been here, but it took some time to realize that she wasimproving. There are many Japanesestudents at CELOP, but Eri says thatshe only speaks Japanese about once aweek because most students want topractice their English as much as pos-sible.

Eri will be returning to Japan atthe end of June, and plans to look for ajob in education where she can use herEnglish, perhaps in the English depart-ment of a university or languageschool. She has found that she likes theatmosphere of the university, the peo-ple are very nice and there isn’t asmuch competition as there is in thebusiness world. Eri will not miss the

"horrible" winter we had this past year (it was unusuallycold), but she will remember barbecuing in her garden, andbeing introduced to Mexican food and Thanksgiving turkey.She will also look back on her travels to Niagra Falls, NewYork City, Washington D.C., and Disney World, as well asa Caribbean cruise to Jamaica, Grand Cayman, Cozumeland Key West.

The most important thing she has gained from her timehere, though, is the experience of studying and working at

CELOP. She feels thatstudying here opens upthe future for interna-tional students, enablingthem to attend universi-ties in the US, get newand better jobs, andmake friends from allover the world, perhapseven meeting their futurehusband or wife here (wehave seen several couplesmarry after meeting atCELOP over the years,and have even begun toenroll some of their chil-dren in English courseshere). In her own life, Erisees that things arechanging in a better wayand has high hopes forthe future. We will miss

seeing her here and wish her every success. Good luck Erifrom all of us!

by Lesley Andrews

INTERVIEW: CELOP Intern andAlumna, Eri Washida

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R aquel Chavez, 23, startedtaking Flamenco dancelessons at the same time

with her older sister when she was11 years old. It was the first activ-ity that her mother tried to gether involved in that she actuallyliked. In fact, she loved it. She hadto perform in dance recitals everyyear in a theater, and five yearsafter starting to dance, she beganto perform regularly at concertswith famous singers, such as theGypsy Kings, Rosario Flores,Azucar Moreno, and others.

To most of us, dancing mightseem fun, recreational. ButRaquel insists that Flamencodancing is very demanding,requiring complete and exactcoordination of every part of yourbody. Flamenco dancing has beenan all-consuming pursuit for her,much like a professional athlete’sdedication to his or her sport.Nonetheless, she managed to fin-ish college in Venezuela with adegree in business administration,while keeping up her dancing.She took classes with well knownFlamenco teachers from Spain,and, at 17, began teaching chil-dren and adults at a dance studio.

If you want to see Flamencodancing, Raquel says that whileyou can find plenty of it inVenezuela, Spain is the center ofFlamenco dancing, though she

has yet to visit that country her-self. Flamenco in Boston? Notthat she knows of.

Raquel came to CELOP toimprove her English becausemany of her fellow countrymenhave come here and recom-mended it. This summer, she’s inPam Steeves and Nora Smith’sclass. She plans to stay throughthe fall semester then return toVenezuela in December. At first,she’ll work for her family’simport-export business, puttingher college education to work,but eventually she’d like to openher own dance studio to train Fla-menco dancers of the future andput on dance shows.

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WITH STUDENTS from all over the world at CELOP, bringing all sorts ofdifferent experiences and backgrounds, should it be surprising that we have aFlamenco dancer from Venezuela?

Five years afterstarting to dance,Raquel began to per-form regularly atconcerts with famoussingers, such as theGypsy Kings, RosarioFlores, AzucarMoreno, and others.

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What is Flamenco Dancing?

Flamenco music origi-nated with the Roma peo-ple of the Andalusia regionof southern Spain in the14th century.

The essence of fla-menco is cante, or song,often accompanied by gui-tar music and improviseddance but sometimesaccompanied only by handclaps or the beating of astick, the palo seco, on thefloor. Flamenco song falls into three categories: cantejondo, or cante grande (profound, or grand, song), whichis profoundly emotional and deals with themes of death,anguish, despair, or religion; cante intermedio (interme-diate song), a hybrid of cante jondo with Spanish musicstyles; and cante chico (light song), which tends to dealwith less serious, often humorous or romantic subjects.

After the mid-19th century, dancing and guitar musicbecame standard accompaniments to flamenco song. Intraditional flamenco dance, the male dancers’ steps empha-size intricate footwork (zapateado) and heel-tapping (taco-neo), whereas female dancers rely more on expressivemovements of the hands and fingers (florea), arms(braceo), and upper torso. In the gestures of the bailegrande, or profound dance, the arm, hand, and foot move-ments closely resemble those of classical Hindu dance,perhaps revealing a clue to flamenco’s ancient origins.

The flamenco guitarist is, ideally, a sensitive andknowledgeable accompanist whose primary duty is to pro-vide the rhythmic foundation for the singer’s perform-ance. The audience often plays an important role in fla-menco performance. They may help set the tone for theperformance with shouts of encouragement and admira-tion in the jaleo, and rhythmic hand clapping (palmas)and finger snapping (pitos) to complement the rhythms ofthe guitar and the dancer’s zapateado.

(Excerpted from Britannica Student Encyclopedia Online,2004. www.search.eb.com/ebi/article?eu=348192,7/16/2004.)

Raquel, Koishim, Mariana in the CELOP lobby.

Maru, Ignacio, Mariana, Antonio, and Raquel at Jillian’sBilliards Club.

Mariana, Antonio, Raquel, and Maru at Naoto’s houseparty.

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Shirley has worked at CELOP’s Front Desk since the fall of 2002.She came to Boston University from Taiwan for a doctoral pro-gram in linguistics. I asked her to write about her experiencehere and how it might serve as an example of part-time workthat an international student might find in the U.S.

A lmost every international student has a story aboutstudying abroad. Studying abroad was not an easything at all for a girl who was alone and thousands of

miles away from home. It was quite an experience for me.

Right afterI graduatedfrom college, Iwent to thegraduate pro-gram at theUniversity ofWisconsin atMadison (UW-Madison). Notknowing any-one, I arrived inMadison at asomewhat smallairport with mytwo big suit-cases after a tearful goodbye from my family andmore than 24 hours of flying. Through anarrangement with a long-distance relative, Istayed at a friendly Chinese-American couple’splace temporarily until I found a place of my own.They were also the nice people who went to pickme up at the airport even though they did notknow my father or me.

My first challenge in settling in was finding an apart-ment. First, I spent a long time copying down phone num-bers that were posted on campus for people who were look-ing for roommates. After several frustrating phone calls, itoccurred to me this method did not seem to work. I decidedto try my luck on the streets. With a simple map, I walkedrandomly on the streets to look for signs outside of the build-

ings such as “now renting.” After a long search, I signed aone-year lease that same day, thinking that I would not go

home until I graduated. I got myself a fur-nished room close to the campus with twofriendly American roommates and moved inthe next day. This may be nothing for somepeople, but I was very proud of myself forfinding a place to stay in a foreign country

all by myselfwithin such ashort time.

The nextchallenge wasfood. Since Idid not knowhow to cookand could notfind a full-serv-ice supermar-ket, I had asimple sand-wich with let-tuce, tomatoesand ham orturkey for

every meal. After a week, I got sick of sandwiches, or evenjust looking at bread, and refused to eat any kind of sand-wich for a long time. I finally asked my roommates where thenearest supermarket was. Later, I found it was only a fewblocks away; I had been looking for it for the wrong direc-tion. My first homemade dish was cabbage with pork. Ittook me only one hour to chop up the cabbage and pork.Nevertheless, I was jumping up and down in the kitchen

by Wan-Fang “Shirley” Yeh

The Wizard of Wisconsin:Toto, I Don’t Think We’re in

Taiwan AnymoreWith a simple map, I walked ran-domly on the streets to look for signsoutside of the buildings, such as“now renting.” After a long search,I signed a one-year lease that sameday . . . . This may be nothing forsome people, but I was very proudof myself for finding a place to stayin a foreign country all by myselfwithin such a short time.

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when my first cooking project was finished, which of coursecaused my roommates to wonder what had made me soexcited.

Life was not easy at school, either. I had to adjust to a dif-ferent style of learning—having discussions and presenta-tions in class. I could not just be a quiet student sitting in theclass like what I was in Taiwan. Schoolwork was tough. Withlots of reading and assignments, I spent quite a bit of timeeither in the library or in front of the computer. Also, afterturning in a one-paragraph-long paper proposal, I realizedI did not really know how to write a paper, so the WritingCenter was another place to find me on campus. In addition,discussing homework with my study group was also on theschool must-do list. With my busy schedule, I almost didnot have time to enjoy the pretty scenery on campus. UW-Madison has the most beautiful campus I have ever seen.The big campus is located in downtown Madison stretch-

ing along Lake Mendota. On weekends, the best thing to dowas sit on the terrace, listen to a band and have the deliciousice cream made by the university!

One month after my arrival, I received a big packagefrom home. It was full of food! Inside the box, there was aletter written by my mother. Once I opened the letter, Icould not even read it because my eyes were full of tears. Inever realized how homesick I was until that moment. Thenext thing I knew, I was at the manager’s office changing myone-year apartment lease to academic year, so I could gohome right after the summer vacation began.

But I came back in the fall, having gained several poundsbecause of my mother’s delicious home cooking. I lastedthrough another frigid winter in the mid-west, and graduatedin the summer. I was happy to go back to Taiwan, but I stillmiss UW ice cream.

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Beginning a University Program?

Why not continue improving yourEnglish while you pursue your degree?

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IMPORTANT! Students studying part-time are not eligible for a CELOP I-20. To remain in the U.S.on your F-1 Student Visa,you must be enrolledfull-time at CELOP,Boston University,or another qualified institution. See Marcella Framondi in office #238 for more information.

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On a hot Tuesday in July, Doreen Miller’sMid-C core class took a tasty field trip to

Konditor Meister Bakery in Braintree. Camerasflashed, and the students enjoyed many delicioussamples from the ovens of this renowned bakery.Guenther Moesinger, one of the bakery owners,

was a very gracious host and provided the stu-dents with interesting details and stories abouthis life and the history of the bakery.

If you like sweets, be sure to check out KonditorMeister Bakery at 32 Wood Road in Braintreewhere friendly smiles await you.

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CELOP Alumni Rafaeland Tomo (at right)serve as guides forCELOP tours of theMuseum of Fine Arts(MFA) and a TrolleyTour of Boston.

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This semester the CELOP traditional activity BusTour of Boston had two personalities on board. One wasme, taking pictures (kidding) and the other was the tourdriver, a man with a thick beard, glasses and grayish/whitehair whose artistic name is “The Professor.” This gentle-man looked like a . . . hmm . . . a Professor! Easily he couldhave followed the academic research path or he could havefound a job acting in educational videos or as a wise grand-father who teaches the capital of the world to his grandchild.However he chose the Trolley Tours.

I had the opportunity to sit next to The Professor, andin my opinion he did a good job. It is hard to interact witha bus full of students from different countries:

Which style you use? Are the jokes that make theJapanese laugh good to make the French laugh too?Are the students understanding what the guide issaying? Are they interested in the talk or they wouldhave liked more to have a peaceful tour?

Anyway, The Professor gave me the best grade!* He evenlet me get off the bus at Hynes. The only complaint is that Iheard some inaccurate information about some restaurants inmy neighborhood (Back Bay). But, anyway, have you met agood professor who is free to be informed of food and style?

*I’m lying. The Professor didn’t grade anybody, butI am just trying to make the other students jealous.

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WORKING IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY is hard and requires a lot ofenergy, patience and self confidence. Day after day you need to meet tourists from allover the country and from many nations of the world, some of whom are not thenicest persons on earth and still you need to keep your smile. That is why I feel it ishard to judge the people providing services such as guided tours.

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SUNDAY JULY 17 WAS A TYPICAL DAY from this summer with the tricky weatherincluded. The morning was cloudy and it was uncertain if rain was going to ruin the daywe had planned. The plan was going to Revere Beach, a few steps away from the RevereT Station on the Blue Line.

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When we arrived at the beach, the sun didn’t let us downand the day became just perfect. Before going for the firsttime to Revere Beach, you don’t know what to think. Myadvice is that you should not imagine something too close tothe Caribbean or the beaches in other countries famous for“fun in the sun” or you will be disappointed. On the otherhand, if you just expect to find a beachthat is on the northeast coast of the U.S.with more urban qualities than wild-nature atmosphere, then you will havea good time in Revere.

The students from Taiwan andThailand and I enjoyed some fun in thesand, walking along the beach and eventried the water, which was not as cold asI expected it to be. Quoting the wordsof Patricia Shao, a 20-year-old student

from Taiwan, “the water was full of seaweed, but the funtime under the sun with friends was great.”

Spanish Newspaper

El Planeta wants to congratulate all CELOP students for successfully completing an exciting semester

You can find El Planeta at CELOP every Thursdayor go to our websitewww.elplaneta.com

For advertising, submissionsor other information contact us at:Tel : 617.232.8321Fax: 270.626.8891Letters to the editor: [email protected]: [email protected]

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The night was hot, clear and perfect for a big open airperformance. The stage, food stands, and dance floor werelocated right at Technology Square at the Kendall/MIT Tstop. It took a while to get to see Willie Colon, who is arespected name in the entire world when you talk about salsaand tropical music, but all the time before his show therewere many other performers opening the night.

Kazuhiro and Ayako Arakawa, a married couple fromJapan who are studying at CELOP were learning how to

dance Salsa with the instructors who gave a free lesson beforethe concert. Other CELOP students from Korea, Jung(Tiffany) and Kim, were fast at learning the basic steps. Moreinto the visuals the student Takashi Horie from Japan tookgreat pictures of the performers… so great that they wereincluded in the newspaper I work for. According to Kazuhiroand Aya, “the concert was very enjoyable and it was great tohave the chance to go to this kind of event, the energy andthe party atmosphere were contagious and for sure we wantto learn more and more how to dance Salsa.”

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Rafael Ulloa can be reached at [email protected]


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Chris Antonellis, 025 - Vanida Busrathepkul, Cheng-Hsing Chen, I-Feng Chiang, Sergio Colin Castillo, Osvail Lazarim Dias, Nyingcha Duoji,Giovana Gambaro, Byung Chul Kim, Fang-Ju Lin, Haitham Osta, Maria Ramon Canet

Jamie Beaton and Jeff DiIuglio, 055 - Nora Alnasser, Abdulla Ali Alzaabi, Young-Ah Ha, Sae Ro Mi Kim, Ricardo Moron Hernandez, Karla VargasRodriguez, Krit Vipatanakit, Hee Na Yang; 015 - Luis Fuenmayor

CLASS PICTURES CORE CLASSES

Shelley Bertolino, 005 - Tomoko Eguchi, Vanessa Neumam, Wararat Santiseweekul, Maria Torre Sainz de Rozas, Yuko Umezawa, Kuang-Yi Wu

Barbara Bliss and Jacquie LoConte, 055 -Esam Al-Subari, Mariana Bego, Nida Chanthavanich, Sun-Wook Chung, Juan Costa, Dae Kwan Jung,Tomomi Kanayama, Bo Hyun Kim, Chantima Larpchivashitti, Mi-Young Lee, Seung Moon Lee, Koichi Miyazaki, Su Kyoung Shin, Chun-Chieh Wang,Lok Kam Yuen

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Lynn Bonesteel, 026 - Yumiko Aoi, Satoru Ariwaka, Chun-Hsien Chen, Adriana Collazos, Atsushi Isokawa, Soo Jin Kang, Chihiro Kusano, GiorgioRecine, Kiyoshi Tsujimoto; 016 - Savitree Sriboonreung, Chie Yakura

Jill Brand, 005 - Chan-Yang Hsu, Hea Wook Jung, Hyung Duk Kim, Chin-Yu Lin, Yi-Jyun Liou, Ji-Wei Tang, Huei-Ting Yang, Chih-Chin Yu, SeblaYuzbasioglu. (not pictured) Jong Min Park

Core Class Photos40 Summer2004

Ron Clark, 038 - Hao-Yang Huang, Joon Ki Song, Daisuke Wakura, Wan-Ju Wu; 028 - Boutaina Dinia, Rokuhei Hayashi, Yi-Chun Lin, MotonoriSato, Chun-Yang Wei. Not pictured: 048 - Hirotsugu Furuoya, Yasuhiro Makita, Emiko Yoshikawa, Marie Astrid Koenig

Pamela Couch and Lori Lubeski, 025 - Ana Arosemena Bendetti, Jia Ying Chang, Po-Chieh Chang, Yi-Hung Lin, Wei-Chen Liu, Wen-Ting Lo, AngelMorales Gonzalez, Monique Saing


Elizabeth D’Angelo, 025 - Jun Hyeok Choi, Takahiro Hasegawa, Michelle Hernandez Martinez, Hsin-Hao Hsu, Iahli Patale Gabdibe, FrancescoIannamorelli, Joan Juny Parello, Seong Jun Park, Rigoberto Rios Estepa, Sebastian Roa Prada, Mehmet Uludag, Joana Maria Vives Andres,Atun Wardatun

Joyce Ho and Judith Dan, 055 - Maher Taresh Al Alili, Noora Alhashimi, Claudia Becerra Hernandez, Petcharat (Pat) Chintawongvanich, SeungHi Chung, Antonio Crous, Mbathio Diarra, Eun-Na Kim, Wei-Chih (Stanley) Liao, Simone Lopes, Tomomi Ono, Ye Sun (Suny) Rha, Miryam VargasRodriguez


Marsha Dean, 055 - Chariya Apisithamorngul, Imsook Jung, Chi Nae Kim, Jinkyung Kim, Seung Hyun Kim, Yen-Lin Lai, Santiago MachicadoVillamizar, Seong Hyun Park, Carlos Trujillo Suarez, Patricia Vivanco, Tae Ho Yoon

Margo Downey and Doreen Miller, 055 - Ahmad Al Frayan, Orit Avivi, Jin Won Choi, Seung Sik Choi, Mehmet Cibikci, Tomomi Kitahara, JungYeon Lim, Kazuhiko Matsumura, Abril Munoz Alberich, Maria Rangel Escobar, Maria Vila, HeeWon Yang, Kaori Yasunaga


Michael Feldman, 026 - Eiji Hagio, Wei-Sheng Hong, Yasuto Imai, Georg Jacobs, Takao Kawase, Carla Parra, Junichi Setsuda, Shinya Shimada,Sang Kyu Song, Ching Suen Jane Tsui; 016 - Hui-Fen Chan, Fusako Kirinuki

Shelley Fishman, 005 - Emmanuel Atlan, Hsiao-Ju Chien, Yi-Chun Chou, Shira Cohen, Takeshi Hanai, Takashi Iijima, Sugsoon Im (not shown),Tzung-Wei Liu, Jikichiro Matsubara, Bayron Augusto Milian Vincente, Ayako Otani, Juan De Dios Simon Sotz, Takeshi Takaura


Cynthia Flamm, 026 - Ali Alhashimi, Augusta Maria Aljovin De De La Puente, Kazuhiko Arakawa, Fang-Yu Chen, Pai-Chiang Chu, HiroyukiKohyama, Takaaki Oki, Maira Pechman, Kai Rueting, Airi Tozaki; 016 - Goki Nakadate, Mariko Shiratori

Joanne Fox and Renee Delatizky, 055 - Ji Yeon Han, Chih-Hung (Vincent) Huang, Chan Yong Jung, Seung Wan Kim, Jae Won Lee, Hsueh(Maggie) Peng, Ingrid Prifer, Woo Young Ro, Ha-Jung Yoon, Hye Kyeong Yun


Jim Kaplan, 005 - Thays Carneiro, Yi-Ju Chen, Ming-Chan Chien, Takeshi Goto, Ece Gucuk, Wei-Lin Hsu, Ryutaro Iwanami, Takuya Kato, EunKyung Kim, Fernando Martin Loarte, Yukiko Miyazaki, Yuthasak Rattanapong, Ta-Yin Shih, Ji Soo Yang, Wan-Jung (Winona) Wei

Doug Kohn, 055 - Hiyam Alfassam, Natasha Amendola, Hui-Shan Chen, Ju-Yeun Han, Yasuo Ishii, Tiptida Kangwarnjit, Tae Hyun Kim, MarcoNegroni, Eid Salek, Yu Sun, Soo Nyung Yoon; 027 - Sumina Ono, Hau-Yi Wang


John Kopec, 015 - Carlos Arreaza, Rodrigo Britez, Xuyu Cai, Se Yon Choi, Chih-Hui Lee, Min-Shan Lee, Narawan Mekdumrongsang, Yuko Sakai,Gonzalo Rojas (not shown), Jung-Hyun Yea

George Krikorian, 015 - Inas Alashkar, Cecilia Caferri, Chia-Ling Chen, Sin Hang Chiu, Chizuru Goto, Iris Guajardo, Tomohiko Hoshino, Kai-HuiHsiao, Won-Yul Lee, Toshio Nakayama, Kumi Shimada, Hyoun-Goo Shin, Bu-Hyun Yoon, Ikumi Yoshihiro, Jungsun Yun


Dorothy Lynde, 025 - Andre Benini, Atsushi Mitoya, Mauricio Ramon Canet, Yi-Kai Sheng, Tosie Takahashi, Takashi Yamanaka

Bob Maguire, 025 - Gueye Abdou, Mohammad Ahnaf, Yueh-Lun Chang, Ezra Cohen, Vicent Garcia Moreno, Tien-Lu Huang, Eun Jeong Kim, MinJung Kim, Yoko Kimura, Hiromi Kiyohara, Ting-Chun Kuo, Tzu-Chen Liu, Firas Nassar, Maotai Xia


Amelia Onorato and Sterling Giles, 025 - Ayako Arakawa, Wei-Ju Chen, Yun-Chieh Hsieh, Hsu-Cheng Hsu, Jong-Won Kim, Kwang Jung Kim,Kwang Pok Kim, Chuan-Ju Lin, I-Pe Patricia Shao, Chi-Chen Wang, Huan-Chieh Wang

Patricia Peknik, 026 - Minoru Aosaki, Takuya Fukuoka, Makiko Harigai, Jun Ho Hong, Shinichiro Kitamura, Kuniaki Kobayashi, Wan-Chih Liu,Marta Ortiz, Francesco Paolino, Pei-Yi Sun; (016) - Kaoru Enomoto, Pierre-Louis Herin


Joe Pettigrew, 015 - Micheal Barrera, Butsakorn (Pear) Chevathamanon, Kengo Fukasawa, Young Hoon Kang, Michelle Lasanta Morales,Nutphatai (Ashley) Ratanasanti, Andrey Shlyakhovoy

Carol Piñeiro, 009 - Willem-Jan Acou, Pablo Gonzalez, Yu-Chi Lee, Borwornsom Leerapan, Munehito Machida, Marcos Alberto Munoz Domon


Nora Smith, 055 - Raquel Chavez Muscolino, Won Kuen Choi, Da Young Chung, Misako Fukuda, Sawako Horie, Kentaro Kudo, Ignacio MartinFernandez, Li Ra Pi, Marco Vanotti, Mei-Huei Yang, Mizuho Yasudome

Maria Tomeho-Palermino, 008 - Fabio Azzolin, Alon Cohen, Niria Hernandez, Yohei Kadoya, Chinatsu Nihei, Laura Vazzana, Tomoya Yamashita,Hiroyuki Yoshida


Ramon Valenzuela, 055 - Byung Joo Ahn, Samy Al Onazy, Saleh Al-Subari, Taelang Bae, Alicia De La Cruz Abarca, Cesar Guerrero Santander,Kyung Min Kim, Yi-Ching Lin, Lepolt Linkimer, Mariana Munoz Romo, Sang Hoon Park, Won-Young Park, Carolina Salinas, Jong Min Shin

Susan Vik and Donna Palermino, 006 - Stella De Sampaio Lara, Kiyoto Matsuyama, Tatsuki Murase, Fumiyuki Oya, Shuji Sato, Aryo Setoadji,Megumi Shimizu, Naoko Sonobe, Toshihiro Sonobe, Daniel Villareal (not shown), Yoshitaka Wada, Silvia Olivero, Rafael Sanz (not shown)


Ellen Yaniv, 005 - Li-Jung Lin, Po-Ya Lin, Leslie Meny, Valeria Nichele Torre, Alexander Wang, Hwai-Chern Wang, Li-An Yen, Eleonora Ziveri


The Boston Universitycampus, showing the tow-ers that frame MarshChapel in the center, theCAS observatory to theright, and Back Bay high-rises, including the JohnHancock Tower, at farright.

Summer2004 Part-time Program54

When CELOP needed to update a brochure forthe Part-time program (left), we looked for themost accurate depiction of those students, so weturned to students actually enrolled in that pro-gram this summer. Four students from ChrisAntonellis’s evening class agreed to be pho-tographed outside of CELOP for the brochure—and had a good time along the way.

CELOP PHOTO SHOOT

Alexandro de Jesus Santos (Brazil)

Gustavo Khozam (Brazil)

Maria Silveira (Brazil)

Jeong Moon Hee (Korea)

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Paul Revere House in Boston. Vanessa Neuman from Brazil andYi-Kai Sheng from Taiwan received a prize for finding all the cor-rect information the fastest.

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Summer2004 Student Writing58

What’s in a Name?

S tudents in Judith Dan’s intermediate class had an assignment to write about the origins of theirnames. Here are the students’ undestandings of what their names mean as well how theirnames look in their native languages.

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Tomomi Ono

Japan

My name is Tomomi Ono. Tomomi means “beautifulmorning,” a name which my father gave me, and Ono is myfamily name. I like this name because my birth day is Decem-ber 22, which is the winter solstice. Most of this day is dark, butI was born in the morning, by daylight.

However, few Japanese can read my name because myname, from a Chinese character, rarely reads “Tomo.” Gen-erally, we read “Asa,” because there are many ways to read orsay a Chinese character. My father wanted to give me a uniquename, then he thought of a famous Japanese samurai who isYoritomo. Yoritomo’s tomo and Tomomi’s tomo are the samein Chinese character. When Japanese people ask me why I amcalled Tomo, I say “Tomo comes from Yoritomo.” Then,everybody understands. And, Tomomi’s mi comes from mymother who is Mitue. I think my name is excellent!

Simone Lopes

Cape Verde Islands

My name is Simone Encarnacao Fernandes Lopes. WhenI was born, my father named me after a Brazilan singer’s namethat he liked. And my middle name, Encarnacao, came frommy great grandmather’s name. Fernandes is my mother’s lastname. Lopes came from my grandfather’s name. Usually, thelast two names are your parents’ last names that come fromtheir father’s last name.

I like my name, but I wouldn’t like to have any childrennamed like me. I would change Encarnacao because I thinkit is so old-fashioned.

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Seung Hi Chung

Korea

My name is Seung-Hi. This name combines two Chinesecharacters. The meaning of Seung is “become someone oraccomplish something.” The meaning of Hi is “cheerful orbright.” I don’t know the meaning of my name completely.Perhaps this meaning is good to me.

This name was made by a Buddhist priest. The priest mademy name after cosidering my birth date. So my parentsaccepted it, and then it became my name. In past, I didn’t useto like my name because the name is common in Korea. Butnow I like it because my parents gave to me the name.

Noora Al-Hashimi

United Arab Emirates

My name is Noora Al-Hashimi. One day, I asked mymother about my name, she told me that I was named afterher favorite friend. The meaing of my name is “bright” or“light,” and I like it very much.

I’d like to name someone after my name. I don’t want tochange my name, because my mother chose it for me, and Irespect her taste.

Miryam Vargas

Mexico

My name is Miryam. My aunt chose my name, and myparents liked it. In my family only I have this name. This nameis the same as Maria. My aunt liked my name and she said tomy parents “why do you not call your daughter Miryam?” andmy parents agreed.

I like my name, but I don’t want my children to have thesame name because I like other names: for example, Daniela,Fernanda and Alejandra.


My Baby’s Name

by Zaymar Ramirez

Venezuela

I want the name “Paula” for my baby, because my grand-father, called my grandmother “Paula,” is interesting, because,my father, didn’t now this history, My grandmother has othername, but my grandfather called “Paula,” after they to sepa-rate, actually they died.

For me is reward, because I love my father, and my fatherloved my grandmother. It is very difficult, chose the name formy baby, because the opinion my husband is important too,maybe this name don’t like.

For my husband the best name is “Maria Valentina,” I like too,but, I want the name “Paula.” Today my baby no have a name.

Eun-Na Kim

Korea

My grandmother got many names in a naming place whenI was a baby. My parents chose my name. My name’s meaning,Eun, is “grace,” Na is “how.” I don’t know Na’s correct meaning.

I don’t like my name because my name is difficult to pro-nunce for Koreans. Some Koreans call my name, “Eun-a!” Ican’t change my name because my name is rare. My name isunique.

Antonio Crous

Spain

The main reason I was given the name Antonio was myfather has the name and my grandfather before, and my greatgrandgrandfather too. My father chose it but my mother agreed.

My name is Antonio, but everybody call me Tono, it’s mynickname. I like this nickname because it’s diferent. In mycountry, Antonio is a popular name, but there are only fewpersons who are called Tono. My nickname or my name hasdiferent meanings in other languages. In Japanese, it meansking and in Italian means tuna. I like my name very much. Inever will change my name and I want to continue the tradi-tion in my family giving my name to my son.


Maher Alalili

My name is Maher. My father named me this name afterhis favorite soccer player. It means a person who does well. Ilove my name. I would like to name someone after me. I don’twant to change my name because I think it’s beautiful. Also, Ithink it’s a modern name.

Claudia Becerra Hernandez

My name is Claudia Iveeth Becerra Hernandez, and it waschosen for my parents and my mom chose it. She just likedmy name, but I didn’t know the meaning of the name. I onlyknow the pilate’s wife name was Claudia, who lived in the timeof Joshua. I like just one of my names, Claudia, because IveethI don’t like, also nobody calls me Iveeth.

But if I have to choose a name for somebody to be called,I won’t choose either. I prefer other names, for example I likeit so much Samantha.

Atsushi Kunimatsu

Japan

My name is “Atsushi.” Thisname is from the Chinese characterfor “London.” I was born when myfather was traveling to London. TheChinese character of “London” hastwo letters. One is “Lon” and theother is “Don.” The Chinese char-acter of my name is the same as“Don.” My name has no meaning.My father had just been in London.But I like my name. It’s a simple

name, but it was given to me for a unique reason.

If I could Change my name, I would like a more mean-ingful name: for example, a name that has the meaning ofclever, strong, or bright.


Petcharat Chintawongvanich

Thailand

My name is Petcharat Chintawongvanich. My name waschosen when my family shop sold a very big china vase theday that I was born. It was too hard to sell that vase because itwas too expensive. My grandmother was so happy and gavethis name to me. It means good diamond. Petch in Thai meansdiamond. Rat means five good things, beloeved and precious.

I really like my name so much even though some peopletold me that my name was too long. But I am so proud I did-n’t think to change my name anyway. And if someone wholiked my name and wanted to choose this name to be theirs, Iwould be proud and like to give it to them.

Ye Sun Rha

Korea

My name is Ye Sun Rha. my name was chosen by my par-ents. Ye means intelligence, and Sun means kind. I like myname because it is very unique. I could see many of the samenames when I attended school. However, I didn’t know anyother ye sun. Thus I think that my name is special and unique.

Wei Chih (“Stanley”) Liao

Taiwan

My name is Wei Chih Liao. My name was chosen by myfather. They were looking for the book about names. Oneword of my name is “Wei.” This word means something isgreat! Another part, “chih,” means intelligence. So my namemeans someone has great intelligence!

The history of my is ome day my uncle gave my fatherfour names. Let my father choose! And he chose this one!Actually, I don’t like my name very much! Because in Taiwan,a lot of people have the same name as me! But it’s ok. FinallyI don’t want to change my name! Because I already use thisname for twenty two years!

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M y wife is European,from Slovakia. I amfrom the Dominican

Republic. When my wife waspregnant, about four years ago,she and I spent a great deal oftime seeking a name for theexpected child. Coming from dif-ferent countries with distinctidentities, we did not wish to picka name that conveys either a Slo-vak or a Dominican origin. We

were thinking of a name that may possibly express some uni-versal meaning, and that may perhaps sound well to people’sears. Although, nowadays, the trend in naming children haschanged compared to the patterns used in the past, whennames clearly expressed ethnicity, naming children can stillbe a daunting taskwhen those chil-dren are born toparents of differentcultures.

Having livedabroad for manyyears, my wife andI never considerednaming the new-born using the tra-ditional names ofour respective countries. Though we met in the U.S., weboth had spent some time in Russia, studying, before arriv-ing in this country. Thus, the connections with our own cul-tures had weakened a little bit. Under such circumstances,after my wife learned through an ultrasound that the childwill be a girl, she never thought to name the child Vlasta,Jozefina, or Zora, as many female children are named in Slo-vakia; neither did I suggest to my wife to offer the baby aname like Gladys (my mother’s name), Luisa, or Altagracia,which are very popular names in the Dominican Republic.

This being so, my wife and I decided to consult booksabout naming children. I remember one day going to thelocal library and finding a half-dozen books about names. Ialso recall the day when my wife purchased a book on namesat a supermarket. We spent a great deal of time trying toobtain a name from those books. After that, we realized that

most of those books didnot offer interestingand attractive names, ornames that convey thatthe parents belong todifferent ethnic back-grounds. The nameswe saw in those bookswere those which mostparents in this countryuse to name their chil-dren. Those are nameslike Jennifer, Emily,Kathleen, etc. Becausethey are very popularnames, my wife and I believed they were not attractive.

Then, my wife and I went to see Mozart’s The MagicFlute at a Boston theatre. She was in the middle of her preg-nancy. During those days, we tried to go out as much as wecould, believing that we will lack that privilege once the childwas born. We went to see other operas before, but none ofthem had enthralled us like The Magic Flute. We were so

captivated by thecharming andcourageous Pam-ina, one of the maincharacters, that mywife and I decidedto name our babyafter her. We hadnot known thename Paminabefore that day.But, in Mozart’s

opera, we discovered the fantasy and the imagination appeal-ing to all humanity, regardless of ethnicity and race.

Naming children born to parents of diverse cultures canbe a complicated undertaking when one needs to replicatethe diversity of values of the parents’ union in the child’sname. But my wife and I were very fortunate to name ourdaughter Pamina. The name Pamina does not express anyethnic or racial identity. In The Magic Flute, Pamina is thesymbol of beauty, courage, and self-determination. Theseare the values we hope will be present in our daughter.

The writer, from the Dominican Republic, is in Judith Dan’s Academic and Professional Writing class.

by Osvaldo MejiaNaming our Daughter

Coming from different countries with distinctidentities, we did not wish to pick a namethat conveys either a Slovak or a Dominicanorigin. We were thinking of a name that maypossibly express some universal meaning, andthat may perhaps sound well to people’s ears.


W hat does a Chinesename tell you? Differ-ent from English

names, Chinese names have bothsounds and meanings. Some Chi-nese names indicate wishes, someare blessings, some display spirits,and some might be memorial.Furthermore, a person’s name inChinese is not just his or her indi-vidual identity but also reflects the

social changes of the times.

Traditional Chinese names normally reflect the familyvalues. Most traditional Chinese names consist of three char-acters, and only one character in a Chinese name is really thegiven name. One character, the first, is the surname. The sec-ond character has been settled in the family or clan registry

according to the family tree, and it is not freely chosen, whichis called generational name. The generational name in thegiven name is shared by all members of a generation and thesegenerational names are worked out long in advance. In somefamilies there is a small number of generational names throughwhich are cycled. Together, these generational names maybeform a poem about the hope or histroy of the family. Onlythe third character is really the given name, which is chosenby the parents or grandparents and is designed to somehowinfluence the child destiny. For example, the name of MaoZedong (Mao Tsetung), Mao is the surname, and Ze is thegenerational name. Thus all of Mao Zedong’s cousins havetheir names starting with Mao Ze . . . Only dong is the uniquegiven name for Mao Zedong, which means “east.”

During the “Cultural Revolution” (1966–1976), all fam-ily trees were destroyed, and traditional Chinese names losttheir roots. In this decade, all of the old traditional practiceswere not allowed to be kept, and the family tree, also knownas “Zupu” was one of them. For a safe reason, most of thefamilies discarded their family tree.

The writer, from China, is in Judith Dan’s Academic and Professsional Writing class.

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Summer200466 Student Writing

C hina is one of the countriesundergoing huge changesin every aspect of society.

Even the way Chinese parentsname their children has greatlychanged over the last two decades.Through a comparison, we can eas-ily see the following three trends inthe way today’s parents name theirchildren which differs from thoseof the older generations.

First, names are getting more complicated. Due to theexplosive Chinese population, it is not uncommon for two ormore people to have the same name within the same affili-ation. Such phenomenon happens especially in schools orcompanies which have a large number of people. Many Chi-nese people, today, are concerned about this and try to reducethe possibility of name duplication for their children. Oneway they take is to use longer names. A traditional Chinesename usually has two to three characters, and, perhaps, twocharacter names were more popular in the past two decades.But, now, some parents deliberately give a four charactername to their children. For example, a child’s name maycombine his/her father’s last name, mother’s last name, and,then, a two-character first name of his own. Another way toavoid duplication is to use some uncommon characters, evensome characters which have been almost abandoned.

Secondly, names are getting more specific and carryingmore of the parents’ personal anticipations for their chil-dren. As known by all, the living standards in China havebeen greatly improved compared to two decades ago. Peo-ple’s hopes for their children no longer stop at survival inharsh conditions, especially in rural areas. They desire morefor their children—a better and more prosperous life in thefuture. It was once a tradition in a lot of the countryside forpeople to give a child a name after some animal, such as dogor cat, indicating the child will be easy to raise. But, now,parents would name their children with characters regardedmore elegant and intellectual, such as Yin (prosperous), Qian(beautiful), Wei (splendid, brave), Min (bright, swift) and soon. Another reason that names have become more specificis because of the looser political atmosphere. I remember,when I was a student, I had so many classmates whose nameswere Weihong, which means to protect Chinese red (Com-

munist) government, and other names such as Weidong,which means to protect our leader Chairman Mao, Jian-qiang, means to build up a prosperous country, Jianguo,which means to build our new socialist country. Now, thereare fewer such names since political influence no longer playssuch an important role in people’s lives.

As China becomes more and more open to the world,parents develop new ideas to name their children. For exam-ple, some people may name their children with charactersthat sound like English names, such as Mali for Mary, Yue-han for John, or Dawei for David. Of course, names of newstyles are not only limited to different cultures. They couldhave any meanings or no meaning at all, as long as they couldbe thought of as new or unusual to others. In other words,names are no longer restricted by any rules. Decades ago, itwas rare to have a child’s name be the same as a Chineseword, but, now, some parents do take advantage of their lastname and give the child a name which is a word starting withthe same character as their last name. For instance, if thefather’s last name is Ren, probably the child will be given afirst name He, so the combination of last name and firstname will become a word, RenHe, which means any.

It is really interesting to see all these changes in nam-ing a child in today’s China. Since names play such a signif-icant role in everyone’s life, through the changes of names,can we see some deeper changes in people’s value system,and, can we draw some conclusions about economic or socialchanges throughout the whole country? If we continue towork on this topic, maybe we can find the answers.

The writer, from China, is in Judith Dan’s Academic and Professsional Writing class.

by Yun Shen

Changes in Name Patterns inToday’s China

Names are getting more compli-cated. Due to the explosive Chi-nese population, it is not uncom-mon for two or more people tohave the same name within thesame affiliation. Many Chinesepeople today try to reduce the pos-sibility of name duplication fortheir children. One way they takeis to use longer names.

67Summer2004News of the Semester

Major News Events of the SemesterIn the World . . . • American cyclist Lance Armstrong wins the 101st Tour de France—his record 6th victory.• Residents of Miyake Island in Japan are allowed to return home after a 4-year evacuation

caused by the eruption of Mount Oyama.• Microsoft exposes a dangerous flaw in Internet Explorer, allowing hackers to steal vitalinformation, such as credit card numbers.• Thomas Klestil, President of Austria, dies.• Athens, Greece, makes final preparations to host the Summer Olympics, the first Olypics inGreece since they hosted the first modern Olypic Games in 1896.• Sovereignty is turned over to Iraq, but the violent insurgency continues.

In the U.S. . . . • Famous people who passed include Ray Charles, famous musician and entertainer, at 73 from

liver disease; Marlon Brando, one of America’s greatest actors, at 80; Ronald Reagan, 40thU.S. President, of Alzheimer’s disease at 93.• Popular summer movies include: Shrek 2, The Bourne Supremacy, I, Robot, The ManchurianCandidate, Spiderman 2, Fahrenheit 9/11, and Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle.• Hit music this summer includes: Burn by Usher, Everytime by Britney Spears, Talk Shows onMute by Incubus, The Reason by Hoobastank, Accidentally in Love by Counting Crows, ThisLove by Maroon5, Heaven by Los Lonely Boys.• The U.S. Democratic and Republican parties hold their national conventions, nominating JohnKerry and George W. Bush as candidates for President.• Scandal erupts as Disney forbids its Hollywood studio, Miramax, from distributing MichaelMoore’s controversial anti-Bush film, Fahrenheit 9/11.

In Boston . . . • The "Big Dig" project nears completion as workers demolish the old elevated Interstate 93

"Central Artery."• The Democratic National Convention (DNC) is held at the Fleet Center and other venues

throughout the city of Boston surrounded by overwhelming security. Past presidentsCarter and Clinton and Vice President Gore speak.• The Boston Police Union pickets the lead up to the DNC but settles with the MayorMenino hours before the convention begins.• Boston enjoys cool but pleasant summer weather.

At Boston University and CELOP . . .• The new sports and athletic center across from CELOP nears completion. BostonUniversity stays open during the DNC.• BU Global hosts a well attended pizza party at CELOP for all students.• A variety of new and specialized programs get off the ground at CELOP, such as English forHealth & Medical Professionals, Pre-MBA English, and Business English forProfessionals.

• Holidays observed this semester: Fathers’ Day, U.S. Independence (July 4th), Bastille Day(France independence—celebrated in Boston at the Boston Harbor Hotel), and MemorialDay.

Compiled by Jonathan White


O n Thursday of the Democratic National Conven-tion in Boston (July 29, 2004) my friends and I wentto the Fleet Center. We were trying to see the envi-

ronment of the Democratic National Convention. We foundtwo guys, two activists for the Democratic Party. Theyexplained their reasons for supporting Kerry for the presi-dency of the US. Our first contact was on the train and theyexplained to us how to get to the Fleet center. They wereour guides and when we arrived there, we exchanged E-mailaddresses. They were young and seemed very open-minded.

My first impression of the Fleet Center was that it lookedlike a bunker, with plenty of policemen and soldiers watch-ing all the movements in the area. However, you could movearound with plenty of freedom. There were many peoplemaking some little protests and speeches. Groups of gays,pro-choice activists, anti-abortion activists, but most of themin favor of the Democratic Party andsupporting Kerry for the presidency.

We walked around the FleetCenter and watched the people, tooksome pictures and looked for a placeto watch the speeches. We found onein a pub where the police, minutesbefore, were discussing with someguys about liberty and the support ofBush or Kerry. We arrived there justat the moment when Kerry wasintroduced. He began to talk and itwas amazing, I had never heard himbefore, it was very exciting to see allthe people shout and support him. Ithink he is not such a bad speaker.

I really enjoyed this experiencebecause it was new for me. It was adifferent way to do politics. I havenever had a similar experiencebecause in my country, Mexico, this happens in a differentway. There are three political parties: the PRI, the PAN andthe PRD. The PRI and PRD usually choose their candi-dates by a popular vote across the country. It sounds like aprimary in the US. The PAN usually chooses its candidateusing the US system, but it is not such a big party, so it isnot transmitted by TV.

Last night was a party that nobady wanted to miss, aparty for the nomination of a candidate. I have confirmedthat the meaning of the word party has a close relationshipwith the political party. Yesterday I realized that.

The writer is from Mexico.

by Sergio Colin Castillo

A New Political Experience in the U.S.

The Democratic Party had their political conventionin Boston for the first time this summer. Among themany speakers at the Fleet Center were former presi-dents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, MassachusettsSenator Ted Kennedy, former first lady Hillary Clin-ton, and former vice president Al Gore. The city pre-pared for this event for years. No major incidentsoccurred and there were hardly any arrests.

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Students in Chris Antonellis’s intermediate classwrote postcards home. They wrote about culturaldifferences they noticed while living in the U.S.

Postcards Home | Some American customs are so strange to me . . .

Dear Aiman,How are you and how are your wife and children? I hope that all of you are

okay.We arrived in the United States last June. Life in the States is totally differ-

ent from life in our country. There is more freedom and clearness. Here it doesn’t

matter where you are from or what your religion is. Everyone here lives with others

in peace. Everyone here has to respect your culture and y

ou have to respect his cul-

ture too. You can pray anywhere. There are many Muslims here and so many

mosques. Actually, we live in Boston, Massachusetts. It’s a ve

ry crowded, multicultural city. They told me

that the United States independence began here, so it carries a

historical value. Buildings here are very

old. There are many Chinese, European, Middle Eastern, and Latin people. Many of these people

are students, and the others are residents. Y

ou can find here resturants from all over the world.

On the other hand, Boston is a very expensive city. Everything here costs money. Even the parking.

What you pay for the house in our country in a

year, you have to pay here for just three months!

Streets here are very bad too. They are filled with holes.

Me and my wife started a new life here and we are enjoying our life and studies.

Hope you are well,

Haitham

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Dear Yim,How are you? I hope that you are fine. This is my first time to write a

letter to you. I have many things to tell you about American people and their

customs.The first thing that I saw when I came to America is that Americans

have good discipline. I had to make a queue at the taxi stop when I took a

taxi. They have taxi stops here but in our country we don’t have that. We can

take a taxi anywhere.The second strange custom that I found is you have to pay a tip 10% of

the overall cost when you go to a restaurant. My friend and I went to have

lunch at a restaurant and when we got the check, we found that the cost was very expensive because they

include tax and tips. In our country we can pay whatever we want for a tip.

The third thing that makes me amazed is when I order food in a restaurant. They serve me a very

big dish and a lot of food. I never finish it.Another thing is all shops in Boston will close at 7pm. It is very early because in Thailand the

shops close at 9pm. It leaves me with nothing much to do in the evening.I think that my story will make you feel amazed with Americans. I’m looking forward to hearing

from you.

Miss you,Nida

Dear Marta, How are you doing? I went to a store yesterday

to choose a

birthday card for you. I spent 40 minutes and finally I chose

one because there were around 500 options. This is a country of

many options. In my house —here in the U.S.—in the morn-

ing there are eleven options or kinds of cereal. It is amazing.

If you go to a restaurant and ask for one sandw

ich, it is

very complicated: first, you have to choose the bread.

Normally,

there are 5 options.

Another thing that does not make sense to me: they have a competition to see who

can eat the most, for example, hot dogs. This year the winner was a skinny guy from

Japan who ate more than 50 hot dogs in 12 minutes. It is ridiculous!

Hugs, Ozzie

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Dear Wang,Today is the seven

th day I have been in Boston. It’s a beautiful city that

I haven’t seen before. This is the first ti

me I come to America, too.

Everything here is new to me. There are many old and bea

utiful buildings here.

There also are many customs that are different from our country. I can tell

you what I experienced a few days ago.

I went to a restaurant to have my dinner. When I finished my delicious

meal, I got a receipt with the waiter’s signature, and I had to pay abo

ut

5% tax and 10–20% tip. I think it is very different in Taiwan. In

Taiwan,the price on the menu is your paym

ent. You don’t have to pay extra

fees.I had another str

ange experience. When I wanted to buy a b

us or train ticket, I had to show my

student ID card. I couldn’t get my ticket until I did that. It was very strange. I can buy any

ticket in Taiwan without showing my ID.

There is one more strange thing in U.S. Coke here is more expensive tha

n water! I think this is

the most unbelievable thing for me. Please write as soon as p

ossible.

Sincerely,I-FENG CHIANG

Dear Min-hoo,

I want to tell you about some strange U.S. customs for me.Many Americans are kind to foreigners. When I want tofind some street and look at the map, someone who is Americanalways comes to me and asks - "May I help you?.” They arereally kind. In our country, people don’t ask foreigners who arelooking at a map "May I help you?.” It’s a strange but goodcustom for me.

Another strange custom is this: Although the sign on the crosswalk is not changed to‘walk’, whenever cars stop, people cross the road. Sometimes, although there are carswhich don’t stop, people cross the street. Then why are the signs on the crosswalk needed?

There is another custom that is strange for me. Americans have many festivals withmany – really a lot of – people. For example, on Independence Day, there were about400,000 people on the riverside in Boston. It really surprised me. In our country,there are not festivals like that.

From Gray

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Dear W:I have been in Boston for three weeks . In America, some customs are dif-

ferent from ours. Sometimes I feel strange and interested about these things I

have seen. The first is about the umbrella. In our country, we always use umbrellas on

sunny days, but people here do not do that. We are so afraid to become

"black,” but Americans like sunshine very much. I always want to use my col-

orful umbrella on a hot day, but I am so hesitant to become an "abnormal"

person.The second thing that I have noticed is smiles. Although people say that in

Taiwan, everyone is very kind to foreigners, in Boston, people are more friendly than in our country. So

many people give you smiles even if you do not know them. This feeling is so great to me.

How are you doing? I miss you so much! Is there anything new after I left Taiwan? Tell me as

soon as possible! I can’t to wait to know!

Best regards,Samantha

Dear Yolanda,

I have been in Boston since last month and I’m surprised about American

customs. I want to tell you about one custom that is strange for me. My first

day in this city I took a taxi from the airport to Boston University because I’m

living in the campus dorms. When I paid the taxi driver, he asked me for his

tip, and I said I don’t know what is your tip?, he answered me that in USA

you pay 1$ more for the service!! I couldn’t belive it!! If you go to a restaurant

you’ll pay between 10-20% extra, I mean, if your bill is 50$ you’ll pay 5-10$

more. In Spain you don’t pay a tip for anything, only

if you want. But in USA

waitress salaries are very low, and a lot of people live thanks to th

eir tips.

Another strange custom is this: When I go to buy cigarettes they ask me for my passport!! I don’t

know why because I am 24 years old. And it’s the same with alcohol drinks, you can’t buy beer at nor-

mal shops, you only can buy it in a liquor sho

p. It’s so strange for European people, becaus

e in my

country you can buy alcohol everywhere, you only need to

be 18 years old. In Boston they are so strict, if

you are under 21 years old you can’t drink alcohol and you ca

n’t enter a disco.

Please write me soon and tell me Spanish news. How are you? How are our friends?Your good friend,

Maria

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Dear Sarah,I want to tell you som

ething about my new life in Boston. Everything

is beautiful and exciting. You know, this is the longes

t vacation I will take

in all my life! First of all I can tell you that I have met a lot of really

kind and friendly people, not only insi

de the university, but also outside.

One day when Giorgio and I were looking for a place on a map a man

stopped in front ofus and decided to

give us all information even though

we didn’t ask him anything. Then he wanted to know something about us

like where we come from, what we were doing in Boston and so on. Finally

he said to us good luck, and he left.

In the U.S. people eat and drink at any time. I can always see people with a cup of coffee

in their hand along the street, even in

the subway or during a lesson too.

The only thing I don’t like is having the laundry outsi

de my home. It’s a waste of time to

take our things to a laundry. Dry cleaning is very

expensive, so you can use a washing machine

by yourself but it takes you one hour at least. Your good friend,

Giovanna

Dear Lin,

I would like to tell you my life in Boston. I have been inBoston for two weeks. Everything is fine so you don’t have toworry about me. Americans are all very friendly. Manycustoms are different from our customs.When shopping in the U.S., I have to pay not only theprice I see on the product but also an extra 5% tax, and Iwas very confused about it. And if you want to go to arestaurant for lunch or dinner, then you have to pay the 5%tax and another 15%-20% tip . It is very strange, isn’t it?

Another strange custom is that Americans drink water directly from thefaucet. In our country, people drink bottled water or water from a filtermachine.

There are interesting things in the U.S., and I will take care of myself, sodon’t worry about me, and have a good time.

Cheng-Hsing Chen July/13/04

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OrientationWelcome to CELOP Pizza PartyPhone WorkshopE-mail Account WorkshopComputer Lab OrientationBanking WorkshopTransportation and Shopping WorkshopSafety WorkshopGeddes Language Lab Tour

Clubs,Weekly EventsShort Story ClubSitcom Club: Starring The SimpsonsFree Friday MoviesAcademic Workshops

Trips & ToursJillian’s Billiards PartyMuseum of Fine ArtsOld Town Trolley Bus Tour

Shows (discount tickets)Blue Man GroupMamma Mia!

BU Summerfest Trips/ShowsCirque du SoleilRed Sox baseballFreeport, MaineBoston Harbor Cruise/Whale WatchMartha’s VineyardFenway Park tourTanglewoodSix Flags New England

Class TripsRockportMuseum of ScienceTour of Fenway ParkBoston Harbor Cruise (Provincetown)Harbor ExpressSalemGeorge’s IslandJFK birthplace

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O ne of my special experiences was a trip to Europewith my boyfriend. After the last semester atCELOP we went on a trip for about a month. First,

we bought tickets and a Euro pass for the train in Boston.

We went to seven countries: England, France, Belgium,Netherlands, Germany, Italy and Spain. There are manykinds of special sightseeing places, and the best country wasGermany for me because it was similar to my city. We did-n’t make reservations for hotels, so when we arrived inanother city or country, we had to make that first and thenwe had our time for sightseeing.

One day we went to a pizza restaurant in one city. (Idon’t remember which country.) That time we were in a badtemper because we were so tired from our trip and we could-n’t find a hotel there. While we were eating, one guy smiledat me. Some university students were sitting behind myboyfriend. Suddenly, they tried to talk to us and graduallythey and my boyfriend became friends. Actually, at first Iwas nervous with them. After the restaurant they helped usto find a hotel. It took a long time and we were sorry for

them. But they talked about their experience in the U.S.A.and they said we should help each other like that. That timeI trusted them. We found a place. The next day we had totake a morning train from there, so the next morning theypicked us up, then took us to the station. We ate breakfasttogether and took pictures there. We almost cried becausewe got very nice friends in Europe.

During the trip we fought many times because we wereborn at different times and in different places. So our per-sonalities are different. At first we didn’t know each other,but we gradually made a group of friends. My boyfriendand I couldn’t think about each other on the trip because wehad to protect ourselves and we didn’t know anything aboutEurope. We always said we shouldn’t give up this trip, butfinally we gave up and came back to Boston three days early.

Dear Taelang,

We had a good time in Europe. Sometimes wefought, but it was good for our study and our life.Thank you for everything.

—Tomomi

Dear parents,

Thank you very much for the very big special pres-ent trip for us.

—Tomomi

by Tomomi KanayamaNight Train

The writer, from Japan, is in Barbara Bliss’s intermediate class.

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by Seung Hi ChungA Place I Love: Niagara Falls

I like Niagara Falls. Last Friday I visited Canada for threedays. When I saw Niagara Falls, I came to love it. It isa huge falls on the border of Canada and the U.S. The

scenery of Niagara Falls exceeded my expectations.

When I arrived there, I just watched breathlessly. I wasdeeply impressed with the grandeur of the falls. The fallswere a symphony of another nature. It was gorgeous. I

wanted to see the vicinity, so I got on an excursion steamer,“Maid of the Mist.” The scenery was more impressive thanbeing under the falls. Actually, I became speechless becauseof the falls. If I have another opportunity to visit there, Iwant to see them again.

The writer, from Korea, is in Joyce Ho’s intermediate class.

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A tsushi Kunimatsu prepared the photo posters below fora class presentation in Margo Miller’s Listening, Speak-

ing, and Vocabulary elective class. The top poster showspictures from his 2003 honeymoon with his wife Eri on the

island of Capri. In Atsushi’s creative presentation, he revealedthe pictures one by one, and each was placed strategicallyover a spot on the map of Capri.

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At Blue Fin, a Japanese restaurant in Porter Square, Cambridge.(left to right) Simone, Noora, Atsushi, and his wife Eri.

Eri and Noora near Fenway Park.

At the Arnold Arboretum in front of blooming lilacs.


S alem is a meaningful place for me because when I wasin Taiwan, I wrote a paper on the “Moral System inNathaniel Hawthorne’s Young Goodman Brown.” In

my paper, the focus is on how the historical backgroundaffects Hawthorne’s work. In my imagination, Salem is aplace full of history. There must be a harbor, and many oldbuildings. I could see lotsof witchcraft on the street.I could even smell the fra-grance of literature in onebreath. Salem must be aplace where the past mixeswith the present. Peopleare elegant and they dress formally, just as people did in the19th century.

When I really went to Salem on July 10, 2004, I foundthings are not exactly as I expected. First, my friend and Igot off the train and took a walk, and soon we found thatSalem is really a small city. I saw old buildings, but most ofthem are souvenir shops and museums. I can’t believe thatthere can be so many museums in such a small place! Thenwe went to see the witchcraft presentation because we were

curious about the most famous event in Salem. The pres-entation was not as vivid as I expected, but at least I havemore ideas about the sentence of witches in 1692. I also cor-rected my assumption that only women were hanged in thatevent.

I was impressed by the beautiful harbor in Salem. Theatmosphere is peaceful and relaxing, quite different fromthe witch museums. I went to one of the souvenir shops, andI saw many ships in bottles. These bottles offer dreams forchildren who love the sea. Also, I was happy to see the realHouse of Seven Gables in Hawthorne’s work. I got to knowmore about this giant in early American literature. It’s won-

derful to interact with afamous person by know-ing his works, backgroundand the traces of his life.

Salem is a complexcity. It is commercialized,

but it helps people understand history. People look casualon the street, but there are lots of stories behind them. It’s aplace where you can’t define whether you are in the past orpresent. In the past, witches were sentenced to death; nowa-days, witchcraft is a popular issue. (Fortunately, Harry Pot-ter lives in the present rather than Salem in the 17th cen-tury!) Salem is a place that you should visit once. Enjoy thefeeling of being overwhelmed by history!

The writer, from Taiwan, is in Pamela Couch’s advanced class.

by Po-Chieh (Claudio) Chang

Salem—Imagination vs. Reality

N ew York City is a place I love to visit. I like NYCthe best of all the big cities of the United States.NYC is very active. There are many buildings and

many people. NYC’s night view is very beautiful, for exam-ple, Broadway. Time Square’s night streets are really fantas-tic.

NYC has a variety of cultures. We can go to Soho, Chi-natown, and Nolita (Little Italy) on one’s way, we meet peo-ple from various countries. When we go there, we gothrough a varied experience: each country’s foods and culture.Also, NYC is a center of finance, shopping, fashion, and arts.

Wall Street is a place that is a symbol of economy.

I love New York City. NYC gives me energy. There ismovement. I think, NYC is a live museum.

The writer, from Korea, is in Joyce Ho’s intermediate class.

by Eun-Na KimA City I Love

It’s wonderful to interact with afamous person by knowing his works,background and the traces of his life.

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The word love has by no means the same sense for both sexes,and this is one of the serious misunderstandings that dividesthem. —Simone de Beauvoir

T he word love has a dif-ferent meaning for bothsexes. We all know that

men and women are physiologi-cally different. Therefore, theyhave a different vision of love, andalso different needs. All these dif-ferences bring about a lot of mis-understandings between the twosexes.

First, let’s talk about the phys-iological differences. Men and

women do produce the same hormones in the body, but notin same quantity. For example, men produce more testos-terone and women produce more estrogen. These physiolog-ical differences make men’s brains function differently fromwomen’s brains. So, our behavior is not the same, and wehave our own vision of love. Having our own vision of lovealso means having different needs.

What men need the most is support from their wivesand recognition of what they do or achieve. For women,what they need the most is attention from their husbandsand the feeling that they are secure. Usually, a woman triesto give to a man what she needs, and a man tries to give to awoman what he needs because they think that what they arelooking for is also what the opposite sex is looking for.Wrong! We are different. We don’t have the same needs,and lots of people don’t know that. That’s why many couplesexperience conflicts inside their relationship. These con-flicts are just misunderstandings.

To conclude, I would recommend to anybody who wouldlike to enhance their love relationship skills to read JohnGray’s famous book: Men are from Mars and Women are fromVenus. In this book, the author explains the differencesbetween men and women, and how both sexes view love. Inaddition, he also gives some advice for the daily life.

The writer, from France, is in Pamela Couch’s advanced class.

by Monique Saing

Do Men and WomenLove Differently?

W hen I was a child, mybrother told me a lotof stories, because he

liked to invent them. One time hetold me one story called “TheWhite Lady.” Always he told me,“I’m going to tell you a nice story!”However, it was never true; all ofhis stories were terrifying!

Once upon a time, a wonder-

ful couple was going to marry. Both were so happy, and theyloved each other very much. However, the man had anotherwoman, and one day before the wedding, the man and hislover killed his future wife. The murderers buried the bodyand escaped to another city.

Nobody ever found the body, but some people say thatevery Friday night the ghost of the woman walks around hermurderer’s house. She is wearing her white wedding dress,while crying and crying. It was enough to drive her boyfriendcrazy.

The writer, from Argentina, is in Doreen Miller’s intermediate class.

by Maria Noel VilaThe White Lady

What men need the most is supportfrom their wives and recognition ofwhat they do or achieve. Forwomen, what they need the most isattention from their husbands andthe feeling that they are secure.


A happy marriage has to bebased on love, communica-tion, respect, similar goals,

honesty, patience, similar personal-ities, understanding, compromise,similar expectations, and manyother characteristics which aregoing to strengthen the relation-ship.

I believe that love is the mostbeautiful feeling in our lives. Whenyou are in love, you accept your

partner how he or she really is, with qualities and faults, andif you are in love, although time passes, it isn’t going tochange. I think one of the most difficult things in a rela-tionship is maintaining one’s love, and for that both part-ners have to work very hard everyday, every minute.

To maintain love you always have to have present all ofthe above- mentioned characteristics. One should always beappreciative, thankful, kind, and one must always have timeto give a kiss or demonstrate one’s love.

Everyday is an important day in your life and in yourmarriage. Everyday is like the first and the last day. “Don’tput off until tomorrow what you can do today.”

The writer, from Venezuela, is in Doreen Miller’s intermediate class.

Maria Rangel EscobarA Happy Marriage

T his story is a veryfamous fairy tale inJapan. We call it,

“MOMOTARO.” “MOMO”means peach in English.

A long long time ago, therewas an old couple. The old manwent to the forest to gather fire-wood, and the old woman wentto the river to wash the clothes.Suddenly , when the old womanwas washing the clothes, a big

peach floated by slowly. The old woman picked it up andbrought it to the house. The old man said, “Let’s cut openthis big peach!”

Then he cut the peach open, and a baby appearedinside it. The old couple didn’t have a child, so theybrought it up carefully. They named him “Momotaro.”

After 20 years, he grew up a perfect man. He helpednot only his parents but also another people. One day thedevil attacked their peaceful village. Momotaro knockeddown this devil. Peace returned to the village, and Momo-taro became a hero in Japan.

The writer, from Japan, is in Doreen Miller’s intermediate class.

by Tomomi KitaharaMomotaro (Peach Man)

S omething that has changed in my life as a result ofmoving to a new place is the recent experience I hadwhen I came to Boston.

Before this journey I had lots of feelings inside mebecause this trip would be a challenge. This would be myfirst time in another country alone because I’m only 18 yearsold. I had to leave my family, my friends, etc., but this expe-rience has been incredible and unique.

At first, I was very frightened and anxious, but when I

arrived here, I was calmer.

Luckily, I found lots of good friends here, and they havehelped me a lot. All of them are wonderful people, and it isvery funny because I have not only Spanish friends but alsofriends from Korea, Japan, China, Italy, etc. I’m learningvery much about different cultures, and that is very inter-esting.

I thought that I was going to miss my family so much, butnow I feel the opposite. I love Boston, and this experience issomething unforgettable.

The writer, from Argentina, is in Doreen Miller’s intermediate class.

by Maria Noel VilaSomething New


T his summer I wanted to do something I had neverdone, so I entered a rowing class. Actually, I hadgone kayaking, swimming, and boating, but this

was new and different because I had to work in a group.

It was a really good experience and something differentto do in my free time. Actually, I enjoyed it a lot because I sawswans and ducks in their environments. Also I was on theCharles River, and I felt the peace and privilege of doingthis.

I have to say that I learned a lot: First of all, I learned torow, I learned group work, and finally I learned to enjoy theexperience. I had the opportunity to make new friends.

The writer, from Colombia, is in Barbara Bliss’s intermediate class.

by Juan (Pipe) CostaRowing

S uper 88 Market is the biggest Asian supermarket inBoston, and it is located at 1095 CommonwealthAvenue, Brighton, MA 02125.

There are a lot of Asian food ingredients in the super-market, for example Asian vegetables, fruit, various kind ofmeat and snacks. There you can buy every Asian thing. Wethink this supermarket is cheaper than other Asian super-markets in Boston, and it has a food court.

The food court has 6restaurants. There you canfind Korean, Chinese, Japan-ese food like Sushi and Noo-dles. Some of their names areFuji (Japanese Cuisine), Mis-ono (Korean Cuisine), Chi-nese Katin and J.M.P Inter-national food.

Tomomi ate Bibimba from the Korean restaurant. Bibimbais made of white rice, some vegetables and meat with a spicysauce. It was very good, Maria liked it, but she couldn’t eat itbecause it was too spicy. Maria ate Sushi from the Japanese

restaurant. She chose one roll of Boston Maki made of shrimp,salmon, tobiko, cucumber and mayonnaise, and one Califor-nia Maki made of imitation crab, avocado, cucumber roll and

tobiko. It was wonderful; ittasted very good.

We had a great timebecause we had the opportunityto share with each other. Also,we shared cultures because eth-nic food is one of the mostimportant things in culture.

You can get there by the T on the Green lineB train.Business hours are 7 days a week from 11 am to 11pm. Go,eat and enjoy!

The writers, Maria, from Venezuela, and Tomomi, fromJapan, are in Doreen Miller’s intermediate class.

by Maria Rangel Escobar & Tomomi KitaharaSuper 88 Market

S tack is from Korea. He is 24 years old in Americaand 25 years old in his country because the day hewas born is counted in his country as 1 year. That

is something very interesting to know because I’ve neverheard that before in my life.

He wants to learn the English language because hewould like to live in America. His purpose is to study here,but he doesn’t know when. I think the first reason why hewants to live in America is because he hates the pollutionin his country. In America he can live in peace. I askedhim hypothetically, “If you could, what would you like tochange in your country?” He said, “It has too many peo-ple in such a small place, so I absolutely would like tochange that.”

He is a really funny guy. I asked, him, if he were a girl,what would he like to do? He laughed so much and said,“I would like to meet many boys.“

He is an only child, so he would like to have manychildren and have a big family. His favorite color is greenand his favorite movie is “Gladiator.” I really liked meet-ing him; I had a lot of fun.

The writer, from Venezuela, is in Doreen Miller’s intermediate class.

by Maria Eugenia Rangel EscobarSeung Sik “Stack” Choi


Dear Osamu,

Now, I am living in the United States. I heard that youhave a plan to visit the U.S. I have some advice for youabout greetings. I think it is helpful for your life in thiscountry. These are from my experiences of an American lifewhich has a lot of mistakes.

The first advice is about business cards. You shouldbring your English business card to the U.S. In laborato-ries or companies, we shake hands and exchange businesscards with each other the same as in Japan. I guess youhave only Japanese business cards. If you will visit theU.S., you should make English business cards, soon.

The second advice is about saying hello. In Japan,when we met a boss or teacher, we take a small bow to himor her. But, in the U.S., we don’t take a bow anytime,anywhere. At the first meeting to other person, we shakehands and say “Nice to meet you.” After the next meet-ing, we don’t shake hands and say “How are you?” or“How is it going?” This is Boston style of saying hello. Irecommend you to use the Boston style when you visit mytown.

The last one is about saying hello and goodbye at nighttime. You know, in the morning, we say “Good morning.”In the afternoon, we say “Good afternoon.” But at night,we don’t say “Good night.” Please, notice it. “Good night”is to say goodbye in night time. Instead of this, we say“Good evening” in the night time.

Regards,Atsushi KunimatsuJune 22, 2004

The writer, from Japan, is in Judith Dan’s intermediate class.

by Atsushi KunimatsuAdvice about Greetings

Y emen is located in the southwest part of Asia. Ara-bic is the main native language for the citizens.The main religion of the country is Islam. The

economic structure of the state concentrates on many fac-tors, which are represented in two main areas, the under-ground resources and the aboveground resources. Theunderground resources include fuels like oil and gas andminerals. Then there are visible natural resources liketourist sights, which have recently become a main reasonfor tourists to visit the country, to see the great attractions.Also, the marine resource is deemed a good support forthe economy. Before all these resources is the agriculture,which is considered the source of the country’s economywhich the citizens count on. The government is dedicat-ing a lot of efforts to exploit this side. Handicrafts andlight manufacturing make up a percentage of the econ-omy, also the strategic location of the state on the globaltrading routes. Currently the government is subsidizingthe development of all the sides. Building a strong econ-omy helps the country to improve the society. The currentsituation and the economists’ projections tell and ensurethat the economic future of Yemen will be bright.

The writer, from Yemen, is in Barbara Bliss’s intermediate class.

by Esam Al-SubariThe Republic of Yemen

T his movie is a warning against fast-food culture, espe-cially in the United States. The number of obese peo-

ple in the United States is increasing. It has doubled in thelast 10 years. Although the American Medical Associationhas issued warnings, obesity has increased year after year,and fast-food restaurants are popping up in many more cities.

In this movie, a man named Morgan Spurlock stood upto prove the risk of fast food himself. He ate at McDonald’s

for 30 days and had medical check-ups several times duringhis experiment. He gained weight quickly and lost his health.At the end of his experiment, the condition of his liver andblood pressure was serious. This movie ended with the fol-lowing words: "Which will die first, people or fast-foodrestaurants?"

In my opinion, I’d like the number of fast-food restau-rants in the world to decrease. I saw this movie and realizedthe risk of eating fast food. I don’t want to eat it for a while.This movie was very tough for me because there are a lot ofconversations, interviews, and explanations in it, but I had alot of fun seeing it.

The writer, from Japan, is in Pam Steeves’ and Nora Smith’s high-intermediate class.

Visit the official Super Size Me website:

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Super Size MeReviewed by

Kentaro (Ken) Kudo

91Summer2004Movie Reviews

I t is amazing how humans connect events andexperiences. A few days ago, just after seeing

a “must-see-movie,” the taxi driver asked howit was. “Pretty bad,” I said. He reacted immedi-ately—in his noticeable Arabic accent—“What?You didn’t like Fahrenheit 9/11?”

At this point, I was scared by his loud andfrenetic question, but right away explained thatit was The Terminal, the last Steven Spielbergmovie, that I found disappointing. After a brief“ahhh,” he mentioned that Fahrenheit 9/11 wasa “must-see-movie,” that “should be presentedin every American school,” and that EVERY-THING (he emphasized) was totally true.

To be sincere, it was not in my plans to see this mostcommented on movie of the summer, particularly because ofmy lack of information on the subject and of American his-tory. But, since the driver was so fervent, I promised himthat I was going to watch the film that same week. And I did.

As the credits began to roll, I realized that somethingon Michael Moore’s film was bothering me. It was not the“wow, what an amazing film!” of my friend, it wasn’t thecomments I’d heard in the hall, it was not the smiles or tearsrolling down from some of the spectators’ faces, it was notthe frenetic applause at the end of the film.

I got to understand my feelings, the disturbing matterthat kept me thinking about the movie over and over, as Iremembered the taxi driver’s experience. I want to make itclear that I don’t know the taxi driver. I don’t judge him. I donot think he is a bad person, a terrorist, or extremist. It isnot my intention to raise false statements based on stereo-types, but he gave me the answer that I was looking for.

The movie terrified me, not because of the awful state-ments about President Bush, the terrible truth of the Amer-ican troops in Iraq, or the inside connections and politicalinterests. Even the excellent editing job, how the story was

gathered, statements and interviews to create the script ofthe movie, did not scare me.

Around all this, I found out that what was so upsettingwas another sensation, maybe a common one to many thathad seen the film: the movie is so anti-Bush that it ends upbeing anti-American. Sincere but extreme, I feel that Mooreis trying to say “9/11: we deserved it!”

“Everything is true,” was the expression resounding inmy head. It was the opinion of the taxi driver, of many spec-tators, of my friend, and yes, of Hezbollah.

David T. Hardy and Jason Clarke, authorsof the new book Michael Moore is a Big Fat Stu-pid White Man, claim that

Moore is a brilliant propagandist. His message isessentially that the U.S. is an invasive, aggressivebully, apt to kill third-worlders for profit or outof paranoia. If you believe that - can you criticizethe terrorist attack on 9/11? Isn’t the movie atsome level a propaganda piece for the other side?

(FrontPageMagazine.com, July 13, 2004).

This other side, as the authors call it, is based ona story in The Guardian (Samantha Ellis/Thurs-day June 17, 2004), which reports that the moviereceived an offer of help from Hezbollah:

Meanwhile, in the United Arab Emirates, the film is beingoffered the kind of support it doesn’t need. According toScreen International, the UAE-based distributor, Front RowEntertainment, has been contacted by organizations relatedto the Hezbollah in Lebanon with offers of help.

As I’d said before, I’m not an expert on the subject, so I’mnot pretending to analyze every aspect of the movie. I thinkthat it has interesting scenes, arguments and debates, but,on the other hand, goes far beyond my comprehensive lim-its, almost in an insulting attitude to everyone that has diedand fought for this country.

I guess I was not so lost about my feelings; someone hadmy same perception. Good? Not to me. Fahrenheit 9/11reminds me of the sad, old, and ignorant comment: “thatwomen was raped because she was wearing a mini-skirt.”Even if you walk naked on the streets, no one has the rightto attack you.

And, about the Hezbollah offer [to help distribute 9/11in the UAE], my comment to Moore is beware. As the say-ing goes, “equal fault has the one that kills the goat as theone that holds its legs.”

The writer, from Costa Rica, is in Judith Dan’s advanced academic writing class.

Farenheit 9/11: A Foreign PerspectiveReviewed by

Ingrid Prifer

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S aturday, June 12 was the first time we went to amovie in Boston. We saw two movies even though

we didn’t make up our minds until we arrived at thetheater. Shrek 2 was one of them. Shrek and Fiona gotmarried, but no one at home knew about Fiona’s newappearance; it’s like Shrek. As soon as they came backfrom their honeymoon, a messenger notified themthat Fiona’s father, the King of Far, Far Away wantedto have a big wedding celebration for his daughter. Atfirst, Shrek didn’t want to go because he was afraid ofwhat Fiona’s family would think of him. But Fionainsisted, so with a little hesitation, Shrek, Fiona andDonkey started traveling again. True to Shrek’s expec-tations, the King, the Queen and the people of Far,Far Away were shocked to see Fiona and Shrek’s uglyfaces. The King and Queen wanted Fiona to marryPrince Charming and go back to her beautiful form.

As the movie went on to climax, the situation wasvery bad for Shrek. In desperation, he drank a magicpotion that changed him into a gorgeous man. Fionawent back to being a beautiful princess, and Donkeybecame a magnificent white horse. What a wonder-ful story! But the magic would only last for 24 hours,then Shrek and Fiona would have to decide whetherthey wanted to stay in their new forms or go back tothe way they were before. Shrek asked Fiona to decide,and they liked their new appearances, but she wantedthem both to be the way they were when they met andfell in love, so they changed back to their old forms.They decided that a beautiful appearance is not impor-tant.

Many people I talked to were impressed by thissame thought when they watched Shrek. Now, I thinkthat Shrek 2 is going to move many people. This time,it seems to focus on the relationship between societyand appearance. Of course, everybody knows that

appearance is not the most important thing, but usually agood appearance is more desired in our society. Shrek 2reminded us that appearance is just appearance, it doesn’tshow what is inside. After the movie we could think abouthumanity, and it felt so nice.

Both writers are from Korea. Won-Young is in RamonValenzuela’s advanced class and Ju-Yeun is in Doug Kohn’s

advanced class.

Shrek 2Reviewed by

Won-Young Park & Ju-Yeun Han

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W hat a fantastic view! This was my first impressionwhen I stepped into the Top of the Hub, a restau-

rant located on the 52nd floor of the Prudential Tower.The seats are separated into two parts, the restaurant andbar/ lounge. The interior is gorgeous and stylish, and thewhole of the restaurant is glassed in. Looking out, you cansee beautiful scenes of Boston. At dinner time, the scenechanges to a splendid night view. Accompanied by the musicof jazz bands, the atmosphere is wonderful. Most of thecustomers are in their 30s or more and are well dressed.

The dishes this restaurant serves are contemporary:salads, pasta, pizza and so on. Each dish costs an averageof $15. Of course, there are various kinds ofwine and cocktails. You might make a reser-vation if you want to have a seat in therestaurant part, especially on the weekend.

After the dinner hour, many people come only to have a cou-ple of drinks, not to eat dinner.

You will have a wonderful time at the Top of the Hub.You can escape from your busy life and relax. Because thisrestaurant’s staff cares about the customers, you will not beannoyed even when you have to wait for a seat. Once youexperience this good atmosphere at the Top of the Hub, Ibelieve you will want to go there again.

The writer, from Japan, is in Pamela Couch’s Media and Communications class.

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All rooms are completely furnished: towel and bed linens, in-room direct-line telephone, microwave oven, refrigerator, tel-evision, air-conditioning or heating, as needed, are all included. Breakfast and dinner, everyday, are also included. Personallaundry facilities, a washer and drier are available.

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Summer200496 CELOP Alumni

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Manabu Ohinata Fall 2002

JJenn Kaenn Kay Ky Kosch,osch, CELOP’CELOP’s Student s Student Activities CoorActivities Coordinatordinator,, kkeeps in touch witheeps in touch withmanmany of our fy of our former students,ormer students, especiallespecially the ones that miss CELOP the most.y the ones that miss CELOP the most.

My CELOP Experience

CELOP, the place where I had a lot of firsttimes and great memories. For the first time, Iwas studying ESL in the U.S. I began my stud-ies at CELOP, the biggest language school in theU.S. that I had ever seen.

For the first time I shared a room with some-one I didn’t know. I felt uneasy, but fortunatelyI had a good relationship with my roommate—a cheerful girl from Africa. Of course we are stillkeeping in touch now.

For the first time I met a lot of foreign people

Manabu Ohinata was at CELOP in the fall semes-ter, 2002. He came here for a semester abroadfrom his school in Japan, Hosei University.(Every fall, Hosei University’s Faculty of Intercul-tural Communication sends a group of studentsto CELOP, who receive a semester’s credit fortheir studies here.) Last year, Manabu transferredto California State University in Northridge, Cal-ifornia. He came back to visit CELOP in thespring of 2004, when this picture was taken. Hereally enjoys studying in California (in spite ofthe forest fires which he can see 10 miles awayfrom his dorm) and credits CELOP with help-ing him become eligible for entering a univer-sity in the United States.

—Barbara Bliss

Ina Yoshino Summer–Fall 2003

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in the CELOP lobby and went to parties withpeople from the U.S. It’s also my first time towrite about my CELOP experience as an alumnafor the Semester Book. Trust me, all of you willlook back on your own plentiful, joyful experi-ence after you graduate from CELOP.

My New Life in College

After my happy CELOP life, I started my newlife in college. I made new friends, and I have abusy schedule just like every normal college stu-dent. Everything around me has been changed,but there is one thing that will never change: I’mproud that I was a CELOP student.

My Future Plans

After I graduate from college, I’m going togo back to my country – Japan. I hope to work in

a Christian Dior shop in Japan, because CD ismy favorite brand. But I may change my mind tolive here. I have too many memories here that Ican’t bring back to Japan...

My Advice for CELOP Students

1. Keep your shape. Don’t eat too muchat the cafeteria.

2. Be a good student. Don’t make yourteacher cry, because all of the CELOPstaff and faculty are so nice!

Please give attention on these two points.Then, just enjoy every single day in CELOP. Evendoing heavy homework, even getting a bad scoreand even hating the cafeteria food. Those prob-lems are all going to be part of your special mem-ory. So just take the challenge and face every-thing in this summer, in Boston, in CELOP.

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CCEELLOOPP RReeuunniioonn.. Three formerCELOP students and one staff mem-ber get together for dinner at JennKay’s house.From left to right: Nori Shinokawa(Summer 2000), Rafael Ulloa (Sum-mer/Fall 2000), Jenn Kay Kosch(CELOP Student Life Coordinator)and Hiroka Shinokawa (néeKobayashi—Summer/Fall 2000).

Summer200498 Movie Club

Friday Movie Club @ CELOPFree Friday Movies provide students with a fun

way to relax after a week of studying hardin their classes. Popular movies are shown withclosed captioning, projected onto a widescreen fromDVD, to help CELOP students practice their Eng-lish skills while learning about American culturethrough film. It is a great way for students toincrease their vocabulary and improve their listeningskills! All students in all levels are welcome to enjoythe movies and free refreshments every Friday!

MOVIES SHOWN IN SUMMER 2004

Cheaper by the DozenGothikaBrother BearThe Last SamuriPeter PanMiraclePay Check50 First DatesBig FishMystic RiverAlong Came Polly

by Jenn Kay Kosch

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Tom Cruise in Last Samuri Kurt Russell in Miracle

Sean Penn and Kevin Bacon in Mystic River

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What is the Sitcom Club?

I n this club CELOP students watch a newepisode of The Simpsons, one of the most pop-

ular television shows in America, every week. After-wards, we discuss such things as vocabulary, slangand cultural references. For example, after seeing anepisode titled “Bart Gets Hit by a Car,” we had agreat discussion about the American court system.During a discussion of another episode, “Bart Getsan F,” we talked about school systems and teachingmethods in the U.S. and abroad. We also have differ-ent activities to enrich each meeting, such as triviacontests, vocabulary challenges, crossword puzzlesand more! Sometimes students can even win greatprizes, and there are always delicious refreshments.It’s a great way for students to practice their speak-ing and listening skills!

—Jenn Kay Kosch

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CELOP Short Story Reading Club

O n c e a week, students meet to discuss the assigned story.Every week we read a different author and try to have

a variety of topics and genres so there is something for everyone!This semester we read satires, mysteries, romances and more! Studentsdiscuss the stories, learn new vocabulary and watch accompanyingmovies. Some of the authors we read are Shirley Jackson, ErnestHemingway and Dorothy Parker. Each session begins with studentquestions about vocabulary, followed by a discussion of the story, andending with some type of activity. For example, after reading “The Red-headed League” (a SherlockHolmes Mystery by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) students were given their own short mysteries to solve.

Every student who solved the case they were given won a great new mystery novel to help further improvetheir skills. This is a great way to get to know popular short stories and practice your English skills!

—Jenn Kay Kosch

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The Short Story Club’s first selection was the famous open-ended story “The Lady or the Tiger” by Frank Stockton. Inthis story, a man accused of a crime is sent to a large arena.There, he must choose one of two doors to determine hisfate. Behind one door is a beautifulwoman; behind the other is a hungrytiger. In the end the reader is left todecide what comes out of the door one spe-cific man picks—the lady or the tiger?

T his story is just bizarre. Even a bru-tal offender can possibly survive in

the imaginary country where this story takesplace. Furthermore, he can get married withthe most beautiful woman in the countryonly if he chooses the right door at an arenainstead of the wrong door behind which is thewildest, biggest, hungriest tiger waiting for itsprey. If he picks the wrong door, he will bekilled instantly by the tiger. This is the justicein this country, a brainchild of the barbarousking. Can you imagine this kind of justice? Asupposed answer must be “no.” However, our

judgment system does not always function correctly just likethe one in this country. We cannot laugh at this country.

In this story, a jealous king imprisons a fine young manwho is in love with his daughter, the princess. This is doneto tear her away from him. He is not able to achieve his loveany more. He has only two options: death or marriage witha n o t h e r beautiful woman. Only the princess, who

knows the safe door, can save him. This storyis over although the fatal question remainsunsolved. This is whether the princess tellshim the safe door or not. We must picturethe situation and guess her mind. If I werethis young man, either result would beindifferent for me because I would neverbe able to marry my true lover. What areyour views?

This story tells me that reading isnot only being able to read books, butalso human minds, even my own. Italso means reading between linesapart from the original texts andwriters’ plots. This is the reason whyI cannot stop reading.

The writer, from Japan, is an activemember of the Summer 2004 CELOP

Short Story Club as well as a studentin Margo Miller’s class.

by Kenichiro YokooREVIEW: The Lady or the Tiger

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Academic Workshops 105Summer2004

One of Academic AdvisorJudy Di Leo’s weekly Acade-mic Workshops for CELOPstudents preparing for fur-ther college study in theU.S.

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• Graduate student housing on Com-monwealth Avenue

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• Hillel House on Bay State Road

At left, artist’s rendering of the aquaticcenter across from CELOP and, below,the completed John Hancock complex.See details at www.bu.edu/construction.

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You’ve walked passed it a thousand times—CELOP on the corner of Comm. Ave. and St.Paul St.

The brownstone student apart-ments along Bay State Road.

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An aerial view of Comm. Ave look-ing down at the east campustoward Kenmore Square and BackBay. (Photo: Steve Dunwell, fromBoston University: A Pictorial Com-mentary, Boston University, 1989.)

SCENES OF BU

Visit the CELOP Alumni Web site and see all 13 Semester Books. Check out the Alumnidatabase and other features under “Quick Links,” too, such as the Boston Trivia Quiz,photo albums, and upcoming lessons.

www.bu.edu/celop/alumni

Summer2004110 Faculty

For E-mail addresses of faculty, go to the Faculty & Staff section of the CELOP Web site: www.bu.edu/celop

Chris AntonellisJamie BeatonShelley BertolinoBarbara BlissLynn BonesteelJill BrandRon ClarkPamela CouchJudith DanBetty D’AngeloMarsha DeanRenee DelatizkyJeff DiIuglioMargo DowneyMichael Feldman

Shelley FishmanCynthia FlammJoanne FoxSterling GilesJoyce HoJames KaplanDoug KohnJohn KopecGeorge KrikorianCarole LandersJacquie LoConteLori LubeskiDorothy LyndeBob MaguireJudy Massey

Doreen MillerMargo MillerAmelia OnoratoDonna PalerminoPatricia PeknikJoe PettigrewCarol PiñeiroMichelle SmithNora SmithPam SteevesMaria Tomeho-PalerminoRamon ValenzuelaSusan VikEllen Yaniv

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MichelleSmith

Special ProgramsAssistant

<[email protected]>

Staff

Lesley AndrewsLab Assistant

<[email protected]>

Gabriella Campozano

Program Coordinator<[email protected]>

JudyDi Leo

Academic Advisor<[email protected]>

John de Szendeffy

Multimedia LanguageLab Coordinator

<[email protected]>

Miriam Fawcett

Assistant Director, Administration

<[email protected]>

Fabiola Framondi

Senior Staff Assistant<[email protected]>

Alicia Radl

Staff Coodinator<[email protected]>

Jenn Kay Kosch

Student Life Coordinator<[email protected]>

Helen ReynoldsAdministrative

Assistant<[email protected]>

Marcella Framondi

Admissions Officer<[email protected]>

Lara Gordon

Marketing & AdmissionsManager

<[email protected]>

Bruce Rindler

Associate Director,Academic Programs<[email protected]>

Margot Valdivia

Director of CELOP<[email protected]>

Jonathan WhiteTechnical

Coordinator<[email protected]>

AlexValdivia

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JohnMcCormick

DesignatedSubstitute Teacher

<[email protected]>

Summer2004112 Ambassadors Abroad Program

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Each semester, CELOP looks for students who would like toparticipate in the Ambassadors Abroad Program. If you are a

former student and would like to be a source of information forpeople thinking about coming here to study English, consider volun-

teering to be a CELOP Ambassador. We will put your name and a briefintroduction that you write about yourself on the CELOP website. Potential

students will be able to e-mail you their questions about CELOP directly, viayour own e-mail address or, if you prefer, they can send them to you [email protected] and we’ll forward them to you.

Some CELOP Ambassadors get together with other CELOP Alumni back home.You can invite potential students to attend these get-togethers so they can findout from all of you what it’s like to study at CELOP and live in Boston.

If you’re someone who would enjoy helping us strengthen our network ofCELOP Alumni and telling people in your home country about CELOP,please e-mail me. This kind of network can be useful to all of us and fun

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Judy Di LeoAcademic Advisor0ffice #[email protected]

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The Summer 2004 program is drawing to a close and many of you are thinking about life after CELOP. When mak-ing plans for the future, you must remember some important details and procedures related to your visa and yourSEVIS I-20. Here are answers to your most urgent questions:

I am returning to CELOP. What should I do?

Complete the following steps by August 13, 2004:

• You must complete a Fall 2004 Continuing Student Application form.

• Make sure that your passport is valid at least 6 months into the future.

• If you will exit the U.S. after the Summer semester and you plan to come back for the Fall semester, make sure that your F-1 visa is still valid and that you have a valid signature from Marcella (#238) onpage 3 of your SEVIS I-20.

I am leaving CELOP and transferring to another school. What should I do? You must submit to CELOP a Transfer Report for the school you wish to attend so that we can release you fortransfer in SEVIS. Your new school will be responsible for preparing a new SEVIS I-20. Please rememberthat it takes CELOP 24 hours to process a transfer, so make sure to do this with time. The SEVIS transfer releasedate will be August 13, 2004 when the Summer 2004 session ends.

I am leaving CELOP and transferring into an academic program at BU. What should I do?You must make sure that you check-in with the International Student & Scholars Office at BU if you will con-tinue your studies in an academic program this Spring. The BU International Students & Scholars Office (ISSO)can assist you with this process and you should plan on visiting them in August. They are located at 19 Deerfield St.,2nd Floor. Make sure that you bring your SEVIS I-20, BU ID card, passport and I-94 card to the ISSO office.

I am staying inside the U.S. to relax and travel before returning to my home country. What should I do?Remember, whenever you stop studying, you may remain inside the U.S. for only 60 days while preparing foryour return trip home. By day 60 (October 12, 2004), you must exit the U.S. If you stay more than 60 daysand do not resume full-time studies and do not have an I-20 from the school you are attending, you may be con-sidered to be inside the U.S. unlawfully. Please note that CELOP will report you to SEVIS as having completed yourprogram on August 13, 2004.

I have no idea what I’m doing after this semester. What should I do?You only have 60 days after your last class at CELOP to:

• transfer to another school

• go home

• OR, you can apply to continue at CELOP for the next available sessions in Fall 2004 no later thanAugust 13, 2004!

You have 60 days after the last day of class to complete these procedures!

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