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monday, january 16, 1978
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daily nebraskan
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Foreign students spend holidays abroad; in USA
By Mary Fastenau
If UNL foreign students were home for
Christmas, for most, it was only in their
dreams.
Many foreign students, however, spent
the holidays in the homes of friends, room
mates or host families according to Linda
Becker, international student adviser.
A number of programs across the coun
try offered foreign students the chance to
live with American families during the
holidays, she said.
One of these programs, Foreign Inter
national House, gave Mr. and Mrs. Talib
Essa the chance to spend Christmas in Or
lando, Fla.
Essa, an agronomy graduate student
from Iraq, and his wife spent their vaca
tion with a couple from Orlando who were .
near the age of he and his wife, around 30.
Essa said it took three days to drive
their Volkswagen to Orlando, but trans
portation was their only cost.
Disney World, the Kennedy Space Cen
ter, Sea World, Circus World and Cyprus
Gardens were some of the places "Essa said
the foreign students in his group visited.
Essa said he wishes he had known about
the program before.
"It helps students see other parts of the
country without spending much money,"
he said.
Becker said other students used the
vacation to travel across the country. She
said many foreign students have a "net
work of friends" across the country whorr.
they visited during the holidays.
Other students remained in Lincoln
during vacation according to Ron Hruska,
student assistant for graduate students in
Selleck Quadrangle.
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Five Sections Available
Sec. 1 - Mon. A Wed.: Class, 1:30, Lab. 2:30 or arranged
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sion, vocabulary and speed in reading, and upon the attainment
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Hruska said there were about 30 people
who stayed in the dorm for the majority of
vacation. He said many of these were for
eign students who were gone for several,
days.
He mentioned a group of people from
Taiwan who rented a car for a few days
and drove to Missouri.
Hruska said the kitchen was open and
students could fix their own meals.
He said people who were staying off
campus with friends would occasionally
eat at the dorms.
. Hruska, a graduate student in life
sciences, said most foreign students were
"out and about" during vacation.
It can be difficult for foreign students
to find housing in the dorms, Becker said.
She said her office, International Edu
cational Services, and the housing office
work together to find housing for all
students.
This vacation was unusual because the
graduate portion of Selleck Quadrangle was
the only residence hall that stayed open,
according to Dania Inguanzo, head resident
of International House.
She said Piper Hall is normally open
during vacation, but there were only four
people who wanted to stay this year.
Students get away if at all possible, said
Inguanzo, a graduate student in human
development and the family. A few
Nigerian students went home, she said.
Inguanzo, who was born in Cuba but
has lived in the United States since 1962,
said she did not think the foreign students
were lonely during the holidays.
However, she said, "You're really aware
that American students go home to spend
time with their families."
VD check fokes two tests
By Deb Shanahan
The University Health Center (UHC) is
asking its patients to submit to two tests
for gonorrhea to protect students against a
new strain of gonorrhea that is penicillin
Tesistant, according to the UHC chief of
staff.
Dr. Ralph Ewert said although there
have been no reported cases of the
penicillin-resistant gonorrhea at the uni
versity, UHC is asking patients to return a
week after a penicillin treatment for
another test.
"So far we haven't seen any of the
penicillin-resistant (strain). I hope we
don't, but I'm sure eventually we will,"
said Ewert.
The penicillin-resistant gonorrhea, called
"super gonorrhea", has been reported in
Nebraska, according to Grey Borden, a
spokesman for the 'State Department of
Health.
Borden said two cases were reported in
Omaha, the last in June 1977. He said none
have been reported in the Lincoln area, and
none since June in Omaha.
This strain of venereal disease has been
in the United States- since March 1976,
according to the National Center for Dis
ease Control, which notified the Health
Department to look for it. Borden said the
center had traced the first cases back to the
PhlUipines.
'This new strain of gonorrhea produces
a chemical called beta lactamase, which
wipes out penicillin," explained Borden.
"Other infections have produced this
chemical, so it's not really anything new.
It's just that this is the first time we've
seen a venereal disease do it," he said.
The only way of testing for this par
ticular strain of gonorrhea, according to
Borden, is for the doctor to treat the pa
tient with penicillin, and ask him to return
in about a week for more testing.
Spectinomycin, a drug used for treating
infections in people allergic . to penicillin,
is effective in controlling "super gonor
rhea," said Borden.
Borden said he did not think the new
type would become a major public health
problem because so few cases had beer
reported.
He added that it is difficult to identify
vcases because people do not always come
back for the second testing, and not all
cases are reported in the first place.
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