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David Fahleaon/Daily Nebraskan Nermine Samir, Egypt, and Lara Khatib, Lebanon, cheer at the Nebraska-Utah state football game Saturday in Memorial Stadium. The two were in Lincoln on a visit to the United States. Visit changes opinions Arab students discover American reality By Joeth Zucco Senior Hditor Five weeks in the United States have changed several Middle Eastern students’ ideas about this country. Twenty students from 10 Arab countries were in Lincoln last week as part of a federally funded program sponsored by the U.S. Information Agency. The program brings citizens from all over the world to the United States. The students were nominated by their teachers and interviewed at the American embassy in each of their countries. Rania Barghout, a sophomore communication arts, radio, television and theater major at Beirut University College in Lebanon, said she had bad impressions of the United Slates be fore her visit. “1 thought that people only go to bars, go steady, dance and sleep,” Barghout said in near perfect English. “They were really vicious and mean. It came from the media — Dallas and Dynasty. People didn’t care what happened in Lebanon or the Middle East, they were only concerned with their own poliucs.” Barghout said her views changed once she arrived in the United States. “(In the) North, people were ex tremely nice, showed us they did care,” she said. “(In the) Midwest, they arc very serious, very business minded, very concerned about the Middle East all over.” Barghout said some of the people her group have met along the way thought they were terrorists. “I hope weehanged their opinion,” she said. Saad Achaari, a senior English major at University Mohamed Ben Adcllah in Rabat, Morocco, said he didn’t know much about the United States when he first came except what he had learned in school. “I wasn’t too surprised by what I saw,” Achaari said. “Nearly all the things I’ve been told arc somewhat true. “My mceungs with Americans make me sure that these people love their country very much.” Nermine Samir, a 5th-ycar medi cal student at Suez Canal University in Ismailia, Egypt, also had a bad impression of the United States, “but after I came, the media gives not an accurate picture of America. (They are) hard workers and very friendly. “Youth in America is not con cerned about social or political life outside the United States,” she said. “I met many young students at Missis See ARAB on 8 As n campus representative yoult be reeponstole for placing advertising materials on bulletin (wards and working on marketing programs for clients such as American Expreen, Boston University. Euratl, and various movie companies, among others. Part-time work, choose your own hours. No sales. Many of our reps stay with us long after graduation. If you are self-motivated, hard working, and a bit of an entrepreneur, call or write for more Information to: AMERICAN PASSAGE NETWORK 6211 W. HOWARD STREET CHICAGO. IL. 60648 1(800) 221-5842 or (312)647-6880 CHICAGO DALLAS LOS ANGELES NEW YORK SEATTLE Morrill Hall opens AIDS exhibit this week AIDS from Page 6 Garland Bare, a member of the UNL Task Force on AIDS Education, said that people are still ignorant to the fact that they can get the disease. “People still look upon it as a San Francisco and New York disease,” Bare said. “In young adults, there’s a sense of vulnerability. ‘It can happen to them, but not to me.’” If people arc willing to invest 15 minutes to study the exhibit, Young said, they can gain from the biology of the disease and from the pain the families arc experiencing. Young said the exhibit will run through the semester. Afterwards, he said that he would like to lake the exhibit on lour throughout the state and display it in non-lraditional set tings such as bank lobbies, shopping centers and schools. “We can stop it (AIDS) right now if everyone understands that they’re not immune and they have to be care ful in their behavior,” Young said. PETS-N-PLANTS | FIND A ROOMY SALE I 1101 ARAPAHOE 421-3826 [ | | [ I _,__^_^ South St ® 10 GALLON | PARAKEETS I I AQUARIUM | I __ | _ $7J>0 _ ! _ $8-50 ! L i N I *0«gr. L-* «5“" «* *»' JjtfSjjSjS* sssifessSass4, *'<r?iw -awjwB ** I \=l Student Insurance Applications Are Available Now! Brochures And Information available: University Health Center Contact Brenda Schultz or call 472-7437 Student only annual rate is $225 or quarterly rate of $56.25. Family rates also available. Check these points: • Am I still plinihlp fnr rnvpranp undfir rrw narent's nlan? A. Is there an age limit? Most policies limit the age for dependent coverage to age 23. B. Are you thinking of marriage? Most policies exclude a dependent after he becomes married. • Have I declared financial independence from my parents by receiving financial aid, and no longer eligible as a dependent under their plan? • Would a medical emergency deplete funds set set aside for my education? .#♦«!* f * -