Special rates help with visits home Foreign students travel, study during holidays By Micki Haller Senior Editor Foreign students have a lot of options open to them for the winter break, according to Pat Johnson, program coordinator for Interna tional Educational Services. "A lot of them travel,” Johnson said. International students can either go home or travel around the United States during their vacation times. About 12,000 students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are classified as “foreign students,” including students, scholars and permanent residents, Johnson said. IES is able to offer these students and others at UNL special airfares to go home, Johnson said. “We have special rates through CIEE," theCouncil on International Educational Exchange, she said. The cheap fares are from major port cities to other ports only, she said. For instance, a student could travel from Seattle to Beijing for $729 this December. That’s an excellent price, Johnson said. A normal, discounted seat from Seattle to Beijing can cost $1,(M0, according to Lincoln Tour and Travel. Different airlines offer different deals, and the prices can change every few months, Johnson said. These prices are among the best available, but sometimes a student can find a cheaper one, she said However, 75 percent of foreign students are graduates, Johnson said, and can’t afford to go home. For students who would like to travel in the United States, IES has a travel library. IES does not organize a Christ mas tour program, Johnson said, because the weather is unpredict able, and the office is preparing for the new students coming in next spring. m in ■§ ■> x M H n m ■■ ■■■ “A lot have their own agendas planned," she said. Another program is Christmas International House, Johnson said. Foreign students can stay at homes around the United Stales from Dec. 19 to Jan. 2. Homes and group housing are available, depending on the location. The hosts live in a variety of locations, including Fort Meyers, Fla., Santa Barbara, Calif. Annapo lis, Md. and Cuba, Mo. The students are guests of the local community, and the program costs $25 registration fee and the round trip tiansportation. Some students will also go home with their friends or roommates, Johnson said. Other students will stay in Lin coln over the break, she said, espe cially the ones who live in apart ments off-campus. Students who stay can study, visit friends, and take a leisurely vacation. Chi-fang Chen, a graduate stu dent from Taiwan, said he would See HOLIDAY on 10 ALL SCHWINN EXERCISE EQUIPMENT IN STOCK yiMTOUNl JCHWINW OfCUEl^f 3321 Pioneer 1517 No. Cotnor 488-2101 464-8952 V You finally found the perfect formal JC R for that special event. Then jewelry and gfC X **y I shoes. Beauty begins at the top. X X For the fashion statement that will turn heads, Jr jfr designed to get optimum performance and more useable sta tions out of your FM tuner or receiver. List $60 00 $29.99 Stereo West charge based upon revolving charge of 18% APR Subject to approved credit namooic Free Hard Carrying Case Don't miss any of the excitement Christmas morning with a camcorder from Panasonic. Panasonic PV-330 VHS HQ Camcorder with Digital Special Effects. Special high-speed shutter allows you to get crisp blur-free motion shots and an 8:1 power zoom lets you get close to the action with the touch of a button. Digital special effects, wipe/tear/overlap/strobe and split screen. Infrared autofocus, auto white balance and auto iris makes it practically fool proof. Light sensitivity is so low that average room lighting is more than enough to capture those special moments. $1699.97 S66 39/no Stereo West Cherge Panasonic's PV-420 VHS HQ Camcorder with hard case (not shown) List $1600 00 Aiwa MS-T370 Personal AM/FM Cassette with auto-reverse Dolby' B noise reduction, separate bass and treble controls with Super Bass Comes with High-Fidelity Stereo Headphones Sale $79.97 NEW HOURS tmm rvq/O M 1J - 132nd just north of Center St. 334-0707 I 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM Mon.-Thurs. ^aifai Of CffiO IVeAf 7425 Dodge, Omaha. 393-2100 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM Friday 4011 “0" St.. Lincoln, 483-7738 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM Saturday HIGH-TECHNOLOGV «dd< dfc ^aaaaW itaaM Sunday 12-5 assocm/oo ^ i-- — - ^ '