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AfterIgraduatedhighschool,Itraveled
¡°Welcome,newandreturning
The Argus: Please introduce
aroundIndiatoseethemanylandscapes
students!¡±
yourselves.
Spriha: Hi, I¡¯m Spriha Sanjay from
and cherish them during my stay in the
There are a lot of exciting activities
New Delhi, India. I am 18 years old
U.S.
that take place on the SUNY Oneonta
so I just graduated high school back in
IalsoreadasmuchasIcouldaboutthe
campusduringthesemester;dormitories,
India. Being a freshman here, I will be
school;theschoolwebsite,theFacebook
orientations, classes, club activities, etc.
graduatingSUNYOneontain2017with
page,andsoon.
Theyarequitedifferentfromtheonesin
adegree.
Jason: After the finals were over last
Koreanuniversities.
Jason: Hello! My name is Jason
semester, I worked as a counselor in a
AnthonyBartlettandI¡¯m20yearsold.I
Drama Camp for children. I also tried
am from Long Island, New York. And I
tokeepupwithstudiesofmymajorand
amajuniorhere.
learned some Korean too. And before I
Ai: Hi, I¡¯m Ai Machinaka from
camehere,Ispentalotoftimewithmy
Fukuoka, Japan. I¡¯m 21 years old and I
loving friends and family as I won¡¯t be
don¡¯thaveayearherebecauseIamhere
seeingthemforawhile.
asanexchangestudentforayear.
Ye-rin: It was my first trip to the U.S.
Ye-rin: Hello, my name is Ye-rin Lee
and I had always planned to come as an
TheArgus:Whenwasthemoment
andI¡¯mfromIncheon,SouthKorea.I¡¯m
exchange student since high school. So
thatyourealizedthenewsemester
22 years old. I attend HUFS and am an
I was excited since the beginning of the
hadreallybegun?
exchange student here, but only for a
semester. Some people attend private
Ai: As an international student, I had
semester.
English academies in Korea before
to arrive on campus a week before the
coming as an exchange student, but I
official start of the semester to attend
didn¡¯t do that. I chose to travel around
programs for international students.
Koreaandmeetallofmyfriendsbefore
There were a lot of new faces on the
Ileft.
campus when the classes began. Those
new faces made me realize that a new
semesterhadbegun.
TheArgus:Whatdidyoudobefore
Spriha: Like Ai, I am an international
you came to live on campus? That
studenttoo.Forme,makingnewfriends
is, before you left your friends and
in a new environment such as in the
BeforecomingtoSUNYOneonta
families?
Almost all of the students here live
Ai: It is the first time for me to live in
classes,dormandinternationalstudents¡¯
on campus in the school dorms. For
a dormitory away from the people I am
orientation is what made me realize the
most of the freshmen and international
used to. So for the three weeks before
beginning of a new semester. I love that
students, it is their first time to leave
coming to the campus, I met up with a
there are many opportunities and events
home and stay somewhere else for an
lot of friends and tried to spend most of
formetonewpeoplehere!
extendedperiodoftime.Hence,theytry
mytimewiththem.
Ye-rin:Asforme,itwaswhenIhadto
tospendtheirtimewiselybeforecoming
Jason:Imetupwithfriendsbackhome
carryalloftheheavytextbooksfromthe
tothecampus;spendingtimewithone¡¯s
before coming back to the campus as
schoolbookstoretomydormitoryroom.
familyandfriends,gettingstufffortheir
well. However, I had to return earlier
Also,thefactthatIhadaclassschedule
dormitoryrooms,orderingtextbooksand
in order to receive some training as a
to follow made me realize that a new
such. Also, some international students
Resident Assistant(RA), whose job is to
semesterhadbegun.
cometoU.S.beforetheofficialsemester
the assist other students with their daily
Jason: I agree with Ye-rin. The six
startsinordertogivethemmoretimeto
livesinthedorm.
page report that I had to hand in on the
adjusttothenewenvironment.
Spriha: I have never been apart from
first week of school hit me hard that
my family except for short camps, so I
school had started, along with the fact
spent a lot of time with them before I
thatIamnowajuniorhere.
The Argus: How did you wrap up
left India. I visited my relatives and had
your previous semester and get
alotofIndianfoodbecauseIwassureI
readyforthenewone?
The Argus: What kind of role do
Spriha: My previous semester was
wouldmissthemhere.
you think dormitory life has here
my last high school semester in India.
onthecampus?
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