Brown and White Vol. 113 No. 17

              the brown and white lehigh university's student newspaper founded in 1894 vol 113 no 17 tuesday november 8 2005 all the lehieh news first terrorism affects study abroad programs by michael fusco news writer it was just after 9 a.m on july 7 2005 and janine katz 06 had just taken the subway to her internship at ernst & young in london her manager called everyone together for an impor tant announcement london was under attack i had no idea what was going on until he told me katz said it wasn't very far from where i was working that was what made it kind of scary london's transit system had been bombed by terror ists that morning killing 56 civilians just four years earlier katz a staten island native watched the twin towers fall from her high school classroom i am from new york so it was kind of deja vu katz said but regardless work had to con tinue friends and family were frantic by the end of the day her inbox was full of more than 200 e-mails asking if she was safe terrorism seldom was a con cern of students studying abroad now students administrators and parents must consider the risk in response study abroad programs across the nation including lehigh's have changed many of their procedures b&w graphic by michael fusco the statistics despite increasing fears study abroad programs continue to gain popularity in the first full academic year following sept 11 participation in aca demic study abroad programs increased by 8.5 percent from the year prior according to sta tistics provided by the institute of international education following the national trend the number of lehigh students studying abroad since sept 11 has increased in the 2000-01 aca demic year 286 students studied abroad since the attacks an aver age of 323 students studied abroad there's an increase in inter est that is for sure lehigh's director of study abroad erica smith caloiero said the num bers are increasing in pretty much a straight line i think also there's been a growing awareness that was propelled by 9/11 although not started by the events of sept 11 caloiero said she feels that the increase in interest in study abroad has been in part due to the post-sept 11 geopolitical cli mate what we have seen is a greater curiosity about the world and about culture and cultural dif ferences as opposed to an increase in fear or hesitation about studying abroad she said lehigh students however have decided not to study in nations that have experienced ter ror attacks due to concerns about safety while traveling if there are folks that are uncomfortable or nervous about studying abroad my sense is that we never see them they never come into the office caloiero said if there are people who are nervous about studying in london or in madrid or else where my sense is they don't even bring it up — they come to talk about france or chile or hong kong or south africa the history of terrorism and studying abroad terrorism influenced study abroad well before sept 11 on dec 21 1988 35 students from syracuse university were returning home for the holidays from a london study abroad pro gram when a libyan terrorist det onated plastic explosives killing all 259 passengers aboard pan am flight 103 crashing onto farmland near lockerbie scotland the event sent a wave of fear and grief across american college campuses to this day syracuse hosts an annual remembrance week in late october to honor the victims of the tragedy and awards 35 remembrance scholarships each year to seniors on march 11 2004 a series of coordinated terrorist bombings tore through the madrid transit system killing 191 early morning commuters no american students were killed but the bombings alarmed many college administrators and parents because of spain's popu larity with students studying abroad in 2002-03 approximate ly 10.8 percent of all american students studying abroad were in spain according to statistics pub lished by the he spain ranks third in popularity for american students behind the united kingdom and italy lehigh had approximately 15 students studying in spain at the time and many were in madrid what happened in madrid is the program very very quickly got in touch with every student caloiero said the programs then called back to u.s head quarters and the u.s headquar ters takes over crisis response due to the time difference the bombings in spain happened during madrid's rush hour while most americans on the east coast were still asleep programs in spain were able to contact fam ilies of students before they got news of the attacks themselves it was a very straightforward thing for programs in spain to sort of beat cnn to the punch caloiero said at the time lehigh study abroad adviser katie mccleary international celebration to offer 32 cultural events by katie ginda news writer the international parade of flags at 12 p.m on wednesday will kick off the fourth annual international week a nine-day celebration that will include 32 events organized by the global union and sponsored by stu dent clubs and academic departments lehigh's international week will undoubtedly be one of the largest international week celebrations in the nation said william hunter director of international stu dents and scholars and the global union global union president lindsay nelsen 06 said the diverse programs serve a vari ety of interests students should look through the program and find what sparks their interest she said the importance of international week lies in exposure to different cultures hunter said when students graduate they're going to find themselves in careers that have no linguis tic or geographical bound aries he said they have to expose themselves to different cultures and traditions now the business world demands a heightened sense of cross-cul tural capability there are no local jobs anymore they are all global in perspective and students have to be ready keynote speaker joxel garcia deputy director of the pan-american regional office of the world health organization will give a speech titled from bioterrorism to bird flu at 4 p.m wednesday in sinclair auditorium the school is lucky to get a specialist to speak on such a hot topic hunter said festivus the international eat-a-thon will take place at 5 p.m saturday in the ulrich student center clubs and groups of students come togeth er to buy cook and present authentic food from their differ ent cultures it's a big event with tables and tables and tables of all sorts of international food nelsen said hunter said the eat-a-thon is expected to bring in hun dreds of students dinner is followed by danc ing and an international disc jockey asian fusion a mix of music skits presentations and dance themed around asian culture will take place at 8 p.m saturday in the asa packer dining room the diwali festival of lights features indian culture and music and will take place at 4 p.m sunday at baker hall at zoellner arts center bill kuhl an expert on strategic business alliances will speak on alliances as a global business building opportunity at 7 p.m on nov 14 in the global union lounge in coxe hall the academy award-win ning film born into brothels will be shown at 7 p.m on nov 15 in neville hall room 2 this film captures the lives of prostitute mothers and chil dren an exhibit titled more than words features pictures taken in kenya focusing on the coun try's extreme poverty and hunger crisis a reception and discussion of the exhibit will be held at noon on nov 16 in the ir commons at maginnes hall hunter said the enthusiasm for international week is the most exciting thing for him we average about 2,000 participants every year in pro grams hunter said that means one-third of the entire campus is participating in inter national activity on campus see abroad page 3 sports 12-16 news 1-6 football recap 15 avian bird flu 2 julie kafka 16 jessica depalo 16 i^^nflhhli business 79 lh hbffi^lllßis vip telecom 7 a||i pmßrafflliiiim internship search 7 ***',* f^b 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