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[email protected]. Volume 85 - Issue3 September 21, 2012 Crossing cultures on campus BY JOCELYN VAN DYKE “Nationwide, the idea together. We don’t usually FEATURES CO-EDITOR of [cross-cultural] housing get outside our social N o r t h w e s t e r n is on the rise and is always sphere, but it’s the best thing College’s Cross-Cultural debatable regarding its you can do for yourself.” Community House aims potential to retain students Junior Gee Daka said she to create a community and/or alienate them from also saw the cross-cultural that respects, values and the campus community,” housing as a way to branch celebrates differences as Franklin said. out from her normal group well as similarities. The hope is that the cross- of friends: “I thought living According to Multi- cultural housing on campus here would be really cool. Ethnic Student Counselor will create a place where As an international student, Rahn Fanklin, this idea was community can thrive. I was hanging out with the set into motion after much Located on the second same people and I wanted to research was completed.