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OSU and UHC by term Discover every published is magazine Chronicle Corvallis Ward Patricia Luiz Joshin Springer Camille Luiz joshin Josh/n By Thoughts \X7riters: Contributing Gardner Courtney teson Amy Woodworth Casey Chris Clark Jane Events UHC I Sunriver Kincaid Jessie Joanna Jenny Tovar Beth Clark Jane Christeson Amy Beginnings UHC Writers: Staff Christeson Amy caid Kin Jessie Baddelev Bob Lives Double Leading Design & Layout McGregor Jessica Ward Patricia Kincaid Jessie Thesis Forum Mathur Avantika I Allen Christina Editors: Section son Sirn Emily Woodworth Casey Editon Associate Julian about All s Philli Abb Editor-In-Chief: Simpson Emily & Phillips Abby Staff Chronicle Editors the from Letters ollege C Honors Chronicle Urnversity Editor-in-ChiefAbby Phillips A myriad of strangers with blank stares shuffle past me, indifferent to the look of panic upon my face. Cars, buses and trains are everywhere, and everyone but myself seems to know where they are going.... I tell myself, just relax, and remember what the man told you at the information booth: take the Gatwick Express train, switch to the underground tube, get off at Victoria from the Circle Line or was it the Central Line, getting off at King's Cross? Or maybe it was...this is where I scream: AAAHHHH!! At that moment, I wondered what a directionally- impaired girl who has grown up in Corvallis and never stepped foot on foreign soil is doing in a place like London? To this day, I don't have a clear cut answer to that perplexing question other than I had to get out of Corvallis. Oh yes, Abby Phillips has skipped town, and disappeared from the country for a while. Because I grew up in Corvallis, I never got the terrifying yet freeing experience of being immersed into an entirely new setting for college. No, no, Abby always stayed in her comfort zonebut no longer. The instant I touched the soil in Europe, I discovered I had a tool that has always been with me, but had never had the opportunity to be put into use: my sense of independence. Being stranded in London and trying to find my way from the Gatwick airport to my youth hostel forced me to think for myself. Not to mention that nobody told ne that 'Way Out' means exit, and that 'Mind the Gap' means, dude, watch your step when leaving the train to the platform. I always thought I would fail when I met the world face- to-face (and maybe I did for an instant), but that was before I had been tested. And even though I was terribly lonely, I would never regret this experience. It has taught me that I can survive. I can navigate a city that appears 3 wazillion times bigger than Corvallis. I know this sounds like a line straight from Dawson's Creek, but I really have learned a lot about myself, and now I'm on my way to studying abroad in Spain. By the time you read this, I will have become an even stronger and culturally enriched person. I'm telling you, you've got to try this. I back Emerson 100% when he stresses that the importance of action or exprerience take precedence over that of books. And this experience has taught me more than any book or classroom setting ever could. Just remember what Emerson said. "The true scholar grudges every opportunity of action passed by as a loss otpower. Associate Editor Emily Simpson Hola a todos and greetings from the sunny shores of northern Spain. Ahhh España, home to Don Quixote, tapas, bulltights, flamenco dances, and vino. I am still amazed that I am actually here in this beautiful,unique country, living in an apartment with a Spanish host family, and having the experience of a lifetime. (Never mind the fact that I survived all of my plane flights, security checks, and a bus strike, which left me stranded for nine hours in Madrid bus station). It is a bit terrifying and overwhelming at first - to leave everything infinitely familiar to yourself, including your native language, and submerse yourself in someone else's culture. The best one can do in preparation is to have an open mind and be willing to laugh at yourself and the situations you find yourself in. For instance, while sitting with my host parents, who were snacking on pate of wild pig (which I politely refused, as much as it tempted me), they commented that the wild pigs lived in the mountains to the south. I, all too ready to show off my bilingual skills, asked if people hunted the pigs. *Note: The verb "to hunt" is cazar and the verb "to marry" is casar. In Spanish classes, we do not learn the Castillian pronunciation of words, thus cazar and casar sound similar. Unfortunately, such is not the case in Spain.* So, much to the confusion of my parents, I appeared to be asking if the pigs were married. Despite the slight language barriers, I find myself reveling in their culture. You learns to adjust and even to appreciate most of the differences between the life you lived before and the one you are experiencing now. I have the utmost respect for exchange students who attend college in the United States. While I am merely taking Spanish classes, they have classes of every subject in a language not their own. So I suppose what I'm trying to say is, be patient with others who might be struggling to grasp a new language or perhaps show them around to some of your favorite hangouts. In this day and age, it is critical that we be aware of other people, other countries, and other cultures and be open to learning about them and sharing stories of our own. Good luck this term!! 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