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Kerry Campbell, a sophomore business administration major from Coraopolis
Janice Butcher, a senior Christian education major from Liverpool, N.Y.
Ashley Beaver, a sophomore exploratory major from Sidman
As midterms ended for the ¾¨Ó㴫ý students at Oxford, they looked forward to the 10-day break. The students chose to travel to Italy, France, Ireland, Scotland, Hungary, and some even chose to stay at Oxford.
Mallory Waid, a sophomore elementary education major from Jefferson, Ohio, stayed at Oxford while her family came to visit her. "I am so glad that I decided to stay here in Oxford. It was wonderful to show my family where I had been living for the past few months.
"While my family was here we explored new sites in Oxford that even I had never seen before. We explored all over England visiting such places as, Stratford and Windsor. We also visited Blenheim palace in Woodstock," Waid said.
Many students had the chance to travel to new places in Europe. There were groups visiting five cities in six days. Others decided on one place to stay for the whole time. Some students traveled with their friends, while others had their families fly from home to visit and explore new countries.
Some students worried about the language barriers and currency differences.
"The currency of Prague is the crown," said Elizabeth Bacheson, senior public relations major from Bethel Park. "It was very confusing at first because the U.S. dollar was worth so much more in that country, and everything was really cheap.
"They also spoke English in Prague, but when we arrived in Italy, hardly anyone spoke English," Bacheson said. "Since we didn't know any Italian, it made it very difficult for us to communicate with the people."
Ashley Hatcher, a sophomore history major from Beaver Falls, decided to visit Budapest, Hungary. "I have always been an adventurous person and traveling to a country I knew almost nothing about sounded like something I would want to do.
"My great-grandmother is originally from Hungary, so it was really nice to see and experience everything that she had told me about Budapest. The city is absolutely stunning, very laid back, and the Hungarian language is astonishing."
"The flight was probably the only part I was worried about," Hatcher said. "I felt just a bit nervous about having just two friends, a passport and me in a foreign country. I actually forgot my student visa in England, and when we came home, they almost didn't let me back into the country."
When the students returned to class, it was back to the normal schedule. The relaxation and new experiences had ended, or had they? The ¾¨Ó㴫ý students still have five more weeks left to be adventurous.
"I am so glad that all of my students returned home safely," said Dr. James Perkins, professor of English at ¾¨Ó㴫ý now Oxford. "I felt like a mother hen the whole time they were gone."
The ¾¨Ó㴫ý chapter of Alpha Phi Omega, a national co-ed service fraternity, is sponsoring a "hair drive" Saturday, Jan. 31, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. in the student lounge of the McKelvey Campus Center to benefit children with cancer.
Yamaha will hold the Yamaha Summer Technology Seminar at ¾¨Ó㴫ý, Thursday-Saturday, June 28-30.
¾¨Ó㴫ý, one of the nation's leading private, church-related liberal arts colleges, will not be advertising in this year's Super Bowl.
Sean Taylor, a junior music education major at ¾¨Ó㴫ý, will perform a voice recital Saturday, April 5, at 3 p.m. in Wallace Memorial Chapel.
Taylor's baritone voice will perform Williams "The Vagabond and the Roadside Fire" from Songs of Travel, Grieg's "Ein Schwan," Strauss' "Traum Durch die Dammerrung," Faure's "Nell," Schubert's "Wohin from Die Schoener Mullerin," "Mozart's "De vieni alla finestra" from Don Giovanni, Wagner's "O du mein holder Abendstern" from Tannhauser, and Paquale's "Bella Siccome un Angelo."
¾¨Ó㴫ý recently dedicated a climbing wall that was added to the intramural gym of the Memorial Field House.
¾¨Ó㴫ý continues its "Get Real!" life preparation series Thursday, Oct. 4, with "Wheels and Deals" presented by Bill Fitts, a New Castle car dealer.
Evann Garrison, ¾¨Ó㴫ý lecturer of English, will present "Another Kind of Research: Scrawling" at Faires Faculty Forum on Wednesday, April 23, at 11:40 a.m. in the Sebastian Mueller Theater in the McKelvey Campus Center.
The International Eliade, edited by ¾¨Ó㴫ý's Vira I. Heinz professor of religion Dr. Bryan Rennie, earned a Choice award from the American Library Association (ALA) as an Outstanding Academic Title of 2008.
¾¨Ó㴫ý's Department of Music will host guest artists Eva Ostrakovna, soprano; Barbara O'Brien, flutist; and Yeeha Chiu, pianist, in a recital Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 7:30 p.m. in Wallace Memorial Chapel. The concert is free and open to the public.
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