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International Japanese students build strong bond in a foreign environment BY JOSH BENDER JBENDER@STATENEWS.COM

The 17 Hosei University sophomores studying English at MSU this fall are a long way from home — 6,000 miles and the entire Pacific Ocean stand between them and their homes in Tokyo, Japan. Despite this physical distance, the Hosei students tried to bring a little of Japan to Holden Hall on Nov. 15 by hosting the Japanese Cultural Reception. The reception featured Japanese calligraphy, games, snack foods, dance and musical performances. Hosei University intercultural communications sophomores Masahiro Iwasaki and Ran Ishizuka performed a cover of the 2001 Japanese hit “Everything” by MISIA. “The music and lyrics are so specific to Japanese culture — it’s so soft,” Iwasaki said. Popular Japanese musicians differ from their American counterparts because of the complexity of their lyrics, Iwasaki and Ishizuka said. “From one word the listener could infer 10 words,” Ishizuka said. As much as the Hosei students enjoy studying

at MSU, adjusting to the social scene offered by MSU presented some challenges. “In Japan, I belonged to a folk music club that had almost 100 people,” Iwasaki said. “My club hung out and partied together, we didn’t just play guitar. Here everyone just studies and parties on their own, not with clubs as much as in Japan.” Adjusting to American food has been an ongoing challenge for some of the Hosei students. “The food is very different,” Hosei University intercultural communications sophomore Saki Iizuka said. “American food is too sweet and salty.” Their time at MSU has brought the Hosei students closer together. “There aren’t very many Japanese students at MSU,” Hosei University intercultural communications sophomore Keigo Tsubokura said. The small number of Japanese students at MSU brought the 17 Hosei University students closer together, Iwasaki said. Despite how much they’ve enjoyed their time at MSU, some of the Hosei University students are ready to go back home. “I miss the ramen in Tokyo the most, it’s so addictive,” Iwasaki said.

From left to right, business freshman Pavan Sampath, English Language Center English student Kota Oku, and ELC English student Kiichi Kondo play a game during the Japanese Cultural Reception on Nov. 15 in Holden Hall. International students from Hosei University in Japan hosted this event to help educate MSU students about Japanese culture. PHOTO: ALICE KOLE

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“I was overwhelmed by just the culture shock. It was really different for me compared to India. The way people spoke, the way people dressed and you know, the accent change. In general, everything was really different.” Aishwarya Lonikar, physiology junior on transitioning to life at MSU from India See page 4

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While the closing month of the semester ushers in the holiday season and the scramble of many students across campus to trek home, many international students are not afforded that luxury. In fact, for the thousands currently enrolled at MSU — 7,643 enrolled during the Fall 2014 semester according to the Office for International Students and Scholars — “home” can be on another part of the globe. This distance inspires many to find creative ways to stay connected with friends and family back home and provides unique resources to forge new friendships at MSU. OCEANS AWAY While moving in to live on campus can be an exciting yet stressful time for freshmen, international students moving to MSU face additional challenges.

“Overwhelming, that’s the word I’d use,” said psychology junior Aishwarya Lonikar, an international student from Maharashtra, India. “I was overwhelmed by just the culture shock. It was really different for me compared to India. The way people spoke, the way people dressed and you know, the accent change. In general, everything was really different. And then the campus life was something I hadn’t experienced before in India.” Mechanical engineering freshman Zohaq Syed came to MSU from Bangalore, India, also shared a similar move-in experience earlier this year. Syed, however, attended an international school growing up, so he was already familiar with a variety of American customs and brands. “At first it was a little bit odd, I was a bit nervous,” Syed said. “The fact that I’m just coming in as an international student — I don’t know what’s going on, I don’t know anything. Everything turned out to be okay, it was fun. It was just hard because I’m literally coming from all the way

Psychology junior Aishwarya Lonikar skypes with her family on Nov. 11 inside the Union. Lonikar said she loves campus life at MSU, however she misses her family as well. “It’s kind of like a blessing and a curse,” Lonikar said. “I had to leave my friends and my family.” PHOTO: JOSHUA ABRAHAM

7,643 on the other side of the world.” During their move–ins as freshmen, both Lonikar and Syed were able to have their families stay and spend a few nights with them. However, once the semester started and their families parted ways, staying connected became a high priority.

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For international students, however, staying connected to their home community can mean a myriad of international rates and fees, time zones and other struggles. Many have turned to technology and various applications to come up with creative ways to stay connected. Surveying a small sample of international students about which applications they preferred to use to connect with friends and family back home revealed that while a wide variety of applications and platforms are utilized, a few in particular are

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the most popular. Many students noted Skype, WhatsApp and FaceTime as the most common applications they used to keep in touch with friends and family back home. Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram were also used. WeChat, a similar application to FaceTime, is very popular in China and among Chinese international students. Each of the applications offers users a different way to interact with friends and family. Lonikar said that with a good Internet connection, the video aspect of Skype adds a special touch to her interactions with her parents. “Especially when I’m homesick and stuff, just looking at my parents or my friends and I can see the house in the background and it makes me feel better,” she said. “It makes me feel like I’m over there instead of over here.” Syed said he also enjoys using Skype with his parents for the visual aspect, but said when he is in an emergency or needs to send a quick message, he prefers chat-based applications such as WhatsApp that can run off of 3G or WiFi networks. “I had a deadline to pay the tuition fees. It was during Labor Day weekend, so my dad wired the money except it didn’t reach it to them on time. So they were about to charge me and say that if I don’t pay by this date again I will be disenrolled from the courses,” Syed said. “That’s when WhatsApp came in handy. That was one of those close calls. Thank God for technology.”

APPS These are the most popular mobile apps and computer software that international students discussed using to keep in touch with family and firends while studying at MSU:

Skype WhatsApp FaceTime WeChat Facebook Instagram Snapchat

“The fact that I’m just coming in as an international student — I don’t know what’s going on, I don’t know anything. Everything turned out to be okay, it was fun. It was just hard because I’m literally coming from all the way on the other side of the world.”

with homemade costumes. It’s really fun!” Along with making special memories, the program also helps Hsieh to acclimate to American culture and navigate the MSU community. “For me it’s good to have a local friend here to get to know more about the way people communicate and can learn more about the culture,” Hsien said via text message. “As international students, sometimes it’s only things on campus, to get a friend off campus is interesting because the things you know has broadened.”

Zohaq Syed, mechanical engineering freshman

FORGING FRIENDSHIPS While applications and technology help international students stay connected with friends and family back at home, unique programs and resources help international students to connect to the MSU community. “There’s the clubs for students from different countries,” Lonikar said. “The international student organization for Indians (Indian Students Organization) — it helps me stay connected to my culture and the celebrations that happen and festivals, all of that. So I don’t lose touch with my culture but I’m also interacting with people of this culture.” While many student groups and organizations such as the International Students Association (ISA) and the Asian Pacific American Student Organization (APASO), are commonly known, other unique programs and resources are offered by the MSU community as well. The Community Volunteers for International Programs (CVIP), an organization that has been at MSU for more than 50 years, provides a unique program to help international students connect with the MSU community. The International Friendship Program for Students matches an international student with an American individual or family who are members of the Lansing community. “(It is) just a way for International Students to get better acquainted with American life,” Chairman of CVIP Larry Karnes said. Karnes said the program strives to foster friendship between international students and community members. The international students and community volunteers are asked to meet together to do a fun activity or outing at least once a month. Graduate student Man Ling Hsieh was recently matched in the Friendship Program for Students this semester. “(The Friendship Program for Students) gave me a chance to know more people and we did fun things together and got to know some more things about what’s going on in the city,” Hsieh said in an email. “On Halloween, we carved pumpkins and took pictures

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Freshman center Hana Vesela dribbles past Michigan Tech guard Sarah LewAllen during the second half of the women’s basketball game against Michigan Tech on Nov. 8 at Breslin Center. The Spartans defeated the Huskies, 7443. PHOTO: JOSHUA ABRAHAM

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For most college freshmen, leaving home for the first time can be hard. It’s a difficult transition for anyone to say goodbye to loved ones, move into a small room with a complete stranger and get used to a totally different lifestyle. While this is generally the case for most freshmen, it can be even more overwhelming for international students — those on a collegiate sports team on top of that. For freshman center on the women’s basketball team, Hana Vesela, this is her daily routine. Vesela is an international student from Príbor, a small town in the Czech Republic, and although she comes from a country that is thousands of miles away, she’s been getting used to American culture for a few years. Vesela’s journey to America began in 2013 when she enrolled in a foreign exchange program and was placed at Brimley High School in Brimley, Mich. for her junior year of high school. Brimley is a small city in Michigan’s upper peninsula right outside of Sault Ste. Marie. Vesela comes from a seasoned pedigree of proven athletes. Both of her parents were professional athletes in the Czech Republic. Her mother, Ivana Somolova, played volleyball and her father, Jan Vesely, played basketball. Her brother, also named Jan Vesely, was drafted sixth overall by the Washington Wizards. Vesely played with the Wizards until 2014 when he was traded to the Denver Nuggets. Jan now plays for the Fenerbahce basketball team in the Turkish Basketball League. During her time at Brimley, she averaged an impressive 15.9 points per game, 10.3 rebounds, 4.4 blocks and 2.6 assists. Vesela’s performance earned her firstteam all-state honors by multiple media outlets and she was also awarded Eastern Upper Peninsula Player of the Year. In addition to her impressive background in the states, Vesela played on the Czech Republic U-16 National Team, and hopes to play for her country again in the near future.

Although Vesela is clearly a talented athlete, she admits she still has a lot of work to do to transition and get used to the American style of play. “Where I played in the Czech Republic, we didn’t really lift a lot so I didn’t have to be that strong,” Vesela said. “But coming here it’s very physical and you have to be very strong, we worked on it a lot over the summer but we still have to be better. ” Luckily for Vesela, women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant sees potential and is excited for what the future holds. “She’s going to be really good,” Merchant said. “She can shoot the ball, she can really, really pass it, she can handle it and she’s quick in transition. ... I’m excited about where she’s at now and where she’s going to go.” Now that the school year is in full swing, Vesela is getting past the barriers that can often alienate international students from the rest of campus culture. “I think language was the biggest issue,” Vesela said. “And probably being without family and friends and being in a new environment, it’s difficult and even with basketball we are really busy and we have a lot going on.” Like most college freshmen, Vesela deals with homesickness on an occasional basis. She said she takes advantage of FaceTime and Skype to talk to her family. She also overcomes her homesickness by bonding with her friends and teammates. “Sometimes when I have a bad day at school or practice didn’t go the way I wanted it to, I really feel homesick,” Vesela said. “It’s really hard, you just want to go home and talk to your mom and you can’t. But we have things like FaceTime and Skype so it’s one of the positives. We all really struggle with homesickness so we kind of share our thoughts, and if like a player or one girl is having a bad day the others will listen and be there for her.” But with the end of her first semester winding down, Vesela feels she is adjusting to campus life just fine. “I always had the feeling that if I went somewhere else, it would be a mistake and I wanted to stay here,” Vesela said. “I just had a feeling I had to be here with the coaches and the players. I just love it.”

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The proportion of Chinese international students living in East Neighborhood, River Trail Neighborhood and South Neighborhood is nearly double that of Brody Neighborhood and North Neighborhood, according to statistics covering the demographics of MSU’s residence halls for the Fall 2015 semester obtained from MSU’s Residence Education and Housing Services department. When factoring in the comparative population sizes of MSU’s different residence halls, the differences in the racial and national demographics are even more stark. Twenty-eight percent of the Chinese international students living in MSU’s 24 residence halls live in either Akers Hall or Hubbard Hall. However, behind these statistics lie a multitude of complicated factors. “You have to look at statistics as a whole, otherwise you get a skewed story,” REHS director Kathy Collins said. Many residence halls reserve rooms for students enrolled in a specific major or program, such as the College of Engineering’s Cornerstone and Residential Experience program housed in Wilson Hall. “I think Wilson would have the most Chinese international students, it has the most first year Chinese students because a lot of those students choose engineering majors,” Collins said. However, 8 percent of Wilson’s 1,057 residents are of Chinese origin, compared to 16 percent of Hubbard’s 1,121 residents. This year, MSU’s incoming freshmen were permitted to select their own on-campus housing for the first time, of which 40 percent, did Collins said. Special measures were taken during the hous-

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Cost of some of the season’s top bowl games *PRICES MAY CHANGE

Tucson, Ariz. resident McKenna St. Onge takes a photo of MSU alumni Katelyn and Doug Starr in front of the Rose Bowl before the MSU vs. Stanford game Jan. 1, 2014, in Pasadena, Calif.

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Orange Bowl

Cotton Bowl

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MIAMI, FL

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TICKET PRICE:

From $225/ticket

TICKET PRICE:

From $230

From $89

AIRFARE:

From $558 round trip

AIRFARE:

From $550 round trip

From $410 round trip

DRIVING:

$482.68 with 20 MPG at $2.18/gal of gas

DRIVING:

$313.08 with 20 MPG at $2.18/gal of gas

$256.26 with 20 MPG at $2.18/gal of gas

LODGING:

From $96/night

LODGING:

From $121/night

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TOTAL:

AIR: $879 DRIVING: $803.68

TOTAL:

AIR: $901 DRIVING: $664.08

AIR: $544 DRIVING: $390.26

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1. When do you do your holiday shopping? A) 6 p.m. Thanksgiving day B) Black Friday C) December D) The day before Christmas

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2. When do you start decorating for Christmas? A) My tree goes up on Halloween B) Lights are on after Thanksgiving C) Whenever I get around to it D) No decorations 3. When do you listen to Christmas music? A) The second I turn off the Monster Mash B) I use it to get hyped for Black Friday shopping C) No snow, no Christmas music D) Never

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4. Which Holiday dish is your favorite? A) Um, all of them B) Ham C) Turkey, nothing else D) Fruit cake

some family drama during my breaks D) I watch Netflix with an entire turkey to myself instead Results: If you responded with an A, you receive one point, B two points and so on.

5. After a night of snowfall, you ... A) Build a snowman and put a Santa hat on it B) Have a snowball fight C) Stay inside and hope the roads clear D) Take the snowblower to it

7-12 You’re holiday crazy! The weather dipped below 60? Your tree is up, your menorah is ready to be lit. 13-17 You’re a Black Friday enthusiast! As early as possible, for as long as possible, you strive to find the best deals

6. Which holiday movie is your favorite? A) “Elf” B) “Jingle All The Way” C) “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” D) “Dr. Suess’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas”

18-22: You’re a Thanksgiving loyalist! You spend November making sure Thanksgiving is practiced and respected among your peers.

7. How do you feel about family gatherings? A) If a relative doesn’t show up, we either Skype them in or call them until they do B) It’s nice to see everyone this time a year C) I could do without

23-28: You’re a Grinch! The authorities can’t tell you cut the power when the Christmas lights went up — it’s only a coincidence you had a generator to watch the football game.

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