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UI seniors Ashley Buzzini and Bernadette Beeman kayak on Lake Brienz in Interlaken, Switerland, during spring 2018.
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Learning about life and culture UI students experienced brand new cultures and experienced challenges returning home Jordan Willson Argonaut
Last fall, University of Idaho seniors Bernadette Beeman and Ashley Buzzini, both studying interior design and architecture, became two of the roughly 350 University of Idaho students who study abroad each year. The two said they experienced varying levels of culture shock when over seas— encountering a world much different than that of the U.S. Though they said they appreciated the slower pace of life, the cultural contrasts became even more stark back home. Travelling to Italy was easier, Buzzini said, because most people were curious about America and American culture. When coming back to the U.S., however, she said people were uninterested in Italian food, culture and what they had learned. “People are going to ask you how your trip was, but they don’t really care that much, not enough to listen,” Beeman said. “There, everyone listens and wants to know you and really engage in who you are as a person and what you love. And so it was
so refreshing to be there, and then coming back it was like ‘oh hey, how are you?’” Beeman and Buzzini said in Italy, students would show up to class 20 minutes late and professors wouldn’t assign due dates — and that it was normal. “Here everyone is so stressed all the time,” Beeman said. “People are timely, prompt and they get stuff done. Life is just so fast, and you know what you’re doing five years from now. (In Italy) you just had space to breath. Life was so slow and beautiful, and they appreciate what is there, and they appreciate what’s around them.” Buzzini said some of her other friends who have studied abroad elsewhere also noticed a slower pace in the cultures they visited. Buzzini said she also noticed a difference in the friendliness of people. She said whenever they would walk into a room they would be greeted, even every morning when they went to school. “In America, we’re not as nice to each other, and we don’t really pay attention to each other’s daily activities,” Buzzini said. “We’re all just stuck to our phones, and that wasn’t as prominent there.” Other cultural differences the two noticed were the portion sizes of food, the style of dress and the mode of travel. People ate much less because the food was so rich, they con-
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Ashley Buzzini and Bernadette Beeman look at photos from abroad. sistently dressed much nicer and they walked almost everywhere, Beeman said. While studying in Italy, Beeman and Buzzini traveled most weekends and went to nine other countries including Spain,
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brown hair and blue eyes. She is 5 feet 7 inches and 140 pounds. She was last reported seen Aug. 25 in the University of Idaho student Yvonne Moscow area. According to police, Louise Danich has gone she was reportely last seen Aug. 25 missing, according to the Latah in the Moscow area. Danich may County Sheriff ’s Office, be driving a Silver 2007 Suzuki The UI Dean of Students XL7 with Idaho Plate 1LC2896. Office notified university The police request that anyone members Wednesday afterwith information on Danich, or noon. The Latah County Sheranyone who can assist the sheriff’s iff ’s Office is looking for assisoffice in locating Danich, contact tance in locating her. Det. Ryan Weaver at 208-882-2216. The 54-year-old was reYvonne Louise Danich Hailey Stewart ported missing by family Sept. can be reached at 3. Danich, a white female, has arg-news@uidaho.edu
UI honors program hopes to rebrand graduate students
France, Hungary, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Czech Republic, they said. SEE LEARNING, PAGE 4
UI student missing Honorable changes Last seen in Moscow area Aug. 25
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Potential honors program changes and graduate student enrollment were the focus of discussion at Tuesday’s Faculty Senate meeting. Sandra Reineke, the director of the honors program, spoke about her hopes to transition from an honors program to an honors college at the University of Idaho. Reineke said having a stronger honors presence on campus will make the college
more attractive to high achieving students. She encouraged those in attendance to go to an open forum discussion about these changes on either Sept. 24 or Sept. 25. Sen. Allan Caplan asked what the differences would be between an honors college and an honors program. Reineke said an honors program is run by a director who coordinates the class offerings. An honors college would function like any other college on campus with its own administration and a dean that would work in collaboration with other colleges to coordinate a curriculum. SEE CHANGES, PAGE 4
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