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Last week, central Illinois expe-rienced the full wrath of winter. The storm, which started around 10 p.m. last Thursday, accumulat-ed between six and seven inches of snow. The storm was especially hard to manage, not because it snowed so heavily, but because it snowed for so long—approxi-mately 12 hours. “When the snow is packed so thick that it becomes ice, it sets up a no-win situation,” said Eric Nelson, manager of grounds serv-ices on campus. “Fortunately for last week’s storm, we were able to use the plows early on and then use the snow brushes to make the parking areas, sidewalks and steps safe for everyone.” Anticipating the resilience of the storm, the grounds crew start-ed working on steps and sidewalks between 3:30 and 4:30 a.m. Some of the crew put in 12 to 13 hours fighting off the storm. “The storm put the grounds crew in a difficult position; it came at a bad time,” Nelson said, FEATURES, P. 7 OP/ED, P. 8 SPORTS, P. 12 The Argus questions potential identity-theft e-mail alert IWU Facebook pages are friendly resources for students Top 10 movies of 2009 Men’s basketball celebrates 100 years NEWS, P. 2 Volume 116 | Issue 12 January 15, 2010 ERINN TOBIN/THE ARGUS Campus cleanup efforts buried by hours of snow SEE SNOW, P. 2 KENNY WOODARD STAFF REPORTER Above left, above: Attempts to clear campus streets and pathways were obstructed by last week’s long storm. International students spend Winter Break touring U.S. While a majority of Illinois Wesleyan’s students went home after completing fall semester classes, several of their interna-tional peers packed up for a dif-ferent reason. This Winter Break, 14 international students partici-pated in a not-for-profit program called Christmas International House (CIH), an organization affiliated with the Presbyterian Church. Through the program, international students apply to live with a volunteer host family or housing options provided by churches for the duration of Winter Break in cities around the United States. Reenie Bradley, International Office coordinator, advises inter-national students during the CIH application process. “I think this is a good opportunity for interna-tional students to see other parts of the U.S. and get away from campus so they can return refreshed for the new term,” Bradley said. Students this Winter Break traveled to Kansas City, Kan.; Florida; Harrisburg, Pa.; Atlanta; Texas; and Chicago. First-year Hyung Joon (Clark) Choi, who stayed with a host fam-ily in Atlanta, said he chose to participate in the program “because the break was too short to go back to my country [Korea], and traveling to different parts of America was a good opportunity to learn American culture.” During his time in Atlanta, Choi and a group of other students participating in CIH House visited popular local sites such as the state capitol, CNN Tower, the Martin Luther King Jr. Library and Stone Mountain. When he was not site seeing, Choi said that he spent his time with his host family, “learning American cul-ture and doing activities they arranged.” For first-year Wei (Iris) Zhang, who is originally from Zhenjiang, China, the CIH experience in Chicago provided an opportunity to try several new things. “I went sledding for the first time in my life and learned to skate in only twenty minutes.” Zhang said that participating in the program “makes me embrace different cul-tures and ready for the coming semester.” As part of the CIH program, many host families invite their visiting students to participate in their Christmas traditions. “On Christmas Day, I liked that all their relatives came to my host NICOLE TRAVIS NEWS EDITOR SEE BREAK, P. 3 Left: Through the Christmas International House program, sophomore internation-al student Hong (Claire) Zhou (third from left) stayed with a host family in Florida. Below: (Left to right) sophomores Cheng (Jasmine) Zhou, Qinfan (Cha Cha) Jiang and first-year Le (Emma) Yin visit Mickey and Minnie Mouse in Disney World. PHOTOS COURTESY OF HONG ZHOU AND REENIE BRADLEY
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Title | 2010-01-14 |
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Newspapers Universities & colleges Students |
Year | 2010 |
Decade | 2010 |
Publisher | The Argus, Illinois Wesleyan University; printed by The Pantagraph, Bloomington, IL from 1894-2009 and P&P Press, Peoria, IL from 2009-present. |
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Language | eng |
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Full Text | Last week, central Illinois expe-rienced the full wrath of winter. The storm, which started around 10 p.m. last Thursday, accumulat-ed between six and seven inches of snow. The storm was especially hard to manage, not because it snowed so heavily, but because it snowed for so long—approxi-mately 12 hours. “When the snow is packed so thick that it becomes ice, it sets up a no-win situation,” said Eric Nelson, manager of grounds serv-ices on campus. “Fortunately for last week’s storm, we were able to use the plows early on and then use the snow brushes to make the parking areas, sidewalks and steps safe for everyone.” Anticipating the resilience of the storm, the grounds crew start-ed working on steps and sidewalks between 3:30 and 4:30 a.m. Some of the crew put in 12 to 13 hours fighting off the storm. “The storm put the grounds crew in a difficult position; it came at a bad time,” Nelson said, FEATURES, P. 7 OP/ED, P. 8 SPORTS, P. 12 The Argus questions potential identity-theft e-mail alert IWU Facebook pages are friendly resources for students Top 10 movies of 2009 Men’s basketball celebrates 100 years NEWS, P. 2 Volume 116 | Issue 12 January 15, 2010 ERINN TOBIN/THE ARGUS Campus cleanup efforts buried by hours of snow SEE SNOW, P. 2 KENNY WOODARD STAFF REPORTER Above left, above: Attempts to clear campus streets and pathways were obstructed by last week’s long storm. International students spend Winter Break touring U.S. While a majority of Illinois Wesleyan’s students went home after completing fall semester classes, several of their interna-tional peers packed up for a dif-ferent reason. This Winter Break, 14 international students partici-pated in a not-for-profit program called Christmas International House (CIH), an organization affiliated with the Presbyterian Church. Through the program, international students apply to live with a volunteer host family or housing options provided by churches for the duration of Winter Break in cities around the United States. Reenie Bradley, International Office coordinator, advises inter-national students during the CIH application process. “I think this is a good opportunity for interna-tional students to see other parts of the U.S. and get away from campus so they can return refreshed for the new term,” Bradley said. Students this Winter Break traveled to Kansas City, Kan.; Florida; Harrisburg, Pa.; Atlanta; Texas; and Chicago. First-year Hyung Joon (Clark) Choi, who stayed with a host fam-ily in Atlanta, said he chose to participate in the program “because the break was too short to go back to my country [Korea], and traveling to different parts of America was a good opportunity to learn American culture.” During his time in Atlanta, Choi and a group of other students participating in CIH House visited popular local sites such as the state capitol, CNN Tower, the Martin Luther King Jr. Library and Stone Mountain. When he was not site seeing, Choi said that he spent his time with his host family, “learning American cul-ture and doing activities they arranged.” For first-year Wei (Iris) Zhang, who is originally from Zhenjiang, China, the CIH experience in Chicago provided an opportunity to try several new things. “I went sledding for the first time in my life and learned to skate in only twenty minutes.” Zhang said that participating in the program “makes me embrace different cul-tures and ready for the coming semester.” As part of the CIH program, many host families invite their visiting students to participate in their Christmas traditions. “On Christmas Day, I liked that all their relatives came to my host NICOLE TRAVIS NEWS EDITOR SEE BREAK, P. 3 Left: Through the Christmas International House program, sophomore internation-al student Hong (Claire) Zhou (third from left) stayed with a host family in Florida. Below: (Left to right) sophomores Cheng (Jasmine) Zhou, Qinfan (Cha Cha) Jiang and first-year Le (Emma) Yin visit Mickey and Minnie Mouse in Disney World. PHOTOS COURTESY OF HONG ZHOU AND REENIE BRADLEY |
Collection | Student and Alumni News Periodicals (Illinois Wesleyan University) |