WHAT
      ARE
      YOU
      DOING
      FOR
      CHRIST-
     
     
      MAS????
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Chances
      are
      you’re
      heading
      home
      to
      spend
      time
      with
     
     
      your
      families,
      presents
      under
      a
      decorated
      tree,
      a
      huge
     
     
      turkey
      dinner,
      and
      parties
      upon
      parties.
      Basically
     
     
      christmas
      break
      tends
      to
      be
      a
      pleasurable
      time
      looked
     
     
      forward
      to
      by
      most
      U.P.E.I.
      faculty,
      staff,
      and
      stu-
     
     
      dents.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Now,
      let’s
      just
      say
      that
      you’re
      a
      thousand
      miles
      away
     
     
      from
      home,
      in
      astrange
      country,
      where
      you
      know
     
     
      only
      a
      handful
      of
      people.
      The
      few
      people
      you
      do
     
     
      know
      head
      home
      to
      their
      families,
      and
      you
      head
      to
     
     
      yourroom,
      alone.
      Not
      the
      most
      exciting
      way
      to
      spend
     
     
      Christmas,
      is
      it?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Wellat
      U.P.E.I.,
      there
      are
      a
      number
      of
      International
     
     
      students
      in
      this
      same
      situation.
      Living
      too
      far
      away
     
     
      to
      journey
      home,
      these
      students
      are
      very
      likely
      to
     
     
      spend
      their
      2-week
      vacation
      in
      Blanchard
      Hall,
     
     
      ALONE!!
     
    
   
   
    
     
      There
      are
      solutions
      to
      this
      problem.
      One
      such
      solu-
     
     
      tion
      is
      ‘International
      Christmas’
      which
      is
      being
     
     
      hosted
      by
      Mt.
      Allison
      University
      this
      year.
      This
      isa
     
     
      gathering
      of
      International
      students
      form
      all
      the
      Atlan-
     
     
      tic
      universities.
      It
      is
      a
      9-day
      program
      filled
      with
      fun
     
     
      activities
      to
      help
      prevent
      the
      loneliness
      one
      might
     
     
      experience
      in
      Blanchard
      Hall,
      ALONE!!
      There
      is,
     
     
      however,
      acost
      of
      $120
      registration
      fee
      plus
      trans-
     
     
      portation
      which
      presents
      difficulties
      for
      our
      students.
     
     
      A
      second
      solution
      in
      the
      participation
      of
      Island
      fami-
     
     
      lies
      in
      hosting
      an
      International
      student
      for
      part
      orall
     
     
      of
      the
      break.
      All
      it
      involves
      is
      allowing
      a
      student
      to
     
     
      spend
      time
      in
      your
      home
      to
      experience
      a
      Canadian
     
     
      Christmas.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      If
      you
      are
      interested
      in
      helping
      out
      with
      either
      of
     
     
      these
      solutions,
      please
      fill
      out
      the
      slip
      below
      and
     
     
      return
      it
      to
      Janice
      Plover,
      Dept.
      Student
      Services,
      as
     
     
      soon
      as
      possible.
      We
      will
      also
      welcome
      any
      sugges-
     
     
      tions
      that
      you
      may
      have
      regarding
      this
      issue.
      Your
     
    
   
   
    
     
      help
      is
      very
      much
      needed
      and
      is
      greatly
      appreciated.
     
     
      THANK
      YOU.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Name
     
     
      Phone
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Yes,
      I
      would
      like
      to
      host
      an
      Interna-
     
     
      tional
      student
      in
      my
      home
      for
      the
      Christmas
      break.
     
    

    
     
      Yes,
      I
      would
      like
      to
      donate
      some
      money
     
     
      to
      help
      with
      the
      registration
      fee
      for
      ‘International
     
     
      Christmas’
      at
      Mt.
      A.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Notices
     
    
   
   
    
     
          
     
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      Students
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      of
      their
      educa-
     
     
      tional
      careers
      should
      look
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      ©
     
     
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      fora
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      and
     
     
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      :
     
     
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      and
      completion
      of
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      musthavereceived
      —
     
     
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      ina
      science
      or
      onpineerill
     
     
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      through
     
     
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      ~
     
     
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      applications
      or
      additional
      information
     
     
      contact
      Sandra
      Johnson
      or
      Bridget
      Gross,
      ORAU
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