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  • The Western Carolinian Page 7 Thursday, September 29,1988 by David Hutto Seven Seas To Cullowhee: A Visit From China WW€UJ Slp®(tM M [This is the fourth in a series of articles on students who have come to WCU from abroad.] When the cold bright snows lay over Cullowhee in February, both hill people and valley people sit by their stoves and heaters, wondering whether winter will ever end. In the city of Kunming, however, in Yunnan province in China, February brings the end of one lunar calendar and the beginning of another. This is the time, in the mild climate of Kunming ("City of Eternal Spring"), to greet the new year by celebrating Chun Jie, the spring festival. The color red, by old tradition, decorates the new year. Children parade in new clothing, often incorporating something red. (Stylish youth, however, move away from the old traditions.) Families gather for three days of holiday, to eat, talk, tell jokes and eat again. A great variety of dishes are prepared, but one popular offering is dumplings of thin dough, filled with meat and vegetables. Also during Chun Jie, grandparents give presents and money to anxiously-awaiting children. This will most likely be several coins wrapped in paper which is, yes, red. This past February, Yun Xu missed the family gathering, as she has been in Cullowhee since January. (Yun's last name, Xu is pronounced akin to "shee".) In Kunming, Yun's family lives on the fourth floor of a new building, where they use coal for heat and cooking. Yun attended Yunnan Teachers' College in Kunming, where she studied English. She encountered a problem there common to nearly all student of foreign languages—her teachers were not native speakers of the language they were teaching, and were limited in how well they could teach it. Yun herself went on to teach English after graduation, but found herself very dissatisfied at not knowing English as well as she wanted. Novels and grammar books, BBC programs and conversation groups were all fine, but Yun realized that the only way to become fluent in English was to live in a place where the very children in the street could speak it. Thus, she came to America. Her choice of Cullowhee was probably due to the influence of Yunnan University, the sister school of WCU. In addition to learning English, Yun says that she wanted very much to travel, to see what the world was like. What she has found has both pleased her and brought home the great differences between cultures. For Yun Xu, walls have become symbolic of Chinese life and way of thinking. "What sur prised me is that there were no walls in Cullowhee." To illustrate her point, Yun said that around her university there is a wall; other universities are surrounded by walls; factories have walls; new buildings are first surrounded by a wall, and of course there is the Great Wall. "Why," Yun asked, "do you have no walls but we have walls everywhere?" These walls represent Chinese psychology to Yun—a country which for many years was closed to most of the outside world, the country of the old Forbidden city, a country where most of the people try to enclose themselves behind personal walls. This enclosure, Yun feels, has been detrimental to her country, helping to account for China's technological gap with the west. Such a technological gap has affected Yun in a personal way. While working in an office on campus, she found herself unable to use such objects as an electric stapler. Of course, someone in such a position might have simply attributed this lack of knowledge to lack of office experience, but Yun felt embarrassed, and began to think about the state of things in her home country. "Before," she said, "the government always called on us to be patriotic, but only when I came here did I know what patriotism is, because I worry about my country." I asked Yun why she felt the Chinese had closed themselves off to the world. Partly, she felt, it was the government, but it was as much due to traditional attitudes in China. As a partial solution now, she says that freedom, democracy and independence are "very important for the people." For now, Yun Xu will concern herself with Thomas Jefferson and Susan B. Anthony, as she is working on an MA in American history, though she also wishes to take classes in literature and art. At present, she says, "I feel very happy here." My interview with Yun Xu took place at her instigation, as she called me after reading my first article. When I asked why she wanted to be interviewed, she replied that she wanted to thank people who had helped her. And so she will. "I want you to express my feelings to the American people here. I feel so grateful to them because they helped me a lot. For my studies, living, everything. My advisors, teachers, all those helped me a lot. I really want to thank them." by Laura Hufton Pam Boy land [inimiiinimnxii 9{eed a job ? 'Heed e?ttra cash? 'Well if so, we need you as a computer Cayout artist at the. Western CaroCinian. *Our Staff ivitt train you * Looks good, on resume Come By the OtdStudtnt llnion, orcaKus at 227-7267 Pamela Boyland is the epitome of college involvement. Not only is she a Chancellor's ambassador, a member of the Mortar Board and of Western Gold but she is also a Sigma Nu Sweetheart, involved with University Players and a member of Alpha Epsilon Rho. Even with all of this she has managed to find an extra hour in the day to be News Director and D.J. at WWCU. To give you some idea of how busy Pam is, our interview was at 9:00 at night and she still had two more meetings to go. One might think that with all of this something would have to go, like grades. However, to be a me mber of the Chancellor's Ambassadors and Mortar Board your grades cannot slip. Pam said that these two achievements are the two she is"most proud of". She is currently holding a 3.54 and has been on the Dean's List every semester at Western Another of Pam's past achievements was being voted as 1988's RTV Student of the Year. To receive this award is to have gained the respect of the professors in the Radio/ Television Department because they vote on the winner. Being picked is based on involvement and on QPR- Most students who receive this are seniors, however, Pam was only a junior. Pam plans on graduating in May and either continuing on in graduate school or going back home to Pompano, Florida and finding a job. If she does decide to go to work, Pam will be taking close to five year's experience with her. She has been Music Director, Member at Large and now News Director and D.J. at WWCU. She also worked at WXPX in Sunrise, Florida while still in high school. Pam's current job, News Director, entails overseeing the News Department and its staff. You can also hear her every Tuesday and Thursday from 3 to 5 p..m. on WWCU. * WWCU - FM and CBS RECORDS WANT TO THANK ALL THE SPONSORS INVOLVED WITH THE FM 90.5 VIDEO DANCE *SNACKS and REFRESHMENTS GAIL'S FOOD and BEVERAGE CO. SEA SHANTY SEA FOOD RESTAURANT EL GATO'S MEXICAN FOOD COCA-COLA SPEEDY'S PIZZA *GR AND PRIZES MOTION MAKERS 23" SIGNET CENTURION 10 SPEED BIKE (valued at over $200) SONY COMPACT DISK PLAYER A COMPLETE MTV OUTFIT (jacket, T-shirt, hat, and a pair of Ray-Bans) ^ANNOUNCERS KENNY B. from KISS-FM FREDERICK MASON from FM 90.5 DROOPY from FM 90.5 *PRIZES FROM THE BOOK STORE of SYLVA MOVIE TIME MTV aPeHicoat {function Ike -J\L±mci'it L?a4.nLon.4. SONY RAY-BAN SPIN MAGAZINE D'ADDARIO RADIO SHACK Motion Makers! TECHNICAL SUPPORT VALLEY FLORIST IPSyCIHIEIDIEILIlA\ TECIHNIICAIL PRODUCTIONS *SPECIAL THANKS TO THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN LAST MINUTE PRODUCTIONS $2 AT THE DOOR. ALL PROCEEDS GO TO THE TJ. 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