Biannca Castroneira sings while Esperanza Massana dances at the Latin Carnival. Activities like the carnival provided international students the opportunity to celebrate their cultures even while they were away from home. Canadian Daniel Whittington types a paper for one of his classes. Many internationalstudents decoratedtheir rooms with things that reminded them ofhome. Erastos Evdoxiadis quickly scans a book to see ifit contains the information he wants. Evdoxiadis, a sophomore, lived inGreecewhere his father served as an evangelist. SayWhat? "It wasn't as hard to adjust to the American culture because I've traveled a lot since I was little and I kind of knew what to expect." - Kim George, Antigua "The hardest thing for me when I came to Harding was the language barrier. I didn't speak any English when I started school here so I couldn't talk at all." - Kumi Ojima, Japan "Apart from adjusting to ARAMARK's food, I didn't have a hard time getting used to life in the United States. There are some cultural differences, but the United States reallywasn't that different from Honduras." - Alonzo Higuero, Honduras • 40 STUDENT LI FE d Photo by Satomon Pineda lenniferSanders, BeckyHenson, Lena Maximova and Kim Kell sing during home Bible study. Maximova, a fifth year senior from Dubna, Russia, transferred from Moscow University. Ray Rajagukguk from Indonesia tries to get some studying done outside his dorm room. Most students found that qualitystudy timewas usuallyscarce in the dorms .
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