Post on 06-Apr-2016
description
COSMOS Volume 28, Issue 1
COSMOS “The World As a Harmonious
Whole”
Office of International Student Affairs Center for Diversity and Global Engagement
Babcock Hall The College of Wooster
September 2014
Yorgun Marcel Assistant Dean of Students/Director
Important Dates in September
Office of International Student Affairs Staff Jill Munro
Director, International Student and Scholar
Services
Jessie Jiang Program
Coordinator
Mariana Weyer Administrative Coordinator
Sept. 4 Sept. 10 Sept. 25 Sept. 26-28 Sept. 30
East Asia Forum Chinese Cinema with Hollywood Characteristics By Michael Berry McGaw Chapel 7:30 pm International Student Picnic Houser Pavilion at Freedlander Park 5:30 pm East Asia Forum Understanding the ‘Rise of China’ from the Perspective of World History By Michael Puett McGaw Chapel 7:30 pm Homecoming All Day East Asia Forum The Heart of a Writer By Amy Tan McGaw Chapel 7:30 pm
Nicola Kille Associate Director
Date: Wed, Sept. 10 Time: 5:30 pm Location: Houser Pavilion at Freedlander Park Student pick-up is available at 5:00 pm at the Babcock Circle. Please RSVP to Jessie Jiang by September 5.
The Women’s Advisory Board of
The College of Wooster Cordially Invites You to the 47th Annual
COSMOS Volume 28, Issue 1
Did you know half of Latin American countries' independence days are in September?
Latino countries fought hard for freedom from Spain during the 18th & 19th centuries. These revolutions were known as the Latin American Wars of Independence.
Simon Bolivar (picture), one of South America's greatest generals. His victories over the Spaniards won independence for Bolivia, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. He is called El Liberator (The Liberator) and the "George Washington of South America.")
There were various revolutions that took place during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that resulted in the creation of a number of independent countries in the Latin American region. These revolutions followed the American and French Revolutions, which had profound
effects on the Spanish, Portuguese and French colonies in the Americas.
Haiti, a French slave colony, was the first to follow the United States to independence during the Haitian Revolution, which lasted from 1791 to 1804.
Thwarted in his attempt to rebuild a French empire in North America, Napoleon Bonaparte turned his armies to Europe, invading and occupying many countries, including Spain and Portugal in 1808. The Peninsular War, which resulted from this occupation, caused Spanish Creoles to question their allegiance to the metropole, stoking independence movements that culminated in bloody wars of independence, which lasted almost two decades.
At the same time, the Portuguese monarchy relocated to Brazil during Portugal's French occupation. After the royal court returned to Lisbon, the prince regent, Pedro, remained in Brazil and in 1822 successfully declared himself emperor of a newly independent Brazil.
Argentina 9 July 1816 (from Spain) Belize 21 September 1981 (from UK) Bolivia 6 August 1825 (from Spain) Brazil 7 September 1822 (from Portugal) Chile 18 September 1810 (from Spain) Colombia 20 July 1810 (from Spain) Costa Rica 15 September 1821 (from Spain) Cuba 20 May 1902 (from Spain 10 December, 1898) Dominican Republic 27 February 1844 (from Haiti) Ecuador 24 May, 1822 (from Spain) El Salvador 15 September 1821 (from Spain) Guatemala 15 September 1821 (from Spain) Honduras 15 September 1821 (from Spain) Mexico 16 September 1810 (from Spain) Nicaragua 15 September 1821 (from Spain) Panama 3 November 1903 (from Colombia) Paraguay 14 May 1811 (from Spain) Peru 28 July 1821 (from Spain) Puerto Rico none (territory of the US with commonwealth status) Uruguay25 August 1825 (from Brazil) Venezuela 5 July 1811 (from Spain)
COSMOS Volume 28, Issue 1
CDGE Open House
ISAN
International Student Alumni Network
https://www.facebook.com/ISANatCOW
You don’t need to be an international student to join!
Our mission: To ensure a vibrant international presence at The College
of Wooster; to provide networking opportunities for current and past Wooster students.
Amit Tibrewal was in Wooster in late August, visiting the College and catching up with old friends. Very generously, he also found the time to meet some current Indian students for breakfast to discuss being an international student at Wooster, networking opportunities in India, and life after Wooster. Amit Tibrewal:
General Manager in IT Services at ITC Infotech, Kolkata, India.
9/04 Sayantan Mitra
9/06 Paroma Palchoudhuri & Akosua Thompson
9/09 Pratistha Bhandari, Niamh McKenna, & Guanrong Wang
9/10 Feiyi Wu
9/12 Yanli Xiong
9/14 John Wu
9/15 Raianne Demetrius
9/17 Nicolae Istrate & Avi Vajpeyi
9/18 Jessica Verghese
9/22 Christopher Fafalios
9/24 Sidney Irias
9/26 Julius Shirima
9/28 Rhishav Choudhury
9/29 Thanh Chi Dang
ISAN in Action
A Word from Jill Munro
Students, if you renewed a passport or visa over the summer you need to provide me a copy of the new documents for your file.
COSMOS Volume 28, Issue 1
WOO @ 1st Glance!
COSMOS Volume 28, Issue 1
Educational Housing Services (EHS) is a non-profit provider of student housing in New York City. EHS operates eight properties situated in Manhattan and Brooklyn and contracts with colleges, universities, and individual students.
EHS provides short-term living for students. Each residence has 24-hour security and on-site staff support, fully furnished rooms, and first-rate amenities. In addition, EHS offers comprehensive and diverse Student Life program giving residents “insider access” to the culture and creativity in New York City.
COSMOS Volume 28, Issue 1
WOO @ 1st Glance!
Learning About Each Other’s Religious Traditions Welcome to another Wooster year! As Campus Rabbi and an Interfaith Campus Ministries staffer I greet you and hope that you are off to a good start. Every month I will be writing a little article about an upcoming holiday or observance of one of the religious traditions represented on this campus. If you have a request for discussion of a particular one, drop me a note at jfriedman@wooster.edu. September brings us the holy day of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Rosh Hashanah falls this
year on Thursday, September 25, though it actually begins at sundown on the 24th because for Jews a “day” starts at sundown. For Jews, Rosh Hashanah is when God judges each person for their behavior during the previous year. The idea is that God wants each person to “return” to God by fixing what is broken in their relationships with God and with other people. Before Rosh Hashanah, a person is supposed to review his or her conduct of the previous year and then go to any people he or she has wronged, and ask their forgiveness. Once the person has forgiven you, God also forgives. God also forgives any wrongs committed against God, so long as the person’s “return” is sincere. Common Rosh Hashanah customs are to eat apples dipped in
honey, signifying hope for a sweet year, and to wish others that they will be “written in the Book of Life” for the new year. Dialogue starters: Ask a Jewish friend to tell you about their experience of the holiday. Ask any of your friends how they go about repairing relationships with people they may have hurt. Think about: In what ways is starting a school year also a new year? Are there people with whom you wish you could clear away the old problems and start fresh? How might you do that? Shalom, Rabbi Joan
COSMOS Volume 28, Issue 1
Week One F-U-N!
COSMOS Volume 28, Issue 1
COSMOS Volume 28, Issue 1
Limbani Kamanga ‘15 Malawi
Leiden Choden Doma ‘17 Bhutan
Alvi N Sakib ‘16 Bangladesh
Ji lin Yoo ‘17 South Korea
Nanako Ito ‘17 Japan
2014-‐2015 Student Ambassadors
President Public Relations Secretary Treasurer Vice President Khoa Karsten Aishwarya Yixuan Diep
Board of Executives
The objectives of the association are to provide fellowship among Wooster international students, promote mutual understanding in each other’s culture, encourage participation in group
activities, and assist new international students in adjusting to collegiate life.