Word: ishikawa
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...they move into their second and third years here, many foreign students begin to realize that there are other, less obvious differences between their background and that of most students here. The differences aren't so much physical, Japanese Eriko Ishikawa '77 says--not music or food or language. They go deeper than that. What emerges as the students begin to get a more objective viewpoint into their own culture are the completely different views of the world and how to live...
...have been here a few years find they get to know other foreign students better as their enthusiasm toward Harvard begins to fade. While they all say they have American friends, many of them say they find they turn to other foreign students when they are most unhappy. Ishikawa, Okonjo, Nosrat-Mozaffari and several other foreign students tried last year to set up an international students' organization, but were unable to get the project off the ground for lack of funds. "Some people say it's bad for foreign students to stay together, since they should get to know Americans...
...like any other students here, foreign students get involved in extracurricular activities, they talk about writing papers and worry about problem sets. Ishikawa is active on the Crimson Key; Alvarez is Radcliffe first class marshall; Nimgade participated in last month's demonstration for affirmative action. Many of them cook meals for friends and teach others about their countries. Life is not all that much more difficult for them than it is for most...
...culture. Most plan to return home, but all of them say they feel somewhat alienated from the cultures in which they grew up. Most foreign students who come here attended high schools geared toward sending graduates overseas, and already felt somewhat alienated--Harvard simply makes that alienation more obvious. Ishikawa suggests it may be especially different for students from traditional cultures to return; she says she worries about going back to a world where women are expected to be subdued, and where arranged marriages are still customary. Nimgade speaks of being a misfit in both societies. "If only," she says...
...everyday wisdom" are elegant indeed. Problem: to pack one dried salt yellowtail in straw so that it can be unwrapped frugally and eaten over a period of time. It must keep up to six months, so some air must get to it but flies must not. The answer in Ishikawa prefecture is to sheathe it in straight wisps of straw and then bind it in straw rope like a corn husk, unwrap as much as you need, cut it off, close the inner layer of straw, retie the bundle. Such packaging uses humble materials with breathtaking panache: witness a bottle...