Word: mozaffari
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Nahid Nosrat-Mozaffari '77 carries a little bottle of seasoning with her everywhere. She can't stand Harvard food, she says--she comes from Iran, and the food there is generally much spicier than Lowell House's watereddown vegetables. When one of her friends points out that the spice jar looks like a gold-fish food container, she replies, "Yes, but it makes almost anything taste better...
Like most foreign students, Nosrat-Mozaffari has had to come to terms with the differences between her own culture and those that prevail at Harvard. Many of the differences are superficial--the kinds of food they like, the side of the street for driving. But most of the foreign students who come here are prepared for this kind of culture gap; they are generally cosmopolitan and are ready to deal with different life-styles...
...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 while they...
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