Word: sabyrova
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...abundance of choices. One visiting student at Wesleyan signed up for a class in jazz improvisation; several are taking courses in Christian ethics, while others are rounding out their schedules with power volleyball and Nautilus instruction. "Knowledge is broader and more universal in American colleges," observes Lyaziza Sabyrova, 22, who is now at Wheaton. Accustomed to narrow specialization, she was amazed to meet an American student who was combining majors in biology and art. "I think that's so interesting...
...Plyasunov, 22, has discovered what it is like to study the Soviet Union "from the other side." Says he: "I find out things that I didn't learn in my own country about the highest powers like Stalin, Khrushchev and Brezhnev." Not all the teaching goes unchallenged. At Wheaton, Sabyrova takes issue with an American textbook that describes the Soviet economy as entirely planned. "It is wrong," she insists. "With economic reform there are a lot of changes in our country." Meanwhile at Oberlin, Killu Tyugu, who did not initially believe it was possible to study in America, is amused...
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