Word: seminar
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...pool tables are still in the Union (though no longer free), but they are almost symbols of a gracious gentleman past than of a vibrant present. Seminar rooms and the headquarters for the freshman Debate Council are located just down the half from them. The once elegant club-rooms and guest rooms are now common rooms loaded with intellectual magazines and musical practice rooms...
...Berjaoui, a Lebanese ambassador and former MP. He explained, "I had a more selfish reason. My first purpose was to give a better idea of my own country. We are Americans to have a more objective misunderstood over here and I want view of Lebanon. My participation in the seminar has also helped my colleagues have a clearer understanding of my country...
Exactly how the seminar members feel they apply their experiences in the United States after they return home again varies, although most say the most useful result is the understanding and friendship established from the six weeks of living together...
Skidelsky remarked that "my chief interest is in current affairs, and although the seminars did not increase my knowledge, they helped broaden my perspective. I now also have contacts all over the world. So I think the benefit of the International Seminar is both very personal and worldly...
Skidelsky also pointed out a crucial drawback of the seminar. "There are so many different countries represented here that it is often difficult to get into anything more than a general discussion. There are just too many different interests to be catered...