LIFESTYLES SIX-MONTH EXPERIENCE Cap students study in Japan ONCE AiAIN Capilano College students are furthering the col- lege’s sibling relationship with Japan’s Aichi Gakusen. Two arts students left for the Toyota City campus in late September to spend six months studying Japanese !anguage, cutture and society at the large women’s college in south central Honshu. Andrea Madden and Janine Davies are now living with host families, teaching conversational English at the college, and ex- periencing first-hand the ups and downs of living as a stranger in a strange land. Cap has been sending students on this horizon-expanding ex- change every year for the past six. Students return from their educa- tion qt the 76-year-old college with a smattering of Japanese, an ap- preciation of the.culture, and a tsuch wider view of the world and their own country. Often, the stu- dents stay on to take further ad- vantage of their situation. Students receive a $4,500 schol- arship and return airfare. Their tu- ition at the college is waived, and they have a study and travel visa good for one year. Last year, Christina Campbell remained with her host family and studied printmaking at an art in- stitute in nearby Nagoya after finishing at Aichi. “I learned a Ict because I con- centrated on that one thing,’’ she says. “School was a much larger part of my life there.”’ Campbell is involved in Cap’s Studio Art program this term, do- Students sought TWO FEMALE students from Capilano College are being sought to work and study in Japan. A women’s college, Aichi Gakusen, has invited the two stu- dents its Toyota City campus for One term commencing in September 1989. The invitation provides each student with a scholarship of $4,500 U.S., a Van- couver-Tokyo-Nagoya round trip ticket and a special program of Studies. In return, the students assist Aichi Gakusen faculty in teaching four classes a week in conversational English. Prospective students must dem- onstrate willingness to prepare for the immersion in Japanese lan- guage and culture and show how the experience fits into their career goals. Anyore interested in learning more about the program may call Student and Instructior-? Services at 984-4922. ing sculpture and painting. She says: ‘‘The Japanese are so recep- tive and interested in our culture. They put you at ease instantly. If I didn’t have a ticket home, I would still be there.”’ Like Campbell, Andrea Madden plans to extend her experience by touring the rest of Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Already a seasoned traveller — she spent a year in France — Madden looks forward to the challenge again. When she returns, she plans a double major in language and geography at UBC. A few years younger than Mad- den, Janine Davies, who turned 19 in October, looked forward to liv- ing with a host family with three boys. ‘‘I’m the baby in my family, so it will be different to have some little brothers,’’ she said. Davies will pursue a degree in Asian studies when she returns. Aichi Gakusen was established in 1912 with the mandate to “educate young women to develop their potential and become con- tributing members of the society.” The bulk of its programs. still reflect Japan's predominately paternalistic society -— nutrition, fine arts and fashion design, home economics — but a relatively new program in business administration and an international studies pro- gram indicate a turn toward the less traditional. 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