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PROPOSAL FOR THE EST.ABLISHIiIENT OF AN I],~TERNATIOl'[AL

STUDENTS CLUB (ISC) AT BATES COLLEGE.

CO TiTETfT :

*PURPOSE OF THE ISC

*OBJECTIVES OF THE ISC

*CONSTITUTION OF THE ISC

*PROPOSED ACTIVITIES OF THE ISC

*THE INTERNATIONAL STTJDENT BODY

-~IN'.rERNATIOHAL STUDENTS' SUPPORT FOR THE

ABOVE-rKENTIONED PROPOSAL.

*PURPOSE OF THS ISO.The purpose of t ne ISC is to provide a social and cu lt.ur-a.L

locus of acti vi ty for the members of the Bates Cornmun i ty who wouldcontribute to a~d benefit from such an organization. To create anapprec~ation for the International Students at Bates College.To facilitate a better understanding among the International Students.To help increa.se the social exchange and interaction be twe en theInternational Students and the American Students.

*OBJECTIVES OF THS ISC.The 120 has four main objectives.

I)To serve the Bates Camnus.To grant to the International and American Students the opportunityto shar-e and exchange ideas about our respective culture, customsand religion. To ena.ble the International Students to learn froDthe American Students and vice-versa.

2)To serve the present International Students (IS).To encourage coa~unication among the IS in order for tl1em to learnfrom each other. The ISO as an organization should allow the ISto discuss their COl1l1'TIOn pr obLems and search for viable solutions.To act as the collective voice of the IS to the Bates Co~~unity.fro provide information and support for IS who are pLanrri ng toattend Graduate School.

3)To serve the future Internatio:::1.alStudents (IS).To help the future IS to ulan and prepare for their arrival atBates ie.to correspond with them and provide answers to theirquestions before their departtITe from home. To ease their transi-tion v/he n they have arrived at Bates i. e ~ to provide the necessaryassistance arid support to help them acclami tize and settle in.

4)To serve nast Interrilltional Students and IS at other Colleges.To keep the past IS informed about the progress and developmentof the ISC and other related matters. To enable the present ISto commun.i.ca t e VIith and obtain information about Graduate StudiesCareer Opportunities for Foreig:'lStudents from these past IS.To establish, maintain and improve interaction with IS at otherColleges ( Colby, Bowd oLn and U7:I?G ).

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*CONSTITUTION OF THE ISO.We, the International Students of Bates College do

hereby establish this Constitution in order to promote socialand educational exchange between the American and International

,Students.Article 1The name of this organization shallClub (ISC). [ ~e.'I'o.lllt V'e~"''''~Article 2 JSection 1: The pUrpose of this organization is to provide an~pportunity for the IS to benefit from and contribute to theBates Community.Section 2: This organization may be dissolved by a two-third voteof 'the present International Student Body and a I!1ajorityvote by

be the International Students~ ~ ~e ~\o\t~\It ••~~o~1C.IJ,].

the members of the ISCArticle 3Membership in this organization is open to any and everyone whois interested in its activities. Particularly, the Bates Students,Faculty, AluTilliand International Studentsf host families 0

Howe v er , all IS at Bates College are automatic members of the ISCwhile active participation is voluntary.Article 4Section 1: This org8.nization, will consist of' the Executive Committee

-1' '.-.' n L and the general membership ~ Th,er;e~'.filVl~ a~ leas~ l'Il e of~ces inn,..~ the Executive Comma, ttee: f'V"QJ:'lctevI"T) lc...e- IY'$S. ).J-eeve.+c.."Y.I \ v-eCU'~e~

aqas and The Adviser. ~--1e~J. [section 2: The t>""e~;~M+ is coric er-ne d with the overall organizationl'h~5 of the ISC t:::; business and acti vi ties. The {>",~,\~~-t sh2.11 serve

as a lias on between the ISC and the Bates Communi ty. The P~~;£~II\+shall direct, supervise and preside at meetings in accordance withthis Constitution and it's Bylaws.Section 3: The Secretary is concerned with all of the club'S

,~ corresnondance and other related secretarial duties.

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Section 4 : The Treasurer is concerned ~ith all financial affairs

of the Club.

Section 5: The Adviser shall be the Foreign Student Adviser

aorioi.rrt ed by the College. The Adviser shall act as a overseer and

nrovide the ne ces se.r-y assistance and couriseL to tr:.e Comm.i.t t ee

and IiTeJ:lbers.

Section 6: These Officers will be nominated and elected by the

member s of the Club at the e",cQ. of each academic year. These

terms will run for the full 2.cademic year including the Short Term.

Article 5The scheduling, of the regular meetings will be decided e.t the first

official meet ing of the Club. The responsibility of s che du.Ld.ng

meet i.ngs thereafter w iTL fall u-pon the Executive Committee.

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Pronosed amendmerrt s to the Corrs t i,tution shall be anriounc ed and

read at least one meeting preceding the meeting at whi ch the.~amendment to be ad orrt ed is voted Huon. A t,,··.'o-thirds vote from the

Errter-nat Lona.L stud errt body ana:-tne general membershin is required./

for the adontion of ame!1dments to this Constitution. The right toveto is reserved for the Coor-di.nat er of the Execu t i.ve Comm.i t t ee ,

Intervention by the admi!1istration via the International Student

/./Adviser will be acceDted by the ISC if circumstances so necessitates.

*PROPOSED ACTIVITIES OF THE ISCSocial: Plan dinners, narties, filmshows, outing trips, (Banquet

now in existence)

Cultural: Regular articles in the Ne\",'spaper(Student) about different

IS's countries, their customs, culture and religion; Differences

arid similarities, our impression of the USAand of home. To encourage

IS to visit Amer i.can students durLnrr vacations in order that they

(IS) may learn froEl the American student and vice versa.Education.-ql: To obtain information ab out gr-adua t e schools (IS have

different admission ~olicies) and career onportunities from former

IS and IS at other Colleges.

Incomin,z IS and Orient2.tion: To cor-r-esnond w i th and answer the.r.

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ouestions of these 18 before they arrive. To show them around and-keen them settled irt when they arrive. Fioally to help them adjustto the new socie.L alia acad erm.c env i.r-orierrt of Bates.Publicity: Lnf orrm.ng f or eign c ourrtr i.e s 8.;~:OUtBates interest in ISto increase the como et itxon for adrrri ssi on and improve the qualityof the IS body. 1'0 inform the respective IS I S country about theira ch i evme rrts at Bates , eg. Dean I s list, Adm i ssi on into grad. school,

Graduating Seniors: Farewell Dinner, Prom <;> Good Luck par t y for thegraduating IS.

*TH8 INTERNATIONAL STUD2N'J:i BODY.CLASS OF 1976.Quan Nguyeri , VLetnam~ ~ 0Ibrahim Gharghour,U~Jitske Fe~~ema~ NetherlandsLinda Morales, Phillipines

CLASS OF 1977.Claudia Iida, PeruRegina Guedes, Brazil

CLASS OF 1978.Tarin Anwar , Bang Lad eshKyungja Lee, KoreaNicholas ObaYUV'lana, Nigeria

CLASS OF 1979.Gulnar BadukNalla, IndiaClement Chenjo, CameroonAnil Shah, IndiaPr-ancesca Denegri, PeruFrederick Leong, Malaysia

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Anne Anderson, De~~arklmo Bassey, LagosSelma Chipenda, SwitzerlandLe ong 'i1aiL'ing , malaysiaNina Nagy, \Vest Ge rmanyDanhne Topouzis, GreeceHenriette Visser, NetherlandsNi1s Anderson, S'.":endenA1ex Eboigbe, NigeriaPaul Fekete, CanadaHansraj liIahtani, JapanJonas Nycander, SwedenKingsley Ojo, NigeriaOoi Boon Siew, MalaysiaRodrigo Proust, Columbia

I~ Arie Sehabergt NetherlandsIehiro Taka:lrama,'Japan

SPZClAL STUDENTS.Bart Siebelink, Netherlands---One yearRobert Kui Ders, Netherlands---One yearMarie-Paule Leveque, France---French TcClcl,.;l..!...L.Li;o;

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~.International Club Current Members and 0 ficers

Rutger Beelaerts '87Kim Busch '87Helena Carrilho '87Irene Lee '87Erik Jarnryd '87Peter Kerrigan '87 (Secretary) Cg'7 -'~5 q~o)Nobu-o Fukuda '87Lee Ann Pipkin '87Johanna Pispa '87Fatemeh Qizilbash '87Alan Siqueira '87 (Treasurer) (I ~'i 1~.5 OI.lso)Remmert Sluijter '87Romula Acurio '86Deidre Beckford '86Jonathan Green '86 (Vice President) Ig"'l- 'es ~~o)Nira Jahja '86Joan Kotronis '86Kaimuk Nopprapun '86Julie Soeharto '86 (President) Ltg - 135 ~lsoJArnie Veek '86Julia Wiellette '86Giovanna Bartucci '85Julie Carson '85Walter McNeill '85Scott Warren '85Lin Wu '85Mohamado~ Bayero '84Angela Cowan '84Joyce Earle '84Mary Ellen Falkenham '84Amy Frankenburg '84Sam Hoye '84Tim Jones '84Alice McGrath '84Kwame Owusu '84Cindy Ryan '84Laura Simmons '84Elena Williams '84