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FEBRUARY 26, 2004 - Page 4 FEATURES "Heading south for the winter": Jan-Term 2004 Evergladesadventure Having ablast in Belize BAYLEY FANNIN fessor in the English Depart- KELLY RAMPMEYER businesses and fast food res- side. Students also enjoyed live STAFF WRITER ment who shares an office STAFF WRITER taurants. A local building or- music at Fido's. From swimming near coral with Wollenweber, found her While many students dinance states that no build- As for senior Jamey reefs in Key Largo, camping on friend's enthusiasm for the were guilty of sitting around ing can be over three stories Ayers, his favorite part was high, so everyone can enjoy the beach in Key West, to canoe- trip so contagious that she watching TV during the win- the sunrises and sunsets. snorkeling and seeing all the ing in the Everglades National decided to go as well. Myers ter break, some McDaniel Jen Goldstein was one amazing things the coral reef Park the Jan Term class known as didn't go as a teacher. College students took the op- of only three freshmen to go had to offer. "The Everglades Experience" and "It sounded really ex- portunity to "I saw beautiful fish; fish led by ,Professor Jennie citing," says Myers. "I pretty expand their that have col- Wollenweber, was not all about much acted as a tourist." cultural hori- ors you fun in the sun. For the seven stu- Between swimming zons. wouldn't dents and two professors who with dolphins, night boat For ten nave imag- participated, the course was all tours, canoeing, and camping days during ined and lots about awareness. in the wilderness, each of the Jan Term, 25 of cool Wollenweber describes this participants learned about students trav- coral," said trip as an Environmental Hu- the interconnection of man eled with two Ayers, "The manities course where hands-on and his environment, and faculty ad vi- stingrays experimental learning was the fo- how this connection can be sors to Belize were amaz- cus. With nautical maps, the stu- abused. For example, the in order to 109 crea- dents were able to guide them- group agreed that they learn about tures ... they selves to Chickees or floating would rather take a canoe in eco-tourism. J i t e r a 11 y rafts, where the group spent the order to protect Manatees' multi-culture looked like night in tents. natural environment when and multi-ra- angels swim- "This is a threatened eco- going far offshore to swim cial society, ming and system. We can apply this [expe- with them. and the third they felt silky rience] to the world and see how "At least once a day world. smooth; plus the world is threatened." someone got mad about the A six- the nurse Wollenweber explains. different things we are doing hour flight sharks were The course is listed as a two- to the environment. Every- took students luniorAshley Hoover and her"Bomba !I"ddy" in 6elize bad ass." credit English course that is open thing we do may' have a to San Pedro, a Besides to all students. The students had negative effect on the envi- town of about 4,000 people on the trip. She summed the having an two books to read before depart- ronment," said Becky Wilde, that sits on a 25-mile-Iong is- experience up in one word, amazing time, Smith said that ing from Baltimore International a sophomore who made the land. The town is protected "unbelizeable." he learned valuable lessons Airport on January 7. The re- Jan Term journey. by the second largest barrier While in Belize, from San Pedro. quired reading included River of "The trip gave me a reef in the world. Goldstein and all the other "Too often we drive when Grass by Marjory Stoneman Dou- new respect for the environ- Dr. Herb Smith, a pro- students were greeted with we should walk, buy fast food glas, Ishmael: an Adventure of the ment and preservation of na- fessor of political science, and once in a lifetime opportuni- when we should cook, watch Mind and Spirit by Daniel Quinn, ture. It's the best thing I've Dr. Brian Wladkowski, a pro- ties. They went snorkeling, the TV or computer screen and a folder of short readings. ever done," said sophomore fessor of chemistry, led the explored Mayan ruins, went when we should actively play," Lynn Myers, an adjunct pro- Rob Douglas. class on the expedi- fishing and cave tubing. remarked Smith. "These are the of 21st- patterns tion. Smith ventured century life ...but to Belize for the sixth most of us know time. A local building ordinance there are older ln August of states that no building can be over 2002, Smith pub- three stories high, so everyone can rhythms, truer to the self - the ways lished an article in of the land and the The Baltimore Sun-in enjoy the sunrises and sunsets which he described - Dr. Herb Smith sea -where we can find ourselves, his journey to Belize. grounded in nature In it, he explained and things tha tare the arrival as a mo- With a drinking age of ment when you, "realize im- 18, the nightlife was exciting real. San Pedro teaches these subtle lessons in a way you will mediately you're in a simpler as well. never forget." place and an even simpler Students spent a lot of The trip to Belize will be time." their time at two popular offered again next Jan-Term. According to Smith, the bars, Wet Willy's and River- area is not swarming with Tamara Twardowski and Daniel Max fix their tent on the chkktee Budapest McDaniel students share fond memories of abroad study correspond and create rela- and political science major border of Slovakia, which al- out the next day with students KENBERTKAU tionships with their Budapest Katharine Strong. "It [the lows for easy travel. that f had metat it, that is where STAFF WRITER counterparts. city] is beautifully resilient, During their four- the true connections are made," A bike ride through the "The students really and almost everywhere you month stay, the students par- Engel said. Arc de Triomphe, a stroll saw their sense of indepen- could see the ions of history ticipated in two class trips. Many students spend through the Roman Forum or a dence increase dramatically," it has faced - bullet holes One trip was to Prague and under $3,000 while abroad to boat ride through the water- said Miller. "They were in a from World War II, the medi- Vienna, and the other trip cover food, travel, and ex- ways of Venice could be place that is culturally excir- eva\ houses. To be able to call covered the Lake Balaton Re- penses other than tuition, ac- tonight's dream or fall semes- ing, a major world city, and that city home instead of be- gion. cording to Hunter. ter goals. they came to know who they ing just a tourist was amaz- "It was a great experi- Students that have taken Eight students decided to were." Ing." ence to share with my advantage of the Budapest pro- forgo Fall Semester at McDaniel Many participants "It was easy to interact friends, something I will gram believe that the expert- COllege to experience life and came back with positive with people, and everyone never forget," said Dorrien ence is too great to lose and do academia at the Budapest cam- things to say about the ex- was willing to help in any Engel, sophomore sociology not want to see the program pus. Led by Dr. Paul Miller, the change program. way possible," said Jodi major. disappear. students spent four months tak- "Budapest is a city Hunter, a sophomore psy- Each weekend all stu- "If I could find a job that ing BLAR classes on the week- with many of the city issues chology major. "I really think dents were free to do as they would allow me to live the life days and traveling though Eu- of any American city-like a the word needs to get out be- pleased. Many students I want to live, I'd go back to rope on the weekends. Carry- homeless population and too cause the campus is in such a chose to travel while staying Budapest in a heartbeat," said ing only two suitcases for a much trash on some of the perfect location in Europe." in youth hostels, which are Strong. "After one semester whole semester, these eight stu- streets. But Budapest is a city Budapest, the capital of famous for their low rates. there I found home even dents were not only expected to , with thousands of years of Hungary, is located in the "I would stay at a hos- though that home was so far gel with each other, but also to history," said senior history northwest Europe, near the tile then find myself going away."