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Breaklnq Boundaries "Pretending to be America. happy, when I am not," Once in America, many is just one of the chal- of the students found lenges of an Ethiopian thai they had a 101of ad- student here et WMC iustments to make, in or- This Ethiopian Student der to attend college in is one of 34 new Inter- a different country from national Students, bring- ing the tolal to 56 as op- was a major adjustment posed to 25 last year. for those students who Like many International had never faced racism Students, scholarship Language barriers had money offered by the to be broken down by al- college was the reason most all of the students, why the Ethiopian stu- and gelling used to a dent came to WMC. Oth- faster pace of life was er reasons cited for difficult for some. Over- coming to WMC are all most of the students transfer programs, tern- seemed pleased with the ily members already at education they are re- the college, and the ceiving at WMC. dream of coming to Right: Geroge Vannet, Dlmltrla Garetalakl - Greece Far Right: Aklko Takahara - Japan