Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, October 16, 1990 Calvin and Hobbes ThMT CLOUDO f ICWJPMI. T1AROk)GNAN~ STARS ISs OUR INO PP&N& E. ARNES. GAI.A { , HE %IN CoS4\Q TERMS WE AR MLK ( W#M. OUR SuATOWC AI P IQZLESIN SOAR "S, WM 7A.G A\N OF SAND ON A IS ON THE INFINITE BEACH. EDGE OF IT./ byB"ilWteron ATESEC enables students to work in foreign lands by Laura Lancaster V1"-' Nuts and Bolts by Judd Winick LEVON! T-CAN'T GEI. ?NE BACK D OOR O0MN co k1tjI 11 /11! #D \ . . y -. , - . _.t . r _ HEYI 3 I -v U 0 WR T7'S Gcrrr.N INTO TH-E BACK OOR OPENED. GOTrTA WALKyz ALL 7HEWAY OUT FR~ONT I L)0S- 0 V * n4 Y'N WJUr SWEL ; C."l r U... ORNi LOH MYLRD.LO&G AP THo R GRO-NN5 QU .1) -wlm VIA LOG.UE. This past year, 17 students from the International Association of Stu- dents in Economics and Business Management (AIESEC) earned mo- ney working for foreign corpora- tions. AIESEC is a 40-year-old, non- profit, non-political student organ- ization. The association strives to be an international organization with a focus on its international exchange program. Insula Corp., a Sweden-based computer company, employed LSA senior Chris Lin in a market research and product manager position in Fin- land over the summer. The position proved to be "one of the best jobs I've ever had in terms of responsibil- ity," said Lin. Lin said he learned to enjoy Finnish culture. "Exercise is natural instead of a chore for them, sauna is a popular pastime for them. I had some of the best times in sauna," he said. Lin even learned how to play peseboll - Finnish baseball. "It is a game similar to baseball except the pitcher stands by the batter and the ball is thrown straight up. The run- ners run in a zigzag pattern instead of a diamond." Both the University of Michigan and Michigan State participate in this association while Penn State and Yale represent the Ivy League schools. On an international level, 70 universities spread over each con- tinent participate in this program. AIESEC students are responsible for finding companies in their own country to hire foreign students. A few companies that participate in AIESEC are Apple Computers Inc., Chrysler Corp., NBC and Xerox. Carssen Spenser, an LSA senior, also enjoyed the European culture. Spenser had lived in Europe when he was younger, so working in Austria for Municipal Electric company for he summer rekindled his memory of Europe.. Rebecca London, a graduate with a B.A. in Economics, went to northern Yugoslavia to change rough translations of contracts to make them sound professional. "At first it was scary because I couldn't communicate too well, but by the end I felt at home," she said. Within her six-week internship in Ljubljana, the capitol of northern Yugoslavia, London learned the "basic words." "By the end I could order a beer by myself," she said. "It's different very different. The hours they worl are from eight to four even for th( managers. If my project manager were in America he would be work. ing from eight to ten, but in Yu. goslavia he worked seven to three only seven to three," said London. Another indication of the Yu- goslavs maintaining strong famil) bonds is their attitude toward mar* riage. "Everyone lives with their par- ents until they get married. Like thi; one guy who was 33 years old I worked with lives with his mother and brother," said London. "He makes enough money to live on hi own so I asked him why he doesn't; he said we just don't do that here." The Yugoslavs uphold othet commitments too. "All the menu have military duty, so a lot of the AIESEC students had less schooling than I do. Most of them do it for a year before they can go back to school." This summer, the students earned from $1,200 to $1,400 a month. Lin used his earnings to rent a condo- minium from another AIESEC stu-. dent. Students must pay for their in* dividual accommodation and airfare. LLVON WAIT! Ml u WHRE R AE'1'OO GOING? BAT. BAT? 4 OUT OF W vF R Wr tAT 5WA-nCKA ONOUR DOOR. t 4 _ , WAIT. Bush warns Iraqi atrocities may lead to war crimes trials ized by its "aworid" approaeh to poliey.... b/both pubie management and poiy$$ aayi and aims to develop quantitative and quail. tS Columbia's Prvgr~am offer: U Essentia1 tools in