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| Title | Houstonian, 2010 |
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| Date | 2010 |
| Description | This edition of the Houstonian, published by the students of the university in 2010, is the official yearbook of the University of Houston. |
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| Language | English |
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| Original Item Location | LD2281.H745 H6 2009/10 |
| Original Item URL | http://library.uh.edu/record=b1158762~S11 |
| Digital Collection | Houstonian Yearbook Collection |
| Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/yearb |
| Repository | Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries |
| Repository URL | http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/special-collections |
| Use and Reproduction | In Copyright |
| File Name | index.cpd |
| Title | Spring |
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| File Name | yearb_2010_097.jpg |
| Transcript | r.'4/>* APR 20 10 NOT TOO FAR FROM HOME Graduate Indian student shares his insights into the international student experience at UH 134 ■ Spring (left) Industrial engineering senior Affaf Bokhetache makes Henna designs for broadcast journalism junior Karinn Chavarria at a Muslim student event to celebrate the end of Ramadan, an event in which Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset. | Voltaire Archelus (opposite page) Nutrition senior Nada Sarraj tests a solution in a lab. Her work on exercise as a stress-reducer was feattured in a research conference in Washington, D.C. called Posters on the Hill. | Steven Oster I I ■ is the second-most populous ^ 1^ ("i I ^\ countrY in the entire world. * i I v-4 I Cd Located in Southeast Asia, the country is home to about 1.2 billion people, more than three times the population of the United States. It is also home to Hinduism, the third-largest world religion. India is the 11th largest economy in the world. It is famous for being the site of one of the wonders of the world, the Taj Mahal, and for being the birthplace of political non violence leader Mahatma Gandhi. Mumbai is the capital of Maharashtra, a state of India. It is the most populous city in India, with nearly 14 million people and the second-most populous city in the world, second only to Shanghai, China. Born in Mumbai, India, Tejas Chitnis, vice president of public relations for the Graduate Indian Students Organization at UH, helps incoming international students adjust to campus life. GISO has been a part of UH for 11 years. Prior to their arrival in Houston, GISO provides a checklist of items for the incoming students to bring from India. A detailed FAQ page is available on their website so incoming students know just what to expect upon arrival to Houston. Their website also gives a list of links to restaurants serving Indian cuisine, grocery stores carrying Indian products, movie theaters that screen Bollywood films, Hindu temples and Islamic mosques, and Houston attractions like the Galleria Spring ■ 135 |