ハロウィーンで交流会 ： 留学生ら親睦深める

The following is a newspaper article from Sundays print of the Saga Newspaper.

　ハロウィーンにちなんだパーティーが七日夕、佐賀大学本庄キャンパスで初めて開かれた。在学生と十一ヵ国の留学生が仮想し、学長室などを訪問。国別対抗のパフォーマンスコンテストで親睦をお深めた。
　佐賀大には三百人を超える留学生がいる。ただ、日本人学生と触れ合う機会は少ないといい、学内の交流サークル「A・C・S」がイベントを企画した。
　参加者は「トリック・オア・トリート（お菓子をくれないと、いたずらするぞ）」とはやし立て、学長室や研究室を訪問。菓子をもらう代わりに、出身国の音楽を収めたCDなどを贈った。
　カナダ出身のウードブリ・コリンさん（二〇）や中国のチョウイツヒンさん（二〇）は「日本人の友達をつくるきっかけになる」と、催しを歓迎。ベトナムから一ヶ月前来日したばかりのファン・ティ・トゥハンさん（二二）も「寂しくなくなる」と喜び、大学会館で開かれたコンテストでは伝統衣装アオザイを着て、同郷の三人と一緒に歌を披露した。
　企画した小山修矢さん（二一）＝文化教育学部三年＝は「交流を根付かせ、地域にも広げたい」と意気込んでいた。
　（井上）


The translation of which is as follows:

A party dedicated to Halloween took place for the first time at Saga University's Honjo campus this past Friday. Current students as well as international students from eleven countries disguised themselves and visited various places, including the office of the Dean. The students also deepened their friendships through a country-by-country performance contest.
While Saga University has over three hundred international students, it seems that opportunities for them to truly interact with Japanese students are few and far between, and as such, a student group called the ACS rose to the occasion and organized such an event.
Those who attended paid visits to the offices of various professors as well as the office of the Dean, chanting "Trick or Treat!" as they came. Instead of getting candy, however, the students gave gifts of CD's containing music of the students' various home countries, among other things.
Colin Woodbury (20), from Canada, and Chou Wi Tsuhin (20), from China, praised such an event as a "wonderful opportunity to forge new friendships." Fan Ti Touhan (22), a Vietnamese who arrived only a month ago, stated with enthusiasm, "It's a great way to beat loneliness," as she, along with three of her fellow Vietnamese, performed a tune in traditional dress in one of the main halls of the university.
The organizer, Koyama Shuuya (21) - 3rd year Culture & Education student - expressed his own wishes by saying, "I really want to expand our horizons by setting the cornerstones in (cultural) exchange."


Mom, please do print this off and save it.