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March 10, 2010
College Life
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Summer break in India
Wesleyan students and faculty get ready for cross-cultural journey
Suhasini Yeeda
syeeda@mail.txwes.edu
As the 2010 summer break
approaches and students
make their plans for the three
month break, a group of Wes-
leyan students will use their
break to participate in a study
abroad trip to India.
The trip is scheduled for
July 1-14, with a total of three
professors and 24 students go-
ing.
Dr. Mark Hanshaw, assis-
tant professor of comparative
religious studies, said this will
be Wesleyan's first trip to In-
dia.
Hanshaw said the experi-
ence will "help expose stu-
dents to a culture and set of
religious systems that are very
different from what we are ac-
customed to."
Hanshaw said this exposure
will help challenge barriers or
assumptions students often
have about other areas of the
world, especially third world
countries.
But students have a variety
of reasons for going on the
trip.
Senior religion major Car-
los Careaga said one reason
he is going is because Wesley-
an makes the trip financially
possible for students.
"I decided to go to India,
because it was affordable,"
Careaga said. "The price,
$1,250, was peanuts com-
pared to what it would nor-
mally be if you were paying
on your own."
The price includes airfare,
lodging, in-country transpor-
tation, transfers, insurance,
Hindus pray outside the temple in Mathura where the Hindu
god Krishna was born.
hand-outs, lectures, museum
and tour site fees.
Hanshaw said most of the
students going are religion
and education majors, but he
encourages students from any
major to join.
One such student, sopho-
more business major Oscar
Lazarky, said this trip could
look great on a future resume.
"I feel like having this on my
resume will help my career
tremendously," Lazarky said.
"It says I can go places and
take care of different things
and communicate with many
different races and cultures of
people in the work force."
But aside from listing this
experience on his resume,
Lazarky said he intends to en-
joy the trip as well.
"I'm not too excited about
the food, but I can't wait to see
all the crazy souvenirs I can
find," Lazarky said.
Hanshaw said the cross-
"The study of
religion can build
bridges. Ignorance
is what divides
us.
Carlos Careaga
senior religion major
disciplinary aspect of this trip
is perhaps one of the greatest
opportunities for students.
Llanshaw also said students
from both religion and educa-
tion majors can complete up
to six hours in a span of two
weeks.
But Careaga said the credits
weren't as important to him as
the experience itself.
"I don't even need those six
hours," Careaga said. "I would
have graduated this semester,
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Local Hindu priest sits meditating in an alley.
but I wanted to go...so I post-
poned my graduation until
August."
Careaga said it will benefit
him in his future career in the
ministry. He believes this trip
will give real experience to his
studies in Buddhism and Hin-
duism.
"The study of religion can
build bridges," Careaga said.
"Ignorance is what divides us."
Llanshaw said students
would have the opportunity
to travel to many famous lo-
cations in India.
Students will tour the Dalai
Llama's home in Dharmasha-
la, the Himalayan Mountains,
and the fairgrounds where the
Beatles studied under the Ma-
harishi yogi.
"This trip will allow you
access to places you wouldn't
normally be allowed to go,"
Careaga said.
Toward the end of their
journey, Hanshaw said they
will travel down the Ganges
River to witness a traditional
ceremony of the scattering of
cremated ashes and visit Va-
ranasi, the birthplace of Bud-
dha.
"I hope that the university
keeps helping students with
trips like this," Careaga said.
Photos courtesy of Dr. Hanshaw
Buddhist monks gather for their morning meditation at the resi-
dence of his holiness Karmapa, the religious leader of Tibetan
Buddhism second to the Dalai Lama.
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