2008 Woodie Awards
International student profiles
Issue date: 4/24/03 Section: Features
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 Alejandro Cantu Mexico International Business Sophomore United States are different because Mexico has a different culture than America. The families are more closed. Mexico is not like the Mexican-Americans who live in Texas or Los Angeles. There is more culture and more traditions. I'm from Monterrey, Mexico where there are about 5 million people. | Area comparative: slightly less than three times the size of Texas Capital: Mexico (Distrito Federal) Population: 103,400,165 (July 2002 est.) Language: Spanish, various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional indigenous languages Nationality: Mexican Government type: federal republic Natural resources: petroleum, silver, copper, gold, lead, zinc, natural gas, timber GDP-per capita: purchasing power parity - $9,000 (2001 est.) Unemployment rate: urban - 3% plus considerable underemployment (2001) Currency: Mexican peso (MXN) |
 Michael Lincoln (Junjian Liang) People's Republic of China Business Administration Class standing: ELI U.S. food is very different from my country. The U.S. food is very easy to cook, but Chinese food is not! However, it seems to me that some food in Lakeland College is not very good. Anyway, Lakeland College is a very good school. I love Lakeland College! | Area comparative: slightly smaller than the US Capital: Beijing Population: 1,284,303,705 (July 2002 est.) Language: Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghaiese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages (see Ethnic groups entry) Nationality: Chinese Government type: Communist state Natural resources: coal, iron ore, petroleum, natural gas, mercury, tin, tungsten, antimony, manganese, molybdenum, vanadium, magnetite, aluminum, lead, zinc, uranium, hydropower potential (world's largest) GDP-per capita: purchasing power parity - $4,600 (2002 est.) Unemployment rate: urban unemployment roughly 10%; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas (2002 est.) Currency: yuan (CNY) |
 Morten Szmiedowicz Iceland Business Junior In Iceland people eat a lot of seafood, but I still enjoy hamburgers and French fries. Beside food there is another major difference-there are no trees in Iceland; instead the ground is covered with rocks. | Area comparative: slightly smaller than Kentucky Capital: Reykjavik Population: 279,384 (July 2002 est.) Language: Icelandic Nationality: Icelandic Government type: constitutional republic Natural resources: fish, hydropower, geothermal power, diatomite GDP-per capita: purchasing power parity - $24,800 (2000 est.) Unemployment rate: 1% (April 2001 est.) Currency: Icelandic krona (ISK) |