I interviewed the international student from Malaysia in my department. Her name is Sukiran Noor, and her major is biology, and her hometown is Malaysia. She thought State College is different from her hometown, a town near the capital. She thought the people are friendly, and not crowd, good scene. But one difficulty is shopping, because the Walmart is far from downtown and if you don't have a car, it will be very difficult. And she also like a india restaurant in downtown. She ride bicycle on the weekend and she also like study in Penn State too. But she do not very like the style of American talk. Because in her hometown, everyone keep quiet in Class, but here everyone is supposed to be out-spoken.
The local student I interviewed is Westley, the technician in my formal lab. He is also a good friend of mine. He spent about 5 years in State College, and he like here. Comparing his hometown, a town in Virginiam, here is not that crowd and have good natural scene. He also appreciated the rich source of the University. He like the Herways restaurant in downtown, which serve Austrilia food, also German style. He have spent some years in German. He also go hiking and running on weekend. He want to go on the Bell of the Old Main once before he leave State College.
