These applications need to be signed by an OISS adviser. The Christian Reformed Campus Ministry offers a December 21-26 ski trip to Colorado. Other activities besides skiing are available including ice skating, hiking, and sight-seeing. Some financial aid is available. Phone 341-0007 for more information.
Many students leave Iowa City over that holiday, returning to their homes or traveling elsewhere.
Iowa City becomes a quiet, almost deserted place over the Thanksgiving weekend. The UI holidays in December are the 24th and 25th. Offices will also be closed on January 1, 1999. The OISS and other UI offices will be open on all other workdays during the break between semesters. 28 Friends of International Students is organizing a one-day holiday trip to Chicago, for November 28.