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Miku Ishihara - Kanda University of International Studies Ishibashi, Minami - Kanda University of International Studies Hello my name is Miku Ishi- hara. I'm a sophomore stu- dent and majoring English. My hobbies are eating and making sweets. Actually, I often make sweets such as brownies, cheese cakes, or cookies for seasonal events. I will participate in E-pal for the second time and council for the first time . I would like to make events that everyone can enjoy and make many wonderful memories! Hi, everyone. My name is Minami Ishibashi. Nice to meet you. I’m soph- omore and major- ing in Spanish. I like to play the gui- tar and the piano, sing, shop, take photos, go outside, learn about foreign languages and cul- tures. I would like to learn about any culture and thoughts that you have and experience a lot of things together with you. 精一杯頑張るのでよろしくお願いします。 Derek Jones -Grinnell College, IA みんなさん、こんにちは! I’m Derek. I’m from Decatur, Illinois, but I go to school at Grinnell College in Iowa where I am a history major. I’m most interested in study- ing the Pacific Theater of World War II. I’m very excited to have the opportunity to directly read, listen to, and learn about Japanese per- spectives of the war while I’m in Japan. In addition, I love playing and watching sports, my favorites being basketball and hockey. I also enjoy listening to and playing many types of music, and I’m a huge movie fan! So if any of you are down to hang out, just let me know. I’ve had a blast getting to know all of you so far! As the semester goes on, please feel free to talk with me about any ideas you have for places to go or things to do. I’d love to join, and I will talk with the council to try and make it happen. I hope this semester will be great and memorable for all of you. So I will be hard to work on planning enjoyable events :) I’m happy to help you anytime, let me know whenever you want. Let’s enjoy the semester together! Lora O’Toole - Indiana University, IN Hello! I'm Lora, a Junior majoring in International Studies and Japanese. I love listening to music, going on adventures and experiencing new things. I'm really looking forward to being part of the stu- dent council and getting to know everyone better! よろしくお願いします! よろしくおねがいします。いっしょに楽しみましょう! Here is the schedule for their events. Hope to see many of you there!: ・October 28: Kimono Day ・November 10: Mt. Takao Hiking ・October 31: Halloween Party ・December 13: Farewell Party