Living at Purdue Seminar. ILTC New Student Seminar Aug 24, 2002

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1 Living at Purdue Seminar ILTC New Student Seminar Aug 24, 2002

2 Time: Aug 24 Sat. 2:00-5:00 pm Place: Krannert Building G10 (underground 1F) 2:15 ~ 2:25 Surviving around Campus Yu-Chin Kung Introduce the restaurants around campus and how to prepare food in Young or Hawkins with low proices. And female issues... 2:30 ~ 2:40 Resource over Internet Hung-Ming Cheng How should you access the available resource over Internet. 2:40 ~ 2:50 Transportation and Driving License Hung-Ming Cheng How to get a driving license? How to buy a car? How to take the bus in Lafayette? How to travel and transport to other city? 2:50 ~ 3:05 Housing -- Young and Off-Campus Chin-Lung Yang Introduce the environment of Young. How to find a suitable house? Which items do we need to pay attention? 3:05 ~ 3:15 Sports on campus Po-Hao Huang Introduce the groups of different sports and the time schedule. 3:15 ~ 3:25 Entertainment and Activities Che-Ping Yeh The entertainment and events in Greater Lafayette Area. 3:25 ~ 3:40 Not just survival: Enjoy your life in US Weiru Chen Enjoy the diversity of food, culture, people and nature in US. 3:40 ~ 4:00 Community and Social Events 4:00 ~ 4:30 Group Discussion in Academic Affairs School of Engineering, Management, and others of the above speakers 1

3 Transportation and Driving License Lafayette Bus West Lafayette Wal-Mart: 8, 1B, 3B Lafayette Wal-Mart Center & Meijer: 7 T-Mall: 1A, 3A, 4A Fares: $21 one way / $37 round trip Driving License Passport, VISA, I-94, and 2 official letters with address within 60 days. Learner s Permit for 2 months Used Car 1. Price: Lookup from website. (Edmund+KKB)/2 2. Make an appointment with the owner. 3. Take a look of the car. If you don t like it, quit now. 4. Drive the car with different speed. S526 is a good route. If you don t like it, quit now. 5. Check the engine by observation, ask the previous owner necessary questions. If you don t like it, quit now. 6. Take the car to machnicians for professional opinions. If you don t like their opinions, quit now. 7. Buy the car. 2

4 Housing Young and off-campus The environment of Young/Hawkins Grad House Survival tips Living on and off-campus Entertainment in Young Shopping service 3

5 Sports on Campus Below is a schedule of time, place, and contact person for each sport. Any questions regarding to any sport, feel free to contact Paul Huang (phuang@purdue.edu ) Work hard, Play hard! Basketball Saturdays 10 Corec basketball court David Ho hocd@purdue.edu Volleyball Fridays Corec volleyball court Jimmy Huang huang5@ecn.purdue.edu Walleyball Mondays Corec walleyball/squash court John Li jiahan@purdue.edu Softball Fridays baseball field in Purdue West Yi-Hsiang Chang yihsiang@ecn.purdue.edu Badminton David Ho -> hocd@purdue.edu Yen -> shue@purdue.edu Tennis Ming-Chuan Yang -> yangm@purdue.edu Swimming Weiru Chen -> weiru@purdue.edu Golf Football Season Aug 31 - Nov 23 ; home Ross-Ade Stadium Get tickets by calling or go to 4

6 Entertainment and Activities August Chicago Air and Water Show Global Fest (30, 31) Purdue Horticulture Farm (Aug~Oct) October Feast of Hunters Moon (5, 6) Halloween December PMO x mas show (6-8) May Farmers Market (May ~ October) Tu., Th., and Sat. on 5 th St. between Main & Columbia. July July 4 th fire works State and County 4-H fair Event Calendar September Purdue football season 3-on-3 basketball tournament (7, 8) November Purdue basketball season Thanksgiving April Bug Bowl International Food Bazaar June Fiddler s gathering Taste of Tippecanoe Place to Go Outdoor Happy Hollow Park Horticulture Park Natural Celery Bog Slayter Hill Clegg Botanical Garden Many other parks Indoor Convocations Long Center Black Culture Center International Center Morton Community Center Community Library Museums 5

7 Not just survival : Enjoy your life in US Weiru Chen (Krannert Management PhD, weiru@purdue.edu) Food? Chinese: Great Wall (Sat lunch buffet, Three cups), China Garden (Lion head), Szechuan Garden(beef noodle, pineapple shrimp), King Buffet (seafood), Sigon (Vietnam rice noodle, BBQ pork rice), Fulim (fired pork), Taste of China (Economy Buffet), China One (Economy Buffet)? Japanese: Kokoro (Sushi), Heise (Lunch box)? Italian: Oliver garden, Bistro 501, Meiz? Mexican: Don Pablo, Chillis? Steak: Mountain Jack, Outback, Taxes road house? US: Golden carol, Ryan s Buffet (Fri dinner steak), Old country Buffet? Western light: Bagel (salmon salad), Panara Bread (salad+soup), Wings Restaurant in Indianapolis? Sichuan Westfield Blvd, Carmel, IN? Yummy dim sum 3902 Georgetown Rd. Indianapolis, IN? many choices in Chinatowns and downtown Restaurant in Chicago Shopping Mall? Michigan City Outlet: Indy Keystone Mall: Edinburgh IU Prime Outlet: Travel and Nature? US National Park System (more than 300 sites) Chicago City ISS host family program? Lafayette English learning? Lafayette Local Events Culture and Community Religion Society? Purdue Chinese Christian Fellowship(Fri night) Pei-Chun Chen trista@purdue.edu? Upper Room Christian Alpha group (Sun night) John Hebblethwaite jf.heb@verizon.net? Purdue Buddhism Club (Sat night) Rong Situ situ@ecn.purdue.edu Taiwanese Community? Purdue I Love Taiwan Club Taiwan Collegian Taiwan Women Environmental Action Network 6