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National Geographic : 2002 Jun
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AMES, IOWA "Just chillin' " Freshman Sandra Leyva (above) and her Latino friends gather after dinner for a smoke and the pleasure of speaking Spanish after a day full of English. A Cuban-American from Oklahoma who spent years in Puerto Rico, Leyva walks comfortably In two worlds. It's more of a struggle for her friends. "A lot of them have never seen snow," she says. But most Latin American students seem to love It here. "I thought I was gonna get in fights every weekend," says Luls Igulna, a sophomore from Puerto Rico, "but everyone has opened their doors." Dorm room doors are often open In Friley Hall (above), Helser Hall (below, seen from the roof of Friley), and Westgate Hall (a small dorm soon to be demolished). Maybe open doors are a midwestern thing. Now if they'd just turn down the music. O ON OUR WEBSITE There's more on 50012 at national geographic.com/ngm/0206. Tell us why we should cover YOUR FAVORITE ZIP CODE at nationalgeographic.com/ngm /zipcode/0206 or mail your suggestion to PO Box 98199, Washington, DC 20090 8199. E-mail: zip@national geographic.com NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, JUNE 2002
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