About Alexandra Chtchedrina

Age: 20
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Stories by Alexandra

Pakistani student gains a positive view of the U.S.

By Emma Hulse, 17, Alexandra Chtchedrina, 16

More than 500,000 international students studied at U.S. colleges and universities in the 2002-2003 academic year. Michelle Sharaf, 19, joined their ranks last fall. She's from Lahore, Pakistan, and now attends Butler University. She went to an all-girl Catholic school in her home country and decided to study in the United States after visiting her sister, who lives in Illinois. In a recent interv

Councils evolve into party planners

By Alexandra Chtchedrina, 16

I n a 2002 essay in Education Digest, Minnesota teacher Rick Theisen decries the trend he sees in student councils across the country, in which students focus their efforts on planning social activities instead of addressing the broader civic responsibilities of their role. Student governments at two local high schools are part of that trend. Representatives from Franklin Central High School in so