<p>When the semester began, my freshman D mentioned several times about the large number of the Chinese students at UDel. At first I tried to encourage her to befriend and talk to them (I had studied Chinese in college centuries ago) but she told me that it was very difficult; that they all lived and moved around campus together and didn’t associate with other students much. At the time I thought she might be being insular herself but this article bears that out in several respects. I can see a lot of reasons why the University would want to bring in Chinese students, but part of process should also be programs which would bring together Chinese and American students socially and encourage interactions between them. Both sides are missing out on something which could be valuable and exciting.</p>