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The University Daily Kansan
Friday, February 26, 1999
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New Jewish group to hold retreat
By Nathan Willis Special to the Kansan
Event to celebrate students' spirituality
A new Jewish student organization on campus will offer a retreat this weekend in an effort to spark enthusiasm in the Jewish community.
The retreat "Tangled up in Jew"—a play on lyrics from a Bob Dylan song—is the first major event sponsored by the Jewish Student Council since its formation last semester.
Teri Levich, Wichita junior and head coordinator of the event, said
Levich said the Jewish Student Council was formed because the KU Hillel Foundation — the traditional Jewish group on campus — had not been meeting Jewish students' needs.
any Jewish students or those interested in Judaism were welcome to attend. The cost is $25.
She said the Council was more student-focused and provided more social activities for Jewish students. The group now works in cooperation with Hillel.
Levich said the group would meet at 5 p.m. today in front of the Kansas Union. The group plans to take buses to a campsite near Cleveland, Mo.
Tonight, the group will use candies in a Shabbat dinner, which includes
"The Shabbat dinner is a traditional way of bringing in the Sabbath," said Becky Adelberg, a Chicago junior who is a member of the Jewish Student Council and is planning on attending the retreat.
the traditional bread and wine.
Barry Bernstein, a spiritual drummer who once worked with the rock group The Grateful Dead, will visit and perform for the group tomorrow afternoon.
Levich said that while a weekend retreat had not been offered by a University organization in recent years, the concept was one many Jewish students would recognize from their childhood.
Adelberg said that her previous
experiences on Jewish retreats had helped her grow spiritually.
"I like hearing other people's testimonies," Adelberg said. "I'm really interested in what this drummer guy is going to do, how he'll tie it in with spirituality."
Levich said that in addition to the spiritual concerns, the purpose of the retreat was to promote awareness of the new Jewish Student Council within the Jewish community.
"This semester, I felt like we needed a big bang, a big kickoff." Levich said. "It needed to be something different, not just, 'Let's go hang out in a bar.'
Edited by Julie Sachs
Study abroad
Hong Kong's skyline rests between surrounding hills and Victoria harbor. A new study abroad program will allow KU students to study for a semester or a year in the former British colony. Photo by Graham K. Johnson/KANSAN
Hong Kong new option for study abroad
By Dan Curry
Kansan staff writer
A new student exchange program with Hong Kong has a new director at the Office of Study Abroad.
The Hong Kong University Direct Exchange program is an attractive path to China, said Renee Bergene, who took charge of the Pacific Rim study abroad programs two weeks ago.
Margareta O'Connell, director of Study Abroad, said Bergene's position was created because of an increase in both the number of programs offered and the number of students interested them. However, fewer than 10 students have signed up for the program so far.
Bergene said that next fall would be the first semester that KU students would be able to
travel to Hong Kong.
"It's a great program because the courses are taught in English, which opens up the program to all majors," Bergene said.
It's also good because the program expenses for KU students are relatively low, Bergene said.
The office estimates the price of a semester in Hong Kong at $7,900, all expenses included, and $13,210 for the year -- about $5,000 cheaper than a year's study in a similar program at Japan.
Classes taken at Hong Kong University can be taken for KU credit. she said.
Students must have a 3.0 grade point average and be in junior status, but there is no language requirement for the program.
The University of Hong Kong offers courses in many different majors and all courses are conducted in English, Begene said.
"Asia is still an important economic market that we shouldn't immee." she said.
Experience in an Asia also would help students understand life in the United States as well. Bergene said.
"I think that it's important because our society has become multi-national," she said.
Anyone interested in the Honk Kong program should contact Bergene as soon as possible at 864-7801.
- Edited by Darrin Peschka
Kansan staff writer
Western Civ to be offered overseas in fall semester
By Kristi Reimer
Kansas staff writer
Students fulfilling their Western Civilization and art history requirements can labor through heavy textbooks or fight sleepiness in the semi-darkness of slide presentations.
Or, they can pack their bags and jet to Europe to become acquainted personally with the Venus de Milo and the statue of David during an increasingly popular study abroad program.
Until now, the Humanities and Western Civilization in Florence and Paris program has been offered only in spring. Beginning this autumn, students also will be able to go during the fall semester.
"We've had a lot of inquiries about Spring 2000, but they didn't seem to know they could go next fall," said Susan McNally, program coordinator for the Office of Study Abroad.
Last spring, the Study Abroad office received more applications from qualified students than it had room for, so organizers decided to expand the program. About 30 students can go each semester
Participants in the program take Western Civilization I and II, as well as upper-level art history and history classes. They spend six weeks in Florence, Italy, and six weeks in Paris with a 10-day
break in between.
Knowledge of a foreign language is encouraged but not required, and all of classes are taught in English by KU professors. No prerequisites are necessary.
The spring program starts in Florence and concludes in Paris, but this fall students will begin their studies in Paris and will take Western Civilization II first.
Classes generally are offered from Monday through Thursday, she said. The art history classes consist of one lecture per week and two visits to sites such as the Louvre in Paris or the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.
The program costs about $7,370 plus airfare and meals. The fee includes a five-day Europass for train trips to other countries, but students pay for any additional travel. Financial aid and scholarships can be applied toward the program cost.
Jennifer Van Grevenhof, Tulsa, Okla., senior, said she learned more during the program than she had in the rest of her time at KU.
"Everything you are studying is right there in front of your face," she said. "You do things for class that you would have done on your own, like going to the Louvre."
In addition to exploring Florence and Paris, Van Grevenhof traveled to other parts of France,
Students in the Humanities and Western Civilization Study Abroad program stand in a fountain in front of the Louvre. The Paris museum is home to works of art such as Venus de milo, Liberty Leading the People and the Winged Victory of Samothrace. Contributed art.
Austria, Germany and Spain during weekend excursions and spring break.
The Office of Study Abroad is accepting applications until the program is filled. Interested students should contact McNally at 864-7807.
- Edited by Chris Fickett
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