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Monday, August 29, 1988 / University Daily Kansan
Sandra J. Watts/KANSAN
The agony of de-feet
The heat of the day was too much for one of the KU marching band members, so to cool down, the shoes came off. The band began marching practice Thursday in preparation for their first football game on Sept. 10.
Culture change is a challenge
KU students to promote good feelings in Chinese business program
By Katy Monk Kansan staff writer
Dan Schneider is leaving Kansas today for a land of gently rolling wheat fields, a region so similar to Montana that she named sister state and province.
But when Schneider gets there, he'll cash in his dollars for yuan and trade English for Chinese.
Schneider, Manahattan senior, and Edward Carlson, Wichita State University graduate student, are Kansai University students. He is the Henan province of northern China.
They will act as laisons to facilitate the export of goods from Heaven to the earth from porcelain plates to chapsticks to socks. And they will encourage the use of the holy water in the temple.
Schneider, who is majoring in business, economics and economy, said he thought nine months in China would be an excellent learning opportunity. But he didn't expect dramatic business results.
"in terms of immediate success — in terms of dollars for Kansas — it probably won't happen," he said. "This is a long-term strategy to develop a good relationship with the Henan province to teach them how
David McChile, Lawrence graduate student, and Tim Cook, 1987 KU graduate, made up the team last year. The internship was developed by the state Legislative Educational Planning Committee and the Department of Commerce in conjunction with business school representatives.
to do business internationally. Hopefully, it will benefit both countries."
McClure said the program was designed to provide inexpensive representation for Kansas businesses and the Department of Commerce. The program, which also includes bringing two students from Henaan to study at a college's school, costs the state about $25,000 a year.
To qualify for the internship, a student must be a resident of Kansas, an undergraduate or graduate student at a Regents school in business, economics or a related field. Stu facing this should have a back ground in Grounds.
The state provides an intensive first year course in Chinese language for the interns.
McClure said on the job necessities included more than business savvy and fluency in Chinese. Because the
"The telephone system often didn't work, and you d'end up riding clunky bicycles for 40 minutes on rough roads in all kinds of weather." McClure
interns ordinarily do not have use of a car, physical fitness is a must.
Dealing with the Chinese was difficult, McClure said, because of the bureaucracy involved. Orders sometimes were lost and problems left unresolved because tracking down the person responsible for them was not easy. The company made enduring contracts difficult and delivering items uncertain.
Also, Hanan, an inland province with no major waterways, is relatively isolated and technologically not as advanced as Kansas, said Daniel Bays, professor of history and the program's KU mission. He estimated that about 90 percent of their work by hand, composed of 80 percent of the population.
"There are probably only half a dozen combines in the whole province." he said.
Despite bureaucracy and the lack of technology, the province has some advantage in providing information through the intern program. Armstrong Global, a stucco agribusiness firm based in Mesa, Arizona.
leather, hardware and textiles from China.
Jay Armstrong, president of the company, said, "If it hadn't been for this program, I probably wouldn't be doing business in China. There are businesses in Kansas that cannot afford an international representation."
Those companies can use the interns for a much lower cost.
Armstrong said his long-range goal was to export as well as import, using barter trading.
"China is a place that does business very slowly. They are not versed in American business," he said. "The interns are developing close friendships, which have been trusted by the Chinese. It gives us an advantage in business."
John Tollefonte, dean of business,
said the program would build upon itself.
The state offers interns $6,500
loans, which they need not pay back
if they take a job with a Kansas firm
or with certain state agencies.
KU graduate named state's Washington liaison
"In the long term," he said, "we'll be able to use their experience of transactions are done in China, so we can step up trade in that area."
By a Kansan reporter
A University of Kansas graduate and former aide to Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole was appointed Kansas director of federal affairs on Aug. 22 by Gov. Mike Haven.
will serve as the Washington liaison for Kansas, and also will supervise a Washington office from his base office in Topeka. His duties began immediately following his appointment.
Scott Morgan, a Kansas native who now lives in lexandra, Va., earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Texas State University.
trayden said Morgan's appointment would enhance communication with Kansas' U.S. Congressional delegation and strengthen Kansas' voice in Washington.
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