University Daily Kansan / Monday, November 13, 1989
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Monday
Nov.13
> 8 a.m.-5 p.m. — The School of Law will be taking applications at 501 Green Hall for jurors in the 1989 KU Mock Trials. Applications will be accepted through Nov. 28.
▷ 9 a.m.-3 p.m. — The Campus Vegetarian Society will have information tables in the main lobby of the Kansas Union for Animal Rights Days, today through Wednesday. Monday will focus on factory farming methods.
8 : 30 p. m. — THE KU Hispanic American Leadership KU organization will
meet at the International Room in the Kansas Union.
r. p.m. — Animal Rights Awareness Days continue with a speech on animal rights by Al Johnson, associate dean of the Jayhawk Room in the Kansas Union.
> 9 p.m. — The KU Student Society of Religious Studies will present an open forum on "The Last Temptation of Christ!" at 100 Smith Hall. Five speakers will address the issues the movie brings up from their personal perspectives.
Nov.14
> 4. p.m. — Graduate Students of Anthropology and East Asian Studies will present Lu Xiungwu, research fellow at the Heinam Center for economic and cultural development of Chinese nationalities, at the Pine Room in the Kansas Union. Xingu w will speak about "Anthropology and Minorities in China."
Tuesday
▶ 5:30 p.m. -- All members of Golden Key will meet at Pizza Hut at 23rd and toilets街 for a yearbook picture and to collect canned goods for Adopt-a-Family.
▶ 6 p.m. -- Enviros will meet at Parlor C in the Kansas Union for a letter-writing session and possible committee meetings.
▶ 6 p.m. — Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders will meet at room 20 Watkins Health Center.
6:30 — Public Relations Student Society of America will present Turner White, senior director of communication for Kansas City Power and Light. He will speak at the International Room in the Kansas Union about Corporate/Crisis Public Relations.
> 7 p.m. — The Campus Vegetarian Society will continue Animal Rights Awareness Days with a showing of two films, "Toole for Research," and "Products of Pain," at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Information about how to effectively protest animal testing will follow.
▶ 7:30 p.m. — The KU Linguistics Colloquy will present George Fowler, assistant professor of Slavic languages and literature, who will speak about "A Syntactic Account of Derivatization Motivated Verbs in Russian," at 206 Blake Hall.
➢ 7:30 p.m. - Orthodox Christians on Campus will meet at the Governor's Room in the Kansas University. The Rev. Peter Leigh from St. Mary's Orthodox Church, Wichita, will discuss the basics of Orthodox Christian Doctrine.
> 8 p.m. — The Undergraduate Philosophy Club will meet at the International Room in the Kansas Union. The meeting will be a forum on preparing well-written philosophical papers.
Wednesday
Nov.15
11:30 a.m. — Commuters Club luncheon will be at Alcove G in the Kansas Union.
war politics.
> 12:30 p.m. — International Club will sponsor World at a Table at Aloe A in the Kansas Union. Luca Jellinek from tally will discuss stability in Italian post-
**Noon — Professor Colin Clarke will speak at the University Forum on "Analysis and Predictions of Olympic Track and Field Performances." A hot lunch line opens at 11:40 and costs $3.50
7 p.m. — A Campus Vegetarian Society cooking class will be at the Hashinger Hall student kitchen. Participants must pre-register today through Wednesday at the CVS information tables in the main lobby of the Kansas Union and pay a $2 fee.
> 7 p.m. . The KU Chess Club will meet at Alcove A in the Kansas Union, and will play for Fanny and Science Fiction will at Parlor C in the Kansas Union.
seminar.
> 7 p.m. — KU Democrats will meet at the International Room in the Kansas Union.
▶ 11 a.m. — Amnesty International will sponsor a letter-writing session at Alcove D in the Kansas Union.
▷ 7 p.m. — Campus Cruseau for Christ will meet at the Big Eight Room in the Kansas Union.
Nov.16
> 6 p.m. — Latin American Solidarity will conduct a planning meeting at Eucalyptus Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Speakers on involvement in the sanctuary and underground railroad movements will follow.
➤ 6:30 p.m. — KU on Capitol Hill will meet at the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union. Anyone interested in a summer internship in Washington is welcome. The program will be a resume writing
Campus Organization will have an ECKANKAR worship service at the Walnut Room in the Kansas Union.
"In this year of trying this, we found students would prefer to talk to a live tutor," Carlson said. "They view the computer as another obstacle, and many people have a fear of computers. Getting them to sit down in front of one is a challenge."
▶ 7:30 p.m. — Gay and Lesbian Services of Kansas will meet at the Davies Hill Room in the Burro Union.
said. The software gave general instruction on mathematics, instead of training aimed specifically at the tested topics in the course.
"It really was a waste to pay those tutors to sit and hold cards up," Carlson said.
The Macintosh-based flashcards have decorative graphics on the quiz screens and frowning faces with clever wording for incorrect answers. In addition, the questions were designed to fit the material covered by the course, she said.
Allen Ambler, associate professor of computer science, said that creating student interest is one of the major hurdles computer-based educational programs had to overcome.
The SIMPL program has also experimented with tutoring software on Zenith MS-DOS computers, she
TUESDAY, NOV. 14
Nov.18
"The problem is making them interesting, and making the program adapt to the user," he said. "To needs to adjust so that a person who learns quickly won't get bored, and a person who learns slowly won't get over-run."
(For details contact the Business Placement Center at 864-5591)
Thursday
more information, contact Eddie Lorenzo at 842-2478.
> 10 a.m.-4 p.m. — The KU Chapter of the Civilian Liberators Union will host the ACLU Student Conference at the Kansas University. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. at Adelson Auditorium. The event is open to the public and free. For
8:30 am - 5 pm 125 Summerfield
Macs may be tutors for students in math
> 8 p.m. — The KU Equestrian Club will meet at the Jayhawk Room in the Kansas Union for a discussion and video presentation about Grand Prix Jumping
The project uses a series of electronic flashcards to drill students on a set of facts given by the department, she said. It is a replacement for the manual flashcard program used in past years, where tutors would run through the cards for students.
Nov.19
▶ 10:30 a.m. — KU Bible Study will have a worship service at the Big Eight Room in the Kansas Union.
> Noon — The Undergraduate Anthropology Club will meet at the Spooner Hall courtyard for a field- trip to Hypermart.
11 s.m. — The ECKANKAR KU
"We've been running a pilot pro} ect with about 20 students." Marilyn Carlson, Thomas J. students have reacted very favorably to the system."
Saturday
...Interviews will commence:
Math students in the Self Instructed Mastery Plan may have some new help next year, if a pilot program works out. But the helpers won't be human — they'll be Macintosh SE computers.
Don't forget...
MONDAY, NOV. 13
6;30 pm 502 Summerfield
...V.T. Inc. will conduct their formal presentation:
This project is one of the new ways the University of Kansas is using computers to help its students learn.
Rv Travis Butler
Sunday
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