University Daily Kansan, November 6, 1981
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Verdu popular among philosophy students
By PAM ALLOWAY Staff Reporter
"Congratulations on your new book" was written in Spanish on Alfonso Verdul's classroom chalkboard yesterday.
Verdu, professor of philosophy, believes in establishing a rapport with students and he says he has tried to do it for more than 10 years.
On his desk a box full of cupcakes from his students awaited his arrival at his Introduction to Eastern Philosophy class.
His rapport has paid off in various ways. Ten years ago he was listed as a teacher at the most popular professors at KU or the best hand guide to the College of Your Choice.
WORD OF MOUTH was the way the
MESSAGE of Your Choice.
information was gathered for the underground handbook and word of mouth is the way Verdu's popularity spread around the KU university 10 years ago.
Verda said one girl told him she had become interested in his class when she saw "Verdu Power" scribbled on a wall.
Verdu said he had noticed a definite difference in his student audience since the days of long hair and beads. He has slowly but surely dwindled away.
VERDU SAID the interest in Eastern philosophy during the '60s and early '70s was part of a fad sweeping the country then.
His classes have dropped from a standing room only crowd of 60 students a class in the late '60s and early '70s, to whose semester in his Philosophy 224 class.
"It was far 'out' to them. The social conditions and situations fostered this kind of thinking. During the '60s, there were hard times. The Vietnam War, hippies and plenty of disillusionment. Government. People were frustrated."
One explanation Verdu had for the apparent lack of interest was that students' priorities have changed in the direction of career and cash.
Verda said that students 10 years ago were far more sensitive to and had more feeling for the metaphysical position and philosophy than they did today.
Unfortunately, many students seemed to think that they had to use drugs to reach that level of sensitivity, Verdu said.
"Some people in class would have that lost look. They'd be in an altered
state and that's not what Eastern philosopher teach," he said. "They are very against the use of external stimul."
VERDU SAID one student had given him a small packet of LSD to experiment with.
"Of course I took it home and immediately flushed it down the stool," he said. "Students knew I was against him and I think they respected me for that."
Verdu said he tried to impress on his students the value of attaining the higher levels of consciousness not the use of drugs, but by discipline.
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