Thursday, October 31, 1968
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
9
Trinidad senior makes history
Before last year, foreign students at the University of Kansas had never been admitted to select KU honorary groups and seldom involved in organizations not specifically designed for them.
Everold Hosein, a senior in radio-TV-film from Trinidad, West Indies has broken the barrier. He is the first foreign student to be selected to Sachem, senior men's honorary, Owl Society, junior men's honorary and to the list of Jayhawker Hilltopers.
He is also the first foreign student to be on SUA Board. During his years at KU he has been a member of the People to People Board, Student Advisory Board and was chairman of the KU International Festival last year.
Hosein's position with the speech department is the result of a chain of events which began in high school.
This year Hosein became the first undergraduate student to be employed by the speech department as an instructor. He teaches Speech 1A.
He became interested in communications when he had the opportunity to visit radio and television stations.
"Then I represented the school in one national public speaking contest. I won that and the school got a library worth $1200," he said. "I've also done some radio and television speaking, and speaking with youth groups on a variety of subjects," he said.
After completing high school, he was asked by his principal to teach courses in English, math, and physics at the secondary school level. He did this for two years without any training in teaching.
Serenades bring Halloween spirit
The Halloween spirit of the Great Pumpkin descended onto the KU campus one dav early.
Forty men of the Templin Hall Glee Club, "Voices of Templin" (VOT) and 34 CWENS, the sophomore women's honorary, last night joined forces to serenade several residence halls, scholarship halls and Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe's home with Halloween Pumpkin Carols.
Starting at Lewis and Hashinger Halls at 7 p.m., VOT carried a 20-foot "Happy Halloween" sign, while three trumpeters announced the singers' arrival with fanfares, Steve Salvay, Mission junior and VOT co-director, said. CWENS joined the Templin men at Ellsworth Hall with jack-o-lanterns.
From Daisy Hill the students went to Oliver Hall, the four women's scholarship halls, the Chancellor's home, Corbin Hall and Gertrude Sellards Pearson Hall, Halvay said.
VOT's original caroling plans did not include the CWENS, Salvay said. "But when we found out that they were also caroling Wednesday night, we got in touch with their president and revised our plans to include them."
Debut
HOLLYWOOD (UPI) —
Writer Arnold Schulman, who wrote the screenplay for "Star Spangled Girl," will make his acting debut in the film playing an unsuccessful screenwriter.
Get Your KU No.1 Button
RICHARDSON MUSIC CO.
Kustom and Fender
Headquarters
Complete Music Supplies
Lessons and Rentals
18 E. 9th VI 2-0021
Then he applied for a scholarship and the State Department, with the Institution of International Education made the arrangements for him to come to KU.
Last year Hosein participated in several KU broadcasting programs.
He also worked on KUOK program dealing with foreign cultures. "I simply interviewed persons from foreign countries and played their music," he said.
In Kansas City he worked as an assistant director for KCMO television doing commercials and newscasts for two years.
Hosein expressed concern that more foreign students do not
become involved in campus activities. "They are afraid to get involved with groups which do not directly seek their involvement. They should stop thinking of themselves as foreign students but as just plain students," he said.
Hosein expressed his desire to go on to graduate school and receive a doctorate degree in communications. Then he said his goal was to "go back to Trinidad for about 10 years, get involved in broadcasting, educational problems, politics—general activities in the country. After that I's like to spend two years in India and two years in some African country working with broadcasting systems."
VISTA recruiting team to interview KU students
A recruiting team will be on campus, Nov. 4-8, to interview students interested in working with VISTA, announced Willard Hoing, VISTA Regional Administrator for the 11-state region.
VISTA, sometimes known as the domestic Peace Corps, is the Volunteers in Service To America.
Students accepted as volunteers will be assigned work in six major areas: urban ghettos, rural poverty pockets such as Appalachia, Indian reservations, Job Corps centers, migrant worker camps or mental health projects.
The minimum age for VISTA
volunteers is 18. Although there are volunteers of all ages, including retired persons, the majority of the volunteers are of college age.
"The interest of this age group in VISTA is because students are unhappy with the system. They want to do something to improve things in their country, to help someone," said Hoing.
Students who volunteer for VISTA serve one year. All volunteers receive daily living expenses and a $75 a month stipend. They also receive $50 a month for each month upon completion of their service.
Go Hawks! Rough up the Buffs!