CAMPUS AND AREA
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University Daily Kansan, November 29. 1984
ON CAMPUS
TODAY
EPISCOPAL SERVICES will be at noon in Danforth Chapel. Services are in Danforth chapel Thursday at noon.
LATIN AMERICAN SOLIDARITY is sponsoring a talk by Francisco Gonzales, a trade union leader from Chile. He will speak at 11:30 a.m. in the cottonwood Room of the Kansas Union about popular opposition in the small towns of Chile. The group also will have its regular rice and beans dinner at 6 p.m. at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Aread Ave. It also will sponsor an "Educational Vigil on Central America" at 7:30 p.m. on the southeast corner of Ninth and Massachusetts streets.
SUA CHAMPIONS will meet from 7 to 11 p.m. in the Trail Room of the Union.
THE PARACHUTE CLUB will show films that were made during a free-fall jump. The movies will begin on in the Pine Rooftop of the Union
MARANATHA CHRISTIAN Mini-
istries will have its weekly meeting
at 7 p.m. in 301 Frank R. Burge
Union.
TOMORROW
SMALL WORLD will meet at 9:15 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church, 2415 W. 23rd St.
THE INTERNATIONAL FOLK Dance Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. on the second floor of the Military Building. No partners are needed.
IN THE STREETS will meet at 3 p.m. in the International Room of the Union.
A WALLET AND its contents,
valued at $160, was stolen between
12:30 and 2 p.m. Tuesday from a
purse in an office in Haworth Hall,
KU police said yesterday.
ON THE RECORD
A BILLFOLD AND its contents, valued at $172, was stolen between 12:55 and 1:40 p.m. Tuesday from an equipment bag at the racquetball courts in Robinson Gymnasium, KU police said.
A BICYCLE VALUED at $250 was stolen between 7 p.m. Monday and 6 a.m. Tuesday at Meadow坡公寓. Lawrence police said,
A MOPED VALUED at $200 was stolen between 7 a.m. and 6:45 p.m. from in front of a house in the 1300 block of Louisiana Street, Lawrence police said.
Developer's contract extended
By CHRIS BARBER Staff Reporter
Last week when most students had left Lawrence for Thanksgiving, the Lawrence City Commission moved forward with the two current proposals for retail development in the downtown area.
At the meeting, Dick Zinn, a partner in TCVC, told the City Commission that TCVC needed its contract extended for at least two
At the City Commission meeting Nov. 20, the commission voted 4-1 to extend for two years the contract of construction as the city's developer of record.
years to obtain the commitments from department stores for the project. TCVC's contract would have expired in January 1985.
TVCC has proposed a 420.000-square-foot, enclosed mall in the 600 block of Massachusetts street. The commission in January signed TVCC as developer of record for the project.
"It's not a question of whether department stores will locate in Lawrence." Zinn said at the meeting. "Will 'It' the city stick with its project?" We need to send a message to retailers that if they wish to be in this market, it will have to be downtown."
Steve Adams, who represents
Delta Properties Inc., the company that proposed a mall south of town on Iowa street, said yesterday that commission support for the two proposals in the downtown area would not affect his client's plans.
Delta, of Baltimore, proposed in October to rezone the area at the southeast corner of Armstrong Road and Iowa street to allow for a shopping mall. Delta withdrew the request earlier this month because of a "prudged bias" by city commissioners against the proposal.
Adams said at the time of the withdrawal that Delta would return with a new proposal, possibly a joint venture.
Russian house offers haven for Slavic language students
By CHRIS CLEARY Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
"Ahhhchoooo."
Anmich0000.
"Bud'te zdorovy."
Saying "be healthy" in Russian to a student on Wescoe Beach may sound unusual. But "Bul't edzoroy" could become commonplace conversation at home for some students studying Slavic languages.
Members of the Slavic Club are trying to organize a fledgling Russian house into an official house they would speak only Slavic languages.
Four Slavic students — ranging from a first-year Russian student to graduate Slavic language students — now live in the unofficial Russian house where they adhere to no strict language requirements.
"OUR GOAL IS to set up a Russian house where people speak Russian at home, and students could come by for extra help and conversation practice," said Brad Bauman, assistant instructor in Slavic languages and literature. "Things like this take time. It'll probably be another year before we officially have a Russian house."
The Russian house would help students learn about Slavic cultures, Bauman said, not the governments of Eastern European countries. Students should also take political affiliations with the Soviet Union or any other Slavic countries.
said. "This is mainly to study Russian language and culture.
"Russian politics have or 'ring to do with the Russian house." Bauman
"THERE'S NOT THE LEAST bit of political orientation. You can like politics and governments. The house won't be a place to come and talk politics."
Mike Biggins, president of the Slavic Club, said the club, like the house, was not associated with politics.
"The purpose of the club is to help people to be better informed about Eastern Europe," said Biggins, an Slavic languages and literature.
To educate students about Slavic countries, the club brings Russian speakers, movies and plays to campus. The club uses the unofficial Russian house for club meetings and activities. It also explains different Slavic study abroad programs to students. Bigsins said.
An official Russian house would also assist students in learning Slavic language skills, he said.
"I THINK If any Russian house exists, it is for emersion in a Russian speaking environment," Biggins said. "In order to improve the language, it's like chees; you can only improve if pitted against someone better than you. That's where the native speaker is essential."
Bauman said the club wanted to follow the example of language houses at other universities and have a native speaker live in its house.
"Go back east and a lot of universities have a language house like a French house," Bauman said.
"They have an advanced level graduate student or an instructor who requires that students speak the language 24 hours a day."
Bauman said that no native Russian speaker planned to live in the house although native speakers had heard of a Russian house on a regular basis.
BIGGINS SAID A native speaker living in the house would force students to speak the language.
Gerald E. Mikkelson, chairman of the Slavic languages and literature department, said it was also difficult to find an interdisciplinary director because of limited funds.
"There are people that would be willing to live in the house if they were paid, but we don't have the money. Mikkelson said. There are not enough people in budget or the department's budget to pay the director of the house.
"It's a great idea, and I would love to hire a native speaker to live in the house, but there's not much the more we can do to help them in a material way."
Many language houses at other universities receive financial help from their universities, Mikkelson said.
But Bauman said the KU club wasn't looking to receive a grant from the University.
"We're not asking for money," Bauman said. "We're going to get ourselves set up and see what happens. We're really optimistic about it. The Slavic Club and the faculty are very supportive."
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