University Daily Kansan / Monday, December 1, 1986
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terested in pursuing careers in academia, he said.
"They're preparing for more pragmatic qualifications than just studying language and literature," he said.
Enrollment and politics
James Carothers, associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, said almost all foreign language departments had experienced a recent enrollment increase.
"In the last three or four years, there's been an increased willingness on the part of students to study foreign language," Carothers said.
Enrollment in first-semester Chinese language has increased 90 percent this fall, from 20 to 38, Tsubaki said. First-semester enrollment in Japanese language was unchanged at 32 students.
Besides reflecting the trend toward foreign languages and the increase in the overall KU enrollment, the figures also correspond to an increased interest in China. Tsubaki said.
"There's still a certain mystique with mainland China," he said, explaining that unlike other East Asian countries, China is just now moving dynamically toward a more modern society.
Kansas' interest in expanding trade with China is one example of China's increasing importance in international business.
KU began offering Chinese classes in fall 1959 and Japanese in 1961.
But until recently, Japanese attracted more students because of the greater possibilities of dealing with Japan, Tsubaki said.
Interest in the Chinese language increased after President Nixon made his historic visit to the People's Republic of China in 1972. But the surge subsided when people realized that the opportunities to deal with
China were not expanding as quickly as they had expected, Tsuabui said.
Joseph Kuo, associate professor of East Asian languages and cultures, said enrollment suddenly increased nationwide after the United States normalized relations with China in 1979.
Tsubaki said the increased enrollment at KU this fall reflected a national trend that had begun on the coasts about five years ago and finally was reaching the Midwest.
"Chinese is just coming to the normal stage," he said.
Since spring 1975, Kuo has taught outreach classes in Chinese at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan.
Why studv Chinese?
This year, a graduate student is teaching the classes. She is continuing the tradition of offering the classes between 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. on Sundays to accommodate the students.
The class consists of doctors, business people, teachers, high school students and others who want to do business with China or want to visit for research or travel, he said.
"There are many people who want to learn Chinese," said Kuo, a native of Peking.
Greg Quirk, Kansas City, Mo. senior majoring in East Asian languages and cultures, wants to participate in KU's exchange program with the university in Nanjing in Nanjing Province next year.
He and his classmates in Kuo's intermediate Chinese I class agreed that the language often was frustrating, the first year being the worst.
Non-Western culture
While Bond is majoring in Chinese language and literature, Quirk is majoring in East Asian languages and cultures.
The culture degree requires at least two years of either Chinese or Japanese and 25 credit hours of other classes in the department and in other departments such as art history, geography and political science.
"Art history is by far the strongest discipline in East Asian studies at KU." Tsubaki said.
Starting next fall, incoming freshmen working on bachelor of arts degrees in the college will need one class in non-Western culture.
But East Asian culture classes aren't just for Chinese or Japanese majors.
Students will be able to meet the requirement by taking a class in a department such as East Asian studies, anthropology, history or African studies.
"It's an enormous gesture on the part of the college administration to recognize the importance of broader, well-informed students on world affairs." Tubaki said.
Carothers said the college had been considering the addition for four or five years because the faculty didn't want students bound by a provincial sense of culture.
"We believe that all of our students should have some exposure to a non-native language."
However, because of budget constraints, the University has been unable to promise additional financing to accommodate the anticipated increased enrollments.
Tsubaki said department faculty members were nervous about the stress of working with students.
"We're apprehensive, but we want to do our best," Tsubaki said.
Other languages stressed
Oriental languages aren't the only languages that departments are
Although the art history department emphasizes Japanese and Chinese for participants in its highly regarded Oriental art history program, the department recognizes the importance of language for all of its majors.
Stephen Addiss, chairman of the department of art history, said that art's close ties with culture made knowledge of a foreign language and culture crucial.
"The students know that it's going to be a real addition to what they do here."
stressing.
Like other students pursuing bachelor of arts degrees in the college department majors must complete a language requirement of 16 credit hours.
Addiss said the department encouraged its majors to take French or German because most critical art was written in those languages.
the importance of language skills is nothing new to art history majors, but it may be to some business majors.
Starting this fall, students planning to enter the School of Business need four semesters of a foreign language. They will receive two semesters of a combination of both.
Shulenberger said that 15 years ago, international trade accounted for about 5 percent of the U.S. gross national product. Now, it accounts for about 20 percent of the GNP.
What tipped the scales, he said,
was the pragmatic realization by
other professors of the changing
realities of world trade.
David Shulenberger, associate dean of business, explained that some professors always had wanted a foreign language requirement because they saw it as an important part of a liberal education.
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Joseph Kuo, associate professor of East Asian languages and cultures, teaches Chinese to his class.
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portant," he said, because it is used throughout the world.
On the other hand, students who are interested in international trade and who want to specialize may find Chinese or Japanese useful, he said.
"In general, most recruiters recognize the kind of discipline it takes to study a foreign language," Mielke said.
Diane Mielke, assistant director of the University Placement Center, said many career options were open to students with language skills.
Employment outlook
"I think a student can use the language in any kind of capacity." Mielke said. "They have to decide how they want to sell that."
Job seekers also need to be critical of their linguistic abilities, she said.
"To really learn a foreign language you need spend time learning it."
Employers also recognize the importance of foreign experience, as indicated by the job description for openings at the Department of Economic Development.
Kirk said the department was looking for someone with a college degree who was fluent in Japanese or German and who had had at least one year of international business experience.
But those language skills can be useful, she said, pointing out that a former classmate was a vice consul in Shanghai.
"It really helps open doors if you use their own language." Kirk said.
"People are studying language not only because it's interesting, but also because it's a useful job skill."
Civil War
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Bugay chose to fight for the Confederacy because his ancestors also fought for the Confederacy, he said.
Usually, the troops had to fight in large, open fields so that spectators could see, he said. But in Sailor's Creek, the troops fought in the forest, and the battles were more authentic.
"I may have been born in Detroit, but I lived in the South all my life and it's my home," he said. "I was born in Michigan."
Bugay said he thought the South seceded from the Union because of states' rights and economic reasons, and not necessarily because of slavery.
"I don't agree with slavery." Bugay said. "It's not right — it's not right for people to be used like cattle.
"I don't think it was as major a part of the war as the
North made it out to be."
Phil Paludan, professor of history, although he doesn't know Bugay, disagrees with his philosophy.
"I think the issue, in the largest since, was slavery and its impact on the economy, on states' rights and nationalism," he said.
Mary Sue Hartman. Chicago senior and one of bugay's friends, said considering where he grew up, Mark's interest in the Civil War was not surprising.
"I think it had a lot to do with his father being in the military and where he grew up," she said. "He's from a tourist attraction and that's all he knew."
Hartman said that Bugay was an easygoing and sensitive person and that he would never push his opinions on anyone else.
Pursuing other interests
Bugay said he usually rode horses English style but sometimes rode them in an unusual way — on a military-style McClellan saddle.
Besides the Civil War, Bugay said he had many other interests including geology, archeology, Polish, horseback riding and weightlifting.
The McCielan saddle is the equivalent of two planks of wood tied together over a horse, he said.
Bugay said one of his dreams had been to win an Olympic gold medal in an equestrian event.
"It costs so much—in training and stables, I just never tried." he said.
He said he came to KU so he could study archaeology, but switched to geology.
Dan McLellan, Wilmette, III, junior and one of Buga's roommates, said Buga was a concerned and considerate person.
he now takes 15 hours of classes and works as a geologist's assistant on campus.
"He is always willing to help you if you need it," McLellan said, adding that Bugay usually does things his own way.
"He doesn't always get what he wants, but he'll keep striving for it," McLellan said.
After he earns his bachelor's degree next fall. Bugay said he planned to go into the Marine Officer Candidate School.
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