University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, September 18. 1975
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Foreign broadcasts heard by telephone
Broadcasts of current news and cultural information in six foreign languages and English will be available by telephone to the residents of New York, New Jersey, Lawrence residents by the end of this week.
These broadcasts, of 5 to 10-minutes, are part of Project Interface, a service of the Bell Telecom system that is fitted-in, or interfaced, with the Bell telephone system and, although the project was experimental eight months ago at its earliest hour, it now offers two-hour services to students and pupils.
One service of Project Interface is to supplement the study of foreign languages, according to Ermal Garinger, director of the University's language laboratories.
ACCORDING TO GARINGER, the wave broadcasts also are available on tv.
"The broadcasts can be helpful for analyzing French culture or to help an upper-division or graduate German student with the language," he said.
"The service is not restricted to just phone-in purposes," he said. "Some Spanish classes intend to broadcast the World Series in Spanish."
In addition to Spanish newcastles,
Chinese, English, French, German,
Portuguese and Russian broadcasts can also be
on or on tape available at the language labs.
News and cultural information can also be used for nonlanguage purposes, according to Gartinger. He said students of political science, area studies and international relations could benefit from Project Interface.
"Tapes are especially useful for language instruction," said Joseph Kuo, assistant professor of oriental languages and literatures.
He said he closely coordinated broadcasts of firsthand news and cultural information from his local media.
"THE PROJECT FILLS a void in the communications problem between the United States and other nations," Gartner wrote. "The watershed water-dated, pre-digested version we get in English. We get their views on what's going on in their country and in the United States."
Garinger said that he thought Project Interface would be useful to speech students in analyzing broadcasting techniques, and students could benefit from the service. Students could also benefit from the service.
"We intend to broadcast news from the BBC in England," he said. "The British are more than willing to tell the United States what they think."
THE EQUIPMENT, which includes a short wave radio receiver and four antennas on the roof of Wessex Hall, is picking up data from the weather station. Welle, Radio Pekinu and Radio France.
The key problem in broadcasting foreign news is reception, according to Jeff Creel, recording technician for the language laboratories.
"We want to have a good broadcast, not a fair broadcast," said Creel.
Because telephone static veils some
because, he said, the broadcasts must be
indirect.
Lost eyeglasses to be returned
Some of the people who lost their glasses when a local optical shop closed in August should have them back within 30 days, because the Consumer Affairs Association (CAA)
Carol Boone Strohben, CAA director, said yesterday that other customers who had left a deposit for the purchase of new glasses would have their deodoris returned.
The owner of Optima, which filed for bankruptcy in August, Gene Paulson, said he was in his possession and would be returned to packing a list of claims compiled by the CAA.
Don Allen, accountant for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Kansas City, Mo., has four or five additional pairs of glasses, Strohbeen said.
The FDIC has some of the glasses because it was responsible for distributing the assets of Optima when the shop's owner declared bankruptcy.
The CAA has compiled a list of 32 people who have a claim against the business, according to Stroebelin. Some of the 32 are employees and some have time to be repaired before the business closed, and others had left cash deposits toward the purchase of new glasses.
The Program of the Year isn't on TV. RI's in the Air Force ROTC.
Look into the Air Force ROA program, year or, 2 years programs to choose from. Whichever you ask, you are required to a commission as an Air Force officer. With opportunities for a career challenge... and, of course, fiction challenges...
The courses themselves pre-depend on positions ahead. Positions are member of an aircrew, or as members using mathematics...science using mathematics...science
Look out for yourself, Look into the Air Force ROTC programs on campus.
Inquire in Room 108, Military Science Building, University of Kansas. Phone 844-6474.
weather, upon the station's power and upon the directional beams of the foreign station,
Put it all together in Air Force ROTC
"We have picked up Spain but it's easier and more reliable to pick up South America or Havana because of proximity and the direction of their beams." Creel said.
Funds for Project Interface were provided through the University budget.
Injured student remains serious
Julie K. Carden, 21, Shawnee Mission senior, remained in serious condition yesterday in the intensive care unit at the KU Medical Center.
She was injured Saturday in a one-car accident in which Vicki Yount, 19, of Carlsbad was shot.
Still listed in satisfactory condition at Olathe Community Hospital is Susan M. Hacker, 19, Olathe sophomore, who was also a passenger in the car.
A fourth KU student in the car, Janie
batter, 18, iolet, III., sophomore, wasn't
intent on going to college.
The four women were on the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority traditional pledge class "walk out" when the car in which they were riding crashed into a gas meter and a tree about one mile west of K-7 on Dennis Avenue in Olathe.
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Chicago to perform here in October SUA concert
Chicago, a nationally known recording group, will appear at the University of Kansas Oct. 9 in their only midwest concert this fall. Rich Lindman, SUA special events chairman, said yesterday negotiation with the group began last week when they received a contract. The group returned it early this week. he said.
According to Mike Miller, SUA activities adviser, SUA has contracted with Windy City Productions of Chicago to produce the show. The concert will be in Allen Field House and tickets will be $4, $5 and $8, all seats reserved, he said.
Miller said he thought ticket sales would begin Sept. 17 or 18.
Lindman said sales would be limited to 10 tickets a person.
Meanwhile, an effort is still being made to sign an artist for the homecoming concert, he said. He said he hoped to attract a "middle-of-the-road" performer to contrast with a concert scheduled soon after the homecoming event.
Lindman said he thought they were near an agreement with an artist for the homecoming concert, and would know by hand of the week whether he would appear.
CHILE 1973:
A Commemorative in Film, Song and Poem
Thursday, Sept. 11, 8 p.m.
Smith Auditorium
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Students: Interested in the concert series?
Interviews are being held Tuesday, Sept. 9 and Wednesday, Sept. 10 for student membership on the concert series.
Governor's Room 7 p.m. Kansas Union
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