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degrees in the week ending Oct. 25 to 57 degrees last week.
It is a phenomenon that affects not only the Midwest but also stretches to New England. Hall said.
Hall, who teaches meteorology 320. Unusual Weather, said that it would be hard to predict what kind of weather would come after the Indian summer.
"Generally, you can say it is impossible to predict weather accurately out over a 14-day period," Hall said.
but meteorologist Edward W. Pearl has forecasted the U.S. weather for the next 12 months in Harris' Farmers Almanac.
Pearl has divided the U.S. into 10 weather regions. Kansas belongs to the south-central region.
According to Pearl's predictions, November will have temperatures slightly below normal temperatures, averaging in the low 40s, and slightly above normal precipitation. Pearl said that the first eight days of the month will be dry and mild.
December will have normal temperatures with the average in the mid
30s, Pearl said, and the first snow will fall about Dec. 18 or 21.
January will have temperatures slightly above normal with an average of 32 degrees and a precipitation level slightly below normal. Storms producing rain and snow will occur at the beginning and end of the month with pleasant weather in between Pearl said.
However, Hall said, "Some people claim they are able to do long term weather forecasting, but no one has done it and consistently accurate in doing that."
Although Hall said there was no proof of a correlation between past and future weather, he predicted severe weather would follow the Indian summer.
Pearl said in the almanac that his forecasts are based on scientific factors such as meteorology, climatology, the solar cycle and a "secret something that's impossible to define."
"Although fall is not a typical season for severe weather, temperature changes like this may lead to those circumstances," he said.
Budget law may hurt state
WASHINGTON — Kansas could lose $22 million in federal monies if automatic spending cuts are triggered this year in the Gramm-Rudman deficit-cutting law, according to a new report.
The Associated Press
Projected losses for Kansas in the 1988 budget year, which began Oct. 1, would rank 32nd nationally. California would be the biggest loser with federal aid cuts of $373.8 million, according to the report. The report was prepared by Fiscal Planning Services Inc., a private Washington-based consulting firm.
The largest reductions would hit education, highwavs and Medicare.
For Kansas, among the biggest losses would be:
Medicare, $13.2 million.
Highways, $12 million.
Student aid for higher education,
$5.1 million.
WEATHER
WEATHER Lawrence Forecast
$5.1 million.
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56 teaching assistants, a 27 percent increase over last fall.
Thus, once classroom space is distributed, classes usually are of manageable size. Spires said.
Brian Castronovo, department coordinator of the first-year language program, said that a class of 18 to 20 students would be ideal for a language course. This semester's Spanish 104 courses have an average of 24 students each.
Brian Solan, Northbrook, III., junior, said that his Spanish 104 instructor managed to get the whole class involved even though the class had almost 30 students.
"It's a fun class." Solan said.
Coniugating for survival
The KU campus was invaded this semester by hundreds of yellow and orange roosters with purple eyes.
cy-based curriculum.
The roosters are on the cover of the new Spanish 104 textbook, “Que ta!?” The use of this new textbook represents just a part of the department's recent attempt to move from a grammar-based curriculum to a proficient-
Castronovo said that if the attempt was successful, KU would be one of the first universities in the nation to have a proficiency-based Spanish program.
"Students should have a knowledge of the grammar, vocabulary and oral-linguistic factors to accomplish real-life functions." Castrovano江
Castronovo said that the department would follow guidelines set by the American Council on Teaching Foreign Languages to develop goals for students' first four semesters of Spanish and beyond.
Castronovo said that the goals of the proficiency-based program would not specifically address students' knowledge of grammar, but it would address their ability to function in the real world.
Intermediate students would be expected to be able to survive in a foreign nation. For example, they should be able to order food in a restaurant.
to survive a situation with a complication. For example, they should be able to tell a waiter that they will not pay for a steak because a dead spider is under it.
Advanced students should be able
Superior students should be able to defend their opinions or discuss current events.
Mary Jane Kelley, an assistant professor who teaches second-year Spanish at KU, said that she was focusing on proficiency by having her students learn grammar in the context of real-life situations.
"The problem is that most textbooks are not exclusively proficiency-oriented." Kelley said. "But they are moving toward having a lot of communication-based activities."
And Castronovo said, "A large class size is always a hindrance, but the advantage of being proficiency-oriented is that there is a lot of paired work and student interaction."
Why Spanish?
About 2.3 percent of all Kansas City area residents, 3.9 percent of all Topeka residents, and 2.3 percent of
all Lawrence residents are of Spanish origin. Although that hardly compares with the 19.9 percent of New York City residents who are of Spanish origin, Spanish speakers are needed in this region's courts, hospitals and schools.
"I think if the courts perceived a greater need, they would make more translators available," McHenry said.
Sam McRenry, staff attorney at Legal Aid of West Missouri, said he thought Jackson County courts did a fair job of providing interpreters for Spanish-speaking defendants.
However, McHenry said that the courts may not perceive precisely a greater need because they have not made more translators available.
"I think a lot of people who are not English speakers try to stay away from the courts. They don't pursue claims that far," McHenry said.
Arlene Arnold, personnel interviewer at the University of Kansas Medical Center, said, "We do have quite a need for Spanish interpreters, but we have a good number of employees who also speak Spanish."
KU Spanish enrollment is growing
For every 100 filled bilingual teaching positions in the nation, there is at least one vacancy, said Arturo Vargas, senior education policy analyst at the National Council of Laraza in Washington, D.C.
The Med Center does not hire interpreters. Instead, about 15 bilingual hospital employees have volunteered to be available when the need for an interpreter arises.
who would be paid with newly acquired federal money. Pulido said that she thought Bilingual Services was able to meet the needs of the district's Spanish-speaking community.
"The shortage of bilingual teachers is the greatest one of any field in education." Vargas said.
However, the need for bilingual educators nationwide is not being met, officials say. And that need is even greater than the need for office space for Spanish teachers at KU.
"It's really gratifying to see that happen." Arnold said.
Vargas said that, of all non-certified teachers in the nation, 12 percent are in bilingual education.
In California, where 31 percent of the population is Hispanic, elementary and secondary school teachers certified in bilingual education receive $1,000 more a year than other teachers. Also, teachers there who are certified in bilingual education often get their college student loans naid by their employers.
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Often referred to as Bilingual Services, the program provides several Kansas City, Mo., schools with bilingual classroom aides and language laboratory studies. The program receives federal, state and district financing.
About 250 Hispanic elementary and secondary school students in Kansas City, Mo., are learning English as a second language with the help of English as a Second Language Transitional Bilingual Services, said Angie Puilo, the program's secretary.
Pulido said that Bilingual Services had about 30 employees and would soon hire five more bilingual aides
But, Diane Mielke, assistant director of KU's University Placement Center, cautioned students not to overestimate the job opportunities afforded by a degree in Spanish.
"It's not that you majored in Spanish, but who are you and what are your skills?" Mielie said.
Getting a double major is just one way to acquire important job skills, Mielke said. Such things as work experience and internships in conjunction with a degree in Spanish can help develop leadership, management and organizational skills, she said.
Mielle received a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish from Rutgers University in New Jersey and an Master of Arts in Spanish from KU.
"I've been able to overcome some obstacles with some people by being able to speak Spanish," she said of her two years at the center.
Spanish in world finance
At least one other program at KU is triving to meet new needs.
Madaus was referring to the fact that, starting next fall, students admitted to the business school will be required to complete an external coherent area study. One way to do this is to complete a fourth part was optional, is by completing a fourth semester foreign language course.
"Business is an international entity now," said Fred Madaus, placement director at KU's School of Business. "We are now requiring our students to take a heavy dose of foreign language."
The new requirement is part of the school's recent efforts to have more of an international focus. The school, in cooperation with the Center for International Programs, will have an entirely new program next year with textbooks and courses geared more toward the international aspects of business. The school received a $58,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education to develop the program.
The department of Spanish and Portuguese has received $800 of the grant to develop a Spanish course specifically for business majors.
The course, to be offered for the first time next fall, will deal with the economic history of Mexico. It will have the same level of difficulty as Spanish 216, the fourth-semester Spanish course.
John Tollefson, dean of business,
said the school's international focus
was designed not so much to prepare
students for work abroad, but to
make them aware of the international
ties that U.S. companies have.
Madaus said that few company representatives had come to KU in search of students with knowledge of language or an area of expertise.
"But that is likely because we have not emphasized that." Madaus said. "I would guess that now people would start coming to us."
Source: KU Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Commission to discuss golf course
Staff writer
By VALOREE ARMSTRONG
The Lawrence City Commission is scheduled tonight to discuss a proposal to build a municipal golf course at Clinton Reservoir.
The commission will meet at 7 p.m. at City Hall, Sixth and Massachusetts streets.
The committee suggested that the city finance the course with industrial revenue bonds, which would be paid back with income from the golf course.
Alvamar Golf and Country Club has the only public course in Lawrence. And because of the many tournaments Alvamar sponsors, employees say it's sometimes difficult for the public to get tee
The Lawrence Municipal Golf Course Committee, a group of golfers, is proposing that the city build a 180-acre public course at Banning Corner at Clinton with a price tag of $990,000 to $2,335,000. A clubhouse would cost an additional $70,000 to $100,000.
But Mike Osborne, assistant professional at Alvamar, said that the club had plans for expansion by 1990 and that another course wasn't needed.
Osborne said 18 more holes, stricly for public use, were to be used. Alvamar's current course is on the grass.
But the golf course committee says otherwise. About 2,700 people have signed petitions circulated by the committee that indicate interest in the municipal course among golfers in Lawrence and across Douglas County.
The committee's report, based on a comparison with the Rolling Meadows course at Junction City, predicted a net annual income of $145,000. The report suggested charging $7 a round.
"I don't think we will need a municipal course," Osborne said.
Care at the scene
A paramedic attends to Dan Hickey, Mission freshman, after his motorcycle was struck head-on by a pickup truck. Witnesses said Hickey was waiting to make a right turn from the Colony Woods
parking lot onto 24th Street about 5:45 p.m. when he was hit. Hickey was treated and released at Lawrence Memorial Hospital last night for a bruise to his right thigh.
On Campus
College Assembly is scheduled at 4 p.m. today at Alderson Auditorium in
■ French Table is scheduled at 11:30 a.m. today at Parlor C in the Kansas Union.
- Sigma Psi meeting for personnel administration majors is scheduled at 6:15 p.m. today at 112 Blake Hall.
- Tryouts and practice for the KU Men's Soccer Club are scheduled at 5 p.m. today at Shenk Complex, 23rd and Iowa streets.
A talk, "Liberation Theology," is scheduled at 4:30 p.m. today at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave.
KU Hispanic-American Leadership Organization meeting is scheduled at 6:30 p.m. today at the International Room in the Kansas Union.
"Communication in Loving Relationships," a workshop by the Emily Parker Center, is scheduled at 7 p.m. today at the Pine Room in the Kansas University.
A representative from the Rainbow Coalition will speak on the 1988 presidential election at a KU Young Democrats meeting scheduled at 7 p.m. today at the West Gallery in the Kansas Union.
- College Republicans meeting and elections are scheduled at 7 p.m. today at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
Jazz Ensemble I concert featuring
cello soloist Edward Laut and
directed by Ronald McMurphy is sche-
den to perform in a show that
Recital Hall in Murhiyu Castle.
■ "Did I See it or Did I Hear About It"
■ a linguistics colloquium by Akira Yamamoto, professor of anthropology
7:30 p.m. tuesday at 207 Blake Hall.
KU Students for Dukakis meeting is scheduled at 8 p.m. today at Grace Pearson Hall, 1335 Louisiana St.