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Class emphasizes intercultural communication
Professor M. Dale Kinkade, head of the Anthropology department and specialist on the North American Indian, was the speaker at last week's meeting of the course on Problems in Intercultural Communication. The course is designed to bridge the communication gap which exists between the American Indian and other races.
KU model UN delegation takes honors in Oklahoma
A group of students from the University of Kansas was named one of the two top delegations at a model United Nations program sponsored by the University of Oklahoma last weekend.
The group represented the United States in the three day session. The other top delegation was a group of University of Oklahoma students representing the U.S.S.R.
During the sessions there were several resolutions passed concerning world affairs. On the Middle East crisis the model U.N. resolved to internationalize Jerusalem and to recognize Israeli sovereignty by the United Arab Republic. It was also resolved that Israel should withdraw to the boundaries which were in effect prior to the 1967 war.
On the subject of the distribution of world wealth it was resolved that a greater transfer from wealthy nations to developing nations was needed.
Bob Ward, chairman of the delegation, said Tuesday that it was risky to be the United States in these sessions. He said one group representing the National Liberation Front of Viet Nam marched into the meeting and pelted the delegates with marsh-mallows and shouted obscenities,
The other members of this delegation were Phil Higdon, Prairie Village senior, Bill Ward, Wichita sophomore, Jim Portwood, Reeland Park graduate student, and Mike Dickeson, Atchison senior.
Ward said most of the delegates were students at OU. He said this was one of the few model UN's in which all countries were represented.
Variety of opinions polled as students march on campus
By JIM CZUPOR
Kansan Staff Writer
Participants in Tuesday's march protesting the Chicago "Ten" trial had varying opinions on why they were marching. The majority of marchers, without explaining themselves, stated their reason for participating simply as, "We're marching because of the trial."
One marcher said, "The Chicago 'Ten' are scapegoats for the whole mess of the Democratic Convention. I don't think its fair and that's why I'm marching."
John Garvey, first year law student from Wichita, said, "I was at the Democratic Convention representing the Mutual Broadcasting System and I was unimpressed with the whole mess. I was shocked by Judge Hoffman's use of the conspiracy law which is not a complete statutory and arbitrary application."
Several people expressed their discontent with the lack of justice as their reason for marching. One marcher said, "I'm marching because of the lack of
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Still another marcher said, "The whole thing is so absurd. The idea that they can stick you in jail for anything nowdays is scary. If we don't do something now, then we won't be able to do anything at all."
justice at the trial and because a few people can actually be singled out when thousands were involved."
Laura Jorgensen, Glen Elya, Ill., junior, said, "I think the crowd's right in protesting the trial."
But not all marchers were sympathetic to those involved in the trial. Russ Welsh, Merriam junior, said, "The whole thing is screwed up! I'm especially hacked off at the law students. They are the ones who should be concerned about this but they aren't. They just sit on the Green Hall steps and whistle at the girls going by. I did want to go into law school, but now I don't know. I feel helpless."
Others who displayed enthusiasm in the march afterwards declined to admit their interest. One marcher said, "The march never accomplished anything—we're just here to have a good time."
KU, Haskell exchange ideas on communication problems
By CHARLENE MULLER Kansan Staff Writer
Steps have been taken by the University of Kansas and the Haskell Institute to bridge the communication gap which exists between the American Indian and other races in Lawrence.
Because of an arrangement made between Haskell and KU, a course entitled Problems in Intercultural Communication (The American Indian) was offered for the first time this semester to both educational institutions.
Lynn Osborne, professor of speech and drama and coordinator and instructor of the program, said the response to the course was overwhelming.
"We planned to have no more than 30 people in the course," Osborne said. "However, on the first day of enrollment we had to close the class with about 50 students on the roster."
Osborne said there were 26 undergraduate and six graduate students from KU and 13 Haskell students in the class.
Haskell students are taking the elective course at no charge, he said. They are bused to Blake Hall, where the class meets every Monday from 4:30 p.m. to 6:20 p.m. He said that both Haskell and KU students were earning two credit hours in speech and drama for the course.
Osborne said cooperation between Haskell and KU in coordinating the program was outstanding. Francis Heller, dean of faculties at KU, helped Osborne in setting up the program. Working from Haskell were Wallace Galluzi, superintendent, and Jerry Rogers, instructor of North American Indian and Eskimo history.
"They (KU and Haskell) have taken a giant step in the right direction toward breaking down the barriers which exist between them," Rogers said.
Rogers said the communication barrier was two-fold. A language difficulty on the part of Indian students whose primary tongue is not English is the first problem, he said. The second problem, he said, is the mass media which has imparted misconceptions of the American Indian to the public.
"This program allows the participants to understand what potential communication barriers exist between the two cultures. By understanding these barriers, they can learn what hurdles must be overcome."
Included in the curriculum will be an examination of the spectrum of cultural, educational, economic, lingual, philosophical and social barriers to effective communication between Indian and non-Indian individuals and groups. The course will provide a variety of lectures, films, discussions, directed readings and group projects.
Gary Kaplan, Hutchinson sophomore and a student in the class, said one of the better features of the program was mixed Indian and non-Indian interaction
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in group and team projects. In the group project, he said, ten people are involved in doing research on communication problems and making an oral report to the class. The team project is done by a group of three to four people who research another communication problem and write a paper on it, he said.
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Students expressed similar ideas on benefits they hope to attain from it.
Some of the problems that will be researched are the Indian and the mass media, communication in the educational system, communication in non-verbal contexts and communication in the home and community.
Pauline Sam, Haskell senior from Cayuse, Ore., said the Indian had been afraid in the past to speak out. This silence, she said, has led to a misconception of the Indian as nonaggressive.
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She said she felt this class, although limited in size and time, would provide an avenue for the interchange of ideas and instilling more realistic conceptions of Indians and other races in the students' minds.
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"There seemed to be a stilted politeness at first," Miss Sam said, "where everyone was afraid of stepping on each other's toes. Now that we are getting to know each other better, the communication is more open and honest."
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Linda Holmes, Kansas City, Mo., junior at KU, said her reasons for taking the course concerned her future career as a microbiologist.
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"I think scientists should get out of their labs and learn more about people," she said.
This course, Miss Holmes said, is a good way to bring the two cultures together.
"There has already been much interaction in the course." she
said, "I have already made some friends."
Edward Jensen, Haskell senior from Tuba City, Okla., said that neither culture knew enough about each other. This class, he said, should prove to be a fruitful interchange of ideas between them.
Haskell's superintendent, Galluuzzi who is enrolled in the course as a special student, said he was taking the course not only to learn more about Indian and non-Indian communication breakdowns but also to interact with students on a personal level rather than on his usual administrative level. The course should give both cultures firsthand information about each other, he said.
Osborne said several Indian tribes, including the Navaho, Sioux, Flathead, Yakima, Acoma Pueblo and Hopi were represented in the seminar.