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Monday, March 5, 1979
University Daily Kansan
China open to study tour
Since the United States' recognition of the People's Republic of China in January, the Chinese government has approved more American tours of that country, according to a report.
Because of this relaxation, the American Institute for Foreign Study is offering a course on Spanish at our students and faculty members. The 27-day trip will leave from San Francisco on July 13.
"THERE ARE 50 spaces for teachers and students but preference will probably be given to those who have some previous experience in teaching." An associate professor of history, said recently.
Students must be attending school at least part-time, Bays, the local sponsor of the trip, said. High school and junior college students also are eligible to apply.
"People who are totally cold on the China subject could apply," Bays said, "but probably would be required to read several books about it before the trip."
re said he must certify each application and make a recommendation for each student. The final selection will be made by the Chinese Embassy.
THE COST OF THE TIE is $2,756 per person, which Baed said was less than commiserate.
THE TENTATIVE plans for the trip include a five-day stay in Pekin and visits to four cities in central China. The group also will visit Japan and Hawaii.
In cooperation with this program, the KU department of East Asian languages and cultures is offering intensive Chinese summer that will emphasize conversation.
The four-week courses, Elementary Chinese I and Intermediate Chinese I, will begin June 11 and end June 29, three days before the trip to China begins.
CHAE JIN LEE, professor of East Asian studies, said, "This year we are going to emphasize the conversational part of the course because we are supporting the trip. We encourage students to take the course if we need a language background for the trip.
HOWEVER, STUDENTS are not required to take the courses. The courses can be continued for four more weeks in the Middle or Western Chinese II and Intermediate Chinese II.
In the four-week session, Lee said, the students would cover as much material as in a full semester. Each intensive course will include three hours and five hours of laboratory work each week.
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The application deadline for the language courses in May 25. Bays said application for the trip to China should be made by mid-March.
A four-year bridge-building spree in Douglas County may cost case that the county's original estimate of the project, Beverly Hills Bridge, is not far enough.
In 1974, Douglas county voters overwhelmingly passed an $11.74 million bridge bond issue. The bond issue was for the construction of 51 rural bridges and a two-span Kansas River bridge in Lawrence.
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"I think every bid but one has been below the county's estimate," Bradley said. "I think we will come out quite a bit."
The other bridge, one of the largest rural bridges to be built in the project, is federally funded. The county must pay 30 percent of the cost.
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Cost of county bridge building less than original plan estimate
He said the county had received construction bids that were lower than originally estimated because of low labor costs, and because there was less work available to bridge builders, making the bidding more competitive.
Mike Doley, public works director, said the bridge project was about 50 percent completed. He said 22 of the bridges had been completed, 11 were under construction and 18 had not received construction bids.
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"I last winter used us down considerably, and I think we lost about a year on the project," he said. "We are making every
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Bradley said, "I'd like to go faster, but we have gone through two county commissions and a public works director since the bond was passed. I think it is moving rather well since Dooley has been handling it."
Dooley became public works director in July 1978.
Senate fills standing committees
The Student Senate Committee on Committees appointed members of seven standing committees and one subcommittee Saturday.
George Gomez, student body vice president, said yesterday that the committee had chosen the members from apposition turned in by senators and nonsenators.
The Academic Affairs Committee will try to increase cooperation between the student
governing bodies and the faculty, according to Senate policy.
THE STUDENT Rights Committee will evaluate Senate and administrative policies and monitor University compliance with Title IX. A subcommittee of the Student Rights Committee is the Minority Affairs Subcommittee.
The Communications Committee will work to communicate with the student body through public visits, newsletters, the University Daily Kansan and JKHJ radio.
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Stalk a wild cat or a forbidden dream.
Talk to strangers.
Peruse your eyes on a Van Gogh painting.
Take a shower in the rain.
Get yourself renewed at the library.
Find a dandelion in the snow.
Visit a tree.
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Be still for a sunset, awake for a sunrise.
Crack a rock or look inside.
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Build a fire with wood. Cook dinner over it.
Concentrate your light into a sphere.
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In Summer Bottles, diamond Arturia his belt buckle,
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In Autumn Poppies flies to the West as long-horned Taurus frogs rise from the ground.
In Winter Giant Orion, followed by his bright-eyed dog,
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Soil in the dirt grass.
Assassinate a TV commercial.
Bless your ancestors and their descendents.
Bress your ancestors and the Leave a picture.
Smile at the mutable Moon.
Make your own list of some things that need doing.
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The Student Services Committee will auction unclaimed articles from the KU Police Department, attempt to sell items, such as stereos, to students at low cost and attempt to have Kansas Union food and bookstore prices lowered.
The Culture Committee will attempt to set up an "All University Open House" and to increase foreign students' involvement with the University.
GOMEZ SAID the committees' chairmen would be elected at individual committee meetings.
Margaret Berlin, student body president,
said the committee lists were not final.
Old and new senators also elected three holdover senators at Wednesday's Student Senate meeting. They are Mark Bernstein, Chris Snyder and Steve Green, green former College of Liberal Arts and Green, former College of Liberal Arts and Green.
THE COMMITTEE memberships are:
Minority Affairs: eight members, five of whom are senators.
Student Rights: 27 members, 12 of whom are senators.
Finance and Auditing: 36 members, eight of whom are senators.
Academic Affairs; 32 members, 12 of whom are senators.
Sports: 16 members, three of whom are senators.
communications: 31 members, eight of whom are senators.
Student Services: 22 members, eight of whom are senators.
Culture: eight members, five of whom are senators.
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