University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, March 10, 1987
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Danish prof says U.S. is young
By PAUL SCHRAG Staff writer
Thorkild Kjaergaard, Fulbright lecturer from Denmark.
As long as the United States has existed, Europeans have been curious about it.
"You are a young society," he said.
"You are new here on the prairie. We are an older society. We have a more aristocratic culture."
Danish historian Thorkild Kjaergaard, Fulbright lecturer at the University of Kansas this semester. He taught courses on differences as well as similarities.
But concerns shared by the United States and Denmark, such as the economic crisis in agriculture, also contribute to the demand for information and historical analysis that Kiaergaard helps supply.
Kjaergaard is teaching a class on Danish cultural and intellectual history and is writing a book about the Danish politics of 19th centuries from the 16th to 19th centuries.
Norman Saul, chairman of the department of history, said that the department was pleased to have its first Fulbright lecturer in four years.
"You learn a lot from visiting professors in terms of comparative history and society, their reaction to them, and their own field of study," he said.
Kjaergaard, who is on leave from teaching at Copenhagen University, said that he enjoyed having the chance to teach in the United States because he had studied historical interesse between the United States and Denmark.
For example, Kjaergaard wrote a book that was published for the U.S. bicentennial, "Denmark Gets the News of '76," in which he described how Danes the 1770s perceived the American Revolution.
Kjaergaard applies his historical knowledge to contemporary concerns about the agricultural crisis. He has written about U.S. agriculture for a Danish newspaper since coming to the University in January.
"The situation is very similar in Europe," he said. "There is a crisis of small-farm ownership because the land is not covered, or corporate ownership has the edge.
"We also are trying to keep the small farmers in business, because they are considered to be of great value to society."
Kjaergaard said he preferred the philosophy of higher education in the
United States to that in Europe.
"Here it is easy to enter a university and difficult to stay," he said. "In Europe, it is difficult to enter and easy to stay."
He said that European professors gave lists of suggestions for reading, compared to professors in the United States who gave specific assignments.
European professors never give
until the end of a semester.
Kajeruja J.
"The European system assumes that students are motivated, but sometimes that is wishful thinking," he said.
Momentum likely to win election
By JENNIFERFORKER Staff writer
Barring the success of write-in candidates, the Momentum coalition has already won the Board of Class Officer elections.
Momentum is the only coalition to file a state of candidates for the BOCO elections today and tomorrow from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Strong Hall foyer.
Jim Winne, election chairman and senior class vice president, said no independents had successfully applied for any positions.
"BOCO does the traditional things at KU," Fevrely said.
John Fevrely, senior class president, said BOCO members were responsible for organizing homecoming and graduation activities. They also sponsor the Rock Chalk Revue and the Hope Award and choose the senior gift.
Winne expected about 500 students to vote, which he said was average.
Winne attributed low voter turnout in the past to a general apathy among students and to few people knowing what BOCO did.
Feverly said the Momentum coalition had not publicized itself much, so a write-in had a good chance of winning an office.
Cliff Stubbs, senior class president candidate, said campaigning had consisted of posters, telephone calls, personal letters and word-of-mouth.
Stubbs, Kansas City, Kan., junior, said campaigning had been low-key because the candidates were not ready for the early election. In the past, BOCO elections were held the week after spring break.
BOCO moved the elections because it didn't want to interfere with Student Senate elections the week after spring break. Stubbs said.
The senior class officers run the election and will count the ballots tomorrow night with at least two administrators, said Ann Eversole, senior class adviser.
Fevrly said each candidate was allowed to raise $30 for campaigning, which equaled $360 a coalition. He said coalitions were beneficial because they generated more money, while students who ran independently had only $30.
BCOO is not funded by Student Senate and must raise money by selling class memberships and senior T-shirts.
Winne said that BOCO usually raised $1,500 to $2,000 each year, with the majority of the money used for the senior gift.
Junior candidates for the senior class offices are Cliff Stubbs, Kansas City, Kan., president; Jim Riggs, Leawood, vice president; Elizabeth Mills, Dallas, Texas, secretary; and Damian Hornick, Kansas City, Kan., treasurer.
Sophomore candidates for the junior class offices are Brook Menees, Prairie Village, president; Krista Martin, Overland Park, vice president; Jim Calderon, Prairie Village, secretary; and Kathy Brennan, Lenexa, treasurer.
Freshmen candidates for the sophomore class offices are Tim Raynor, Overland Park, president; Doug Borchering, Overland Park, vice president; Anne French, Prairie Village, secretary; and Tom Carmell, Mission Hills, treasurer.
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