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Friends help foreigners to adjust
Operation Friendship, a campus organization formed four years ago, works to ease the loneliness of foreign students at the University of Kansas.
Operation Friendship is a group of about 50 KU students—both American and foreign—who meet once a week to discuss problems of being strangers in a strange land.
The group meets from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday evenings at the Baptist Student Center, 1629
Ben Browne, coordinator of Operation Friendship, said the purpose of the group was to help foreign students adjust to American culture. American students with different cultures.
Many of the 25 American students involved in the program have majors related to international relations—language, international politics, or intercultural communications.
Broome said most of the foreign students in the group this semester had recently come from Iran, Arab countries, Venezuela or Japan.
Operation Friendship is divided into subgroups of eight or nine members each. The groups have two leaders, one American and one foreign.
Amir Zekrogo, one group leader, said
what was going on in Japan to find out
what was going on in Japan.
But the main reason for attending is to meet people and make friends, both foreign and domestic.
Rajan Chaudry, another group leader,
said Operation Friendship gave foreign
students a reason to get out of their rooms
and start making friends.
Chaudry said foreign students had to learn to meet people, and Operation Friendship gave them a good opportunity to do so.
Many of the foreign students in the group are in the Applied English Center, Broome said, and Operation Friendship gives them confidence to meet their English and develop self-confidence.
"It's an atmosphere where they feel it’s OK to make mistakes," he said.
Holly Davis, another group leader, said the Monday night activities encouraged members to talk. This week, students were asked to list six reasons of equality, equality, exponential, national security and wealth—and ranked them. The group then presented their award rankings showed cultural differences.
Another activity has been to make murals and collages depicting each student's community.
This weekend Operation Friendship will sponsor a retreat at Lake Perry. The group has also made trips to Kansas City, Mo., to visit the museum galleries and the Country Club Play.
Operation Friendship has a weekly 30-minute talk show on KJHK, 91.7 FM, in which foreign students are interviewed and play music from their countries.
Broome also teaches a one credit course entitled Cross Cultural Interaction (LA&E) at New York University.
When Operation Friendship began, Broome said, the group tried to find host homes for the students in intensive English. They found them through an organization, funded by the Student Senate,
and shifted its emphases to a student-friend program in which a foreign student was introduced.
it mostly attracted foreign males and American women.
Non-time travellers through Strong Hall lobby will walk to the tune of classical music during informal recitals performed as a part of Accent the Arts.
This system failed, Broome said, because
In 1975, the group took on its current format.
The concertas, which began last week,
feature guitar duets, piano, woodwind, horn
Each weekday until March 4, students and faculty can hear the musical float from the balcony.
Interested students and faculty submitted applications to participate in the american academic plan would please.
Strong Hall becomes a 'classical' building
Howard Collinson, SUA Fine Arts chairman, said that the idea was a nice way to move music to an unexpected place on campus.
He said that he and four professors from
the School of Fine Arts
organize the senior year
"In a university where so many students and faculty have spent most of their lives learning a talent, they should get as many students as possible to enrich the other students." Collins said.
The concert planning was a cooperative effort between SUA and the School of Fine Arts.
Melissa Nabors, concert coordinator, said the concert format was entirely informal.
"The recitals will be held each day at noon, so I hope people will bring their brown bags and come and soak up some culture," she said.
Nabors said, however, that she was looking for volunteers to help set up before the concerts and to help push the piano onto the balcony when necessary.
The programs average 30 minutes, though a few will be shorter, Collinson said.
will be performed today and tomorrow.
A concert on electronic music also is
scheduled.
"Many of the office doors in Strong were open and everyone seemed to enjoy the warmth." This kind of a preview and I hope it can be continued throughout the year."
Courses offer help to the slow reader
By KERRY KELLY Staff Reporter
Have there been too many nights when you just didn't feel like studying and replaced your book with another. And let me tell you, it would end up 232 pages to read for a history exam the next day?
This situation is a common problem for many students at the University of Kansas, and to overcome it, some have turned to speed reading.
Increased reading speed is an important goal of the speed reading program but it
"It's not correct to think of it as only a reading speed course," Mary Michner, instructor of the Evelyn Wood Reading Dynamics Institute in Lawrence, said recently. "It also improves study skills and a student's ability to concentrate."
Most people's reading speed is increased
A married woman who wants her name listed individually in the telephone directory will have to pay 35 cents a month for the service.
Wives charged for phone listing
It isn't feasible to list all married women's names in the phone book, according to William Collison, an employee of the Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.
"Where do you draw the line?" he asked.
"If we listed women individually, we'd have to list brothers, sisters and men and women who live together also."
Listing women's names also would cost extra time and money, he said.
"We wouldn't save any money even if it meant that people wouldn't call information."
Susan Fisher, Topea lawyer, also said that it was costlier to list women individually but said the extra expense was "touch" for the phone company.
The telephone company charges a customer for every local directory assistance call he makes a month, after the first five calls, but Collins said less than two per cent of the company's customers need or more directory assistance calls a month.
"Any equalizer costs money," she said. Fisher said that a married couple she knew decided to keep their surnames and that their phone number was then listed in the woman's name, so that it cost her money each month a month to have his name listed separately.
at least three times, she said. However, to
get there, she had to take the course,
the student has to stair in practice.
Gary Jones, Overland Park senior, said he needed it. He started at 225 words a minute. He started at 225 words a minute.
MIKE PIERCE, Topeka sophomore, said he tripped his speed.
"While I can't say I enjoyed the program,
it was a good because of what I learned."
"My comprehension was good but my speed was bad," he said. Now Jones' comfortable reading speed is 700 to 1,000 words a minute.
Customers can avoid the extra charge by listing their names as "Jane Doe," *J*<sub>2</sub>, or *J*<sub>3</sub>.
Two speed reading courses are offered through the University. One is the Effective Reading course, offered through the residence halls by the dean of men's and dean of women's offices. It costs $25 for students and $30 for students who live off campus.
Rainer Matuszewski, instructor for the Effective Reading program, said most of his students could read at least 1,000 words a minute after they took the course.
Collinson said that even though a few women had complained about the extra charges, he thought that the company had made it easier to be able to list all married women individually.
HE SAID he first tried to overcome bad reading habits such as reading a single word at a time or pronouncing words while reading.
Don Richardson, associate dean of the School of Education, said that the course isn't advertised but that the number of students enrolled for it always exceeded the space available.
The second program offered through the School of Education is open to all students.
The Evelyn Wood Reading Dynamics Institute is specially designed for speed reading. It meets once a week for seven weeks and costs $275. After finishing the program, students can return to regain or increase their speed.
A local manufacturer recently contributed half of the largest grant ever received by SCoRMEBE, a KU organization for minority engineering students.
SCoRMEBE gets grant
The company, the Food Machinery Corporation (FMC), awarded a $50,000 grant at a luncheon last Tuesday. The funds form the first installment of a grant to be awarded during the next five years, William Jordan, SCOTMEB adviser, said yesterday.
SCORMEBE, organized in 1969, gives minority students financial aid and helps them pay for college.
3 officials arrested
KAMPALA, Uganda (UPI)—The Anglican archbishop of Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda, and two government officials have been arrested in connection with an alleged plot to overthrow President Idi Amin, Uganda radio announced Wednesday.
University Daily Kansan
Archbishop Janani Luwam, Internal Affairs Minister Obtof Othmida and Water Resources Minister Lt. Col. Erinayo Orryma were arrested only hours after a rally that Luwam attended where he was shot in the head, kill them" at the accused conspirators.
The radio said all three had been arrested 'perilous investigation into their role in the attack'
"They will be deal with according to the law," the radio said. "The arrests should not cause alarm because their cases will be properly investigated."
that FMC was matching $50,000 given by an anonymous donor.
The donor provided the grant with the stipulation that SCORMEBE find a group to match the funds awarded. Hogan said that the FMC fund was for one year only, but that other companies had shown interest in continuing the support.
More than $250,000 has been raised by SCGMeBE since its founding, but never so much at one time. Hoyan said. The money is going towards operating expenses for the group's programs.
The presentation was made by F. Harvey Herbert, resident manager of FMC's Industrial and Chemical division, in Lawrence, FMC manufactures fluid control equipment, material handling equipment, material handling equipment and food and agricultural machinery.
Robert Malot, son of former Chancellor Deane Malot and a 1948 KU graduate, is a professor of psychology at the University.
Hogan said administration of the grant would be done through the University of North Carolina.
While on campus, FMC representatives interviewed students from KU's minority engineering program for possible summer employment.
DIANA LOVES YOU
Lambda Sigma Society
Applications due Feb. 25
A sophomore cohonorancy honorary at the University of Kansas is now accepting applications for a position in an employment form at the Dean of Women, Office, 220 Strong, or the Dean of Men's Office, 228 Sullivan.
If you have any questions, please inquire at the Dean of Women's Office.
BIG 8 Women's Swimming Championship
THURSDAY-SATURDAY, FEB. 17-19
10 a.m. preliminary heats $.75
7 p.m. finals '125 adults
'100 12 and under
Robinson Natatorium, K.U. campus BIG 8 COMPETITORS
KANSAS two time defending champs Oklahoma, Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa State, Oklahoma State
TODAY'S EVENTS
10:00 Marson Galleries art sale Lobby, Union
Lobby, Strong Hall
12:00 String Ensemble Lobby, Hyde Ha
7:30 "A Sneak Preview of the Spencer Museum of Art," lecture by Dr. Charles Eldredge, director Forum Room, Union. Sponsored by Art History undergraduates.
8:00 "Dames at Sea"; dessert theater
Big Eight Room, Union
$3.00 ($2.00 for residence hall residents)
INFORMATION AT SUA: 864-3477
INFORMATION AT SUA: 864-3477
Sell it through Kansan want ads. Call the classified department at 864-4358
DISCO DANCE
By Gay Services of Kansas LAWRENCE
Beer Sold with I.D.
K.U. Union - Feb. 19, 8 p.m.
$1.75
No Alcoholic Beverages
Brought In
Beer Sold with I.D.
jazz Jazz Jazz only at PAUL GRAY'S JAZZ PLACE
926 Mass. upstairs
SATURDAY: Mike White - Dixieland Clarinetist
TONITE: Free Jam Session with the River City Jazz Band
with the Gaslight Gang
FRIDAY: Joe Utterback Trio exciting Modern Jazz
Open at 8:00. Music starts at 9:00. Call 842-9458 or 843-8575 for reservations.
POSITION OPENINGS UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS RESIDENCE HALLS
1977-1978
RESIDENT ASSISTANTS
Must be Junior, Senior or Graduate Student for 77-78 academic year
ASSISTANT HALL DIRECTORS
Must be Graduate Student or Fifth-year status for 77-78 academic year
All applicants should evidence above average academic achievement, prior residential group living experience, and availability for the entire 1977-1978 academic year (August-May).
Applications and job descriptions available now in Dean of Women's Office (220 Strong Hall) or In Dean of Men's Office (228 Strong Hall).
Application deadline March 11, 1977
The University of Kansas
is an equal opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.