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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 18, 1974)
If , . X Study Abroad Programs cost hurts Editor's note: Eric Matteson is a senior majoring in political science and German." Posters have appeared on walls and bulletin boards around campus recently, advertising three "Study Abroad Programs." These programs allow UNL and UNO students to receive resident credit for the 1975-76 academic year, while studying at Universities located in France, Germany, Costa Rica and Mexico. As a participant on the NU-University of Kansas pro gram in Erlangen, Germany last year, I was dismayed to learn that some of these programs are suffering from declining enroll ment. After examining the costs of participation, however, it is Sadie Hawkins and Li'lAbner chosen for '74 By Lisa Brown Sadie Hawkins will have to wait another year to catch Li'l Abner again at the annual Sadie pirn t: ' f (-' Classroom experience offered monday, november 18, 1974 . 4,. '- easy to understand why this is. After all, the tangible benefits of spending a year abroad are limited to the year's credit on your transcript and a few souvenirs. And too, it is expensive. This year's program in Er langen will cost over $3,350. The one. in Regensberg, Germany will cost almost $2,000, exclud ing the cost of food and the return trip. If your college ambitions are to grind it out for four years and leave with a degree that may or may not help you obtain employ ment, then the costs of these programs may be too high. But if exposure to a wide variety of people, social and political systems, cultures and beHefs, along with the opportun ity for extensive travel, captures your imagination, then you might look at the posters a little more closely. If you should decide to attend one of the organizational meet ings on Wednesday, you prob ably will find that the University provides very few scholarships to offset the large price tags on the programs. You also may Hawkins dance, but two UNL students were caught Friday night and will reign as the Dogpatch characters for the Theory has become practice for 21 elementary education students in UNL's Cooperative School Program. The program enables students to visit classrooms at Clinton and Belmont elementary schools sach day and apply what they've studied in classes. Myrna Walters, teaching assistant for the program, said ctudents in the program take a l?hour block of classes which are taught at the respective schools. Two additional classes are taken on campus. She said the block includes classes in children's literature, philosophy-logic, educational psychology and English. Walters said students spend every morning at their respec tive schools in the 12-hour block classes and at least one hour per day in the actual classroom. Team teaching two students per one classroom teacher is used in the program, she said. Meet with professors She added that students meet at least once a week with their daily J 11 J A A H 4 - -i perceive that faculty support for the programs is not great. Those faculty members who organized the meetings and who battle the red tape, do so on their own time. Other than the gratification of helping those students who do study abroad, the faculty members receive no remuneration for their great amount of work. That may be one reason the programs are not as successful as they can be. The solution seems to be twofold. First, interest in study ing abroad certainly is greater than indicated by the rate of participation in these programs. If students have tried to find space on one of the UNL charter flights going abroad over the semester break, they soon learn they are booked up. But the rewards of two or three weeks of living abroad are meager com pared with what can be gained in a full year. The second aspect of the solution is institutional, if the programs are to stimulate in creased interest and serve the needs of willing students, then an office responsible for these following year. Jody Johnson of Fedde Hall and Mark Buell of Ag Men were elected the 1974 Sadie Hawkins KM campus professors, who instruct the 12-hour block classes, and meet once a week as a group for discussion of the program. Students who enter the pro gram as sophomores may either continue it until they student teach during their senior year or return to taking regular classes on campus, Walters said. She noted it is not a structured program. There are no tests or lectures, she said. Walters , said grading "is a unique situation,' as no grading system has yet been decided on. At present, students are keep ing daily journals. They are relating their course teaching directly to the students in the classroom, Walters said. Enjoys program Laura Krifels, sopho more, said she enjoys the .program. In addition to her four classes at Clinton she is taking three hours of English and one hour of physical education. Claudia Carter, sophomore, said the best part of the program Is the actual experience in the nebraskan .1 i. enrollment activities ought to established. Serving the entire Universi tynot merely the College of Arts and Sciences it could combine the functions of the Overseas Opportunities Center with a Foreign Study Office, manned by a full- or part-time faculty member. The office would coordinate, centralize and streamline the operation of the programs. To prevent a valuable academ ic and social experience from becoming the orphan of infla tion, scholarship money for qualified students should be made available in greater quantities than at present, establishment of such a Foreign Study Office might provide the impetus which could make this possible. Of course, none of these goals will be realized until a greater number of students demonstrate their desire to participate. If you ever have thought of studying or living abroad, look into one of the programs. - You could find yourself dining in the halls of kings. Chris Zenk of Love Hall and Kelvin Jorgenson of Alpha Gamma Rho were the runners-up. John Novotny, co-chairman of the East Campus Union concert and d? nee committee, said over 600 people were at the dance. The five Sadie Hawkins can didates campaigned on both campuses last week. Buell per formed skits in several residence halls, fraternities and sororities Isoitiioqdtfbtfth carnQu&iS, put posters noi;o32 fu-piin hafteand - spelled" ukV campaign slogans on 'he win dows of Abel and Selleck Halls. With the help of girls from Fedde Hall, Johnson said she performed skits in several houses on East Campus and put a poster up in a residence hall. Each candidate performed a five minute skit during the dance intermission. After "the skits, students voted. Both Buell and Johnson used students from their residence halls to act in their skits. ciassroom. She said sho recommends the program for students who are "serious about being ele mentary teachers." "Instead of just reading and studying material, I'm actually seeing it for real," she said. Mary Johnson, sophomore, said she plans Jo stay in. the program. . A Classroom experience According to Juiin:oii, iiie experience in the actual class room is the best part of the program. Walters said the program, in its first semester, is experienc ing "getting the bugs out" problems. She said the majority of students in the program plan to stay in it next semester, however. She nctc.i tr.s students who aren't continuing (possibly two of the 2i students) are quitting because they feel cut off from the University because they're only taking two classes nr campi'R. lit be 1 l a : ?. t- -