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By Pat Carraher
Continued opposition is being raised re
garding the decision to cut Czech lang
uage offerings at UNL.
The Department of Modern Languages
recently decided to offer Czech on a two
year rotation in order to reduce expenses
and meet its budget. However, students
currently taking Czech have said tf lis de
cision will place many restriction on them,
and will not allow an interest in Czech to
grow.
"Czech won't be offered in the bullet
in," one student said, "and it it's not in
the bulletin every year, then the interest
won't grow."
One of the student's concerns is how
this decision will affect the class schedule
flexibility. They said a student who comes
to UNL on the "wrong" year will have to
wait until his or her sophomore year to
start Czech. They said they believe this in
terrupts a student's scheduling too much.
Hard decision
Mark Cory, vice chairman of (lie UNL
Department of Modern Languages said he
realized the decision might interfere with
some schedules. "I guess it's just going to
take more careful planning," Cory said.
He also said department personnel knew
that this was a hard decision.
"We don't feel at all like we're against
the students. In fact, we're pleased by
student interest in Czech. But you have
to realize, we operate within very real
fiscal restraints. We think that this way,
we're able to combine as many people as
possible," he said.
The students said they hoped they
wouldn't have to put up with the system
next year, and are able to work Czech into
their schedules with no problems. But what
seemed to be most important to them,
was keeping the same teacher.
Vera Stromsikova is the current Czech
teacher at UNL. She is a native speaker
who came to the United States three years
ago.
The students said that if the Czech
program is reduced, Stromsikova may have
to look elsewhere for employment. One
student even went so far as to say that she
wouldn't even continue Czech if the same
teacher wasn't brought back for next year.
Native teacher
"You just wouldn't believe how valu
able it in to have a native teacher. With a
native speaker, you can pick it up so much
easier," one student said.
The students all seemed to agree that
with the high percentage of Czechs in Ne
braska, and the very high quality of the in
structor at UNL, the best Czech program
in the coutry could be UNL's, if given a
chance.
One student said that people with a
knowledge of a Slavic language, such as
Czech, are in demand in the Last.
Cory said it is possible the language will
return to its normal rotation in a few years.
"Enrollment was up this year, and if
we get enough students who come in and
ask about it. or if we have students want
ing to take the course, and aren't able to
get in, then we might have to go back,"
he said. "An increase during one semester
just isn't enough. We should be able to tell
in about three years whether or not the in
crease in interest is really a trend."
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