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Modem Language Fair draws mucho students By Amy Edwards Senior Reporter More than 1.400 students from 50 high schools across Nebraska gathered Thursday at the Univer sity of Ncbraska-Lincoln to sing, dance and read poetry in their favor ite language. The 12th annual Modem Lan guage Fair, sponsored by UNL’s department of modem languages and literatures, gives students the opportunity to use their language skills outside the classroom, said loan Buhlmann, vice chairperson of the modem languages depart ment. Buhlmann said students com pete in poetry, drama, music, folk dancing, and poster and name-tag design in Spanish, French and Ger man. Students arc awarded ribbons for their performance, she said. Each year, Buhlmann said, students must focus their projects on a theme. The theme for this year was “Summit of Understanding.” Buhlmann said students compose their presentations themselves and present them to UNL professors. Non-competitive events include foreign films, international travel information and mini-lessons taught by UNL language profes sors. Buhlmann said the mini-lessons in Chinese, Czech, French, Japa nese, Portuguese and Russian work as a recruitment program to interest high school students in studying foreign languages at UNL. Kurt Rump, a senior from Wayne High School, attended a Russian lesson taught by William Gibbon, UNL modern languages professor. Rump said attending courses that are taught less frequently are inter esting. “I’ve always been interested in learning Russian,” Rump said. The program also included a tour of the modem languages floor in Neihardt Residence Center, giving students an idea of residence hall life at the university. Denita Steinbach, director of the modem language floor, said several students who live on the floor took the tour as high school students. .Steinbach said the tour exposes students to the typical lifestyle of a college freshman while showing them the advantages of living with students who speak and study the same languages. Roger Hulen and Jeni Palmer of Boys Town perform the Mexican Hat Dance Thursday afternoon at Mabel Lee Hall. Hulen and Palmer were two of many high school students who participated in the Language Fair. • A University of Ncbraska-Lincoln professor has been named the winner of the 1988 Braddock Award for writing the best article on the teach ing of writing to appear within the past year in the professional journal College Com position and Communi cation. The award to Robert Brooke, UNL. assistant professor of English, was presented today at the opening ses sion of the Conference of College Composition and Communication in St. L.ouis. Brooke’s article, titled "Undcrlifc and Writing Instruction,” was printed in the May 1987 issue of the journal. Brooke, who is from Denver, has been a faculty member at UNL since 1984. He joined the UNL faculty after getting his doctorate from the Univer sity of Minnesota. College Composition and Corn munication is the official journal of the Conference of College Composi tion and Communications constitu ent group for college teachers ol writing within the National Council of Teachers of English. • A Pre-Law Workshop on Law Schools and the Legal Profession will take place March 31 from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Nebraska Union. For more information,contact the dean’s office in the College of Arts and Sciences, Oldfather Hall 1223. Hall presidents, senators chosen in RHA elections From Staff Reports New hall presidents and senators were elected Tuesday in the Resi dence Hall Association elections: Abel — Bart Vitek, president; William Vobejda, Douglas Breuer, Patrick Menard and Marlin Bergmann, senators. Cather-Pound — Virgil Blum, president; Michael Frecl, senator from Cathcr; Kristina Pletka and Susan Simon, senators. Harper — Steve Yandell, presi dent; Tom Searson and Paul Pou losky, senators. Neihardt — Michael Hagge, president; Russ Johnson, senator. Sandoz — Cynthia Kirstinc, president; Ellen Foley and Anne Robertson, senators. Schramm — Josef Nesvara, presi dent; senators have not yet been de termined. Sellcck — Mary Patricia Dolata, president; Travis Parker, senator. Smith—Devi Bohling, president; Peggy Lange and Julie Ortmcicr, senators. Senior gift call-a-thon behind goal From Staff Reports As of Thursday morning, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Stu dent Foundation’s senior gift call-a thon hadn’t met last year’s total, foundation secretary Connie Sulli van said. By Thursday morning the call-a thon had raised $43,500 from 511 pledges, she said. But she said there was a good possibility the foundation would meet last year’s total Thursday night. “We have llie capability of mak ing $8,000 tonight (Thursday),” she said. Last year’s call-a-thon raised $51,348, Sullivan said. Mail-in pledges increased the total to $53,000, she said. The Class of 1988 is pledging the money to Love Memorial Library for an automated card catalog and a computer that will enable the library to communicate with other libraries in the United Stales. A portion of the money will be paid to the operator who inserts the information. 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