Culture classes to be eliminated
Material to be
made up in other
language courses
By Trevor Meers
Staff Reporter
A series of modem language courses
will be phased out over the next three
to four years, but students still can
learn the same material in replace
ment courses, a UNL official said.
Robert Shircr, vice chairman of
the Department of Modem Languages
and Literatures, said the cultural civi
1 ization seq ucnce o f lang uage courses
— numbered 111, 112 and 211 —
would be phased out because they
had deviated from the focus of UNL’s
language requirement.
The cultural civilization courses
focus on the culture and customs of
nations where target languages are
spoken, Shirer said.
“We felt the alternatives (courses)
were getting away from the main
objective, and that was learning the
language,” he said.
The University of Nebraska-Lin
coln’s language requirement, imple
mented in the 1970s, ensures that
students arc exposed to target lan
guages they choose to study, Shirer
said. Many students who had chosen
the cultural civilization sequence were
concerned that they were not receiv
ing sufficient instruction in the lan
guage, he said.
“Often there would be a couple of
days of culture in the five days (the
class met each week), and some of it
would be in the target language,”
Shirer said.
While learning about the culture
of countries that speak the target lan
guage is important, he said, it is not
the primary focus of the language
courses.
Shirer said other courses in the
modem languages department exposed
students to culture.
“It’s insane to believe you can
have just language without getting
some culture,” he said. “You can get
some culture in every elementary or
intermediate sequence.”
Little difference exists between
the cultural civilization sequence and
other sequences of courses, Shirer
said. Many students thought the cul
tural courses would be easier, he said,
but the only difference was the amount
of exposure to the target language.
The cultural civilization sequence
allowed students to complete 16 hours
of language study in three semesters.
This still would be possible, Shirer
said, with a block course that would
be available in frequently taught lan
guages such as German and Spanish.
While the traditional 101,102,201
and 202 seq ucncc s ti 11 w i 11 be o f fered,
students can consolidate 201 and 202
into one six-hour course. The courses
will meet five days a week with the
sixth hour being made up in lab and
other activities.
Shirer said the traditional sequence
of courses would remain intact be
cause of students’ different language
needs.
“We will retain the option of tak
ing 201 and 202 as three-hour courses
because that’sessential for some high
school kids with more language ex
perience,” he said.
Crackin’ down on books E"kUn8or'DN
Scott Nelson, a sophomore business administration
major, studies for his economics final in the Sheldon
Memorial Art Gallery’s sculpture garden Monday.
First DaVinci’s store
to be turned into park
By Virginia Newton
Staff Reporter
The downtown DaVinci’s Pizza
and Hot Hoagies, the first of the
Knudson franchise, will close in
December after 14 years of business
at the location.
The DaVinci’s property at 13th
and Q streets was purchased by the
University of Ncbraska-Lincoln in
1985 as part of the development of
the Lied Center for Performing Arts,
Ray Coffey, UNL business manager,
said. _
Coffey said the area might be
cleared for a park along with the
adjoining properly, which was bought
in 1984. The properly is the site of the
International Affairs office, Coe
Computer Center and The Hole Works.
A donation was made to help pay
for the cost of making the area into a
park, he said, but the amount is not
enough to pay for the park.
Although plans for the park con
struction are in the works, Coffey
said, the future of the property has not
been decided.
“One thought is — if nothing else
happens — is that when DaVinci’s
moves out in December, you can make
a university information center,” he
said. “It will be a drive-up place where
people can find out where to go.
Kent Knudson, an owner of
DaVinci’s, said his family knew about
the closing for a long lime. The deliv
ery element of the business already
has been phased out because of the
closing date, he said.
“Since the lime that we decided to
close, our eat-in business is up 75 to
100 percent,” he said. “We arc very
pleased with our customer response.”
Sharon Kuhn, owner of The Hole
Works, said plans for that business’
future were still undecided. She had
not set a closing date or decided whether
the business would stay in the down
town area.
“We’re just kind of on hold for a
while,” she said.
Knudson said all of the downtown
Davinci’s employees would be em
ployed in other locations or at a new
downtown location if one was con
structed.
“We are for progress in the com
munity, and the Lied Center is prog
ress in the community,” Knudson said.
“It just doesn’t seem fair that they
take a profitable business and turn it
into some bushes, sidewalk and a
fountain.”
New Yugoslavia created
BELGRADE, Y ugoslavia (AP)—
Lawmakers from hard-line Serbia and
Montenegro voted Monday to create
a smaller Yugoslavia from what’s left
of the former six-republic federation.
The United States and the 12 Eu
ropean Community nations boycotted
a proclamation ceremony staged by
Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic,
which included hoisting a new Yugo
slav national flag — the last in Eu
rope to drop the Communist star.
Milosevic pledged the formation
of a new Balkan state would hall an
ethnic war that has claimed more than
10,000 lives since June and resulted
in the secession of Slovenia, Croatia
and Bosnia-Hcrccgovina.
Macedonia has broken from the
federation loo but has not gained the
same recognition as the other new
states because of opposition by EC
member Greece, which fears its own
northern Macedonia region could be
coveted by an independent Macedonia.
The West, weary of Balkan strife
and wary of Milosevic’s pledges of
peace, is demanding concrete action
from Serbia to curb violence in Bo
snia-Herzegovinaand relinquish ter
ritory captured by Serbs there and in
Croatia.
■
The 51-member Conference on
Security and Cooperation in Europe
has threatened to expel Yugoslavia if
violence in Bosnia is not halted by
Wednesday.
Massey
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things the university has to offer.
“One thing I’ 11 bring to the un i ver
sity is a positive attitude,” he said
“Sure there arc problems, but we’ve
got to handle them and emphasize
and publicize our strengths.”
The agriculture college has a world
wide reputation for quality instruc
tion and research, Massey said, and
more needs to be done to publicize
the quality of the business, agricul
ture and journalism colleges. —
One problem Massey said he would
work lo improve upon as a regent was
the dropout rale at UNL.
“The ability lo retain students af- .
ter their first year is certainly a prob
lem,” he said. “There apparently arc a
lot of students at UNL who shouldn’t
be there, and I would support stricter
admission standards.” -—
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I-POLICE REPORT-,
Beginning midnight Thursday
11:38 a.m. — Accident, Nebraska
Union dock, $200.
12:34 p.m. — Fence broken, 1531
S St, $500.
4:14 p.m.—License plates stolen,
parking lots at 17th and R streets.
4:28 p.m.—Backpack stolen, Ne
braska Union, $75.
4:44 p.m. — Plants stolen, Archi
tecture Hall, $100.
6:22 p.m. — License plates stolen
and recovered, parking lot at 17th
and R streets.
7:45 p.m. — Domestic dispute, in
dividual arrested for vandalism and
assault, Ruth Levcrton Child-care
Center.
Beginning midnight Friday
12:27a.m.—Clothing stolen from
vehicle, parking lot at 14th and
Avery streets, $305.
Beginning midnight Saturday
2:57 a.m. — Phone mouthpiece
taken, Smith Residence Hall, S10.
3:29 p.m. — Cash stolen, Lee and
Helene Sapp Recreation Center,
$155.
5:37 p.m. — Man assaulted and
robbed, Memorial Stadium
restroom, $35.
6:47 p.m. — Parking sign dam
aged in hit-and-run accident, Haipcr
Schramm-Smith Residence Hall
parking lot, $25.
Beginning midnight Sunday
1:45 a.m. — Fraternity fight. Sigma
Nu Fraternity, 625 N. 16th St.
8:30 a.m. — Speakers and athletic
4:22 p.m.—Clothing stolen, 1510
Vine St., $830.
4:40 p.m. — Tape-player and cas
settes stolen, 1510 Vine St., $120.
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