Program offers students
chance to go to Russia
By CHARLENE BELL
Ol The Emerald
A unique program offered at the University
allows qualified undergraduate students of Rus
sian language and literature to study at Leningrad
State University.
Along with Stanford, Princeton and Cornell,
the University sponsors the program (the only one
of its kind in North America) through the Council
on International Educational Exchange.
The program is one of few offering summer
study in the Soviet Union. Depending on lan
guage proficiency, students may study Russian
for a summer, semester or an academic year.
In the past, the University sent qualified
students to Leningrad through the University of
Washington. But late last year the University was
granted affiliated status by the CIEE and now is
eligible to receive scholarship funds to sponsor its
own students.
To qualify for the summer program, students
must display a minimum proficiency on a
second-year Russian test and must obtain two
faculty recommendations. Those interested in
studying for a term or an academic year must
achieve a minimum ability level in third-year
Russian as well as two faculty recommendations.
University Russian Prof. John Beebe says
test results indicate University students have
consistently placed in the top 20 percent of
nationwide applicants.
“In practice, our students themselves take
the initiative to apply, and most who apply are
accepted," Beebe says.
One of every two University applicants for the
summer program are accepted, and only about
180 students qualify nationwide, Beebe says
Although most participants are under
graduate language majors, the program also is
open to students of Russian literature, history and
political science.
While in Leningrad, students live in dormitor
ies with Soviet roommates and attend six weeks of
intensive classes at Leningrad State University.
The curriculum is devoted mainly to the study of
language and literature, but students also take
excursions to cities such as Moscow, Kiev and
Riga.
The Russian department also offers an ex
change program for a semester of study at the
Pushkin Institute in Moscow through the Amer
ican Council of Teachers of Russian. The require
ments are similiar to the Leningrad program, and
those interested in appplying for study at Pushkin
should contact Beebe at 310 Friendly Hall.
For information on the Leningrad program,
see Russian Prof. Albert Leong at 415 Friendly.
Courts open for reservations
The recreation and intramu
rals program will require reser
vations for covered tennis
courts and outside handball and
racquetball courts beginning
Feb. 2.
The reservation system is de
signed to end court usage by
people who aren’t members of
the campus community, says
recreation and intramurals head
Karla Rice.
A reservation will secure a
court for a maximum one-hour.
Now players often wait between
45 minutes and two hours for a
court opening.
Courts will be open
3:30-11:30 p.m. Monday
through Friday, except during
varsity and intramural events.
On Saturdays, the courts will be
open 8:30 a m. to 11:30 p.m.,
and Sundays the courts will be
closed.
Anyone making a reservation
must present their University
identification card at the
Recreation and Intramural Of
fice, 103 Gerlinger. Monday re
Committee whittles list
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The committee charged with
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A list of six or seven finalists
will be compiled by about mid
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emeritus and chairer of the
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"I’m hoping we can get this
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servations must be made on
Friday.
The Incidental Fee Committee
recently allocated $550 for the
project, which will be reviewed
at the beginning of spring term.
The existing system has
prompted some complaints
from students because there is
little or no court maintenance.
"The floors are too slippery
from a lack of varnish, the place
is just filthy, and the lighting is
terrible," University student
Lala Mejia says
The IFC could provide better
court maintenance in the spring
if the program is successful,
Rice says.
"There shouldn’t be a need
for enforcement if everyone just
respects one another," she
adds.
For reservations, call the In
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