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Show FEATURE U. graduate student is unofficial language expert by Karen Romney Staff writer There are connoisseurs of wines, fine foods, modern art, even sports and languages. March Huxley, a University of Utah graduate student, is an unofficial language expert who speaks nine different languages. As the son of an Israeli United Nations diplomat, he traveled throughout Europe as a youth before coming to the United States in 1982. He now speaks English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, "I think the kids lose a lot," he said. "It's hard to maintain friends and relationships it's no fun to go to a high school prom with a bunch of strange people." He said he felt some loyalty to Israel, but only because he's "supposed to." He served as a pilot in the Israeli Air Force and earned a degree in computer science at Baralin University in Israel. Another disadvantage to extensive travel is dealing with the various school systems. "When you travel from the United breaks record in disc throwing I W- pf "I'm called different names by different people, too. It changes from country to country. I'm Dupuis in France, Laintei-she- n in Germany and Conlen in Israel. Here in Salt Lake City, I've decided to stick to a simple March Huxley." A Remington Steele and Miami Vice fr "y IJ I A enthusiast, Huxley said he enjoys living in Salt Lake City. "I feel comfortable here because the people aren't so concerned with different levels of society like the Europeans are. The law is for everybody, the rich and the poor. Salt Lake City is the place for me." Mystery murder to dare sleuths A "Mystery Weekend," hosted by the Stein Eriksen Lodge in Deer Valley, will be 0 held Oct. with proceeds to benefit KUED public television. Participants in the "Mystery Weekend" will work in teams to solve a mock murder written for the lodge by members of the Salt Lake Mystery Club and the King's English Book Shop. Professional actors, lodge employees and club members will stage the event. A detective from the Salt Lake Police Department's homocide division and a local news reporter will work independently to solve the mystery before the other participants. The mystery begins at a fake family-reuniotaking place at the lodge. During the weekend, relatives become involved in 18-2- stir-craz- ed latest brainchild of Silicon Valley inventor Alan Adlcr, who also lectures in engineering at Stanford University. Adler spent several years researching and developing the design of the Aerobie. Using a personal computer, he finally hit upon an efficient ring shape that does not have the aerodynamic drag problems so common with other flying objects. The result? The farthest hand thrown heavicr-than-a- ir object in human historv, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. The Aerobie was an instant hit on the Stanford University campus and is now a stock item in hundreds of college bookstores across the nation. The secret to the object's flights and stability is in the unique airfoil construction created by Adler. It is a design so unusual and sophisticated that it was even featured in Scientific American in May, 1985. The record-settin- g toss that made the Aerobie famous was executed by Scott n heated disputes over smoldering feuds, wounded feelings and family finances. Old jealousies resurface and the murder occurs. The participants must discover the motive and the murderer before noon on Sunday. The weekend costs S299 per person (single occupancy) and S227 per person (double occupancy). Prices include a tax deductible donation to KUED Channel 7, two nights lodging in an elegant room, all meals, tax and gratuity. far-flu- ng Fred Esplin, general manager of the public television station, said, "We are very grateful to the people at the Stein Eriksen Lodge for offering our MYS TERY! viewers an opportunity to practice student at Pasadena (Calif.) City College. On January 12 this year, with an archivist from the U.S. Disc Sports Association in attendance, Zimmerman hurled the Aerobie 1,046 feet, 1 1 inches. Was the former record holder upset by all of this? Not at all. Zimmerman held that record too he threw another Adler invention, the Skyro, 886 feet. " J ' K Flying Objects have been surfacing at college campuses across the nation. These unearthly flying rings float effortlessly across college quads and athletic fields with students in hot pursuit. Once captured, they can be launched by hand again, but their flight paths must be diligently monitored. Not to worry this is the Aerobie, the a , J Mysterious reports of Unidentified Zimmerman, m States to Europe, you usually lose a year in school," Huxley said. However, he gained two years when he moved from Turkey to Brazil. "I was only 17 years old when I graduated from Baralin University," he said. Huxley's name is a story in itself. With the accumulation of three generations of names, he is officially dubbed March Huxley Barlna Fasheber Dupont Dupuis Lainteishen Conlen Hoffen Art Barbosa Tulon Shamir. He said that Israeli names are usually very long because they include ancestral names as evidence of one's background and Russian, Spanish and Hebrew, his native tongue. Huxley said that at home he speaks to his mother in French, to his father in Hebrew and to his brother in English. "I normally think in the language I'm speaking. But when I talk to someone in Russian, my first few sentences are always in French I don't even notice it," he said. "I guess it's because I learned Russian while going to a French school." Although most children of diplomats attend English and French private schools, level of society. "I had a hard time Huxley chose to attend the local public memorizing my name and didn't know it schools, where he learned the vernacular all until I was 13 years old, Americans have languages. it easy with only two or three names," he "Speaking English is easy," he said. said. "The construction is simple and I was able Huxley has had all sorts of problems to learn it in less than six months. You don't have to worry about word genders as getting his name straight in the U. registrar's office. "Parts of my name are you do with French." Employed by the U. as a computer always getting lost and floating around in he said. system analyst, Huxley often volunteers as the computers," a translator at the University of Utah He has often discovered at the end of a Medical Center. quarter that some of him failed a course, He said that a life of traveling is great for some was expelled, some was put on the parents, but "pits for the kids," who probation and some accd the class. never have any real roots in a home "Sometimes I find out that I don't even exist," he said. country. California student J their sleuthing skills and for their - ;r r-- u t, s involvement in our fundraising efforts." "We are delighted to be working with KUED on this project," said Rich Milliron, general manager of the lodge. For more information or reservations for Scott Zimmerman, a student at Pasadena (Calif.) City College hurled the Aerobie 1,046 feet, 11 inches earlier this year. the "Mystery Weekend," call Kate Woodworth at 581-326- 3. 649-37- 00 or Susan Koles at |
