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Show Wst&xs&f, Ksrantaf lli 1853 Tlx Dafly DM Bronids I TO New class combines bolingualism with service Students encourage minorities to maintain their heritage about the language and culture from BY ROBERT RIGNEY the kids. It will be the children who will be teaching the college students on diversity," he said. Chronicle Feature Writer College students will also benefit It is a common misconception by learning about collaborative among minority students, their par ways of dealing with problems. "Through this program your Individual impact can be multiplied tenfold. Your individual effort is being carried out in the context of a group project," Sternfeld said. The power that students have will be in turn transferred to the public school children, who will see that they too can enjoy the same ideals if ents and teachers that native lan guage and culture somehow interferes with the learning of English. However a new class will be offered next quarter at the University of Utah to counteract this myth. Steven Sternfeld, 1993-9- 4 Bennion Public Service Professor, is offering a two quarter liberal education course, starting winter quarter, which will address the issue of diversity in elementary schools. He believes that among minority children should be seen as a resource rather than as a handicap. they come together. ethno-linguist- ic bilin-gualis- . Literacy in native language acts as a way of "potentiating children's second language and literacy skills," Sternfeld said. Encouraging native languages also makes good business sense, he added, since America will in the future have to become more if it is to maintain its edge. competitive "What we are saying is to look at this thing that we are treating as an multi-lingu- ' m ethno-linguist- ic CHHONICUHHOIUSoottSin Steven Sternfeld, Bennion Public Service Professor, has established a new humanities class for winter and spring quarters. It will provide opportunities for students to teach minorities about being bilingual. al Diversity," the class Sternfeld is school children will create together. The trunks, which contain a variety of materials from and about the children's native cultures, will serve as offering next quarter." As part of the course, students will be sent into public schools with significant minority populations to obstacle. It's not an obstacle. It's only an obstacle if you treat it as one. It's actually a gift and if you treat it as such, it will bloom," aienueiu saiu. Encouraging minority children in public schools to be proud of their native language and culture and make it an asset to them in the future is one of the primary objectives of "Building Community in and Outside of the Classroom: Exploring Linguistic and Cultural a multicultural resource and increase awareness of other cultures, Sternfeld said, "The project will hopefully connect with the other members of the work with minority students and, help them build an appreciation for their native languages and cultures. No teaching , background , in English as a Second language is required, Sternfeld said. The subject matter will be the language and culture of the children. The highlight of the course will be the creation of "culture trunks" , community and theirTamilies. We will also be looking for lots of different connections to bring these people together in the context of an exhibition or performance, using these materials to teach others about their culture in the school, in the which students and the public of Wide activities in m utes away from campus just outdoo r va ri ety T L yet to come and there is still time to discover the recreational possibilities surrounding the U. campus. Discovering is what most people will be doing, according to an informal survey conducted by the Daily tfc Utah Chronicle. Only 27 percent of the people surveyed had ever taken advantage of the canyons sur- rounding the U. Even people who have lived here' X - their whole A have to their explore life ill i ft failed surroundings. : V Mnan inc. boding ill for those who thrive upon green grass and sun. University of Utah stu dents who live to hike and hike to live may find their liveliThe cold, gray days of hood cut off from them. however. Winter is December aro rapidly approach- though ! Recreational opportunities for bikers and hikers abound in the many canyons and outdoor areas Salt Lake City offers. Chronicle Feature Writer "I've never been to Red Butte, or Dry Creek, even 1 "CHRONICLE PHOTQPaul BY JEFF CHAPMAN Sternfeld especially encourages minority students to sign up for the course since having a teacher of the same ethnic background is a very effective method to reach out to minority children. "We believe that it will be particularly helpful to these children to have as their partners college students from the same background because they would Don't fret, . it's district and in the valley," he said. By the end of the program Sternfeld hopes the kids will have acquired a greater sense of pride about their culture. "From this we hope will come a greater likelihood of them continuing to invest in their language and becoming fully bilingual and in the long term," Sternfeld said. The course is also a boon for U. students, Sternfeld said, because it gives them a greater appreciation for cultural and linguistic diversity. The way the course is set up "col. lege students will have to learn Salt Lake has a reputation for being a great place for the outdoors, but if you're new, it's all lost on you," student Seth Sternfeld emphasized that the course is service learning and therefore requires a sizable commitment outside of class. This class cannot be registered for over the phone, so interested students should call Steven Sternfeld at 6 for more information. 581-775- Objectivist group meets, oling instead. There are several canyons in this vicinity and each one has BY ROBERT RIGNEY Chronicle Feature Writer to offer. The closest canyon to the U. is Red Butte Canyon, right lished at the University of Utah gestions for these people places to go and things to see over the next couple weeks before it comes time to go car- its own distinctive flavor. Each has something different Seth Wright. "One of the problems is that, if you don't know the area, you don't know where you can go. great identification studies works of Ayn Rand that, if you don't know the area, you don 't know where you can go. Salt Lake has a reputation for being a great place for the outdoors, but if you're new, it's all lost on you, " student areas. a Wright said. Here are some simple sug- "One of the problems is been so close all these years," Josie Boyden, a U. student and lifelong Salt Lake resident, said. While some of those 73 percent may never go hiking or biking, many people would like to take advantage of the opportunities but are unaware of the many outdoor recreation serve as between minority students at the elementary level and minority students at the university," he said. Students need to realize the course lasts two quarters, Sternfeld said. Students sign up for five units winter quarter and six in the spring. The two sections together fulfill all humanity core and distribution requirements. above Fort Here Douglas. you can either stroll through the tranquil arboretum or stride along the numerous paths extending up into the hills behind the gardens. Red The Butte Garden and Arboretum is a peaceful refuge. For someone desiring to be outdoors without having to do any hard hiking, the arboretum is ideal. With its gentle paths that amble first over grass and tum- bling brook and then down lanes, the arborea offers bit of everything. tum arboretum is the Up beyond a maze of trails suitable for both hiking and jogging. One see "outdoors" on page ten tree-shelter- A club has recently been estab- called the Campus Objectivists. The group meets regularly to advance the philosophy of Ayn Rand, by providing access to her ideas. Rand was an expatriate Russian novelist and philosopher who defected from the Soviet Union to America, and devised a system of ideas called Objectivism, according to Steve Patrick, one of the founders of the Campus Objectivists. Objectivism, he said, advocates reason and egoism and upholds as one of its basic premises "man's happiness as the moral purpose of his life." "It is a very well developed system of thought and it is very distinct from other philosophies," Bob Lowe, the other founder of the Campus Objectivists, said. Patrick agreed, adding that one of the things that distinguishes the philosophy of Objectivism is that, unlike other philosophies, which are for the most part comprised of a single view, Objectivism is what he called, a "complete philosophy." It offers a complete, metaphysical, epistemological, ethical, and political system to live your life by, see "Objectivists" on page ten |
