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Show THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICL E Students Volunteer as Interpreters U SHEENA MCFARLAND Chronicle News Writer As a child, a visit to the hospi- tal can often be a scary experienceit can be even more unsettling when the patient can't understand what the doctor is saying. Every day, many families that don't speak English visit Primary Children's Medical Center, according to Matt Millet Miller, the student program manager of the Medical Intern pretation Program at the Ben-njo- Community Service Center, is helping to make hospital visits less scary for those families. He helps connect students with speaking families at Primary Children's. v "It was amazing to me how many people don't speak English in Utah," Miller said. "I always thought just about everyone knew it, but that's not true." The program focuses mainly on Spanish speakers, and has g about 30 people volunteering three hours a week. He also has a list of about non-Engli- sh Spanish-speakin- stu- 100 dents who are on calL "We have two main pools of people we pull from: interna- tional students and returned Saint missionaries," Latter-da- y Miller said. Miller's experience out of the country made him appreciate the need for translating help. "There was nothing more comforting for me than having a person come and speak English to me," he said. "I wanted to share that with children here in to Miller, families feel better when someone who speaks their language is around. "Families feel much more comfortable when a translator walks into the room," he said. "When kids are in a hospital, a lot of the time they're sick and crying. When an interpreter walks in, there's an immediate look of relief. The family can understand what the doctor is saying and why the child is upset" Interpreters go to Primary TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, Future of BYU Internat'l Studies Shaky SHAUCKAN SPARKS The Daily Universe PROVO The new year has begun, but it seems the administration and some faculty members have conflicting resolutions. The start of a new semester is a time generally thought to be a new beginning, but a battle of words and politics has carried over from the previous year and rages on at the Brigham Young University David M. Kennedy Center for International and Area Studies. One master's degree program and two undergraduate majors stand to be dropped from the Kennedy Center. That is, if Associate Academic Vice President for undergraduate education, Noel Reynolds, and his reinvention panel get their way. But large numbers of students, faculty and alumni are standing up and voicing strong criticism. In September, the panel was charged with determining which of the Kennedy Center's academic programs should be continued and which should not. "It was understood from the beginning we have too many programs for the resources available," Reynolds said. The panel spent six weeks investigating half a dozen majors and several minors. But critics say that wasn't long enough to be fair. Political Professor science Valerie Hudson said, "The panel conducted no research of its own; there was no gathering of facts, only of opinions." The panel recommended discontinuing the master's program for international and area studies, dropping the popular international studies undergraduate major, which currently serves close to 700 students, terminating the European studies undergraduate major and proposal can also be found there. Critics not only condemn the panel's recommendations, but also complain the decisions were made as early as the past spring. Hudson called the panel's study "a sham process to legitimize the decision." Furthermore, some critics say the panel was unjustly slanted. "No one who has ever held a position at the Kennedy Center was invited to join the Panel, though several practically begged to do so..." Hudson said. On the other hand, Reynolds said he requested individuals who would bring mature judgment to the committee but lacked personal stakes in the outcome. Some students disagreed with the result. "Students interested in interna rejecting the proposed development major. student already admitted to Any these programs would be allowed to finish under the current requirements. A copy of the full proposal can be found on the Kennedy Center Web site. A sizable petition against the Thank you fo r reading C hr.o.n icle . Muhaha... The Children's and wait for someone to page them. "There's such a high demand for interpreters that you're usually busy the entire time," he SA , matter. Leon Bills, the lead supervisor over parking appeals, was on vacation when Wilkinson was fired and out sick when she was hired back. From a managerial perspective, both were "way over my head," he said. "I don't have a problem with her," Bills said. "I'm glad she's back. She does a good job for me." If Wilkinson saw something else that didn't sit well with her, she wouldn't hesitate to talk to the media about it, she said. "I wouldn't let something like that happen twice, I wouldn't let it happen once," she said. "I'm satisfied with it. I don't feel like I did anything wrong...I didn't think it's nice when people get away with what the normal average person can't." U WIRE jwhitleychronicle.utah.edu 1 Got a AAA Membership Card. And get: AAA's famous Emergency Road Service. Discounts at hotels, theme parks and more that can pay for your Membership. Free Maps and TripTik Guides. Access to AAA Automotive, Travel, insurance and Financial Services. Join now and save $17. 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