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Show fage 1)8 THK I) VILY III KM. I), Proo, Utah. Thursday. October 10, 1 W6 Chinese and Arabic gaining popularity WASHINGTON Spanish einuins the No. ! studied but heightened intuest in JV-iand the Middle Hast have $ide Arabic and Chinese the Jr-tes- t growing foreign languages J college campuses, a study says. Chinese enrollment rose by 36 fircent. to 26.471 students, between 1990 and 1995. according 'to a sure released today by the jModern Language Association of jAmerica. ' , "Wo yidianr dou bu qiguui J'Jt) not at all surprised," said Jerry Wurman, a Chinese language professor at the University of Washington in Seattle. "There is a lot of Interest in Chinese because China is the world economy." Interest in Chinese plunged after the 1989 crackdown on protesters in Beijing's i Tiananmen Square, said Wendy Larson, chairman of the University ill of Oregon's Department of East II Asian Languages and Literature. Since has Chinese then. JJ reasserted itself, partly because students seeking jobs know Chi- nese is spoken not only in China, J! but Taiwan. Hong Kong and some of the fastest-J- ; growing economic markets in the J; world. "Also on the West Coast, Chi- Jj kids are hitting the universities and their families are e. -- i re i i Today's college students are forgoing F:ench and Russian language classes in favor of Chinese and Arabic. Which languages are in vogue, and which are not: encouraging them to take it," she said. Arabic registrations climbed 28 percent, to 4,444. between 1990 and 1995. Douglas Black, 24, a Georgetown University student from Binghamton, N. Y., takes two hours of Arabic every morning, Monday one hour for through Friday and other for conv erthe grammar sation. "The language is very logical much more so than English. You read it right to left. That by itself is not so difficult," said Black, who is studying for a master's degree in Arabic studies and wants to be a policy-make- r. Arabic is a must for a person who wants to understand the Arab world, Biack says. "The thought process is embedded in the language," he says. "Translation can only do so much." Pierfrancesco Consalvo's interest in the Middle East prompted him to sign up for Arabic at Georgetown. "The Arab language is spoken in a large part of the world. It's a skill that can be very important for Finding a job," said Consalvo, a 3 year-old student from Italy w ho also is earning a master's degree in Arabic studies. Overall, 1.138 million students were registered in foreign language courses in the fall of 1995 down nearly 4 percent from the 1.184 million in 1990. By DEB RiECHMANN AP Education Writer 'Liberal' not a dirty word '2 in Pat Schroeder's district Foreign languages Language 1990 Registrations Registrations Percent Change 16.401 16,272 0.8 3,475 4,444 27.9 19.490 26,471 Ancient Greek Arabic Chinese French 272,472 German 133.348 Hebrew' 1995 205,351 27.6 1.0 12,995 13,127 Italian 49,699 43,760 Japanese 45,717 44,723 2.2 Latin 28,178 25,897 8.1 6,211 6,531 44,626 24,729 Portuguese Russian 11.9 5.2 -- 44.6 13.5 17,544 24,918 42.0 1,184,100 1,138,772 Other languages TOTAL -- 606,286 533,944 Spanish -- 3.8 'The 1995 total comprises 5.648 registrations in Biblical Hebrew and 7,479 in Modem Hebrew. The equivalent figures tor 1990 are 5. 724 and 7.271. APAmy Kranz Source: Modern Language Association distribution in the number of different languages that students are choosing to study. The European languages have seen drops before and they recover." Spanish, with 606.286 students enrolled, remains the No. I studied language at the 2,700 two- - and four-yecolleges that responded to the association's survey. French (205,351) and German (96.263) kept their second- - and third-plac- e rankings. Japanese (44.723) eclipsed Italian (43.760) for fourth place. Russian, in 11th place, had 24.729 students. The number of students in foreign language class also has not kept pace with college enrollment increases. About eight of every 100 college students took a foreign language in 1995, dow n from 14 in 1968. "Students are becoming more cosmopolitan in their choice of languages," said Phyllis Franklin, executive director of the association, a group of 31,000 college scholars and teachers that fosters foreign language study. "Now, you're seeing a greater y 2-- ar le high-profi- t Rastafarian issuing UPS Hover haircut I kmiW it i: I FORT LAUDERDALE. Fla. 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He was promoted to a supervisor in II "SO. and moved to his current 'position as a driver in I9S4. On Jan. I. 1993. he took vows j to switch from his Baptist religion to Rastafarian and began to grow I! the traditional dreadlocks. Bern-I- ! stein said his client's supervisor at 51 the time simply told McCloud to 5! wear a hat. But when that supervisor was fired in early 1995. Donofrio I! became his boss and in May 1995 I! told McCloud to "choose your 1! religion or vour job." Bernstein 51 said. McCloud initially filed a com-plaiwith the Equal Employment 'Opportunity Commission, which investigated and issued a notice of bright to sue in July. 5! "He's never had a problem J'with anyone at work until now." 5, Bernstein said. "He has a pristine 5;employment record." --' r i; j; After nearly a as a defining voice from the left side of both the national map and the political spectrum, Patricia Schroeder left Congress this month in characteristic fashion. The Colorado Democrat read a speech titled, in part, "Proud to be a liberal." Liberal may be used as an epithet when Bob Dole aims it across a podium at President Clinton, but in Colorado's 1st Congressional District, the word has more closely approximated a political Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval. Even now, as some semblance of a competitive race is being waged for this congressional seat for the first time in decades, there is little evidence that voters are poised to retire Schroeder's brand of liberalism along with Schroeder herself. "Denver is as liberal as it's always been," said Floyd Ciruli, a longtime Colorado political consultant. "It is hi its own time capsule." Democrats outnumber Republicans 1 in this district, and party registration has remained the same for at least three decades. While the state of Colorado and the nation are growing more conservative, more people in Denver continue to identify themselves as liberals than conservatives, Ciruli's polls show. During the 1994 elections, in 27.8 96,263 ed DENVER quarter-centur- 35.8 -- which handfuls of incumbent Democrats fell to the Republican revolution, Schroeder emerged victorious with 60 pera percentage cent of the vote that would be considered solid in any other political context but was the narrowest margin of victory since the early years of her poltfir cal career. She said she retired J$ because of that, but to "tackle new '!,'. challenges." Even Denver's suburban work-inwomen, who are considered so critical this election year, take libi eral stances, such as favoring strict environmental laws, supporting abortion rights and favoring pre.? ventive over punitive measures y.y, fight crime. "Liberal a dirty word? Notnto me it's not," said Kathleen Rogers', Denver waitress'. a "I've never had a hard time wjtb paying taxes, because you dpri'f ;;; ;;j get something for nothing." Said Art Meyers, a retiree and member of the Kiwaaii Club of South Denver: "AmiT'a liberal? Oh, yes. 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