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Show THE 87TH YEAR; NUMBER 5 SOl 111 U{' l I \ II l '\ I\ Ll{SI I , . (. H >\ R l 11 , . l I \ II MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1992 SUU's ties established with Minsk INSIDE: BY JENNIFER MORLEY Thunderbird Auociate Editor Administrative Vice President U. , Heaton says chis -year's Homecoming will bigger and better than ~er. SEE PAGE 3. Many plans that were made last spring concerning SUU's sisterhood with the Minsk State Teacher Training Institute for Foreign languages in Minsk, Russia, have now been put into motion, according to SUUSA Senator Sasha VollcO\I. Minsk State is a school that spec1al12es in teaching foreign languages such as Spanish, German, Polish, Italian, Japanese, Russian and English, and preparing students to become interpreters and foreign language teachers. Minsk State only has Gallriil Popa., gives SU President Gerald R. Sherratt a piece of Ru.ssian art as a sign of gratitl4dt. about 4-5,000 students, according to Volkov. Minsk State and SUU became sister schools last April when VollcO\I and SUU Associate Professor of Business Tim Lewis traveled to Russia for IO days to meet with srudents and administrators there. While they were there, plans for a faculty exchange program and a pen pal program were made. "The BY CHERIS TUCKER added. students and administrators at Minsk State are very Thunderbird Editor Another important issue is the in favor of establishing exchange programs, they restructuring of the Russian economy, Popov gave a really positive response," VolkO\I said. Surrounded by pomp and splendor, said. "For 70 years, the bureaucracy has Over the summer, SU President Gerald R. gooen used to being lazy," Popov said. •Now Gavriil Popov, the former mayor of Moscow, Sherratt extended an official invitation for the Vice spoke in Saturday's Convocation, revealing they have to get used to the type of work President of Minsk State, Yuri Stulov, to visit SUU the current stare of Russian affairs. necessary for reforms." The evening began with music from the Popov also spoke of the coup in August, to discuss the details of the teacher exchange, said Scarlet and Blad Herald Trumpeters and 1991, saying there were more tanks in one VolkO\I. StulO\I will be arriving on NO\I. 16 and will the pipe band, welcoming Popov. street than there were altogether in WWll. stay for one week. Sherratt and StulO\I will discuss Popov, who was a leader in the reforms of "However," he said, "whenever the human the financial details of the program and will finalize Russia, along with Boris Ydtsin, spoke of spirit clashes with machinery, human spirit all of the other details, Vollcov said. the problems now facing Russia from an always prevails." Regarding the pen pal program, Vollcov said he inside view. Popov also noted his disappointment in received addrc3SCS from students in Russia who "'We Russians cannot just take a readythe west because of their flagging interest in would like to have a pen pal in America. "'They (the made American, Western European or Russian events now that the coup is over. "The main thing has been done, now it's all Japanese pattern of post-industrial society Russian students) would like to correspond in and transplant it in our soil," he said. He the little details," Popov said. English because that is what they arc studying but if noted that debates arc currendy going on He added that he was disappointed in students here arc taking the Russian class and between developing a post-industrial society, world events since communism ended. "It would-like to practice their Russian they could was hoped that after communism ended, jthe wbich Popov defined as a "'socially-oriented market economy,• and the national identity. New World Order would begin, but this bas correspond in Russian," Vollcov said. Although there is no formal student government failed," he said. •The world in the next Popov said that the only sensible solution at Minsk State, Vollcov talked to several dubs while for Russia is to develop a Russian model of century will still be a world of separate post-industrial society, saying, "'It will not bloclc.s...We have avoided the danger of he was in Russia and studen ts there arc cxcit.ed ro talce three years, not five years.. .lt will be a another world war, but local wars have flared work with SUU students. If you would like a pen up." whole era of transition." pal in Russia, you 'can contact Volkov at the sen.ate The first major fundamental step, Popov Popov surprised the audience, after having desk in the Student Government offices. said, is to privatize the economy. "Hardly given his whole speech in Russian with Also during the summer, Lewis organized and anyone nowadays opposes private property," Sasha Vollcov as interpreter, when he executed "'a program of intcllcaual hdp" which he said. "The discussion is whether it will be concluded by saying-in perfect English-"l donating business text books to Minsk entailed am ready to answer your questions now." the foundation or just another supportive column in hte building." After his speech, Kay Mciff, Board of State as well as other colleges and universities in He went on to say that right now, the most Trustees chair, present.eel Popov with an Kiev, the Ulcraine and Moscow. "'He [Lewis) even important question is how to divide the honoray doctorate degree, the highest honor delivered the books to the New York docks national property. ·it's similar to the time in given by the university. Popov humbly himself," Volkov said. "Right now in Russia books American hisrory when Abraham Llncoln accept.eel the award, saying, "I will tty to at about business arc needed more than food," Vollcov was president and the decision had to be least partially justify the words you said about added. made who got the free lands of the west," he me." Russian, Atnerican worlds converge in southern Utah DIVERSE CLUB: Asai Gilman, mulci<ultural representative, is starting a club to represent all the diverse groups on campus. SEE PAGE 7. RUNNERS EXCEL: Anna Pett once again led the women's cross country team to a third-place finish ac the Biola Invitational Saturday. SEE PAGE 11. ,. . |