| Show FebfuaylO 1994 Page 3 A sign of the times by Danny Kourlanoa staff writer When people want to communicate with someone else what do they usually do? They speak to them What if the person they're trying to communicate with is hearing impaired? If the person without the hearing disability does not know sign language this can be a problem especially if the person with the hearing loss cannot read lips With a big percentage of society suffering from some form of hearing loss it is refreshing to know that Lee Kini Kini is teaching a beginning sign language class in the Main Building at the College of Eastern Utah on Thursday nights Kiri Kini a CEU student has known sign language since a youngster UI played a partially hearing person in a school play and the teachers taught me all my lines in sign language It soon became second nature to me" He keeps the class interesting by not having a set pattern Kini Kini played music by John Lennon songs off Disney's Shorts" Marstonwua 1992 graduate of Carbon High School where she participated in debate student government choir science fair drama and broadcasted Carbon High football and buketball on KOAL radio lo name just a few At the Sen Advocate she covered Carbon High School varsity sports and CEU baseball Now a student at the University of Utah she not only hu her studies to concentrate on but spends time working in the U of U public relations office writing press releases and publicity for campus events That may be enough to keep most people busy but not Manton She adds to the load by working at the Deseret News where she got her start by sending in an application and attending a series of interviews At the DN she is a high school sports “Beuty and the Beast" soundtracks The students would try to sign along (not sing along) with the music Sometimes he has classical music playing in the background while the students leant new symbols for words and phrases Most of the studms seem to learn the symbols quickly only having to go through the songs once or twice before they had it down The students are enjoying the class as well It's my favorite class" CEU alumna 'writing' by Anna Adair news editor Former CEU student MickeQe Mars ton is busy making a name for herself in the newspaper business Man ton attended CEU on a communications scholarship during the 92-9- 3 school year where she wu the statistician for the Golden Eagles' baseball team a sports information student assistant a broadcast communications major and a staff writer tot The Eagle student newspaper She worked in various areu from news to entertainment but you may remember her but for her column "Mickelle's Sports MAlladinN and her future correspondent and scoreboard editor As a high school correspondent she attends high school athletic events and writes articles about them Being scoreboard editor means she must compile all of the box scores seen on the sports page every morning and lay them out on the page before final printing Marslon wu surprised to receive such a position in an industry that is not only competitive but predominantly male especially in the sports field It is in this field she feels there are little opportunities for the female employee Shehu found it difficult at times to fit in to this "man's world" that is quick to criticize the work of a woman 1 have covered storks varying from football championships lo wrestling everything!" Mars ton stated "but I have to say my favorite usignment wu getting to do a story on three brothers who wrestle for Wasatch High School and their coach who is also their dad I meet a lot of really neat people I feel lucky to have got such a great start so early in my career in such a competitive business" In the future she plans to graduate from college with a major in broadcast communications and exercise and sport science "And someday I will have a career in television "promised Manton So sometime soon you will be seeing her in your bedroom every night on television of course! freshman Shauna Ray said Some of the students are even getting more out of the new experience than they had expected “It has taught me" freshman Come ADen said "to be more open and to express myself" Kini Kini finds it beneficial that a course of this kind be offered to college students "You always run into deaf people I used to work in a grocery store and there was a lady up front that was having a hard time so I walked up there and was able to help her out using sign language It to leam to prompted my Freshman Michelle Babcock sign" said her reason for taking the class was because she wanted to communicate with some of the deaf people in the community Not only does Kini Kini teach a word during class Photo by Lonnie Behunln Lee Klril Kbit's sign language students signing people that can hear but once he taught a child that wu deaf He said it was easier to teach sign language to the child with the disability Nepal students like Friday night dances but don't like everyone's use of the automobile by Jennifer Mecham staff writer Three students from Nepal entered cluses fall quarter at the College of Eulem Utah Two came from Kathmandu Nepal's capitol and largest city which lies at the foot of the Himalayu and the third student from Nepal transferred from Minnesota Surendra Maharjan 1 8 and Prajwal Bajracharyka 19 arrived the week before fall quarter began while their friend Lava Panta 21 hu been in the United States awhile Maharjan and Bajracharyka heard about CEU from a friend also from Nepal who had attended CEU previously They said they wanted to attend a college in the US because "it's a big country there's freedom to study and there are more schools in America" Tubhuwan University is Nepal's only school They decided to apply to CEU were accepted and made the flight to Salt Lake City where they were met by CEU's Phyl Johnson who brought them to CEU’s campus The cheerful threesome agreed that they like just about everything at school with a few exceptions such the language problems and cultural differences They have found that their Nepalian accent causes them lo repeat a lot and the college activities are unknown to them Aside from volleyball and soccer American sports are all new to them They could only laugh and shake their heads while pantomiming swinging a baseball bat Panta commented on the friendliness of Americans "They generally don't come up and talk to us unless we talk to them first but then they're cool" One thing they don't like about Price is the mode of transportation They wish more people would lake walks instead of driving cars They're used lo 1000s of tourists 20-ho- ur u coming to Nepal merely to hike and explore the world's highest mountain range Overall they have enjoyed the quiet and peacefulness of Price although Bajracharyka was only too eager to apply that all too popular saying about Price "there's nothing lo do" However the three have already discovered their love" as Panta enthusiastically put it of American dances every Friday Their taste in music is not at all foreign either They like everything from country to heavy metal To assist the three students along with other foreign students CEU sponsors an orientation consisting of touring (Vice attending some social functions and cultural acclimatizations Qlellum Oil Ualentlne offer $5 Off any Balloon Bouquc Also available Stuffed animals Mugs Air walkers 75 East Main Wellington 637-411- 9 Delivery available |
