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Show UTAH CHRONICLE October 3, 2005 Assistant Nursing Professor Pamela Hardln speaks about body image issues of Pacific (slanders in Utah at the Women's Resource Center on Wednesday. PACIFIC ISLANDERS' BODY IMAGE DIFFERS continued from Page 1 descent in the country, behind California. Hardin interviewed 41 Tongan women in ECS CLASS HELPS HURRICANE VICTIMS continued from Page I Air Force game, but the class is finding other ways to get U students involved. "We have made signs and Tshirts to raise money, and we are also trying to get as many people and schools as possible involved in raising money and collecting funds," Johnson said. U PROFS SAVE DYING LANGUAGES continued from Page 1 "Most of the wisdom in the world is encoded in languages," said Campbell, the director of C.AIL. "When a language becomes extinct, we lose an immeasurable amount of information that would be valuable for the world." As an example, Campbell said nearly 75 percent of the plant-based pharmaceuticals originated through cures known by American Indians. Most of the time, this type of knowledge disappears when a language is lost. "Our particular focus is those languages that may not be around in a couple of decades," Campbell said. "These are extremely threatened languages; there are only a tiny number of speakers for each one." Because of this, CAIL has a sense of urgency and realizes it may be fighting a battle that cannot be won. "Many languages nearly died, and nobody cared for a long time," Campbell said. "Now there are movements to teach and learn languages." Wilson Silva, a graduate student studying theoretical linguistics, volunteers much of his time with the center working on indigenous Amazonian languages, particularly the Utah to draw conclusions from how they feel about body structure. She said she was concerned about not merely analyzing individuals, but Pacific Islander society as a whole. Although differences of opinion occur in societies, she drew several conclusions on the ways Tongans adapt to life in America, Being skinny in Tonga is not considered beautiful as it is in the United States, said one of the women interviewed. But globalization and immigration to America has changed this feeling for many. Public-health guidelines ignore the fact that Pacific Islanders can have a higher body mass index and be just as healthy as their Caucasian counterparts with lower index rates, she said. A diverse audience participated in Hardin's presentation at the Women's Resource Center. "It was a very interactive," Hardin said of the experience. Lecture organizers said they were impressed by the large number of men who attended. "The discussion was interesting," Joe Sartori, a recent graduate in exercise and sports science, said. "Body image from a Pacific Islander's view has not been studied in great detail." The presentation was different from what junior Whitney Ellison, majoring in health promotion and education, said she was expecting—in a good way. "This is a passion of mine, and it opened my mind to new horizons," she said. Hardin is currently doing further research on young women in the local Pacific Islander population. The Women's Resource Center is sponsoring a series of lectures about body images in American society. j.lew'is@ chronicle.utah.edu The class is also reaching out to high schools and elementary schools around the state, trying to encourage them to begin fund-raising efforts. Johnson said that some high schools and elementary schools around the state are collecting backpacks and notebooks for students affected by the hurricane. "We are trying to get the students who were in the hurricane back into the school environment as soon as possible/1 Johnson said. "We are collecting materials that are important to help students language of Tievna. Silva looks for vowel and consonant patterns by using recorders and acoustical analyzers. He uses tone and amplitude to analyze the language, eventually compiling dictionaries and grammar books. "I am planning on going to these communities next summer," Silva said. "I hope to give feedback on what I am doing and to give training in linguistics." CAIL functions through research grants from the university, the National Science Foundation and much volunteer effort, Campbell said. The staff at CALL is currently working on 11 American Indian languages, but hopes to expand. "There are no other centers like us that are dedicated (to expanding) globally," Campbell said. Zeb Pischnotte, a graduate student in linguistics, transferred from the University of Alaska to become a part of CAIL. He thinks the center could someday grow to encompass all South American languages. "There is far more that we can do. We are encouraging a new generation to take over what we are doing," Campbell said. "We also encourage other people to get involved, especially Native Americans, because they have a stake in what we are doing." j.layton@ chronicle.utah.edu succeed and continue with their education." Gibby-Wachter said it is up to the students of the class to decide whether they want to continue with the project past the end of the semester, but she is enthusiastic to continue working with the class. "The students have put so much time and energy into this project—it's encouraging," Gibby-Wachter said. "If any other students from the U want to jump on board, we will take anyone, and it would be great." c.york@ chronicle.utah.edu THE TOKEN CONSERVATIVE Mistakes that don't kill you only make you smarter Everyone screws up at the The old Disney movie, "The Job sometimes—everyone. Absent-Minded Professor," is a Sometimes the mistakes are favorite of mine because it arbig and other times small, but gues that someone can be a lovehuman error is a reality that able and brilliant person despite every business, school and having many faults. government deals with. It also sent a message to severEvidently none of the proal generations of university stufessors contacted shared the dents that their professors were sentiments of the instructor going to be wonderful people, whose essay I'd read. but still only people. Andrew Kirk That causes me to question I recently read an essay by a professor at some other school admitting that the philosophy of education at this school The professor I'd read about saw himself as he was no longer afraid of being caught maka guide, not a fountain of knowledge. A guide ing a mistake by a student. He had said something erroneous about the isn't always an expert; a guide is a person who first phonograph in a lecture. Later, one of knows how to take other people somewhere his students visited him and pointed out the they want or need to go. correct fact in a book. At first, he was embarLearning is a journey. Test scores and paper rassed. He was paid to be a source of knowl- grades aren't the purpose of school—they are edge, and being wrong destroyed his credibil- compasses and maps that assess direction and ity. speed. Taking a queue from Volkswagen, "On the Then he realized that his mistake had prompted the student to do some research. As road of life, there are instructors and there are a teacher, he was pleased that something he guides. Guides wanted." did had led to deeper learning—even if he'd When I notice that a professor makes a never do it again. mistake, it reminds me that we never know I was intrigued by this essay and asked "enough." In each of our respective fields and one of The Chronicle's news writers to inter- professions, we will constantly need to be on view several professors about how they deal our toes. with being wrong in a profession based upon There is always more to learn, there are alfacts. ways new questions to ask, new perspectives After contacting about 15 people, she gave and paradigms to explore. As Stephen Covey up because it was becoming a horrific experi- says, we always need to be "sharpening our saws." ence. The more open and honest a teacher is about I don't know everyone she talked to, and I don't know what she asked them or how she his or her fallibility, the more aware students said it, but professors were not happy about will be that the teacher's job is not to provide knowledge, but to facilitate discovery. being interviewed. Besides, what's wrong with making a misThe very few who answered her questions said they were offended when students caught take? 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