Foreign Languages Speak to Students As His Term Ends, Leah Pileggi Sity
Students shouldn’t worry so Women’s basketball defense Exhibit features works by much about finals • A7 stifles opponents • A9 London-based artists • B8 FORUM SPORTS PILLBOX thetartan.org @thetartan December 3, 2012 Volume 107, Issue 13 Carnegie Mellon’s student newspaper since 1906 Foreign languages speak to students As his term ends, LEAH PILEGGI sity. Susan Polanski, the head historically most popular lan- Carvalho has seen not just Special to The Tartan of Carnegie Mellon’s modern guages — Spanish, French, or an increase in enrollment in Cohon looks ahead languages department, said German — those who want to Portuguese courses at Pitt With a new semester ap- that at Carnegie Mellon, it’s try something different will (which now offers a minor in proaching, most Carnegie 52 percent. find a long list of languages to Portuguese), but also a broad- Mellon students are finalizing According to the MLA, in- choose from. And that list is ening awareness of Brazilian their schedules. For those stu- terest in language study has growing. culture, particularly music, dents who still need one more been steadily on the rise since The study of Portuguese, dance, and food. Pitt’s Brazil class, foreign languages are a the late ’90s. Executive Direc- in particular, is gaining popu- Club — the Brazil Nuts — be- trend that seems to be increas- tor Rosemary G. Feal said in larity. According to Ana Paula comes more active each year, ingly worthwhile. an MLA press release, “Stu- Carvalho, the University of recently hosting an annual According to a Modern dents increasingly see their Pittsburgh’s Portuguese lan- Brazil festival.
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