Foreign Enrollment Up

l/M-JVOTRE DAME PREVIEW — PAGE 10 Volume 60 Number 8 ®1JP iMtamt 2furrtr an? Friday, September 23, 1983 Fewer Latin Amprjrarig Foreign Enrollment Up Bj i()l RDFS FERNANDEZ Silney has personally gone to Japan, Hong Kong. Indonesia, Thailand, S'e .. i ttltor and other countries Many international students are attracted tee I'M lor the location, I ii- International student enrollment has increased slightly this year, ac ind Uu reception they receive from facultv and other students, said cording to George King, assistant international student advisor at Interna Silney tional Student Set lb' finds it rewarding when students like it so much that thev write to Last year's figure was 1737; estimates for this year range from 1800 their friends recommending the university He added that there'has bei n to 1890 student. How ever, students ari' still being registered, said King. an increase in the number of students from Asia and Europe, but a de UM is now ninth in tin- country in the number of international students. crease' in the number of Middle East students Joe Silney, ass,,, iati director of admissions, attributed the increase tee "In the ()!'! c countries, because of an oil decrease, there has been a recruitment det rease' In their education budget." he said. "We've been rei ruiting worldwide for three years now," said Silney He added that the Latin American student population has Stabilized "There are some areas where I'M is unknown, soWe've been trying to go tie, ause of the economic crisis which that part of the world is exi" there." ing UM has a mailing list ol 1,300 high schools and counseling agencies where posters and atali , :• s of the university are sent. Also the Admis "We will see a dee rease in I atin American students as long as the > i onomy is had But that's only part of it." he said. "The currency in I atin sions Office visits all ,1 1 atin America, except for El Salvador and Nicara [nternatnu ril;1 i ,| | il studenta gua. The Caribbean and manv e eeuntrios in Europe are also visited. Claimed America keeps being de-evaluated However, the upper middle class still • ' " i such as I' au/ias . lat-nor, pic for next spring is., rei r.H'IIU-. nip to Scandinavia. have bank accounts here." tured here ;ire t oming to IM in greater numbers ., .... ^m »M_m*r \WMni_M_. <****wm*** e East studies shows growing pain*s By MARY CRONIN Iturrii ,:.!,* Stafl Writer UM's graduate program in Middle Eastern studies i.s off tee a start, but a proposed undergraduate program in the same area is h. down in university red tape, professors said Prole sse.r Hain Shake!, director eef the program, said UM has had all of the ingredients needed for a successful program for quite some time eluding the actual courses and a "very Intensive lecture series " The Middle Eastern Studies graduate program stresses the modern Middle E..si especially such areas as economics and international business "We didn't want to duplicati what other universities have' We don t want to compete with more established institutions that have had such programs for ..0 or more years." said Shaked."We are' trying something that does not exist." i he emphasis on the modern, said Dr Michael Schub, associate pro % fessor of Arabic and Hebrew, is positive for students. "It's a crucial area [the Middle East), it's one of the few areas where students can get u job." he said. "Many former students are working for the State' Ilepartment, corpo 1 V* :_•..,.' rations or intelligence agencies," Schub added I The program's charter, Shaked said, states that the program must be an interdisciplinary one, rather than a separate department. The program is enhanced by a number of visiting professors and guest lecturers, the most recent ot which was Vlarvard Professor Daniel ' | , who lecture.', last wee k on 1,1am and politics. ".' of the lectures is tei provieie an enrichment program, and they are open to anyone," Shaked sai.l If the program is supported b5' the universitv and the community. Shaked said, more languages and other courses could he added."Right now it Is a nucleus, and Its development depends upon the reaction of the pub Miumi Hurricane tl iK'.millFB lic." he added. plte a successful start, the program docs face' problems, Schub Scenic sights said A proposed undergraduate studies program has remained for three years ji: 'don It may not be Paris, but it's nice enough scenery for these art students, who were out drawing on a sunny Wed "It's absurd that we give M.A s and Ph.D 'a but don't havi' an under nesday by Lake Osceola. graduate' program," he said. "An undergraduate program, including hist"- ry from pro-Islam to the 1800's, languages, re'ligion and geography would Teen;; foundation to students wishing to eventually pursue a gradu ate degrei "In order to have an intellectual background and basics, we must at least have this We've built the roof .if the house before' we've built the Dorm residents want use of pianos foundation " Eor an undergraduate program to he established, Schub said, thi Provost must appropriate the money. The chairmen of religion, languages, By ERIN ML'RPHY Stein said she understood that music courses are able to purchase "I've spoken to people concern history, politics and many (ether areas, as well as the dean of the School eef Hurricane Slut; Writer music students need the rooms as practice permits and to use the ap ing the situation and several other part of their programs. However, propriate practice facilities." people feel the same way, but I be Arts and Sciences all suppeert the founding of such a program Several students residing in the she said,"There are times when the Stein and Simms propose a solu lieve we've hit a dead end," she "However, it all comes down 1'' .i matter eef dollars and ce-nts." Schub 960 towers are launching a cam practice rooms lay idle and you're tion to the practice room dilemma said. "The facilities are see limited said paign to open the tower's music- neit permitted to use them. Even which they hope will be seriously and it is important that the musu Schuh's applications for funding to set up such a pmgram were practice rooms to students whei are hand members are not permitted to considered by administrators in the majors get them. But we're still to the National Endowment for Humanities, m impanies and sec- not enrolled in the School of Music. use them unless they are music ma School of Music. going to try." • ral Middle Eastern governments but thej all turned dow Sheryl Stein, a pre-law freshman, jors." "Perhaps there could be special • UM h is nol shown enough interest In the program, he added is angry about being denied permis Associate Dean Connie Weldon of hours when non-music majors could "It's a Catch 22," he UM i o n't M I to givi the money be News Editor I ourde sion to use a piano in the practice the School of Music said the prac use the rooms." said Stem "Decent cause the budget is ti ht n't give the mom", also contributed lo this a rooms because she is not a music- tice rooms serve much the same hours, not 6 a.m. i M is committe I I student. purpose for music students as lab "This really isn't fair," said Stein. facilities for students in other "The insinuation is that you are not schools. serious ahout music unless you "Music majors are required to Wesley noon forum: major in it. I'm used to practicing practice many hours each day as piano for two or three hours every part of their music studies," said day and I've never taken a serious Weldon. music lesson in my life because I'm The practice rooms in the Foster business and morals self-taught. Building are open from 8 a.m. to 2 "To be honest, music is a very se am. and the practice rooms in the 960 and Mahoney dorms are open By PETER P. PERMUY Mescon, general business managi rious avocation of mine. I'm rather Hurricanes Assistant Nessn Editor ment; Dr. Mike Philips, philos insulted at the suggestion that I'm from 8 a.m to midnight in an at tempt to meet the demand for prac and Dr. Lemuel Schofield. commu not serious about music, and there nications. Methodist Minister Phil are so many more people like mc." tice space, according to Weldon. Business. Morality. What is the link between them? Sageser hosted the forum Judy Simms, a freshman pre-med Despite these efforts, she said, Who is responsible for the applica Philips began the discussion by student, also was not permitted to music majors often wait in line to tion — or non-application — of refuting the popular "game view use a practice room. practice, or they practice under the morals in the ever dominant busi of business ethics discussed by Al "There are students who are not trees. ness world? bert Carr in the Hurvurd Business music majors who are interested in "One of the prime reasons the Such questions were the focus of Review. playing the piano," said Simms School of Music has been forced to Tuesday's public forum, "Morals in Carr maintained that business is "Just because we're not music ma put a cap on its enrollment is the the Marketplace: How Moral Can a game governed hy a | jors doesn't mean we're not instru- lack of practice facilities," Weldon Business Be?" The forum, held in rules — the law — and its onlv ob mintally talented We're just not added.

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