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Language barrier fades on Greece study trip
Mt. Mercy College senior Joan Farris and nine others spent a month in Greece and Crete studying culture politics and language. The trip was organized by Mt. Mercy political science chair Dr James Killingsworth and Kirkwood instructors Marilyn Cathcart and Sara Klinefelter with participants from Mt. Mercy Kirkwood and Garfield Elementary and the University of Iowa. The group described overcoming language fears and noting the Greeks as fair and friendly people.
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Mt. Mercy College
Joan Farris
Twentyninth Street Drive
Greece
Crete
Mt. Mercy
Kirkwood Community College
Mt. Mercy Political Science Department
James Killingsworth
Kirkwood English
Marilyn Cathcart
Kirkwood English Department
Sara Klinefelter
Athens
Sue Harwood
Chicago
Pat Young
Lisbon
Sherryl Petermeier
Vinton
Joe Rowan
Thirty-sixth Avenue
Dellar Davis
B Avenue
Kirkwood
June Wilson
Twentieth Street
Garfield Elementary
Pat Rathje
Iowa City
University of Iowa