KU Classics Sees Language Decline Linked to BGS Degree
KU Classics Department predicts shrinking language enrollment as the Bachelor of General Studies program, begun in 1973 and lacking a foreign language requirement, may undercut the BA path. Despite steady overall classics enrollment, fears grow of eroded Latin and Greek study and a widening gap between BGS and BA graduates.
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KU language lab offers six language news broadcasts
KU's Wescoe Hall hosts a six language shortwave news service tuned to Portugal, the Soviet Union, France, Spain, the Orient, and Germany. Six reel to reel recorders capture broadcasts updated two to three times weekly. Access costs a dime or a personal phone call.
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Navigating Workplace Harassment and Scholarship Notice
This piece advises meeting harassment head on with supervisor and a higher rung, documenting incidents, seeking non accusatory fresh start, and confiding outside the office. It advises gathering support outside work, avoiding ammunition, and staying professional. It also details the Oletha Blevins scholarship with eligibility for Douglas County youth and 4 H involvement.
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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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Rights and steps for handling workplace harassment
Wilson advises tracking behavior and memos in personnel files, demanding access and responses, and sending copies to supervisors and the file. Consider contacting EEOC if harassment continues or resignation seems unavoidable, as grounds for a suit or unemployment may exist.
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Harvard Professor Roger Fisher to Speak at KU
Harvard University writer Roger Fisher will lecture at Kansas University in the Big Eight Room Kansas Union at 8 p.m. Wednesday. The topic is The Limited Role of Force in Conflict Resolution. The speaker, a NYT contributor and author of many books, started The Advocates public TV series in 1969. The talk is free and open to the public.
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