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Program lets students live study in Europe Campus Digest
GREENWICH CONN. -One
hundred college students will have
the opportunity to study m Europe
thtf fall wider a bread new low-
coat cultural exchange program.
This first of its kind European
work-study program is sponsored
by the Greenwich-based American
Institute for Foreign Study (AIFS)
which has more than 30 years expe-
rience arranging educational and
cultural exchange programs for
young people.
Called "Au Pair in Europe:'
this program offers young
Americans that chance to study at a
leading European university for one
or two semesters while living with
and providing part-time child care
for a local family in England
France Spain or Germany.
"Young Americans have
always been interested in studying
abroad" said William Gertz senior
vice president of AIFS. "But the
cost has been prohibitive for many
families. This program makes the
European cultural experience
affordable to many more students
by combining work with study -a
long-established American educa-
tional tradition."
The program provides for 10 to
IS hours per week of foreign lan-
guage liberal arts or child psychol-
ogy courses at a major university
including the Sorbonnc in Paris; the
College International dc Cannes in
Cannes France; The University of
Granada in Granada Spain;
Volkshochschulc Koln in Cologne
Germany; and Richmond College
The American International
University in London. Participants
live with a host family providing a
maximum of 30 hours per week of
child care in exchange for a private
room and board $75 per week in
spending money and time off for
travel and exploration.
The program is open to those
between the ages of 18 and 26. For
information contact U.S. Study
Abroad Advisor or AIFS at 1-800-727-2437
DcpL APIE AIFS 102
Greenwich Ave. Greenwich Conn.
06830.
Local Philharmonic presents pianist
The Abilene Philharmonic presents Brian Ganz
pianist in a classical concert Saturday at 8:1$ p.m. in the
Abilene Civic Center at the comer of Pine and Sixth
Streets.
The ticket prices range from $5 to $16 with dis-
counts for children and Dyess employees. Mr. Ganz will
perform Chopin's "Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor."
The proceeds benefit the Abilene Food Bank.
A graduate of the Peabody Institute of Johns
Hopkins University Ganz was co-winner of the First
Grand Prize in the 1989 Marguerite Long International
Piano Competition in Paris France. He is also the win-
ner of the 1989 Bcethocn International rcllowship
awarded biennially by the American Pianists
Association. Most recently he was awarded a silver
medal for third prize in the 1991 Queen Elizabeth of
Belgium International Piano Competition.
Ganz is an active participant in the fight against
hunger both locally and throughout the world. He is a
founding member of the Washington Chapter of Artist to
End Hunger. In honor of Ganz the Philharmonic
Association is asking patrons to bring a can of food to
the concert and support the food bank of Abilene. This
year the food bank will distribute over 1.4 million meals.
The orchestra will be featured on J.S. Bach's "Air
on a G Siring" .J Drahms "Fy"Hony No. 3."
For more information or to purchase tickets call
677-6710 or (800) 460-0610.
Nine inducted into Kappa Mu Epsilon
The Texas Eta Chapter of Kappa Mu Epsilon a nation-
al honor society for undergraduate mathamatics students at
Hardin-Simmons University held its induction ceremony on
Saturday March 2. President Jeremy Fitch Vice President
John Lally and secretary Alexandria Hadlock conducted the
ceremony.
Inductees were Mr. Andrew Potter faculty David
Bevens of El Paso Misty Campbell Stephanie Hclbert
Phillip Hubbard and Kristi Williams of Abilene Micah
Lindstrom of Clyde Teresa Plotts of Houston and John
Tunnel of Albany.
Dr. Ed Hcwctt of the HSU mathematics department
gave a short talk on "interesting numbers" following the
induction ceremony.
Meier to spend five weeks in India
Molly Meier senior nursing major at Hardin-Simmons
University will spend five weeks this summer working with
Dr. Rebecca Naylor at the Baptist hospital in Bangalore
India.
She will serve as a short-term volunteer in India from
June IS to July 25 throguh the Southern Baptist
Convention's Foreign Mission Board.
"I always wanted to go to India." said Meier. "My best
friend in high school was Indian and I've always wanted to
visit there."
Meier also wants to go on one more mission trip before
she settles down with a full-time nursing position.
Naylor is the only Baptist missionary in India and she
has been suffering through Visa problems for the nearly 15
years she has been serving.
A missionary's kid from Nigeria West Africa Meier
has also served as a Baptsit Student Ministry summer mis-
sionary to Romania.
Briefly Campus
All-time losingest team calls it quits
CAMDEN N J. (CPS) -The most losing men's bas-
ketball team in NCAA history has called it quits.
After a record 108-game losing streak the Rutgers-
Camden men's basketball team no longer wants to com-
pete in its league the New Jersey Athletic Conference.
"We gave some thought to discontinuing it last year
but we decided to give it one more season" said Dr.
Walter K. Gordon the president of Rutgers-Camden
according to reports.
Unfortunately the team finished this year's season
0-24 losing its last game on Feb. 17 in overtime to
Montclair State.The national notoriety that resulted from
the team's losing record was "too demoralizing to stu-
dents" Gordon said.
The team last tasted victory in January 1992 when
it beat Ramapo College 74-73.
Endowment funds gain high returns
WASHINGTON (CPS) -Some universities have a
Midas touch when it comes to investing endowment
money.
Although tuition costs are rising universities arc
enjoying the highest rates of return on their investments
in 10 years according to a study by the National
Association of College and University Business Officers.
The average rate of return on invested endowments
for fiscal year 1995 was 153 percent only the third time
in a decade that the figure has hit double digits. Last
year's rate was only 2.9 percent
But students shouldn't get too excited. Experts pre-
dict that the $16 million in resulting profits won't lower
tuition or better scholarships but will be kept in reserve
for leaner times.
Endowments - the stocks cash and real estate that
universities receive as gifts are essential because they
generate funds for financial aid and operating expenses.
U.S. universities with the highest endowments are:
1. Harvard University $7 billion
2. University of Texas System $5 billion
3. Yale University 3.96 billion
4. Princeton University $3.88 billion
5. Stanford University $3.1 billion
6. Emory University $2.23 billion
7. The Texas A&M University System and Foun-
dations $2.22 billion.
UT Cowboys not indicted in hazing
AUSTIN (CPS) - A jury has failed to indict a
University of Texas spirit group in connection with the
drowning death of a pledge last year.
Gabe Higgins 19 was attending a Texas Cowboys
initiation picnic when he drowned. The Bastrop County
Sheriff's Department began investigating his death after
his fully clothed body including boots was pulled April
29 from the Colorado River. An autopsy revealed that
Higgins had a blood alcohol level twice the legal limit for
driving.
The Cowboys faced possible state charges on hazing.
In Texas hazing is defined as any type of physical brutal-
ity dangerous physical activity acts of intimidation or any
activity that may induce or require a student to perform a
violation of the state penal code. Criminal penalties can
result in fines up to $10000 and 90 years' jail time.
A university investigation found that Higgins' death
was a hazing case and that pledges were encouraged to
drink. The Cowboys were suspended from campus for
five years and lost the right to fire the cannon at Longhom
football games.
West Texas A&M to hold dance camp
CANYON -The West Texas A&M University dance
department under the direction of Neil Hess is announc-
ing dates for its sixth annual Summer Dance Camp.
The camp has grown steadily for the last four years
and this summer the department is expecting another
exciting and productive opportunity for dancers to gain
valuable training from experienced teachers.
There will be classes offered in ballet pointe tap
jazz pas de deux and modem as well as seminars dealing
with issues important for today's dancer.
Faculty will be comprised of experienced teachers
from the Texas Musical Drama Lone Star Ballet and pro-
fessional teachers from outside the area.
The dates for the camp are July 21-27 for the first ses-
sion and July 28-Aug. 3 for the second session. For more
information on the camp contact Janice Nash at (806) 656-
2820 or write to WTAMU Dance Department Attention:
Dance Camp WT Box 879 Canyon Texas 79016.
Internet ban law put on hold
WASHINGTON (CPS) - The U.S. Justice
Department has agreed not to prosecute anyone under a
new controversial law that bans the transmission of "inde-
cent" or "patently offensive" material on the Internet.
The Feb. 22 agreement stands until a three-judge
panel considers a lawsuit in federal court in late March.
If the law is upheld the government reserves the
right to prosecute late for violations dating from the Feb.
8 passage of the law.
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