Morehead State University - Raconteur Yearbook (Morehead, KY)

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Research and Involvement Highlight EFL Research and involvement on the part of the faculty as well as the students are major influences for the successes of the English, Foreign Language, and Philosophy Department. This large department consists of twenty-five faculty members and is divided into five programs: Foreign Language, Philosophy, Religion, Literature, and English Composition. The foreign language professors seek to certify students in Spanish, French, German, Latin, and Russian by providing surveys of such elements as the culture, history, geography, and society of a particular country. Other parts of the instructors' goals are to help the students at- tain skill in speaking, writing, and reading the foreign languages, and finally to train prospective teachers in techniques of foreign language teaching. We do not have a numerous foreign language faculty, but they are highly skilled, said Dr. Ronald Dobler, Department Head of English, Foreign Language, and Philosophy. Many foreign language staff members spent their summer vaca- tions in Europe for further study, teaching, and exposure to the language and culture of their instruction. One of the newest members of the foreign language staff, Dr. Vincente Cano, is a native of Spain. Dr. Cano, who earned a PHD in Romance Languages at the University of Georgia, he is currently working to reinstate the requirements for majors in Spanish at MSG. Several English Composition and Literature professors deserve credit for various projects and developments produced under their efforts. uWe are constantly working to upgrade and revise the composi- tion programs, commented Dr. Dobler who also added that HMany faculty are publishing. Along with two published poets on the staff, Ms. Betty Clarke, Assistant Professor of English, and Dr. Rose Orlich, Drfs Glenn and Judy Rogers have written a reader entitled Development of English which is designed for basic English courses. In addition, Ms. Joyce LeMaster, Associate Professor of English, is busy with a major editing project concerning audio tapes made by Jesse Stuart. She is working together with Mrs. Naomi Stuart, widow of the late Kentucky author. One purpose of the English curriculum is to introduce students to The symphathetic understanding of literature so that their per- sonal lives will be enriched by literary art. MSLI's creative writing magazine, lnscape, aids in supplement- ing this particular goal. lnscape publications are distributed bian- nually and focus on poems, plays, and short stories. Ryan Hardestee, a senior EnglishTPsych major from Belfry, Ky., has been an influential lnscape staff member for four years. FRENCH, SPANISH, RUSSIAN, and GERMAN are the languages taught at MSU. Sometimes MSU has weekend workshops where the local high schools come in and are judged on their language aptitude. EFLP Hardestee, who has written a number of poems and short stori for lnscape, says that one of the advantages of being affiliate with the magazine is that Hyou get to meet other poets an writers. It's one of the few places on campus where you ca discover these people. Anyone interested in writing for lnscape should contact th magazinels advisor, Dr. Marc Glassar, Professor of English. Some Philosophy courses are objects of personal enjoyment f a lot of students, many of whom take these courses as gener electives. One student, a senior Marketing major, is taking Introduction t Philosophy for Hself-fulfillment, and lito learn how to think an analyze ideas better. The general education courses in Philosophy are designed t increase the scope and depth of understanding of some of man, basic beliefs. Faculty research carries over to the Philosophy program wher these professors continue to study past influential philosopher and philosophical ideas. About 70b of the students whose majors are in the Englis Foreign Language, and Philosophy Department go on to teach; th other 30h are in pre-professional areas. BY BETH HENSEL

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D edicated to Exhibiting Talents The Department of Communications prepares students for areers in speech, theatre, radio-television, and journalism. This epartment is dedicated to exhibiting manis expressive talents. Dr. Richard Dandeneau, head of the department, said that they ere making the students more aware of them through coopera- on by admissions. iiWe don't do any recruiting on our own; we cooperate with the dmissions program, he said. uAdmissions provides names and ddresses of students interested in communications. We send em a letter and often get on the phone and invite these people to ome on campus. Dandeneau said that the department has not changed any of its ajor policies of marketing. Our marketing concept is to have small classes providing lose contact with the professors, he said. This gives the oppor- nity for hands-on experience and good advising. We think that is is our best approach. According to Dr. Dandeneau, when students enter the program, ey acquire a lot of advantages. iiComing here, you are open to get your hands on equipment, e said. HThat's what makes us different from other schools. There are different coordinators for each of the programs in the INTERVIEWING former congresswoman Shirley Chisholm for WMKY is Annice Groves, an English Rfl'V major from Louisville. Chisholm spoke at Button ' uditorium during Black History Month. program started in 1966 under Dr. Brown. This program has four areas of study: news editorial, advertisingipubiic relations, photo journalism, and teaching. The radioitelevision coordinator is Tom Yancy. This program often goes on field trips and has fund raisers. The radio and televi- sion stations both are student-run. The speech team, under supervision of Philip Martin, is ninth in the nation out of three-hundred. in schools comparable to M.S.U.'s size, the speech team rates number one. Ten people make up the travelling team with eight extras. The permanent members are: Jeff Ray, Bob Stafford, Margaret Holt, Vonda Ramie, Lisa Stemwell, Kevin Cocherell, Terra Layell, John Birchett, Mike Breve, and Rondell Meeks. These students participate in twelve tournaments from which thhy travel from September to May. Consequently, one does not have to be a speech or journalism major to be on the team. You just have to have an interest. Martin said that the speech program is concerned with giving man a voice. 'iWhen people decide that they want to get involved and fight apathy everywhere, they have to be able to speak, he said. HWe are preparing students for the world when they leave the universi- ty. By ADA MIRACLE and COLLEEN PRlTCHARD u; JOHN FLAVELL

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NOTES are a vital essential to any student's study habits. Students in Professor Betty Clarke's class are taking notes avidly. Associate Professor Betty Clarke teaches Creative Writing. In this class, students learn to use their imagination and creative abilities in their papers.