University of Wisconsin Eau Claire - Periscope Yearbook (Eau Claire, WI)

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Top If ft: Clothing was exhibited by Sarwat Hu-tain of Pakistan. Top right: Holding a stuffed llama instead of a teddy bear, Maria Alexander enjoyt the Folk Fair. Bottom: Native Japanese costume Chixuko Dan, Hideo Kido and Akiko Do .

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THE NUMBER OF... The Lobby Shoppe. Everyone knowo where it U. but not all that it offers. “The main idea of the Lobby Shoppe is service. Larry Appleyard. assistant director of university operations, said. Appleyard’s 12 workers are kept busy by students. They can be found doing anything from cleaning the counter to approving posters for campus-wide distribution. They sell stamps when the postal center is closed, novels, postcards, an average of 250-300 newspapers per day. and at least a case (2.500 books) of matches a week. The workers, who are trained individually with someone else, have to be ready to give out any information requested. A constant updating of information is available to them. With the Lobby Shoppe's enlarged service this year, the microfiche, a machine providing an easier and faster way of looking up phone numbers for University Information, is available for use. Workers also sign out chess sets, want ad and rider cards, handle the Lost and Found, take care of the Usher Corps, and make sure ditto or Xerox copies are made on request. Even with all this work, more services are being planned. Appleyard said they plan to have the counter redone to sell things students run out of when the University Bookstore is closed. Anything from pencils and Anacin to soap will be sold. Music which comes over the Davies’ intercom is under Appleyard's control. Students like a variety, so he mixes music from FM stations. WEAQ and WOKL throughout the week. The Lobby Shoppe hopes to get the campus radio station, WSUR. Although music is under his control. Appleyard caters to requests; if there's something special on. he'll change stations. The Lobby Shoppe, open daily, allows students the opportunity to pick up handouts available and direct their questions to an experienced worker like Joyce Winchel. Winchell. a senior Spanish major, has handled anything from “Where's the Tamarack Room? to How do you spell Chattanooga? 79

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OF MANY CULTURES A chance to take a trip around the world — not in 80 days but in a single day. That was what the 1974 Folk Fair offered. The event transformed Davies' upper floor into a small world of its own for a day. Visitors were able to travel from one country to another; each display held elements of a different culture. Latin America. Native America. Spain, Scandinavia, Germany, France. Italy, Japan, China, Thailand. Africa, and Bangladesh were some of the areas represented. Each group displayed costumes and crafts to convey the atmosphere of the particular country. Most had samples of their native foods for visitors to buy. which seemed to be the main attraction of the fair. A hungry visitor could start, for instance. in China with an oggroll, and then move on to Italy for an Italian sausage sandwich before going to Latin America for a taco. After finishing the main course, dessert was offered in the form of crepes and cream puffs from France, Indian fry bread from Native America, and African sweet potato pie. Or one could travel to Germany to sample the variety of bundt cakes and tortes offered there. Scandinavia featured a smorgasbord of such dainties as Krumkakes, fattigmand. sand-bakkels, and rosettes — light delicacies, some sprinkled with powdered sugar. A visitor could take in native dancing and singing, or the excitement of children scrambling for prizes from a broken pinata. The Spanish room provided a quiet retreat for visitors to sit and collect their thoughts before returning home to America.