University of Wisconsin Stevens Point - Horizon / Iris Yearbook (Stevens Point, WI)

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I Beautiful, majestic, and proud, the Royal Lipizzan Stallions appeared at the Quandt Filedhouse for one performance on Sunday, September 21. The magnificient white horses captivated their audience with Airs Above the Ground,” a fine display of their rearing and jumping abilities. The Liplzzans. for centuries the property of nobility and military aristocracy, became famous for their endurance, strength, and speed. The breed was derived from the fusing of three bloodlines; the Andulusian, the Arab, and the Vllano. This crossbreeding resulted In a strain of horse having superb strength, excellent coordination, and superior intelligence. This rare and noble breed was created In the 16th century for Austria's royal house of Hapsburg. For the next four hundred years, the Lipplzan developed peacefully. However, In 1942 the stud was sent to Czechoslovakia for safekeeping. There without the mares, the breed faced extinction. In the Walt Disney film The Miracle of the White Stallions, the forceful account of the stud’s rescue and return to Austria by General Patton’s Third Army is strikingly retold. The Lipplzzan is a long-lived horse, having an average life span of 30 to 35 years. The horse is born black, and over a 6 to 10 year period gradually changes to its final, pure white color. — Laura Sternweis 27

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The beauty ol the countryside and the mountains, the folk crafts, and the Inexpensive nature of travot were some of the most enjoyable elements of the semestor abroad In Poland for twenty-six UWSP students In the autumn of 1980. The group. under the supervision of Communication professor CHck Rogers, flew to the Netherlands In August from where they traveled by rail to Germany. Austria. Hungary. Yuooslavia and finally their destination of Poland During their stay In Poland, the group attended classes at Jaglellonian University taught largofy by English speaking Polish professors. Studies Included courses In Pottsh culture, history, language, art history, geography and comparative economics. Students were free to aoclaMzo with Polish students, but found the language barrier to be a larger communication problem than In some other European countries due to the relatively small number of English speaking students at Jaglellonian. Although the Point students were not affoctod In any serious way by the political tensions In Poland, they woro nwaro of strlkos In progross through post or s urging worker solidarity and through the cancellation of two of minor student activities due to striking workers. As Americans, tho students found the shortage of food ond other goods In Poland to be somewhat frustrating; while the Polish people, aocustomod to such shortages, appeared to Accept incessant waiting In Une for such Items as meat or bananas. Frequently, clothing and shoe stores had extremely limited stock and often carried only one or two sires In a particular Item. Grocery stores were out of milk by mid-morning, and shelves routinely contained only noodles, bread, and other fillers and starches. As students in general, thoeo at Jagellonian University. Including the Point students, ate better than the average Pole. The Polish students wero described as very curious about western culture. American clothing, especially Levis, were much admired. The view many Polish studonts hove of America appeared to be shaped by the films and television programs they have been able to obtain. Some of the programs, such as the popular Hart to Hart aeries, doplct Americans as being gonerafty wealthier than Americans actually are. Additionally, the saturation of such shows with crime serves to distort views of the United Stales. Polish students appeared to be very anti-Soviet, while the Point students fell as Americans they were warmly treated. Point students perceived several problems In Poland during their stay Including a black market In western currency, a high rate of alcoholism In the Polish populace, and a general Inefficiency and lack of productivity In business. Industry and agri-business. Some American students left that in privately-owned businesses and on privately-owned farms, productivity ond services were superior to those In state-owned faclitles Agri-business, particularly, was per cloved as primitive compared with the US agriculture. Most privately-owned farms are very small with ox-drawn plows and hand methods being envtoyed In production. Although on joying somewhat more freodom then their Soviet neighbors. Poles were described as living in a nation which, despite the prldo of Its people. Is heavily guarded and ringed with barbed wire. Photos by John Podvln 26