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Thursday, May 7,1981
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UGA Today ‘ Singing 5 computers help profs teach music theory
Infact lecture
A lecture on the Infant Formula Action Coalition will
be held tonight at 7:30 in the Catholic Center The
presentation will include an update on the Nestle
boycott. Everyone is welcome.
Penthouse car wash
The Interfraternity
Council is sponsoring its
annual Penthouse Pet car
wash today from 12 p.m.
to 4 p.m. in O’Malley’s
parking lot. Tickets,
which cost $3 each, entitle
you to a car wash, par
ticipation in a raffle and
40-cent draft beer this
afternoon at O'Malley's.
T-shirts and frisbees will
be given away. All pro
ceeds go to the Georgia
Chapter of the Leukemia
Society.
Meetings tonight
Everyone is invited to attend a meeting of the UGA
Water Ski Club at 7:30 tonight in the Creswell Rec room.
The topic of discussion will be an all-campus intramural
ski tournament for anyone who enjoys skiing
George DeJager of the Florida Citrus Commission will
present a case study on the marketing of Florida citrus
products at tonight’s meeting of the Marketing Club. The
program will begin at 7:30 in Room 501 of the Journalism
Building DeJager will discuss the development of a new
image for citrus products and the way in which they are
promoted. For fuither information, please contact the
marketing department at 542-2123.
The Wargaming Society will meet tonight in Room
210T of Memorial Hall at 7:30. Anyone interested in
wargaming is welcome.
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STUDENT AFFAIRS
90.5 FM WUOG STAFF POSITIONS
Applications for summer and fall quarter
staff positions for the campus radio station 90.5
FM WUOG are available May 4-May 15 at the
Memorial Hall information booth. Deadline for
turning in an application is 5 p.m., Friday, May
15.
Positions available are disc jockeys; news,
sports, public affairs announcers; and clerical
workers. All general staff postions are for one
quarter only. These positions carry no
renumeration.
This information has been prepared and submitted
by the Office of Student Affairs
By ELAINE DUKAKIS
K«d and Black Hull Writer
The space shuttle
depended on it. University
students in journalism and
home economics use it for
communications projects
and in making nutritional
analyses, respectively.
But, the music department
has one that sings and
smiles. What is “it?” It's the
20th century wonder-
machine — the computer
Professors Harriet Hair
and Raymond Gotko are
using the smiling and
singing computer to help
students of various grade
levels learn music theory.
Hair and Gotko, although
working independently, are
involved in similar types of
activities involving two
different age groups Hair's
work is of a research nature
From Page 1
The American press has
reported that the leftist
Front for Democratic
Revolution is responsible for
bombings of certain fac
tories in an effort to main
tain a work stoppage by fac
tory workers earlier this
year. The strike was a sign
of support for the FDR's
cause by the factory
workers.
“Sometimes the guerrillas
and concentrates on
elementary school children
from grades one through
four Gotko is mostly con
cerned . ''h theory
programs or college
students taking music
theory classes
The common denominator
that ties their work together
is the Pet computer, a small
self-contained unit they both
use It consists of a screen,
called an “apple,''
keyboard, sound filter and
printer
“These machines were not
initially set up to do this type
of work (playing musical
notes), but with the
"petunia” (a computer
attachment) we can
generate sound," Hair said.
Also, with the addition of a
specially created filter, the
computer’s musical sounds
are altered to sound like
MELENDEZ
will force people to join them
against their will," said
Melendez, explaining that
contacts in El Salvador have
told him that the peasants
fear the guerrillas, who
many times imprison them
in their own villages while
fleeing government troops.
Regarding the thousands
of civilian deaths that occur
yearly in El Salvador,
Melendez says many are the
result of clashes between the
military and the guerrillas
appealing to children, Hair
said.
Gotko uses the computer
to supplement his music
theory courses. With the
Pet’s help, a student can go
through one exercise a dozen
times. "It gives them an
Professor Gotko with musical computer
notes of a flute. The com- impartial practice partner,"
puter is capable of producing Gotko said While the
graphics that are especially student uses the computer,
he records his work on a
computer record and turns
the record in to Gotko at the
end of the week
"What it (the computer)
does is allow me to teach
more by freeing me from
doing things like drill work, "
Gotko said.
With the computer, the
student can explore various
exercises which are
designed to improve sight
singing and ear-training
skills.
Originally, the music
school was limited to one
computer terminal, but
three more computers were
acquired "The school began
using the one computer last
Staff photo
Other deaths Melendez at
tributes to rightist death
squads and the guerrillas
“It would be foolish to kill
your rivals and leave them
in the streets to be found,"
says Melendez, discounting
accusations that the govern
ment is responsible for the
many political murders that
occur in El Salvador, such as
the recent killing of a Roman
Catholic bishop who was
openly sympathetic to the
rebel cause.
spring,” Gotko said. “But by
fall we realized one would
not adequately satisfy the
needs of the music classes ”
After five to six months of
designing her own special
programming completed,
Hair took the computer to an
elementary school to work
with the children "The
children were totally
fascinated with the machine,
even the first graders," Hair
said "The children would
ask "Does this machine talk
to me?' or "Does this
machine take my IQ?'.”
The programming Hair
used contained musical
games for the children to
play that required them to
match sounds to pictures
and sounds to other sounds
The computer keys were
covered with an overlay that
limited the choice of buttons
to ones marked "Yes,” ‘"No"
and (?) question mark (for
uncertainty).
For each correct answer
the child gave, the computer
presented a smiling face on
the screen. "The straight
line of the mouth is part of
the programming,” Hair
said "It flips into a smile if
it is correct, so the children
will hesitate to make sure
that he or she had gotten the
answer right.” If a child
answers incorrectly, the
ears on the computer’s face
get bigger to signify the child
to listen more carefully
Through her research Hair
found the children have an
easier time with ascending
note problems than
descending ones This point
will be the subject for a
study Hair plans to conduct
in the future
Hair hopes to see com
puters eventually become
part of the school program.
According to Hair, DeKalb
County has purchased 80
computer terminals for use
in school curriculums.
"Hopefully, (by using
computers) we can help
children learn music bet
ter," Hair said.
STUDENT AFFAIRS
QUEBEC INTERNSHIP — SUMMER 1981
A six-eight week internship in Quebec this
summer is designed to help students in the
United States meet their academic and career
goals Open to all majors sophomore level and
above, undergraduate and graduate students
Requirements are a 2.5 GPA and a basic profi
ciency in French. Weekly salary. Apply in
Room 112, New College by Tuesday, May 12,
1981.
The Quebec Internship is co-sponsored by
Career Planning and Placement and Franklin
College of Arts and Sciences.
Thi* information hat been prepared nnd submitted
by the Office of Student Affairs
EL SALVADOR
From Page 1
The demonstration was similar to those of
the Vietnam era, but there are differences
between the two, said Dianne Mathiowetz,
the movement’s Southern coordinator. “The
significant difference between El Salvador
and Vietnam is (that) mass opposition to in
volvement (in Vietnam) did not start until
well after involvement had begun . when
people were coming home in coffins,” she
said.
The recent history of El Salvador is mark
ed with political upheaval and a series of
coups, the most recent of which established
the present government. The current
regime, established in 1979, replaced an
exteme-right military dictatorship.
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CHINESE RESTAURANT
1. Chinese Style Sunday Buffet 12:00-2:30
All you can eat $3.95
L’nder 12 $2.75
This week a total of 8 items featuring Happy Family,
Mongolian beef and Chinese style fried chicken w ings.
2. Mon., Wed.. Thurs., and Fri Lunch Special
$2.16 and up
Including hot tea. egg roll. soup, fried rice and one of 10
main courses
11:30 a.m.*2:00 p.m.
3. Economic Combination Dinner Plate.
4. Modern Style Chinese Teepan foods
Closed Tuesday
1063 BaxterSt
Between Western Sizzlin’ and Eckerd Drugs
Phone: 548 9885
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STUDENT AFFAIRS
Career Planning and Placement Office
The following representatives will interview on campus during the
weeks of May 11-29, 1981. The sign-up sheets for May 11-22 are
presently available in Clark Howell Hall. For the week of May 25-29
the sign-up sheets will be posted on Friday, May 8, 1981 at 8:00 a m.
Keep checking by the office for any companies that might set a date
after this posting.
BUSINESS - INDUSTRY
May 8 Conweb Corporation
11 McDonald’s Corporation
11 I.B.M. (General Systems Division—Atlanta)
11- 12 M and M—Mars, Inc.
12 Management Cybernetics
14 E. I. duPont deNemoursCompany (Athens plant)
14 Protective Life
14 Richway
15 The Body Shop
19 Kimberly Clark Corporation
20 Wendy’s International
EDUCATION (K-12)
15 Florence School District I (Florence, SC)
19 Holy Innocent’s Episcopal (Atlanta)
19 Thomas County School (Thomasville, GA)
GOVERNMENT - MILITARY
12- 19 US Marine Corps at Memorial Hall
18-22 US Navy at Memorial Hall (Office interviews May 19)
CO-OP - INTERNSHIPS - SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES
14 McFadden Business Publications
14 Carter and Associates
19 Dravo-Groves
19 Cotton-Harrison Camp
This information has been prepared and submitted by the Office of Student Affairs
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