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Tuesday, November 9, aoio 1 The Rhd a Black
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Natives help
teach nuances
of languages
By RACHEL BUNN
The Red & Buck
Parlez-vous
University professonkcould help.
Though classes may be taught by
either native or non-native speakers
at the University, most language class
es are taught by native speakers.
“Of all my language classes, proba
bly about 95 percent have been taught
by a native speaker. I think one or two
classes haven’t,” said Nicole Foo, an
international affairs and Spanish dou
ble major and Chinese minor.
The University offers majors in
eight languages and classes in more
than 30 languages, including Spanish.
Chinese, Arabic and lesser-known lan
guages such as Zulu and Yoruba.
In the University’s German depart
ment, more than 50 percent of the
professors and about 50 percent of
graduate students are native speak
ers, according to department head
Martin Kagel.
In the religion department, home
to Arabic and seven other languages,
classes are taught by eight native
speakers and three non-native speak
ers. Alan Oodlas, co-head of the
Arabic language program, said the
department will add Pashto, or
Afghani, which will be taught by a
native speaker.
Kagel said though it is important
for a language department to have
native speakers, quality of instruction
depends on the individual instructor’s
personality.
“Sometimes you feel a non-native
speaker can teach better than a native
speaker because they have had to
leam it themselves,” Kagel said. "We
try to have some balance between
native and non-native speakers."
Poo said though answering ques
tions in English can often be a benefit
of having non-native speakers teach,
native speakers know the culture of
the language.
“Having native speakers does help
because you're learning the nuances
of the language you can’t leam from a
non-native speaker,” Poo said. "They
teach you what you can’t leam from a
textbook, but it's difficult to explain.”
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▲ Students buy physical textbooks at the University Bookstore. Some students say that they purchase regular
textbooks because they prefer to hold their books in their hands rather than read them on a computer screen.
Lack of extra content hurts e-textbook sales
By KATIE WEISE
The Red & Buck
The sale of electronic text
books has continued to grow
each semester, according to
officials at the University
Bookstore, but those sales are
still a small percentage of over
all textbook sales.
With digital technologies
growing more and more, it
looked like e-books would
explode onto the university
scene as quickly as online
music, but that hasn't been the
case.
"We know that the use of
e-books increases every year,
but it hasn’t taken off," said
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“Students were resistant for
e-books as textbooks because
of the lack of flexibility.”
However, the use of elec
tronic versions of academic
journals has been growing.
These books allow students to
search for specific words and
phrases they might need for
research, as well as allowing
more than one person to use
them at one time.
It’s important to remember
the difference between e-books
and e-textbooks, said Potter.
The library offers four million
e-books, and is working on
being able to offer every book
in electronic form, but doesn't
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Victim held at gunpoint
An 18-year-old
Winterville resident told
police he was kidnapped
and forced to drive around
Athens after being
approached by a man with
a gun only a few miles from
campus at 6:50 a.m.
Sunday.
Although no arrests had
been made by Monday
afternoon, Athens-Clarke
County Police Capt.
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The Red & Black police
had spoken to a suspect
and are continuing to fol
low up on leads about the
alleged kidnapping. He
also said he is confident
police will get to the bot
tom of the situation.
The victim said he was
approached by a male who
appeared to be homeless
after going through the
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located at 150 Gaines
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don’t offer print textbooks
either.
Jim Dwyer, the director of
the University Bookstore, said
more electronic textbooks are
used when a faculty member is
supporting the format and
directing students to that
option.
The bookstore’s electronic
textbookplatformisCafeScribe,
a program that can be used
with a Mac or PC to highlight,
take notes and share online
notes.
Although additional infor
mation will be provided in an
electronic format in the future.
Dwyer said, right now e-books
are simple PDF versions of the
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Police Documents
offender wanted money,
the victim said he rolled
down his vehicle’s window,
according to the report.
The man then bran
dished "a shiny hand gun
and told [the victim] he
was going to give [the
offender] a ride,” accord
ing to the report.
The victim was then
instructed to drive his
vehicle to various locations
around Athens, where he
attempted to purchase
items and access money
for the offender.
These stops included a
stop at Wal-Mart on
Lexington Road to buy
Coca-Cola, an unsuccessful
attempt to withdraw
money from an ATM,
another stop at Wal-Mart
to attempt to receive cash
back from a purchase and
finally a stop at a BP gas
station where the victim
purchased three packs of
cigarettes for the assailant.
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printed books not a compel
ling enough reason to convince
students that they should make
the switch.
Potter said a reason stu
dents aren’t jumping on the
e-textbook wagon is because of
previous habits. However, he
said use of e-textbooks might
grow as younger students, who
will be more comfortable with
e-books, make their way to uni
versities.
“I don’t really like electronic
books because I really like the
feeling of holding a book in my
hand,” said Nicole DiMercurio,
a sophomore pre-Joumalism
major from Sewanee. "And on
e-books the distraction of
Facebook is only a click away.”
according to the report.
The victim was then
instructed to park in
Athens Gardens
Apartments complex and
the attacker told him to
remain in his vehicle until
he could no longer see the
offender.
The victim then exited
the vehicle and contacted
police.
After police were con
tacted, finger prints and a
soda bottle were collected
as evidence from the vic
tim’s vehicle, according to
the report.
The victim described
his attacker as a skinny
“black male in his late 20s”
wearing a “black jacket
with fleece or fur in the
hood” and “very baggy
black pants," according to
the report.
He also said the man
has “unshaven facial hair,
chipped or missing tooth
on the top front and
crooked teeth on the bot
tom.”
—Compiled, by
Jacob Demmitt
KAPPA: Case
may reopen
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(Cunningham’s) refusal
to provide any additional
information regarding the
alleged incident, 1 did not
And sufficient evidence to
move forward,” according
to the documents.
Although the case was
considered closed at that
time, it may be reopened
after the national office
concludes its investigation.
The membership review
is scheduled for Nov. 12 and
13, according to the docu
ments. Members of the fra
ternity have already trav
eled to Charlotte, N.C.
The national chapter
determined that the chap
ter must meet with 75 fra
ternity alumni “for the pur
pose of a Code of Conduct
session” and to discuss the
importance of alumni
involvement In rehabilitat
ing the chapter. Until the
investigation concludes,
the operations of the
University chapter of the
fraternity will remain sus
pended.
The documents also
state that the chapter will
pay a deposit of $7,500 to
cover all of the expenses
associated with travel and
lodging related to the
review.