The Banner, Vol. 35 No. 3 - October 5, 1990

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Volume XXXV, Number 3
A Publication of the Students of Cal Baptist
October 5,1990
College
Chinese
By   William   Armstrong
Senior Editor of The Banner
We are privileged to have two
professors from China, Jianqiang
Wu and Ping Xia, teaching here
at CBC. Professors and students
alike are learning to speak Chinese in a class which challenges
even the best linguists, grammarians, and modern language students.
Dr. Dana, head of the English
Dept. and member of the class,
commented that the Chinese have
many syllables which nearly defy
Briefs
Family Feud:
On Monday, Oct. 15, the
Women's Guild is sponsoring a trip to a live taping of the Family Feud.
Admission and transportation is free. Sign up in
the Women's Guild Office, Rm. 121, The bus
will leave from behind the
BOL at 2:00pm, and return at approximately
9:30pm. Bring either a
sack supper, or money for
dinner.
Midterm Exams:
Next week we're halfway
there. Study hard; pray
hard. Be nice to your     ; i
professors. A bove all,
don't panic.
Chapels (pi.):
There will be two chapels
next week, one on Wed.
the 10th, and one on Fri.
the 12th, in honor of Spiritual Emphasis Week. Attendance will be taken on
both occasions, so be sure
to attend.
receives
professors
pronunciation. She has asked exchange students from China to
     clarify and help her with various
words and inflections which are
drastically different from English
pronunciation.
Both Chinese professors,
known to their students as Mr.
Wu and Mr. Xia, have impressive
backrounds, as well as varying
interests in teaching and studying
English.
Mr. Wu. who served in Iraq as
an interpreter for the Chinese
government from 1986-87, focuses mainly on audiovisual courses
and materials design. He is the
author of more than ten books,
such as Scientific English for
Listening Drills, and is a member
of the Shanghai Audiovisual Association. He has also edited
more than forty books and cassettes.
Mr. Xia has done numerous
translations of American litera-
Mr. Wu and Mr. Xia work together in their apartment.
(photo   by     Thorn  Bradley)
ture to Chinese, and has co-edited
translations of Larzer Ziffs The
American I890's. He has also
translated numerous American
TV  shows, including Falcon
Crest, Our House, Growing
Pains, and ALF. He has just
come from a lecturing position at
the Shanghai International Studies University.
Members of their class describe
them as lively and entertaining,
as well as challenging. We are
indeed lucky to have them on our
campus.
TWIRP week shows large turn-out
By William   Armstrong
Senior Editor of The Banner
TWIRP (The Woman Is Required to Pay) week was a great
success this year. Large numbers
of women became suddenly rather
outgoing, and provided adequate
crowds for the activities planned
by the ASCBC for this week by
asking men out, and paying for
the privilege.
Monday night, a crowd of
couples equaling nearly fifty people appeared in an entirely rented-
out theater for a showing of
Don't Tell Her It's Me. The movie rated about two stars {maybe,
if you were in a good mood), but
an added bonus was the large
"CBC" shadow which sublimi-
nally passed across the screen a
number of times as the movie began. The warning: "Please obverse silence" given on screen
before the previews was heartily
ignored as comments during the
movie were loud, usually pretty
funny, and definately numerous.
The live taping of a new sitcom on Tuesday night was enjoyed by all who went, but many
women chose to add another
create-a-date to their lists for that
night.
Wednesday night's creations
were many, and showed great imagination and flair. Dates ranged
from a night of test-driving cars
to a U2 theme date-complete
with a showing of Rattle and
Hum. One of the more notable
dates was a Christmas Theme
Date in the A.J. Staples room.
The atmosphere was set with a
Christmas tree, Christmas dress,
appropriate music, and red and
green M&M brownies, and activ-
ides included singing carols and
watching a Christmas movie.
Thursday, many of the people
attending discovered the hidden
cowboy within their dates which
they had never known existed.
But then, any excuse to dance is a
good excuse to dance...
And finally, tonight's trip to
Magic Mountain seems to be the
highlight of the whole week.
The original 70 tickets which
were available for the activity
were sold out almost immediately, and supplementary tickets
were awaited during this week,
and eventually failed to appear.
Those women who did not get
$7.00 tickets are asked to buy the
group rate $13.00 at the gate, and
the ASCBC will re-emburse
them later. Everyone is eagerly
looking forward to tonight. It
should be a blast.
Inside
Lancer Arms: a letter..,
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Other side of the
fence>w>
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For the athletically impaired...   ;
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Calendar..
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