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Article: Arabic calls to language students.
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- October 28, 2004
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Byline: Edward M. Eveld
LAWRENCE, Kan. _ Tanner Wycoff is studying Arabic. His reasons are both personal and global.
"There's a lot of hatred right now," he said. "Maybe I could be a good influence."
During class recently at the University of Kansas, Wycoff and fellow students huddled in threes, struggling to perfect a translation. They are among a burgeoning number of American college students enrolled in Arabic courses.
The growing interest led the university to add a new section of Arabic this fall, and it's the same across the country. Arabic studies at the University of Kansas enrollment jumped 58 percent, compared with last ...