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Vol. 10 No. 15/Dec. 5, 1985

WU hosts soccer national final, basketball tourney National championship

A WU first will take place at 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8, when the 21-2 soccer Bears host the University of North Carolina-Greensboro for this year's NCAA Division HI national championship. WU has never been the site of a national final for any sport, although the Bears did play in the 1978 national soccer championship in Babson Park, Mass., against Lock Haven College, Pa. The Bears won a school record 21st game of the season by upending Glassboro State College of Glassboro, N.J., 2-1, in a national semifinal on Sunday, Nov. 24. Freshman Mike DeSantis of Boston, Mass., scored WU's first goal of the game, before senior John Brill of Columbia, Md., earned the game-winner with 23 minutes remaining in the contest. UNC-Greensboro, the 1982 and '83 Division III national champions, Dedication ceremony: After delivering the keynote address at the Nov. 22 athletic complex dedication ceremony, Howard Cosell is given a remembrance of his visit to WU. Student-athletes Kathy Fagan and Ted Lucas present the sweatshirt to the ABC-TV sports commentator, who in his are coached by Mike Parker, who speech earlier, commended WU's NCAA Division III program that recognizes a healthy mix between academia and athletics. Fagan. former captain of guided Lock Haven to the 1978 the tennis team and current co-captain of the women's basketball team, and Lucas, a four-year letterman and co-captain of this year's football team, championship by beating the Bears. also cut the ribbon commemorating the official dedication of the $13 million athletic complex. Other dedication events included a student.dance and The Greensboro Spartans are 19-5. party that evening in Francis Gymnasium, followed by two basketball games in the new Field House: WU Alumni vs. St. Louis University Alumni and WU Bears vs. St. Louis University Billikens. The Bears put up a strong fight, but the Billikens won 66-50. Since the start of the national tournament, WU has beaten Whea- ton, ranked number two in the nation; UC-San Diego, ranked number seven; Glassboro State, ranked num- Professor strives for safer aircraft design ber eight; and Ohio Wesleyan, ranked number nine. The Bears through revolutionary engineering technique finished the season ranked 13th in the country. □ On Aug. 12, 1985, Japan Air Lines within one percent relative error. tribution on a physical object by di- Tickets for the game can be pur- Flight 123 slammed headlong into PROBE can do it with 800 equations. viding the object into a screen-like chased in advance bv calling a mountainside northwest of If it takes PROBE one minute to mesh of small sections called finite 889-5220 before 4 p.m. Friday, Dec. Tokyo, killing all but four of the solve this problem, then conven- elements. Each element is mathe- 6. Only 500 tickets at S4 per person 524 passengers on board. Prelimi- tional programs would need 200 matically modeled with approximat- will be sol* in advance for this na- nary investigations indicate that years on the same computer." ing functions to represent stresses in tional championship event. All WU failure of a structural component Of course no one has 200 years the object. students will be admitted free with caused the accident. to solve a problem. Instead, engi- To increase precision, conven- their ID card. □ On Oct. 11, 1985, McDonnell neers settle for lower-quality solu- tional meshes often contain thou- Douglas Corp. announced that tions. "The result,'- Szabo continues, sands of tiny elements. Because each cracks could develop in bulkheads "is that engineers spend more time element requires complicated pro- Lopata Classic connecting the wings to the fuse- and effort, more resources, and use cessing, solution of a complex prob- For the second consecutive year, lage of its newest fighter aircraft, more expensive computers to design lem calls for substantial computer re- four of the nation's top academic in- the F-18. Experts blame an engi- a final product that ends up more ex- sources. Engineers spend about 80 stitutions will meet in St. Louis to neering defect. pensive and more difficult to main- percent of their time producing intri- compete in WU's Lopata Men's Modern aircraft are as vulnerable tain." cate mesh designs and interpreting Basketball Classic on Friday and as they are incredibly sophisticated. Using the finite element tech- vast amounts of data, says Szabo. Saturday. Dec. 6-~. Entrants in this Failure of a single structural element niques, engineers calculate stress dis- As an alternative. Szabo in- year's "Brain Bowl'" include Trinity can cause disaster. Yet the methods creased the mathematical sophistica- University of San Antonio. Texas: engineers use to evaluate structural tion of the approximating functions CTaremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges of components in aircraft are based on describing each element. As a result, Claremont. Calif: Johns Hopkins L'ni- concepts pioneered almost 30 years he needed far fewer elements to ac- versity of Baltimore. Md.: and WU. curately model the entire object. ago- the 198-4 tournament champion. Until recently, these methods At first they said it could never represented the best available tech- work."' he smiles. As little as five Tournament action begins at 6 nology, says Barna Szabo, Ph.D., di- years ago. critics hinted that Szabo's p.m. on Friday. Dec. 6. with Trinity rector of WU's Center for Computa- theories were nothing more than facing Claremont-Mudd-Scripps. fol- tional Mechanics. But a significant computerized black magic. lowed by a rematch of last year's breakthrough in computer-aided de- But in scientific papers published championship. Johns Hopkins vs. sign techniques will radically alter in 1981 and again in 1984. Szabo and Wl". at 8 p.m. Saturday s schedule the way engineers evaluate aircraft Iva Babuska. an internationally recog- has the consolation game set for 6 designs of the future, he says. nized mathematician at the Univer- p.m. and the championship contest at During the last 15 years. Szabo sity of Maryland, provided rigorous 8 p.m. has developed PROBF, an engineer- mathematical proof that not only The Bears captured the first ing program he believes will result in does PROBE perform better than lopata title last year with a "2-CH more efficient engineering and safer existing technology, but if applied in victory over the Blue Jays of Johns aircraft for the 1990s. a certain way. will approach the Hopkins. The consolation champion- "In a test problem of an theoretical optimum performance ship saw MIT defeat Caltech "1--M». 1.-shaped corner, for example." he achievable. "In other words."' Szabo marking the first time the two aca- explains, "conventional technology observes, "if a supreme being were demic powers" had ever met in var- must solve about seven million equa- to design a finite element program, it sitv basketball. tions to reach a solution accurate to H.inu S/.iho (\mtitiucii i"i /< > 1- I > Kirby receives

; first Grimm Spr- osr # traveling fellowship William C. Kirby, Ph.D., assistant professor of history and director of the International Affairs Program, has received the first Roland Grimm Traveling Fellowship from the Uni- versity. Grimm, a 1914 alumnus of the University, died in 1983- The fellowship was established to support WU faculty research in Asia. Grimm, who was 89 when he died, was a sales representative in the Orient for about 40 years. The Uni- versity also is naming its squash, handball and racquetball courts in the new athletic complex in his memory. Kirby said the grant will support his research in Chinese archives for a book titled The International Devel- opment of China Since 1928. He is focusing on patterns of Chinese-foreign economic and technical cooper- ation under both Nationalist and Communist rule. He started the research in 1984 under a fellowship in Chinese studies from the American Council of Learned Societies. The author of Germany and Re- publican China (Stanford University Press, 1984), Kirby joined the WU Bountiful harvest: On a recent Saturday morning, 45 WU students harvested more than 200 bushels of turnips and mustard greens that were faculty in 1980. As director of the In- given away later that day to needy people in north St. Louis. The students, who are involved in the Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, had heard a talk ternational Affairs Program in Univer- on local hunger and decided to do what they could to help alleviate the problem. A farmer in West County volunteered his crop, which covered an sity College since 1983, he coordi- area about the size of a football field. Otis Woodard, who distributes food, clothing and money to the needy through the Lutheran Family and nates an interdisciplinary curriculum Children's Services, handled the distribution of the harvest from a truck outside his home. Among the turnip and mustard green pickers were (above, from left) Tim Williams, a sophomore in engineering; Adam Smith, a master's degree candidate in civil engineering; and Ian Brockie, a doctoral candi- for students who travel and do busi- date in chemistry. ness abroad. During the past eight years, he- has been a visiting research associate at the modern history institutes of Law library essential to legal scholars the Chinese Academy of Social Sci- ences in Beijing and the Academia Janis R. Powell, a second-year WU and father of two-and-a-half-year-old agencies and examine cases heard by Sinica in Taipei. law student, would be lost without Ben. "There are two ways to get specific judges. Kirby earned his bachelor's de- it. good grades: be a genius or work The Lexis and Westlaw data gree in history, summa cum laude, WU law student Doug McClos- very hard. To play it safe, I work bases are part of a new revolution in from Dartmouth College in 1972. Af- key spends approximately 10 hours very hard." In addition to his library processing legal information. Al- ter a year of graduate studies in his- each day in it, taking only occasional studies, he hits the books at home though WU's law library still has tra- tory and political science at the Freie breaks for renewed energy via the fa- for two hours each weekday. ditional law books on most of its Universitaet in Berlin, he completed cility's nerve center, the snack room. The law library is popular for shelves, technology increasingly is his master's degree in 1974 and doc- "It" is the Eugene A. and Adlyne several reasons, according to McClos- being emphasized to quickly provide torate in 1981 in history at Harvard Freund Law Library on the first and key. It's convenient; students can ob- resources to researchers, says Ber- University. He'was a teaching fellow second floors of the Seeley G. Mudd tain input from their peers on com- nard D. Reams Jr., J.D., Ph.D., pro- at Harvard from 1975 to 1979. Law Building. plex law issues; and, of course, the fessor of law and director of the law Like many WU law students, library has "many resources that are library. Powell uses the library to do re- extremely useful" to students, fac- In the future, predicts Reams, search, write briefs and prepare legal ulty and the St. Louis area law com- the majority of legal information will memorandums. Because of her tight munity. be transmitted through laser or op- schedule, she appreciates the conve- The site boasts a large research tical disks, which store massive RECORD nience the library provides by offer- collection of more than 310,000 amounts of information on a disk the ing comprehensive and accessible in- volumes. It has source materials to size of a 12-inch phonograph record. formation to law scholars. help scholars find anything from spe- Reams recently purchased the Editor: Susan Killenberg, 889-5254 "I have no love for roaming cific law cases to statistics that sup- library's first optical disk unit, which Assistant Editor: Carolyn Sanford, 889-5293 through stacks," admits the port arguments. indexes legal periodicals. He and his Editor, Medical Record: Betsy McDonald, 40-year-old Powell. "I don't have The library also has opinions of staff are considering acquiring an- 362-7569 any time. I have a family that in- various federal and state courts; other laser disk system that indexes Washington University Record (USPS cludes three girls, ages 8, 11 and 13- briefs from the U.S. and Missouri Su- federal government publications. 600-430; ISSN 0745-2136), Volume 10, Number 15, Dec. 5, 1985. Published weekly I don't have the option of staying at preme Courts; numerous federal and In another use of technology, the during the school year, except school the library from 8 in the morning Missouri statutes and regulations; law acquisitions department has com- holidays, monthly in June, July and August, at until 8 at night. review articles; and legal treatises, pleted a book catalog of the library's the Office of News and Information, Campus "I study in work units," con- which are comprehensive summaries monographs collected during the last Box 1070, Washington University, St. Louis, tinues Powell. "I complete a law of the law. Freund library is one of five years by using a specific com- Mo. 63130. Second-class postage paid at St. school project and then pick up a the few academic facilities nation- puter program to compile the infor- Louis, Mo. child from piano lessons. I finish an- wide that contains all of the admin- mation. News items for the medical record section arc published once a month and may be sent to other assignment and do a load of istrative agency codes and regula- "We are anticipating future Medical Campus, Box 8065. laundry. I have to get my work done tions for the 50 states. trends," Reams remarks. "Today we Address changes and corrections: efficiently. To help library users with their rely on microforms to store masses Postmaster and non-employees: Send to: "Everything is available at the inquiries, Peggy McDermott, assistant of legal information, tomorrow it WU Record, Campus Box 1070, Washington law library — that's what I appre- law librarian for reference services, will be the laser disk." University, St. Louis, Mo. 63130. ciate the most," Powell says. "If teaches students and faculty how to The computer wave has influ- Hilltop Campus Employees: Send to: Per- something has been written, it's in use the computer-based Lexis and enced the way law students produce sonnel Office, Campus Box 1184, Washington the law library. When you're running Westlaw legal research systems. By their assignments as well. Reams esti- University, St. Louis, Mo. 63130. Medical Campus Employees: Send to: Per- on a work schedule, that comprehen- using these online data bases, opera- mates that approximately 35 percent sonnel Office, Campus Box 8091, 4550 sive coverage makes a difference." tors rapidly can find cases by plug- of the school's 650 students own McKinley Ave., Washington University, St. "Grades are essential to obtain- ging particular words, phrases or personal computers and use them in Louis, Mo. 63110. ing a good job in law," comments legal citations into the computer. In their legal studies. McCloskey, who, besides being a sec- addition, they can retrieve adminis- Carolyn Sanford 2 ond-year law student, is a husband trative decisions made by federal Student's string piece scores international prize

This article is part of a continuing cal affiliation at the time of their monthly series profiling WU students. win. "Having WU mentioned in a George Chave, a doctoral candi- brochure that is distributed interna- date in WU's department of music, tionally will no doubt add luster to decided to compose an entry for the the reputation of the School of Oriana Trio International Composi- Music," he says. tion Competition because he needed Chave's trio will become part of a string piece to round out his port- the Oriana Trio's regular repertoire. folio. "I thought I'd kill two birds They will continue to play his work with one stone," says the 26-year-old in their local performances and on composer from Skaneateles, N.Y. tour, giving him a virtual guarantee In August, Chave received word that his music is played. "And getting that he had completed his portfolio played is one of the basic goals of with a winning composition. His any composer," he says. "Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano" Chave received his bachelor's de- won first prize out of a field of more gree in piano performance with a than 40 pieces from eight countries. minor in composition from Syracuse He will receive a $1,500 prize when University. "I had an unrealistic the piece is premiered by the Oriana dream of being a great concert pian- Trio in Kenosha, Wis., this week. ist," he says. "I did my graduate work in composition and theory to make myself more marketable as a teacher." After receiving his master's degree in composition from the State University of New York in Bing- hampton, N.Y., Chave chose WU for his doctoral work because of the diversity of the composition faculty. Each of the four composers on the faculty was trained in a different school of composition. The size of the graduate music Edison will be the site of the Guthrie Theater's production of "Great Expectations." The orphan boy Pip (played by Timothy Wahrer) falls in love with the heartless Estella (Ann-Sara Matthews), program at WU also attracted him. who spurns Pip's love. "Many prestigious schools have so many students, it's impossible to get the individual training a musician needs," he says. "WU's music de- Edison has Dickens' partment has a fine reputation and a small enough class that all students get individual attention." 'Great Expectations' Chave's compositions contrast Edison Theatre will present the ment," "The Threepenny Opera," greatly with much contemporary, Guthrie Theater performing "Great "Requiem for a Nun" and the crit- "minimalist" music, which he says is Expectations" at 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. ically acclaimed "Peer Gynt." repetitive and lacks movement. 13. In recognition of its outstanding "Music should be forward-going," he Barbara Fields adapted Charles contribution to American theater, the says. "It should have a drive and a Dickens' story for the company's Guthrie was presented the Tony George Chave direction." 1985-86 tour. "Great Expectations" Award in 1983 by the American Chave's own direction, after he is set within the squalor and turbu- Theater Wing and the League of New Chave got the good news Aug. 1, receives his doctoral degree in the lence of Victorian England. It tells York Theaters and Producers. The just three days before his wedding. spring, also is forward-going. He the story of Pip, an orphan, and his award was recommended by the "I was glad to receive the results be- hopes to find a teaching position in journey from rags to riches. Along American Theater Critics Association. fore the big day,"' he says. "Between an urban area and continue writing the way, he encounters a starving Tickets for the performance are the wedding and moving, it might music. He is hoping to find a pub- convict, Abel Magwitch; a bitter S15 to the general public, $10 to WU have taken a long time for the an- lisher for his trio. "Having won this spinster, Miss Havisham; her beauti- faculty and staff and senior citizens nouncement to catch up with me." competition won't hurt at all," says ful but cruel daughter, Estella, who and $7 to students. For tickets, call In addition to the cash prize, the composer. spurns Pip's love; and assorted other the box office at 889-6543. Chave will gain some other benefits Laurie Navar characters who influence him. This program is made possible from his success. Not the least of When a mysterious benefactor by support from the IBM Corpor- which, he says, is a professional qual- Aircraft safety— offers to pay Pip's way to gentrifica- ation, the Missouri Arts Council and ity recording of the December per- continued from p. I tion, he travels to London in hopes the National Endowment for the formance. Chave had been concerned of becoming a gentleman and win- Arts, through their participation in about the cost of getting a quality re- could perform a little better than ning Estella's love. He is trained in Mid-America Arts Alliance, a regional cording of his work, a must for a PROBE. But not much." society manners by Herbert Pocket, a arts organization. composer seeking a teaching posi- PROBE's rigorous mathematical London dandy. In the end, the mys- tion. foundation allows it to tackle prob- terious benefactor is revealed and Pip The Oriana Trio is a resident en- lems that have eluded conventional comes to terms with himself and Es- semble of the University of Wiscon- technology, making it attractive to tella. Intramural office sin — Parkside, in Kenosha. The the aerospace industry, a critical user The Guthrie Theater, now in its eight-year-old trio performs fre- of finite element technology, 23rd season, is one of the nation's holds racquetball quently in the Midwest and has "We have created a tool that lets foremost regional theaters. Since tournament toured the United States. Its members engineers do more creative engineer- 1980, the Guthrie has been under the are James McKeever, piano; Priscilla ing," proclaims James A. Flowers, artistic direction of Liviu Ciulei, Ro- The WU Intramural Office of the Jones, cello; and Ali Forough, violin. president of Noetic Technologies, the manian stage and screen director, ac- Athletic Complex is sponsoring a "Chave's trio was an especially company formed to develop and tor, designer and architect. continuing racquetball tournament well-crafted piece," says McKeever. market PROBE. "The bonus is that Ciulei has an international repu- for faculty and staff. The tournament "It has a great deal of rhythmic vital- the answers are better. Not only will tation as an adventurous director. He format will be ladder-type competi- ity." it give you the answer, but it is the made his U.S. directorial debut in tion, with players challenging higher- Robert Wykes, DMA., has been only program in existence that is able 1974 with the American premier of ranked opponents to obtain their Chave's principal teacher at WU. He to tell you how good the answer is," George Buechner's "Leonce and positions on the ladder. described Chave as "an extremely says Flowers. Lena." Players of all skill levels are en- well-organized composer." Szabo believes that new designs His European credits include "As couraged to enter this ongoing Wykes says the entire music de- will be possible with the aid of the You Like It" in Romania and West tournament and entries will be taken partment will benefit from Chave's powerful engineering tool. "Un- Germany and "Leonce and Lena" in at any time (no entry deadline) in the success. Winners of the Oriana com- doubtedly, PROBE will have signifi- Romania and Scotland. At the Guth- intramural office. Complete tourna- petition get perpetual publicity. Each cant impact on the performance and rie, he has staged "The Tempest," ment rules also are available in the year, the competition's brochure lists safety of aerospace structures." "As You Like It," "Twelfth Night," office. For more information, call all previous winners and their musi- Robert Brock "The Three Sisters," "Eve of Retire- 889-5193. 3 MEDICAL RECORD Physical therapist gives warning on 'feeling the burn'

Americans are taking to gyms and Other doctors told Linda that her tracks with a vigor that will surely problem was weak abdominals. make physical fitness a major lifestyle Strengthen them with sit-ups, they change of the late 20th century. But recommended. Not until she con- our penchant for push-ups and other sulted Sahrmann did Linda learn that traditional calisthenics gives some of her "good sit-ups" (trunk curls) were us more than we bargained for — having some bad effects. •pain. We often react by falling off "Linda has forward shoulders the exercise bandwagon. and a depressed chest, "says Sahr- Help is on the way. Enter Shirley mann. "Her rectus abdominis is Sahrmann, Ph.D., a neurobiologist shortened from too many trunk and physical therapist at WU School curls, and sit-ups have pulled her of Medicine. Sahrmann has spent chest down and head forward. Her years treating men and women who lower abdominal muscles are not as believe the slogan, "no pain, no well developed as they should be be- gain." "That's a myth," she says sim- cause the rectus is so strong." ply. To correct these imbalances, Sahrmann warns that particular Sahrmann advised Linda to cease sit- exercises may be inappropriate for ups, trunk curls and leg lifts. A new certain body types, weights and ages. exercise regimen developed by Sahr- An avid believer in the benefits of ex- mann will stretch Linda's too-short ercise, she deplores the intensity and rectus and help get her head back, as inherent imbalance in many popular well as promote proper shoulder po- calisthenics-type exercise regimens. Shirley Sahrmann, Ph.D., WU neurobiologist and physical therapist, instructs runner Jennifer sitioning. Many routines overemphasize ab- Shifrin on how to properly perform lower abdominal exercises. Although swimming helped Lin- domen-flattening exercises, she says. da, Sahrmann says it is not an ideal They promise to strengthen abdomi- chest by making the abdominal her upper back pain. "I started doing exercise: "It's true that the buoyancy nal muscles by lots of sit-ups, but muscles, particularly the rectus ab- a lot of sit-ups when I was in college, of water can help alleviate some of they don't provide any counterbal- dominis, too short. And it neglects usually three times a week, 20 to 30 the shock deliverd to joints. But to ancing exercise. the lower abdominals, while over- at a time. I learned early on that put- assume that you will adequately Counterbalancing exercises are strengthening the rectus, so that you ting my hands behind my head, like strengthen everything just because necessary because the body operates don't even accomplish what you're you're supposed to do for a sit-up, you're doing this full-body exercise according to the laws of physiology. after — a strong abdomen." made my neck hurt. So instead I in water is not true. Swimming may Every action or movement is accom- Sahrmann suggests a progressive rested my hands on my stomach keep you from inducing further prob- plished by certain muscle groups program of exercises to correct while doing trunk curls in a bent- lems, but it doesn't correct existing contracting while other muscle lower abdominal muscle imbalances knee position. ones. groups relax. These opposing actions that make for sagging stomachs. The "But I developed such pain in "I think it's wonderful that peo- make movement possible. But if the series involves keeping the trunk still my upper back that it would wake ple are trying to exercise," continues muscles that contract during a certain and moving only the legs. Diagrams me up at night. The doctor then told Sahrmann. "To be healthy, they need movement become overtightened of these exercises are available from me it was stress, and I was studying to. For women, preliminary studies (too short) from overuse, problems Sahrmann by calling 362-2381. a lot. But I was also leaning over — are showing that exercise helps pre- arise, most commonly pain and dis- If you're surprised at Sahrmann's bent over a quilt I was working on, vent osteoporsis, or brittle bones. torted posture. indictment of sit-ups, you're not or reading, or peering into a micro- But people have to get to the point Any type of calisthenics — leg alone. Linda, a 29-year-old scientist, scope — and doing lots of activities where they can tolerate strenuous ex- lifts, arm curls, etc. — needs to be was shocked to learn that her nine- with outstretched arms. Only swim- ercise." counterbalanced by exercise that in- year habit of sit-ups had aggravated ming relieved my pain." Suzanne Hagan duces movement in the opposite direction. For example, you can coun- terbalance sit-ups by standing against a wall with head and shoulders back, Get physical with these risk-reduced exercise tips arms overhead. Other exercises should also be done lying face down To make strenuous exercise easier, have movement originating in the She points out that many people, to strengthen back and hip muscles. Sahrmann has some tips to share. gluteal (buttocks) area. especially those with a flat back, end Sahrmann didn't set out to ma- First, consult an exercise physiologist "Undertake a balanced program up stretching their back — not their lign sit-ups, but they're just not the or physical therapist to evaluate your so that you don't have too much of hamstrings — if they do hamstring best way to strengthen a sagging ab- posture for any inherent weaknesses any one activity," suggests Sahr- stretches leaning over. To prevent domen, she says. and to help you avoid exercises that mann. If you're participating in a this, she advises stretching while The abdomen is encased in would aggravate them. You'll be particular sport, know what specific seated. Sitting up straight, not layers of muscles. To stop sag, the tested for spinal alignment, shoulder imbalances that sport can cause. For slouched or leaning forward, broad sheets that comprise one of the girdle function, and hyperextended example, bicycling can tighten the straighten out the leg at the knee outermost muscle layers — the exter- knees. hip flexors. Swimming can contribute without tilting the pelvis. You should nal obliques — should be strengthen- Once you know what postural to forward shoulders. be able to extend your leg in a ed. (The external obliques are some- quirks you have, you'll want to "Aerobic-type exercises produce straight line, perpendicular with your times called the "lower abdominals" structure your exercise regimen ac- the real health benefit," says trunk, to achieve adequate stretch. because they exert the most control cordingly. For example, resistive-type Sahrmann. "But if you want to Heel cords can also be stretched over the pelvis and thus the lower exercises (weights) to strengthen the strengthen or tone muscles, ask what from a sitting position. With leg ex- abdomen.) But instead of engaging shoulder girdle can cause problems, calisthenics or general exercises will tended, point the toe toward the the lower abdominals, sit-ups especially for women. "It's very dif- counteract muscle imbalances in- knee, then flex the foot about 10 de- strengthen and shorten an inner mus- ficult for a woman to do them duced by these sports." grees. "If your ankle changes from cle — the internal oblique — and the safely," advises Sahrmann. "They Most sports participants or vigo- 90 degrees to about 80," she advises, outermost, ribbon-like layer of mus- have to be careful not to put their rous calisthenics enthusiasts believe "you probably have adequate heel cle — the rectus abdominis — that shoulders forward. And they should that stretching, as either a warmup cord length." extends from the center of the pelvis start off with light weights, increas- or cooldown, is helpful. Yet Sahr- Progress slowly, Sahrmann con- to the breastbone. ing resistance very slowly." mann cautions that a lot of bad ad- cludes. "If muscle soreness lasts be- Most body-conscious people, Persons with forward-pointing vice, or lack of advice altogether, is yond a day or two, you've done too however, don't know physiology. shoulders should avoid any exercises causing people more harm than much. Be realistic about what you're They undertake a self-prescribed pro- involving a lot of forward arm wav- good. bringing to the exercise class. If gram of more sit-ups to remedy the ing or swinging. Instead, while stand- "One thing that's missing from you're overweight and haven't done problem of a protruding abdomen. ing flat against a wall with feet about the exercise books I'm familiar with any exercises for a long time, I'd go Sit-ups also tend to pull the head three inches away from the wall, is, where is the end point of a very slowly rather than trying to get forward and put the upper spine in they should raise their arms overhead stretch? People know to stretch their up to pace in a week or so. faulty alignment, creating neck prob- and bring their shoulder blades back hamstrings, but to what point do you "Even if you get your aerobic fit- lems and a forward-thrusting head and down. Those with back prob- stretch them? The same with heel ness up in a week or two, your "which most people tend to have al- lems or a flat back (not enough cord stretches. Everybody leans muscular system takes longer. That's ready," says Sahrmann. Doing sit-ups curve) should avoid exercises that against a wall to stretch their heel what's important for long-term par- from a shortened position is also a have them bending forward. Knock cords. To what degree should you go ticipation." problem: "This tends to depress the knees will be aggravated by hip-flex- to achieve a certain range at your Suzanne Hagan ing exercises; substitute those that ankle?" Local diabetics needed for national study

WU School of Medicine is seeking Santiago — and study co-direc- people with insulin-dependent diabe- tors Neil White, M.D., and Don Skor, tes to participate in one of the largest M.D. — are looking for individuals and most important studies of the with type I, or insulin-dependent, di- disease ever performed. abetes. Participants must be between Volunteers are needed for the the ages of 13 and 39, and must have Diabetes Control and Complications had type I diabetes for at least one Trial (DCCT), a seven-year study that but not more than 15 years. They will include 1,100-1,200 participants. cannot be taking more than two in- WU is one of 21 medical centers sulin injections per day, be using an across North America helping to con- insulin pump, or have any severe duct the research, funded by the Na- complications from diabetes. tional Institute of Arthritis, Diabetes Volunteers in the study will re- and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, ceive free medical care from diabetes part of the National Institutes of specialists at WU School of Medicine Health. for the next seven years. To volun- The DCCT is designed to answer teer, or to get further information, one of the most important remaining contact Lucy Levandoski, Santiago or questions about diabetes: how effec- White at 454-6051. tive are some of the newer forms of At WU Santiago is professor of diabetes therapy at preventing, delay- pediatrics and associate professor of ing or reversing the presence of dia- medicine, and White is assistant pro- betic complications? These complica- fessor of pediatrics and instructor of tions may affect the eyes, kidney, medicine. Both are on staff at Barnes nerves, heart and blood vessels. and Children's hospitals, sponsoring "Even in people who control institutions of the WU Medical Cen- their diabetes, the complications can ter. Skor is clinical instructor of Stone crusher: Marsha Helms (left), assistant head nurse in Barnes Hospital's West Pavilion cause serious health problems," says medicine at WU, and on staff at operating room; and Darrel Newkirk, CRNA, team coordinator for genitourinary anesthesia; Julio Santiago, M.D., one of the local Barnes and Jewish hospitals. Levan- demonstrate the lithotripter — a machine that provides a noninvasive shock wave method of study directors. "The relationship be- doski is a physician assistant. eliminating kidney stones. Bob Endicott, West Pavilion operating room manager, acted as the pa- tween blood sugar control and dia- tient during the recent demonstration for local media. The lithotripter is located in the Midwest betic complications is an extremely Stone Institute at Barnes Hospital, a sponsoring institution of the WU Medical Center. Ralph V. dayman, M.D., is medical director of the institute and associate professor of urologic surgery at important issue. The outcome of the the School of Medicine. More than 13,000 patients have received lithotripsy treatments DCCT will have a major impact on Bedell honored worldwide. Studies show that about 79 percent of the patients had their stones eradicated with the treatment of diabetes in the fu- one treatment. ture." by dental alumni association Robert E. Bedell, D.D.S., has received Ludmerer writes book on medical education the 1985 Distinguished Alumnus Sweeping transformations in the Award from the WU Dental Alumni training of American doctors are Association. chronicled in a new book by Ken- The award was presented to Be- neth M. Ludmerer, M.D., a physi- dell, a Kirkwood orthodontist, at a cian/historian at WU School of Medi- recent banquet concluding the 119th cine. annual meeting of the association. He Learning to Heal: The Develop- was chosen as recipient of the award ment of American Medical Educa- by an anonymous committee of his tion has been scheduled to be fellow dental alumni. published by Basic Books, Inc., a Bedell received his dental degree division of Harper & Row. It is from WU in 1944 and the master of Ludmerer's second book; the first, science degree in orthodontics in Genetics and American Society, was 1951. He was honored for his long published in 1972 and was selected service to the School of Dental Medi- in 1973 by the Saturday Review as cine as teacher, alumni leader and one of the year's ten outstanding fundraiser, and for his prominence in books on scientific subjects. national and regional orthodontic ac- Learning to Heal, already re- tivities. viewed by one critic as a "stunning Bedell taught at the School of achievement," examines the progres- Dental Medicine from 1944-51 and sion of medical education in the from 1958-82. He is a long-time United States. Kenneth M. Ludmerer, M.D., WU physician/historian, has chronicled changes in the training of member of the Dental Alumni Asso- A century ago, says Ludmerer, American doctors in his new book, Learning to Heal: The Development of American Medical ciation board of directors and served entrance requirements to medical Education. as president of the association in school were less stringent than they 1978. A member of WU's William Greenleaf Eliot Society since 1970, were to a good high school. "Instruc- tient. Instructors have doctoral de- tory. From 1980-83, he was a teach- he has helped seek contributions to tion was superficial and brief," he grees; some are required to hold facing and research scholar of the the School of Dental Medicine and says. "The terms lasted only 16 ulty positions in order to be on the American College of Physicians and presently serves on the School's weeks, and after the second term, the staff of a teaching hospital. Money was one of the first recipients of a Capital Resources Committee. M.D. degree was automatically given, from the government and philanthro- five-year, $50,000 scholar's grant es- In 1979, Bedell was the recipient regardless of a student's academic pists helps fund research and sup- tablished by the Henry J. Kaiser Fam- of the Distinguished Service Scroll of performance." Instructors were pri- ports the best clinical settings. ily Foundation. the American Association of Ortho- vate practitioners who taught during Ludmerer, 38, visited 30 cities Since 1977, he has been a book dontists (AAO). He has held various their spare time. over nine years researching archival reviewer and manuscript referee for offices with the AAO, the Greater St. All that has changed. As Ludmer- records for Learning to Heal. He is a dozen medical and historical pub- Louis Dental Society and the Missouri er points out, medical education un- a graduate of the Johns Hopkins lications, including the Bulletin of Dental Association. He served as derwent a metamorphosis, during Medical School (the first university- the History of Medicine, the Journal president of the Midwestern Society which medical training became insti- based medical school in this country) of the History of Medicine, and the of Orthodontists in 1983-84 and con- tutionalized, with university-based and also received a master's degree in British Journal for the History of Sci- tinues as a member of the society's medical schools allying with hospi- history from that institution. He ma- ence. He has lectured on medical board of directors. He has served for tals to form academic medical cen- jored in history and science as an un- education and the American medical ters. Students go through years of dergraduate at Harvard University. many years as orthodontist for the profession to groups at several uni- Missouri School for the Blind. rigorous training, combining class- At WU Ludmerer holds joint aca- versities, including Harvard and room experience with practical ex- demic appointments in the School of Johns Hopkins. perience in the lab and with the pa- Medicine and the Department of His- <>.. MEDICAL RECORD Medical school seeks volunteers for several cholesterol studies Researchers at WU School of Medi- ceive complete physicals, including cine are seeking volunteers to partici- lab tests, free of charge and will fol- pate in several studies on the effect low a set diet. of diet and medication on blood cho- Among the projects is a diet lesterol. study funded under a three-year, The studies will be conducted by $110,000 grant from the NIH. Ac- the Lipid Research Center, which cording to Schonfeld, an inherited spent 10 years as part of an unprece- protein defect that affects 25 percent dented national study that proved of Americans is believed to make lowered blood cholesterol levels can them more susceptible to cholesterol, reduce the risk of heart disease. The and thus at a higher risk of cardiovas- St. Louis center, along with 11 other cular disease. research centers, in January 1984 re- This is the first study of its kind leased results of the Coronary Pri- to examine the effect of diet on cho- mary Prevention Trial, sponsored by lesterol levels in people with that the National Institutes of Health trait. Researchers will screen volun- (NIH). teers aged 21-60 to select those who Researchers at the School of have the trait, as well as a group of Medicine are using the findings of controls who do not have the defec- that 10-year project as the founda- tive protein. tion for further studies of the rela- Two other studies will test new tionship between cholesterol and cholesterol-lowering drugs, one in li- heart disease. The work will be di- quid form and the other in capsule rected, as before, by Gustav Schon- form. Researchers will use volunteers Grand rounds: Luella Klein, M.D. (left), immediate past-president of the American College of feld, M.D., director of the Lipid Re- aged 21-70 to test for optimum dos- Obstetrics and Gynecology and an expert on preventing unintended pregnancy, visited the WU search Center and acting head of the age and long-term tolerance. School of Medicine recently to present a Grand Rounds conference on the subject. Diane F. Mer- Department of Preventive Medicine More information about any of ritt, M.D., director of pediatric and adolescent gynecology for the School of Medicine, invited Klein on behalf of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Klein, who is also an authority and Public Health, and by Anne Carol the cholesterol studies is available on the prevention of low birth weight, is professor of gynecology and obstetrics at Emory Univer- Goldberg, M.D., instructor in preven- from 1-4 p.m. weekdays at the Lipid sity School of Medicine in Atlanta, Ga. She is also director of the Maternal and Infant Care Project tive medicine and medicine. Research Center (telephone and co-director of the Regional Perinatal Center, both at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. The center is now screening vol- 362-3500, 362-3501, 362-3502 and unteers for the studies, which will 362-3504). last five months. Participants will re- Mosby Co., Times Mirror Neurologists studying MS treatment

endow pathology laboratory Researchers at WU School of Medi- and effectiveness as treatment for MS. The C. V. Mosby Company and the role played by macrophages, cells cine need patients with multiple scle- Patients will have blood tests Times Mirror Foundation have an- which activate the body's immune re- rosis (MS) as participants in a study and vital signs taken each month, nounced a $100,000 gift to endow a sponse to foreign invaders. Macro- of an immunosuppressive drug that with a formal examination by a pathology laboratory at WU School phage interactions with other im- may help victims of the disease. neurologist and therapist every two of Medicine. mune system cells are important in Volunteers will be enrolled in months. Also, participants will be The gift is presented as part of organ transplants and in the body's the study through Dec. 9. The asked to have a spinal tap at the be- the ALLIANCE FOR WASHINGTON response to many disease states, research, which began in 1984, ex- ginning and end of the trial. All test- UNIVERSITY, a $300 million pro- especially infection and cancer. amines the use of Cyclosporine A as ing will be conducted at the Clinical gram to provide support for the insti- The Times Mirror Foundation is a treatment for MS. WU is one of Research Center at the School of tution. the corporate foundation of Los An- nine American universities conduct- Medicine. The funding will endow a path- geles-based Times Mirror, parent ing studies, sponsored by Sandoz, MS patients who have been ology laboratory in the Clinical Sci- company of C. V. Mosby as well as Inc. The local study is headed by treated with the immunosuppressive ences Research Building. Research in television station KTVI, Channel 2, John Trotter, M.D., director of the drug Cytoxan may not enter the trial. the laboratory is directed by depart- and The Sporting News Publishing MS clinic and associate professor of Participants must be off all immuno- ment head Emil R. Unanue, M.D. Company, all in the St. Louis area. neurology and neurological surgery suppressive drugs for two months be- Unanue is Edward Mallinckodt Pro- Times Mirror publishes the Los An- at the School of Medicine. fore they begin the study, and cannot fessor of Pathology at the School of geles Times and seven additional MS is believed to be an autoim- begin taking other immunosuppres- Medicine and pathologist-in-chief at newspapers, and has extensive other mune disease, Trotter says. Immuno- sants during the trial. Barnes, Children's and Jewish hos- media holdings. suppressive drugs — critical to suc- Because the study is placebo pitals, sponsoring institutions of the The C.V. Mosby Company pub- cessful organ transplantation — have controlled, not all patients will re- Medical Center. lishes medical and health care books been helpful in treating progressive ceive Cyclosporine A, Trotter says. If An immunopathologist, Unanue for students and professionals, and cases of MS, he notes, but cannot be the drug is proven effective, how- has investigated interactions among produces such electronic publications used routinely because of potentially ever, all participants will receive it immune system cells. He has been in- as educational software and test/re- severe side effects. free until it gains federal approval as strumental in showing the critical view materials. Cyclosporine A — a relatively new immunosuppressant — has been treatment for MS. proven to be more effective, with Further information about the fewer and reversible side effects, MS study is available through Trotter Coy named professor of restorative than other drugs used for transplant at the Department of Neurology, tele- patients, Trotter says. For that rea- phone 362-3293. dentistry at School of Dental Medicine son, it is being studied for its safety

Richard E. Coy, D.D.S., M.S., has degree from the University of Pitts- Library introduces new search system been named professor of restorative burgh in 1951 and later earned a dentistry at the WU School of Dental master's degree in prosthodontics The WU School of Medicine Library, Access and Control System (BACS), Medicine. Announcement of his ap- from the same institution. He served in conjunction with the Institute for and is available at no cost to all facul- pointment was made by George D. as a dental assistant and hospital Scientific Information in Philadel- ty, staff and students at the WU Selfridge, D.D.S., M.S., dean of the corpsman in the U.S. Navy during phia, has developed an online ver- Medical Center. dental school. World War II and was a Naval dental sion of Current Contents, a major This user-friendly search service Before joining WU, Coy was as- officer from 1951-53- publication service for scientists and can be accessed in the library or sistant dean for clinical affairs and Coy is 1985-86 president of The physicians. from remote locations, such as offi- professor of removable prosthodon- American Equilibration Society, a The database includes citations ces or laboratories using terminals or tics at the Southern Illinois Univer- diplomate of the American Board of to articles from the physical, life, personal computers with dial-up sity School of Dental Medicine. He Prosthodontics, and a fellow of the clinical and agricultural sciences capabilities and a 1200 baud modem. served as assistant dean since 1977 American College of Dentists and the since January 1985. The system can Introductory seminars are of- and had been on the faculty since American College of Prosthodontics. be searched by title word, author or fered every Thursday at noon and 3 1970. He also is a member of Omicron Kap- journal titles, and allows the searcher p.m. Personal access codes are as- Coy taught at the University of pa Upsilon, the national dental honor to save searches and run them at signed at that time. For more infor- Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine society. regular intervals. It is accessible mation contact the reference divi- 6 from 1961-70. He received his dental through the library's Bibliographic sion, 362-7085- NOTABLES

Robert Blackburn, director of in the Department of Engineering Community and Government Rela- and Policy, has been named the rep- Boccia exhibits paintings tions, was presented the annual Com- resentative from the School of Engi- munication and Leadership Award at neering and Applied Science to the at three institutions the Fall Conference of District 8, planning committee for the National Toastmasters International. Innovation Workshop, to be held in "My eyes are always on the masters Boccia, who plans to retire from St. Louis in May 1986. McDonald and not on fashion — ever," says Ed- the School of Fine Arts in 1986 after also has been appointed to the ward E. Boccia, professor of art. 35 years of teaching, has included in John M. Fredrickson, M.D., chair- editorial board of The Business "I'm not interested in fads or what the exhibit triptychs from as early in man of the Department of Otolaryn- Development Review, a new journal goes on in galleries, but I've always his career as 1956, and as late as gology, was elected treasurer of the sponsored by the Commercial Devel- been moved by the masters." 1985. American Laryngological Society. opment Association. The influences of the masters — Throughout his career, his style painters from the Italian Renaissance, has been most closely linked to the Expressionism, Cu- Expressionists, specifically Max Beck- John Garganigo, Ph.D., professor of James G. Miller, Ph.D., professor of mann, who influenced Boccia in his romance languages, recently dis- physics and research associate pro- bism and Surreal- ism — on Boccia's use of the triptych form. In develop- cussed four papers on Latin American fessor of medicine, recently pre- ing his present style, Boccia incor- literature at the annual conference of sented an invited paper, titled "Ultra- painting can be seen in a major ex- porates elements of painting styles the Midwest Association of North sonic Characterization of Myo- associated with Picasso, Magritte and Colombianists. He is on a two-month cardium," at the Sixth Symposium on hibition of his work, "The Trip- Cezanne, to name a few. Despite lecture trip in Lima, Peru; Buenos Echocardiology in Rotterdam, these influences, Boccia undoubtedly Aires, Argentina; and Montevideo, Netherlands. This research, which tychs," to be held at three higher possesses his own style. Uruguay. represents a collaborative effort with "My painting is mine," he says, colleagues Julio E. Perez, M.D., education institu- I tions in St. Louis. "absolutely mine, in that no one else assistant professor of medicine and uses the language of painting the way Yvonne Captain-Hidalgo, Ph.D., Edward E. Boccia A triptych is a assistant medical director of the Car- I use it. No one else handles the hu- professor of Spanish, delivered a diac Diagnostic Laboratory, and Bur- picture or carving on three side-by- paper titled "Belief, an Evolving Con- side panels, often used as an altar- man figure like I do." ton E. Sobel, M.D., Lewin Professor In addition to his accomplish- stant in the Works of Manuel Zapata of Medicine and director of the Car- piece, with a central panel and two Olivella" at the annual Conference of flanking panels half its size folding ments as a painter, which include diovascular Division, is also the sub- numerous one-person shows and the Midwest Association of Latin ject of an invited paper in the over it. American Studies, held at the Univer- paintings in hundreds of private and September/October 1985 edition of Oil on canvas triptychs will be public collections throughout the sity of Missouri-Columbia in the journal Progress in Cardiovas- September. exhibited Dec. 8 to Jan. 5 in WU's United States and Europe, Boccia is a cular Disease. Gallery of Art in Steinberg Hall and prolific poet. St. Louis University Medical Center's Although he modestly considers Derek M. Hirst, Ph.D., professor of Robert Permuter, manager of WU's Learning Resources Center in the himself a beginner, since 1981 he history, spoke on English puritanism Real Estate Properties Department, Margaret McCormick Doisy BIdg., has taken prizes in local, national and and politics in 17th-century England has been reappointed to serve on 3544 Caroline. Related sketches and international~poetry contests, and has Oct. 10 at the Folger Library Institute three national level committees of drawings of the triptychs will be ex- been published in journals such as for the Study of Political Thought in the National Institute of Real Estate hibited Dec. 1 to 21 in the Font- Webster Review, California Quarterly Washington, D.C. Management for 1986. The commit- bonne College Library Gallery. and Orbis. tees are accredited resident manager Boccia will present a slide lec- "I think my poetry is like my standards, asset manager and con- ture on his triptychs at 4:15 p.m. painting," Boccia says. "I didn't re- William C. Kirby, Ph.D., assistant tinuing and general education. Tuesday, Dec. 10, in WU's Steinberg alize it at first, but I'm beginning to professor of history, presented a Auditorium in Steinberg Hall. He is see it now. The similarity has to do paper on "China, the United States, being featured at 7:30 p.m. Wednes- Mark R. Rank, Ph.D., assistant pro- with taking the figure apart and put- and Postwar Economic Strategies, day, Dec. 4, on KETC-TV Channel fessor of sociology, presented a ting it back together differently. My 1941-1948" to a conference on Sun 9's program, "St. Louis Skyline." paper, titled "Length of Welfare Use poetry is like Cubism . . . like a col- Yat-sen and modern China, held Nov. Sherrye Cohn, Ph.D., visiting as- Among Female-Headed Families: The lage. My poems are my feelings about 2-5 at the Sun Yat-sen University, sistant professor of art and archaeol- Issue of Race Versus Opportunity," life, belief, doubt, guilt and passion. Kaohsiung, Taiwan. On Nov. 16, at ogy at WU, has written an essay on at the National Council on Family These are the same things I paint the invitation of New York Univer- the artist for the exhibit's illustrated Relations annual meeting, held Nov. about." sity, he attended a planning confer- catalog. Elaine Dempsey ence for a collaborative book project 6-9 in Dallas. on wartime China. On Dec. 9, he will address the World Affairs Coun- Martha Storandt, Ph.D., professor NASA honors Arvidson for service cil of St. Louis on "China: Potholes of psychology and neurology, was an Raymond E. Arvidson, Ph.D., profes- Managing voluminous streams of in the Capitalist Road?" invited speaker at a recent workshop sor of earth and planetary sciences, data — an inevitable consequence of on Early Diagnosis in Alzheimer's will receive a NASA Public Service the space age — is considered one of Disease, sponsored by the John Medal in an awards ceremony on the greatest challenges facing re- Stephen H. Legomsky, J.D., Ph.D., Doublas French Foundation in Los searchers in the space sciences. associate professor of law, has writ- Dec. 5 at the Jet Propulsion Labora- Angeles. The topic of her presenta- tory in Pasadena, Calif. Arvidson was instrumental in expos- ten a book titled The Role of the tion was "A Brief Neuropsycho- ing serious deficiencies in existing Courts in Immigration Law: The Arvidson is being honored for logical Battery for Alzheimer's Dis- his leadership role as chairman of the methods of managing and distribu- United Kingdom and the United ease. States (working title). The book will National Academy of Science Com- ting data from space missions. be published by Oxford University mittee on Data Management and His committee identified future Press. J. Regan Thomas, M.D., assistant Computation and for his contribu- requirements of the scientific com- professor of otolaryngology, was tions as a member of numerous other munity and proposed a series of solu- elected vice president of the NASA advisory groups dealing with tions that will help handle effectively Marilyn Maracle, a doctoral candi- American Academy of Facial Plastic the problems of space data manage- the tremendous increases in data date in sociology, was a guest and Reconstructive Surgeons. ment. NASA expects as research projects in speaker at the SIU-Edwardsville Thomas will oversee the fellowship The Public Service Medal is one space become more frequent. Under Women for Women colloquium dur- projects, educational activities, work- of 18 awards presented by NASA dur- his leadership, the committee de- ing Alcohol Awareness Week, Oct. shops and scientific programs of the ing 1985. It is given annually to a sci- veloped a set of innovative principles 21-25. Her presentation was "Out of association. entist from a private institution for for the successful management and the Bottle — Women's Recovery exceptional contributions to NASA's dissemination of scientific informa- from Addiction." space program. tion from space. Have you done something Ruth E. McDaniel, department ad- noteworthy? Society of Physics Students honored ministrator of the Department of Otolaryngology, was selected KEZK's Have you: Presented a paper? Won an award? The WU chapter of the Society of Richard E. Norberg, Ph.D., is the (FM102) Business Person of the Week Been named to a committee or elected an officer Physics Students (SPS) has been des- chairman of the physics department. for Nov. 4-11. McDaniel was cited of a professional organization? ignated one of the nation's "Out- The awards were originated in for her "outstanding achievements as The Washington Unii'ersity Record will help standing SPS Chapters for 1984-85" 1978 to give recognition for out- spread the good news. Contributions regarding department administrator," which in- faculty and staff scholarly or professional ac- by the National Society of Physics standing work in the promotion of clude "organizing the first satellite tivities are gladly accepted and encouraged. Students, a branch of the American physics. Selection of outstanding office at the medical school and ini- Send a brief note with your full name, highest- Institute of Physics. Only 30 of the chapters is based on activities and tiating a real-time computer system." earned degree, current title and department, 527 SPS chapters nationwide re- lectures, membership, chapter proj- along with a description of your noteworthy ceived the honor. ects, student papers presented at activity to Notables, Campus Box 1070. Please Patrick C. Gibbons, Ph.D., asso- scientific meetings and physics include a phone number where you can be David W. McDonald, Ph.D., affiliate reached. ciate professor of physics, is the ad- awards granted to member students. professor of technology management visor for the WU chapter, and CALENDAR Dec. 5-14

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Thursday, Dec. 5 1:10 p.m. George Warren Brown School of Social Work Colloquium, Social Work Licensing: Who Needs It?" Michael J. Rogers, central area manager for St. Louis County Child Mental Health Services, and Alice Windom. of St. Louis chapter. National Asso- ciation of Black Social Workers. Brown Hall Lounge.

3:30 p.m. Center for the Study of Ameri- can Business Regulatory Workshop Lec- ture, "On the Institutional Theory of Money. Rudolf Richtcr. professor. U. of Saarbrucken and visiting professor. U. of Mich. 300 Eliot.

4 p.m. Central Institute for the Deaf Re- OWE'! pqijffi £L*MS» -■* - search Seminar, "Clinical Performance of a Digital Hearing Aid." Gerald Popelka, clinical research scientist; A. Maynard Engebretson. senior research scientist; Robert Morley. research »-*%g associate; Arthur Niemoeller, associate research scientist; and Arnold Heidbredcr. design engineer. 2nd fl. aud.. Clinics and Research Bldg . 909 South Taylor Ave.

4 p.m. Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sci- WU hosts the NCAA Division HI national soccer championship at 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8, at Francis Field. Above, WU goalie John Konsek makes a save. ences Seminar, "The Interrelation of Crustal Thickening. Melting, Nappe Stacking, Inverted Friday, Dec. 13 Friday, Dec. 6 Metamorphism. and Uplift in the Development of a Crystalline Mountain Belt," Lincoln S. 8 p.m. Guthrie Theater Presents Charles 8 and 10 p.m. WU Filmboard Series, MISCELLANY Hollister. professor. Princeton U. 102 Wilson. Dickens' "Great Expectations" at Edison The- "Everything You Always Wanted to Know Friday, Dec. 6 atre. General admission is SI5; WU faculty, About Sex." 82. Brown Hall. (Also Sat., Dec. 4 p.m. Dept. of Philosophy Colloquium, staff and senior citizens, $10; and students, 87. 7, same times, and Sun., Dec. 8, at 7 p.m.. Noon. WU Woman's Club Mini-luncheon "Combination and the L'nity of Self," Jay For more info., call 889-6543- Brown.) and Program. Lecture and slides by Mrs. Mar- Rosenberg, prof, of philosophy. U. of North lin Perkins. Women's Bldg. Lounge. Cost is 82 Carolina. Hurst Lounge, Duncker Hall. Midnight. WU Filmboard Series, "Fritz the for members and S3 for guests of members. MUSIC Cat." 82. Brown Hall. (Also Sat., Dec. 7, same For reservations, call Amy Garfield, 726-0689. 4 p.m. American Medical Student Associa- time, and Sun., Dec. 8, 9 p.m., Brown.) tion Lecture, "Asklepios, Apollo and Zeus: Saturday, Dec. 7 Tuesday, Dec. 10 Health. Community and Government," Victor Friday, Dec. 13 8 p.m. Dept. of Music Madrigal Christmas 1-3 p.m. Personal Computing Education W Sidel. Distinguished University Professor of Concert directed by Orland Johnson. Holmes 7 and 9:30 p.m. WU Filmboard Series, "A Center Short Course 002, "Computing Social Medicine. Montefiore Medical Center. Lounge. Clockwork Orange." 82. Brown Hall. (Also Basics," Karen Sanders, computer specialist. Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Also spon- Sat., Dec. 14, same times, and Sun., Dec. 15, Free to WU community. To register, call sored by the Dept. of Preventive Medicine and Monday, Dec. 9 at 7 p.m., Brown.) 889-5813. Public Health. Erlanger Aud.. 660 S. Euclid Ave 8 p.m. Dept. of Music Piano Trio Concert Midnight. WU Filmboard Series, "Paper 7:30 p.m. B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation with Seth Carlin, piano, WU assoc. prof, of Chase.'' 82. Brown Hall. (Also Sat., Dec. 14, Auction. Hillel House, 6300 Forsyth Blvd. Ad- 4 p.m. Dept. of Chemistry Seminar, "As- music; Steven Balderston, cello, visiting artist; same time, and Sun., Dec. 15, 9:30 p.m.. mission is S2.50 a person or free with the pur- pects of the Synthesis of Cyclooctanes and and Manuel Ramos, violin, visiting artist. Stein- Brown.) chase of a raffle ticket for a trip for two to Is- berg Aud. Cyclooctanoid Natural Products," Robert Gad- rael. For more info., call 726-6177. wood, prof, of chemistrv. Northwestern L". 311 McMillen. Tuesday, Dec. 10 SPORTS 8 p.m. Dept. of Music WU Christmas Choir Friday, Dec. 6 Concert. Graham Chapel. Friday, Dec. 6 Calendar Deadline 6 and 8:30 p.m. WU Association Film Friday, Dec. 13 6 and 8 p.m. Men's Basketball, WU Lopata Travel Lecture Series, Swiss on White. Classic featuring WU, Johns Hopkins, Clare- The deadline to submit items for the Jan. John Jay. filmmaker. Graham Chapel. For 8 p.m. Dept. of Music WU Symphony Or- mont-Mudd-Scripps, and Trinity. Also Sat., 16-25 calendar of the Washington University ticket info., call 889-5122. chestra Concert directed by Seth Carlin, WU Dec. 7. Field House. assoc. prof, of music. Holmes Lounge. Record is Jan. 2. Items must be typed and state- Monday, Dec. 9 Saturday, Dec. 7 time, date, place, nature of event, sponsor and admission cost. Incomplete items will not be 4 p.m. Dept. of Chemistry Seminar, "P 2 p.m. Women's Basketball, WU vs. Mac- printed. If available, include speaker's name and >»C N.MR Studies of Hepatic Metabolism: EXHIBITIONS Murray College. Field House. and identification and the title of the event; An Experimental Diabetes Model." Sheila M. also include your name and telephone number. Cohen. Merck Institute for Therapeutic Re- "Brothers Grimm: 200 Years." Through Sunday, Dec. 8 Address items to King McElroy, calendar Dec. 16. Olin Library, level 3. Regular library search. 311 McMillen. 1 p.m. Soccer. NCAA Division III national editor. Box 1070. hours. 4 p.m. Dept. of Biology Seminar, "Evolu- championship. WU vs. University of North tion of Human AIDS Viruses," Shozo Toko- "Literary and Historical Autographs: An Carolina-Greensboro. Francis Field. yama. WL' asst. prof, of genetics in psychiatry. Exhibit Drawn From WU Libraries' Auto- 322 Rebstock. graph Collections." Through Dec. 7. Olin Library Special Collections, 5th level. 8:30 Concerts to raise holiday spirits Tuesday, Dec. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays. From the Madrigals' intimate candle- son, will present a Christmas concert 2 p.m. Center for the Study of Data Pro- "Images of Aristocrats and Republicans." light serenade to the full WU Sym- at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10, in cessing Symposium, "Competing with Com- Through Dec. 29. Gallery of Art, lower gal- puting." Bruce Rogon, of Nolan Norton & Co. lery. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays; 1-5 p.m. week- phony Orchestra, the WU music de- Graham Chapel. The concert will fea- Women's Bldg Lounge. ends. For more info., call 889-4523. partment will serve up a variety of ture Dietrich Buxtahude's Christmas Christmas concerts and other musical cantata and John Rutter's "Gloria." 4:15 p.m. School of Fine Arts Lecture with "Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibit," by events to raise the holiday spirit. The WU Symphony Orchestra, Edward Boccia, Wl,' prof, of art, discussing his artists Michael Roscnfeld and l.csa Untcrbrink The Madrigals will present their directed by Carlin, will perform at 8 current exhibit of triptychs. Steinberg Aud. Through Dec. 15. Bixby Gallery, Bixby Hall. 10 a.m.-4 p.m weekdays; 1-5 p.m. weekends. annual Christmas Concert at 8 p.m. p.m. Friday, Dec. 13, in Holmes Wednesday, Dec. 11 Saturday, Dec. 7, in Holmes Lounge. Lounge. The concert will feature 4 p.m. Dept. of Chemistry Seminar, NMR "Diversity in the Salon." Through Dec. 29. The concert features the 20-memher music by Heinrich Schutz, Samuel Studies of Dynamics in Polymer Solutions," Gallery of Art, lower gallery. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. chorus singing Christmas carols from Barber, J.S. Bach and Ludwig von Frank Blum, prof, of chemistry, Drexel I,'. 31 1 weekdays; 1-5 p.m. weekends. For more info., classic centuries-old hymns to con- Beethoven. call 889-4523. McMillen temporary favorites. The Madrigals This is Carlin's first year to di- 4 p.m. Dept. of Physics Colloquium, "Im- "Photographs in the WU Collection." are directed hy Orland Johnson, rect the symphony, which has grown purities in Semiconductors," John D. Dow, Through Dec. 29. Gallery of Art. print gallery. Ph.D., professor of music. from a string ensemble to a full-size dept. of physics, (.'. of Notre Dame. 204 Crow. 10 am -5 p.m. weekdays, 1-5 p.m. weekends Seth Carlin, WU associate profes- orchestra. Visiting artists Ramos and For more info., call 889-4523. sor of music, and visiting artists Balderston bolster the ensemble, "Edward Boccia: The Triptychs." Dec H to Steven Balderston and Manuel Ramos leading the violin and cello sections. Jan 5. Gallery of Art. upper gallery 10 a.m.-5 will present "An livening of Piano The Dec. 13 program features p.m. weekdays; 1-5 p.m. weekends For more Trios'' at 8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 9, in soprano Gina Spagnoli. A doctoral PERFORMANCES info., call 889-4523 Steinberg Auditorium. Carlin will candidate at WU, she is writing her play piano; Balderston, cello; and dissertation on Heinrich Schutz, Thursday, Dec. 5 Ramos, violin. whose music she will perform. 8 p.m. Thyrsus Presents the student dance FILMS The concert will feature piano Admission to all of these con- concert in Room 207 Mallinckrodt (Also Dec Thursday, Dec. 5 trios by Felix Mendelssohn, Albert certs is free. For more information. 6 and 7, same time, and 5 p m Dei- 8) Ad 7 and 8:45 p.m. Wl! Filmboard Series, mission is 82 Roussel and Johannes Brahms. call 889-5581. "Yellow Submarine 82. Drown Hall The Wli Choir, directed by John-