STAFF EDITORIAL | U-PASS PROCEDURES NEED REVISION | SEE FORUM, PAGE 4 TUDENT IFE THE SINDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER OF WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY L IN ST. LOUIS SINCE 1878 VOLUME 129, NO. 13 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2007 WWW.STUDLIFE.COM New designated Professor Smith to leave driving program Human Evolution behind to be launched v Smith will be and depart- Executive Vice Chancellor and many students because the class ment chair Dean of Arts and Sciences Ed- has always been very popular. next year dean of Graduate to replace ward Macias, who recently an- “He’s a really powerful speak- Robert E. nounced Smith’s appointment. er and you can tell that he’s re- School of Arts & Thach as According to Smith, the most ally passionate about what he’s BY NICK HAWCO their respective services has Dean of the diffi cult part of the decision was teaching,” said Chrissy Belder- CONTRIBUTING EDITOR proven to be a challenge. And Sciences Graduate leaving Introduction to Human son, a sophomore currently en- despite convincing several bars School of Evolution behind. Because the rolled in the course. “I probably With a large percentage of its and restaurants to provide des- Arts & Sci- course is so time consuming, he wouldn’t enjoy the class as much student body regularly drink- ignated driver incentives, news BY EMILY MINER ences. will be far too busy as a dean to without him.” ing alcohol, Washington Univer- of CHEERS’ accomplishments CONTRIBUTING REPORTER “We Professor Smith continue teaching it next fall. Smith however, told the story sity has lacked a true answer has been muffl ed. Next July, Professor Richard needed a “Human Evolution is an all- differently. to the problem of drunk driv- Referring to student aware- Smith, chair of the Anthropology person who was familiar with consuming course,” said Smith. “It was the fascinating con- ing. In the last two years, two ness of such programs, junior Department and professor of the running a department and had “It doesn’t matter that I’ve been tent of the course rather than the groups have emerged offering Bindu Reddy said, “At this point, ever-popular “Introduction to interacted at all levels with the doing it for 16 years. It still takes teaching that made the course so different solutions. it’s limited.” Human Evolution,” will embark University. Richard will come lots of planning and time invest- interesting,” he insisted. The fi rst is CHEERS (Cre- CHEERS’ biggest challenge on a new career path. Smith will into the job very prepared to ment.” atively Helping to Establish and will lie in overcoming miscon- leave his positions as a professor move us to the next level,” said This decision disappointed See SMITH, page 2 Ensure an Educated and Re- ceptions about sober drivers, sponsible Society), whose mem- and a signifi cant priority lies bers are dedicated to providing in communicating that desig- incentives for designated driv- nated drivers can still have fun ers, including free non-alcohol- at a party with alcohol. LOOK MA, NO HANDS! ic beverages in certain St. Louis “Designated drivers can have area restaurants. a good time and not be on the The second is D-Bears, a stu- sideline the entire time,” said dent organization early in its Reddy. development. Hoping to launch In 1996, the Core Alcohol and in Fall 2008, D-Bears hopes to Drug Survey Substance Abuse establish a free ride service for and Mental Health Administra- intoxicated students unable to tion estimated that over 33 per- fi nd safe transportation home. cent of college students have D-Bears is lead by David driven drunk at some point. Schlichter, a senior actively However, whether the Universi- looking for underclass leader- ty’s rate stands above or below ship so that his program will the average is unknown. remain after his graduation. Despite the statistics, the Several years ago, Schlichter’s visibility of impaired driving cousin died in a traffi c accident. varies from person to person. The suspected cause was alco- “In my experience, there’s hol. not many people who do it,” “In my fraternity, we have a said junior Leecy Moore. sober driving program and it “I see a lot of students around works very well,” said Schlich- campus drinking and driving,” ter. “[Drunk driving] is risky said Schlichter. “A lot of times behavior, it’s dangerous and I they’ll think its not a big deal wanted to do something about because they’ll do it from bars it to make a more favorable that are close to campus or par- community.” ties that are close to campus.” Originally, D-Bears planned In the past four years, the to go into operation by Fall University has not seen any 2007, but administrative lag traffi c fatalities. and logistical problems delayed “We’ve been very fortunate the program’s inauguration. that we’ve had no tragedies. D-Bears has gathered sup- However, just because we’ve port from many local business- been fortunate doesn’t mean es, including Anheuser-Busch that we don’t have a problem, and Enterprise Rent-A-Car, both and it doesn’t mean we can’t do of which have aided similar better,” said Schlichter. programs across the country. With the increase in alco- The program will be costly. hol assistance programs like SCOTT BRESSLER | STUDENT LIFE Although the cars may be do- D-Bears, concerns have been nated by Enterprise and other raised over whether the new Members of the Theta Xi fraternity take a shot at synchronized swimming during the annual Anchorsplash event in the Athletic Complex. Anchor- companies, the price of insur- programs will only encourage splash is hosted by Delta Gamma sorority and is one of the sorority’s main charity fundraisers. ance will run close to $60,000. irresponsible drinking. Having For these budding organiza- tions, creating awareness for See DRIVING, page 2 Professor fi ghts African malnourishment BY TEDDY WHITE eled to Malawi last January. “It children and 686 moderately in its Malawi factory. The fund- CONTRIBUTING REPORTER doesn’t need to be cooked, it malnourished children aged six ing for the factory comes from contains no water so it won’t to 60 months. The progress of private donations. In the southeastern African grow any bacteria and can be the children was monitored and Linneman estimates that the country of Malawi, malnutrition stored in ambient conditions in tested on a regular basis. factory’s capacity—double of is rampant. Approximately 70 Africa.” For a child to be classifi ed as that which is currently being percent of Malawian children The enriched peanut butter, recovered after eight weeks, he produced—is enough to feed are malnourished, with an esti- known as ready-to-use thera- or she must reach 85 percent most of Malawi’s 40,000 chil- mated 13 percent dying before peutic food (RUTF), consists of a of their ideal weight-for-height dren. fi ve years of age. nutrient-rich mixture with pea- based on World Health Organi- The fact that this project sees Mark Manary, a Washington nuts, powdered milk, oil, sugar zation standards. such remarkable success in a re- University professor of pediat- and fortifi ed with vitamins and The recovery rates for the se- source-limited setting in which rics, is working to fi x that. minerals. verely and moderately malnour- personnel lack medical back- In 2001, Manary started a “The peanut butter-feeding ished children stood at about grounds is truly a testament of non-profi t organization known has been a quantum leap in 89 and 85 percent, respectively. the program’s promise. as the Peanut Butter Project. feeding malnourished children Dropouts and deaths account Linneman fi rst became in- The project strives to overcome in Africa,” Manary told The Re- for the remaining percentages. volved with Manary’s research malnutrition by feeding moder- cord. “The recovery rates are a “The method is different; during his senior year in high ately to severely malnourished remarkable improvement from also, it’s called home-based school. A St. Louis native, children an enriched peanut standard therapy.” therapy,” noted Linneman. “The Linneman used his senior ser- butter during an eight-week re- Because he is currently work- idea is that kids spend most of vice project at St. Louis Univer- habilitation period. ing at a malnutrition clinic in their time at home rather than sity High School to aid Manary’s COURTESY OF ZACHARY LINNEMAN “The food is new because it’s Malawi, Manary was not avail- in a hospital where they could project. A child eats enriched peanut butter in Malawi as a part of the Peanut nutritionally everything that a able for direct comment. get an infection.” Linneman is listed as a co- Butter Project this past January. The project, started by Wash. U. professor kid needs to eat,” said Zachary During the eight-week test- The Peanut Butter Project author in Manary’s paper on his Linneman, a freshman involved ing period, RUTF was fed to currently produces between 300 Mark Manary, strives to use this peanut butter as a means to combat the with the project and who trav- 1887 severely malnourished and 350 tons of RUTF each year See PEANUT BUTTER, page 2 malnutrition that plagues about 70 percent on Malawian children. Bears upset North Central Countdown to W.I.L.D. INSIDE: NEWSROOM PHONE 314-935-5995 Forum...........................4 The Bears pulled a major What’s coming up in the week before W.I.L.D. takes ADVERTISING PHONE upset in defeating No. 14 Cadenza...........................5 314-935-6713 ranked North Central College over the Quad on Saturday? on Saturday at their home Cadenza outlines each day Notes from Home.......................7 E-MAIL US fi e l d .