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Volume 70«Number 18______The Student Newspaper ofPrexel University ______February 24,1995 White named new Cotnmercial shot in Myers alumni director of his caliber and experience level,” said Vice President for Institutional Advancement Barbara Spiro. “He’s bringing needed skills and expertise to our University.” According to White, he “saw the ad in the Chronicle [of Higher Education], and a friend also told me to give Drexel a call.” At the time. White was the chief executive officer of the National Association for Artisans and Craftsmen in Audubon, Pa. New Director of Alumni Relations From 1990 to 1993, White Thonnas White. was the executive director of the AnhDang office of alumni relations and Assistant News Editor_____ the general alumni association at After a national search that George Washington University. stretched two months, Thomas He also held various posts in White was chosen as the new alumni relations at Rutgers director of alumni relations. His University and Valley Forge first working day was Feb. 21. Military Academy. The Rocket Pictures crew discusses the filming of their commercial in 113-115 IVIyers. The NCAA-sponsored “I’m pleased to have someone see WHITE on page 3 announcement is designed to make students more aware of the consequences of drunk driving. The public service announcement sponsored Rocket] called IFA President Frank Torres about using a fra­ by the NCAA will be shown during collegiate ternity house for the spot. Frank sporting events. told me about [the commercial], E lectric bus serves knowing I was a film major,” Nick DiFranco ness of the consequences of said Dolberg. Entertainment Editor drinking and driving. According According to Leslie Eames, dual purpose Drunk driving public service to Doug McGill of Rocket associate director for residential announcements are designed to Pictures, the plot is pretty sim­ living. Rocket Pictures contacted Gina Di Vincenzo hit close to home. It’s not very ple. “What we’re shooting here her at the Residential Living Contributing Editor often, however, that they start in the dorm ... is a girl [who Office about doing a commercial A solar-powered bus acquired by Drexel in close to home. had] apparently been out the shoot on campus. Eames said the September 1993 is being used to deliver meals to home- For residents of Myers night before, drinking. She request was passed on to Phil bound AIDS patients in the area. Because Residence Hall, things started as blacked out ... and she’s pon­ Terranova, vice president for of some operating problems associated with the bus, close to home as possible. On dering that maybe she shouldn’t public relations, and Vice and in consideration of its future use at Drexel, four stu­ Wednesday, Feb. 22, a crew from have been drinldng and driving.” Provost for Student Life Diana dents are working on improving the bus as a senior Rocket Pictures set up shop in The female role was filled by Hackney, each of whom design project. the Myers Tutor Lounge to film an actress found through a cast­ endorsed the idea. Once a week. Dr. Finley Shapiro, assistant professor an NCAA-sponsored public ser­ ing agency in New Yorlo The set, The entire length of the shoot m the department of electrical and computer engineer­ vice announcement in suite 113- however, wasn’t devoid of was estimated to be three days, ing and Dr. Gail Dinter-Gottleib, associate provost for 15. Drexel students. Josh Dolberg, a two of which would be on cam­ undergraduate affairs and instructor of the AIDS 101 The announcement, which pre-junior film and video major, pus. The TKE fraternity house class, are able to bring meals to about eight to 10 AIDS will run during collegiate sport­ was a member of the production was scheduled to be used as a victims. “We get an awfiil lot of attention,” said Gottleib ing events on television, is crew. site for filming on Friday, Feb. when discussing her journeys on the bus. “People are designed to raise student aware­ “The location scout [from 24. see BUS on page 3 Newman resigns Biology The Assistant Dean of Students will leave Drexel, effective March 10, awarded AnhDang Grillin’ ‘n’ Chillin’ barbecues Assistant News Editor______prior to campus sporting events grant “Financial concern and career and the pep rallies for the advancement” were reasons SunDragon and the LandDragon Denise Inman leading Assistant Dean of in recent years, while Greek life Editor-in-Chief______Students Eric Newman to represents the 13 fraternities and The Instructional Lab announce he will leave the five sororities on campus. Instrumentation-Instructional University, effective March 10. According to Vice Provost for Grant division of the National Newman will be a human Student Life Diana Hackney, “It Science Foundation awarded resources manager at a software will be hard to fill his shoes. His Drexel money to purchase labo­ consulting company, which he legacy is the work he has done ratory equipment for freshman declined to identify. with the Greeks and the commu­ engineering students who will be “I enjoyed my two years [of nity relationships.” taking biology in the spring. service] at Drexel,” said Newman’s leaving presents Dr. Rebecca Dickstein, core Newman. “It was a pleasure another staff turnover for the faculty for the Drexel Curricu- working with the students and dean of students office. At the see GRANT on page 2 most of the staff.” beginning of this term, Jim However, Newman contin­ Fitzpatrick became dean of stu­ ued, “I’ve worked without any dents, taking the responsibilities III This Issue significant raise ... and it doesn’t from Hackney. appear [there will be] one any In the meantime, Fitzpatrick £d-Op...... page 8 time soon.” and Associate Dean of Students Datebook...... 11 Among his responsibilities at Carol Smith will be assessing the Entertainment...... 12 Drexel, Newman advised the need of an interim assistant Comics...... 14 Senior design students tinker with the electric bus while Spirit Cluster, Greek life, and dean; they will proceed with a project head Dr. Rnley Shapiro (background) looks on. Lexerd, the school yearbook. search for a replacement, said Classifieds...... 18 The Spirit Cluster sponsors Hie Hackney. Sports...... 24 •■MMMMifV U«« Mwr^ n^3W,.

2 * The Triangle * February 24, 1995

News in Brief IMpasses new bylaw^ The brexel University InterFraternal Association (IFA) recently Profs go head-to-head ratified a new addition to its bylaws, allowing fraternities to charge a fee to enter parties. According to IFA President Frank Torres, the fraternities are permitted to charge up to $1 for Greeks and up to $5 for non- Greeks. The bylaw also makes it optional for the fraternities to permit non-Greeks to enter the parties at all. Torres explained that the basis for the new rule stems from the low number of students entering the Greek system, due to declining enrollment. The IFA believes that its new bylaw will help encourage more students to join fraternities and sororities. Students to study Cuba Drexel’s 30th Annual International Business Seminar will visit Cuba on June 18 to 25. Students will study how Mexico, Spain, Canada, Israel, Chile and the United Kingdom are investing in Cuba’s tourism, mining reserves, oil, citrus and textiles industries. The study will assess the role of Cuba as a member of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) trading bloc. They will meet with leaders in Cuba’s govern­ ment, business and the arts. “These components are essential to a balanced economic future in a global environment,” said Professor Mercia Grassi, who will accompany the group. For more information, contact Grassi at 895-2136. Dr. Richard Weggel m d or^^Joseph Martin (right) represent the cMi and architectural engineerttigtlepprt^jjt.on Tuesday, fisb. 21, in the faculty JeopardyToumamentheld In the USGA plans financial aid session______Great Cpu^, Main Piiildlnl* The toumanfwnt was part of Drexel's celebration of National The Undergraduate Student Government Association will host Director of Enrollment Management Don Dickason and Director of Financial Aid Nick Flocco in a financial aid question and answer session during their March 13 General Assembly meeting at 7:00 p.m. in 2020 MacAlister. The session will begin at7:30 p.m. Lab gets new equipment GRANT from page 1 said Dickstein, “centrifuges, riculum that will hopefully pro­ power supplies and small mobile vide “the underpinnings for stu­ lum since its inception as the photo equipment.” dents who have interest in a field Enhanced Educational Experi­ Dickstein and Gealt were able in engineering with a big biolo^ ence for Engineering (E4), co­ to demonstrate in the proposal component.” The T rism ^ e wrote with Dr. Michael Gealt the that their program met the The grant provides money to grant proposal which led to the NSF’s stipulation that the fund­ the biology part of the Drexel 32nd « ChMtnut StrMto • Philadelphia. PA 19104 Vole*: (215) 89U 585 • Fax: (218) 695-S935 award. ing go toward innovative, Curriculum for two years. At the The award will be applied important teaching. end of two years, Dickstein and against equipment'purchases for Dickstein said, “Only a few Gealt will submit an evaluation E d itorial use in Disque 304 and 309 labs engineers are required to take to NSF about how well the labs Editor-in-Chief Denise Inman by the engineering students for biology. But we were awarded worked. Managing Editor John Gruber biology. Dickstein applied for the grant because they are as Their baseline for comparison Production Manager Patricia O’Brien the grant in response to the fiill convinced as we are that prob­ is the effectiveness of labs run for News Editor Larry Rosenzweig implementation of the Drexel lems in engineering have impact E4 students last year, in which Ed-Op Editor Jonathan Poet Curriculum for all entering engi­ on biology.” equipment was borrowed from Entertainment Editor Nick DiFranco neering students. “We’ve bought The labs taught by Dickstein labs in the department of bio­ Comics Editor Kristi Ciliano fairly standard instruments,” will be basic biology, but a cur­ science and biotechnology. Sports Editor Tracy Marcus Photo Editor Noah Addis

Business & Administration Business Manager ▲ David Smith Classifieds Manager a Sarah Bernardo SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE Systems Administrator ▲ Joe Campbell Distribution Manager ▲ Ryan La Riviere The O ffice of Alumni Relations Is pleased to announce tlia t the General Alumni Association Board of Governors has authorized the Staff Writers ^^■C ontributing Editors solicitation of applicants for two prestigious scholarships. Adam Blyweiss, Catherine Anh Dang, Gina Di Vincenzo Campbell, Chad Gorn, Stacy Lutkus, Jennifer Rauktis, Andrew C o lu m n is ts THE ALUMNI LEADERSHIP SCHOLARSHIP Ross, Chris Sado, Steven D. Segal, Michael Busier, Jill Ginsberg, Kristina Sheedy, Anthony Christopher Hatch Juniors In good standing who hayo a 3.0 GPAarm ollglbl^. Tamaccio, Michael Yob Roclplont(s} will bo aw arded ori thm basis of loadorshlp Cartoonists dom onstratod through participation In Unlvorstty aotlvltlos, Photographers Craig Barnitz, Don Haring, Jr., and Involvom ont In com m unity organizations and actlvltlos. Jon Colton, Anne Gohlke, Melany Dennis McGlynn Hunt, Julie Kang, Jared Levine, Brian Lockwood, Scott Millard Graphic Design THE ALUMNI LEGACY SCHOLARSHIP Kristen Olson Pro-Junlors, Juniors, an d sonlors (as of fall 1995) In good Business Staff standing aro ollglblo. JefFBell, Jill Germane, Jay Contributing Staff Kimball, John D. Mundy, Jr. Sarah Holtz, Dave Mays, Eric R o c lp l0 nt(s) will bo aw arded on the basis of overall Minbiole, Charles Santoni scholastic achievem ent, student activities, and community Involvement.

Copyright 01995 Th0 Triaiy^. No work h«reln may t>e repro­ Applications are available In the Office of Alumni Relations duced In any form, In whole or In part, without the written consent of the Editor-4n<:hlef. (Main 309), the Office of Financial Aid (Main 208), and at the Opinions expressed within are not necessarily those of The Creese Student Center Information Deslc. Triangle. The Triangle Is published Fridays In Philadelphia, PA, during the academic year, except during examination and vaca­ tion periods. The Trlangle'8 only source of Income Is advertising; funding Scholarships will be presented during from the University is not accepted. The Triangle is free to members of the Drexel community, but BLUE & GOLD DAYS *95 distribution Is limited to one copy per reader. Drexel's unique reunion tradition. Subscriptions may be orderM for $20 for six months; display and classified advertising may be placed at the address above. M a y 18-21. Application deadline is March 24, 1995. Member Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce Delaware Valley Collegiate Press Association For more information, contact Shawn L. Abbott, Assistant Columbia Scholastic Press Association Associated Collegiate Press Please recyclew The Triangle Director of Alumni Relations at 895-ALUM. The Triangle * February 2 4 ,1995 * 3 Crime Report From Feb. 12 to Feb. 18, Students work to revamp bus there were 1 ,1 1 8 calls to Drexel Security for assistar^e. Of those, BUS from page 1 measurement of the rotation London by Electrical Vehicles as a vehicle for the Drexel the following nine incidents were rate of the drive shaft. This will S.A. (EVSA). One of the proto­ Shuttle Service. classified as criminal complaints: excited by the idea of an electric allow the computer to ultimately types was sold to Hong Kong. Peitrafitta, the team leader of bus and continually ask Dr. measure the speed. The original purpose of the sec­ the design project, hopes to T h e f t Shapiro questions.” Gottleib Although the students have ond was to serve as transporta­ attain this goal as well. “I think Nesbitt Hall (twice) feels that Ae bus gives attention made a great deal of progress on tion in an inner city loop in we’ve all put a lot of work into it Matheson to Drexel’s efforts for developing the project, there are many bugs Allentown’s public transporta­ so far and hopefully, we’ll deter­ A-lot alternative types of transporta­ yet to be ironed out. “For me, tion system, LANTA. When the Matheson Hall mine what’s making the bus so General Service Building tion. it’s been slow but bus was found to inefficient and we’ll use it for the PEAC The bus does run; however, so far I’ve had Although the be unsuitable for school.” there are multiple kinks with its some success. the purpose for Shapiro emphasized that a lot construction. Merinda We’re having students have which it was of major changes are in store B u n a a r y Pietrafitta, James Gilsinn, Aaron problems finding intended, until the bus will be fit for this PEAC Greenberg and Danielle Pettit alternate solu­ made a great deal LANTA wanted type of use. Although some of are the four seniors who have tions,” said ofprogress on the to donate the bus the bus’s original funding been working on the bus as their Greenberg. project, there are to a university in remains, he said a great deal senior design project. They have Gottleib has Pennsylvania. more will be needed in the Sim ple Assault been concentrating their efforts been delivering many hugs yet to When Shapiro future. Kelly Residence Hall on making the bus suitable for meals to AIDS heard of this sit­ Funding for the bus has come full time use. patients for about he ironed out uation, he com­ from a variety of sources. First, According to Shapiro, head of three years. posed a proposal the Pennsylvania Power and the project, the students are MANNA, the organization which was accepted. LANTA Light Company (PP&L) con­ attempting to understand why which provides the meals, is sent Drexel the bus in the fall of tributed a large amount to the the bus runs so poorly. For always looking for volunteers. 1993. It was unusable when original purchase of the bus. example, the speedometer does Gottleib sent a memo this past received. PP&L is the electric company for not work. The students are fall through e-mail asking for Shapiro said, “We’ve done a the Allentown area where the developing instrumentation, prospective volunteers. It was at lot of work on it to fix it up. bus was originally set to operate. including a Mac II which will this point that Shapiro volun­ [With help from] SEPTA we got In addition, some money has have special devices to monitor teered his services and the solar it roadworthy and to pass vehicle come from various branches of certain parts of the bus, to bus. inspection.” Shapiro hopes that the state government as well as resolve the operating problems. According to Shapiro, the 64- ultimately the bus can be utilized funding from Drexel. There will be a circuit v*ithin the volt battery-powered bus was computer which will allow for one of two prototypes built in White fills void as DREXEL alumni director WHITE from page 1 member benefits. He plans to work with current As Drexel’s director of alumni students to “help them realize relations. White will oViersee the their lives with'Drexel after grad­ overall management and opera­ uation.” But during bis first sev­ tion of the alumni programs eral days, he’s been working on with more than 70,000 active the find details for the Blue and alumni. Gold reunion weekend sched­ INTER “The role of alumni relations uled from May 18 to 21. ITINlSkSCHEDULE: changes with time to meet the According to Spiro, White’s needs of alumni and the institu­ appointment “reflects our strong tion,” said White. “It used to be commitment to our alumni, purely social. Now it involves who are joining in the life of the more volunteering opportuni­ University in greater and greater ties, personal and career net­ numbers.” working, continuing education, White holds a Bachelor of and even recruitment.” Arts in psychology/sociology According to White, his from North Georgia College, responsibility is to keep the rela­ and has taken many graduate- tionship between the University level courses in psychology and and the alumni “alive and grow­ management at Pennsylvania ing.” The alumni relations office State University. keeps in touch with alumni White replaces Judy through magazines, special Wodynski, who resigned on Dec. events, reunions, and group- 20.

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But then again, to paraphrase Henry in The Paper, we don’t Calculate a N ew C areer PatL live in the world — we live at Drexel. We’re always looking for new writers interested in covering the Drexel scene. Ro1>ert SLirley, a recent Drexel matLematics graduate now News occurs everywhere on our campus — we need you to help us cover it all. witli Tlie Institute (or Genomic Researcli, talks al>out career opportunities (or matk majors in tlie expanding and lucrative Not only can we help you get started, but we’ll also let you eat free pizza. Just stop by our weekly staff meeting Monday fielJ o( Software Engineering. Its part of our continuing at 5:30 p.m. We might even let you touch our pet monkey. Guest Graduate Speaker Series.

THE TRIANGLE F r id a y 9 M a r c h 5 , 1 9 9 S 3010 MACAUSTiR HALL 1:00 to 1:30 pm • K o r m a n 2 5 9 8 9 S - 2 S 8 5 Department of Matkematics & Computer Science 4 • The Triangle * February 24,1995 New budget plan to restructure student aid Charles Devarics could reach $2,620, the same vocational programs. The plan leges would deal with two pro­ However, some education College Press Service______amount as under Pell. would dramatically affect “who grams and two agencies for the groups are taking a “wait-and- The Clinton administration Administration officials call these institutions are,” one same total number of students.” see” attitude on the entire Pell has announced plans to restruc­ their Skill Grant proposal a fun­ advocate said. Meanwhile, the increase in Grant package until they find ture the Pell Grant program damental element of the presi­ David Pierce, president of the the maximum Pell Grant, if out more details. Some educa­ serving thousands of American dent’s GI Bill for American American Association of approved, would recover lost tors are questioning administra­ college students and to increase Workers, vyhich seeks to develop Community Colleges, said the ground. Smce 1992, funding for tion estimates of how many stu­ the maximum amount available more cost-effective, better-tar­ proposed change would make the program has remained rela­ dents are enrolled in vocational under the program. geted job training programs. tively flat. programs. C linton’s fiscal year 1996 The proposal follows a year of The proposal “The Pell Grant is the basic “It’s unclear where those budget plan would raise the intense deba'te in the Clinton lifeline to higher education for numbers come from,” said maximum grant by $280, from administration and the higher follows a year of many working families and Sharon Thomas Parrott, vice $2,340 to $2,620. However, it education community about intense debate in many Americans with low president of governmental rela­ also would split eligible students how best to reform student incomes,” said U.S. Department tions at DeVry Institute, which into two groups, with those in financial aid programs. Reports the Clinton of Education Secretary Richard operates degree-granting voca­ academic programs seeking aid of abuses by for-profit trade Riley in announcing the budget tional programs that presum­ through Pell and many in voca­ schools who enroll unprepared administration blueprint. ably would not fall under the tional programs receiving aid students in costly, short-term and the higher Overall, the amount of new program because of their through a new programs at the vocational programs has eroded money budgeted in Pell for degree emphasis. U.S. Department of Labor. public confidence in Pell and education degree-seeking students would Student groups also voiced The restructuring is part of other financial aid programs, community about increase by almost $700 million, caution. “We haven’t figured Clinton’s overall $1.61 trillion say some educators. the budget plan states. As a out where the Pell Grant budget plan, which was unveiled “There’s a clear difference how best to reform result, an estimated 2.8 million increase is coming from yet,” Feb. 6 and outlines $144 billion between those in vocational student financial students would receive grant said Jeannette Galanis, vice pres­ in cutbacks for deficit reduction programs and those in academic awards in 1996, up from 2.7 ident of the United States and middle-class tax cuts over programs,” said Arnold aid programs. million this year. Student Association. the next five years. Mitchem, executive director of According to Department of Elsewhere, the administra­ Under the plan, Clinton has the National Council of Edu­ administrating grants to stu­ Education officials, not only tion’s student aid budget would proposed consolidating 70 job cational Opportunity Associ­ dents much tougher and more would more students receive freeze most post-secondary edu­ training programs, mostly from ations. complex for community col­ Pell Grants in 1996, but the cation programs. the Departments of Education However, some community leges. V average student would receive Federal support for college and Labor, and using the money colleges oppose the move, say­ “If one-third of Pell Grants slightly more money under work-study and Supplemental to offer “Skill Grants” to stu­ ing it would cause major are shifted to the Skill Grant Clinton’s plan. The average Pell Educational Opportunity Grants dents in vocational, nori*d?gree changes for institutions that program, instead of dealing with Grant would increase from would remain at $617 million programs. The.grantjamounts :focus on both.'academic and pne program, community col­ , $1,545 to $1,710, they said. and $583 million, respectively. The plant also would cut State Student Incentive Grants (SSIG) in half to $31.4 million, part of a two-year plan to phase out this It all happens here at D renel U niuersity's Q uad * program, Education Depart­ ment officials said. in 2 recording booths Federal support for scholar­ ships and fellowships also would arch 1, 1995 froifi 11am to 3pm... fall dramatically under the plan. ..The.hudg^t^would eliminate -Qight sm^vprogcains^fiiicliiding Patricia^Rpbetts Harris F^Upw- ;jships ainned at recruiting^nder- jepre^iciited -minorities. The Department of Educalien:sajd the program duplicates other federal programs, y/ith tt similar aijn. Federalt support;for. National .Scienc^^I/Sfholars ai^ Javits Fe|low5hipSr.4lso woiild end IJJalk amay ujith a under the proposaL' .• /i, • ; . Funding freezes would affect many other programs, including support for historically black colleges and universities and free TRIO programs that help recruit low-income, disadvan­ taged students into higher edu­ audio tape cation.- • One of the few higher educa­ ot your performance! tion program slated for expan­ sion,is. the president’s new direct-loan program,; currently in,place at more than 100 insti­ S nil) inmr siiircl lic.ii l out ' tutions. The budget plan calls fot direct.Idapsito cpver 80.per- ce,nt of the loan market by 1997 and alMoan volume'by 1998. rThe White House: says the ini­ tiative will saVe iftbney by cut­ ting out subsidies to banks. This plan likely- will face strong opposition on Capitol Hill, however, where top Senate ■and House Republicans already are on record wanting to scale back the program. The direct loan program currently operates alongside the traditional student loan program that relies exten­ sively on banks to provide stu­ dents guaranteed loans for edu­ Brought to you by cation. The entire fiscal 1996 budget plan now goes to Congress, where Republicans controlling both houses are expected to seek *Rain location at the less money for many of these programs. The House and D ragon's Den Senate will hold hearings on the budget before the fiscal year, which begins in October.

tin The Triangle • February 24,1995 * 5 A new drug for Recent study finds shopaholics? gender gap at law school Andrea Ahles admitted into the Law School will be conducted by a commit­ Are your shopping obsessions out of control? CoIleRe Press Service tend to have higher grade point tee headed by Hurd. Well, put away the dough, help is on the way A recent study completed by averages than men, although “We want to inquire into the University of Pennsylvania Law the men score higher on the profile of incoming law stu­ Marco Buscaglia control,” he says. “It’s a serious School Professor Lani Guinier Law School Admission Test. dents” Hurd said. “We also CoUeRe Press Service problem.” has found that female law stu­ “This is not just a phenome­ want to examine what we are Find yourself coming home Fluvoxamine works by dents are not perform ing as non at the University, but it is a doing in the classroom and with an armload of shopping increasing the number of neu­ well academically as male law nationwide trend,” he said. what the impact of class size is bags every time you enter your rotransmitter chemicals in brain students at the university. The study also suggests that on students.” apartment? Maybe it’s just a cells and helps them communi­ Conducted between 1989 women are not having positive The Socratic method of book, a CD, or some other cate better with each other. and 1992 at the law school, the experiences at the law school teaching, which is used primar­ $10.99 item that you bought on Black describes it as sort of a study included data from a self- and feel “excluded.” ily in first-year classes, is sus­ your way home from class. “lubricant for your brain.” • reported survey, interviews and “(First year) was like a pected to be one of the “cul­ While most students may The drug often is used in academic performance reports frightening out-of-body experi­ prits” contributing to the dif­ overspend at times, their shop­ Europe and Canada to treat from students of both genders. ence,” the “Law Review” article ferential between men and ping habits usually aren’t haz­ bulimia, depression and other Guinier’s fmdings are sched­ cites one female student saying. women. ardous enough to get them into disorders but has never been uled to be published in the “Lots of women agree with me. “It is one that men warm up serious financial trouble. approved by the Food and Drug November 1994 issue of the My voice from that year is to much more than women, But some compulsive shop­ Administration for use in the “University of Pennsylvania gone.” although Socratic professors pers feel like there’s nothing United States. Law Review,” which, due to A preliminary study has just are the most popular,” Diver they can do to stop their spend­ Black hopes to prove the printing delays, has not been been released by the Law said. ing sprees. drug works and eventually win released to the public. School Admission Council that The law students’ under­ Donald Black, a University of FDA approval by using his “Women are consistently supports Guinier’s study. graduate majors also will be Iowa psychiatrist, says help may patients as examples. “I haven’t performing less successfully “This study certainly has included as a variant in the fol­ be on the way, though. And it had anyone taking the drug fail than men in their first year of raised a troubling fact,” said low-up study because women comes in daily doses. to show positive results,” he law school, creating a gap,” Heidi Hurd, associate dean of tend to concentrate in humani­ Black is testing the effects of says. “They’re making dramatic ^Law School Dean Colin Diver academic affairs at the law ties and social sciences whereas fluvoxamine, a drug used to changes. Their lives are better in said. “This gap persists until schooL men study science, business help people with obsessive- so many ways, the least of which the third year when the gap In response to the results of and engineering, Hurd said. compulsive disorders, on com­ may be the fact that they finally slighdy decreases in size.” the study. Diver has commis­ Guinier was could not be pulsive shoppers. Results so far have money to pay their bills.” According to Diver, women sioned a follow-up study that reached for comment. indicate the treatment works. "In all cases, patients benefit- ted after three weeks,” says Black. “They reported less time thinking and fantasizing about shopping, they spent less time shopping and they showed more control when they did go B ox O ffice O pens M onday February 27 into a store.” Black says the treatment could'help hundreds of thou­ The Drexel University Division of sands of people across the nation who can’t walk past a Music, Theatre and Dance "sale* sign without stopping in the store. *This is a serious problem for p r e s e n t s a lot of people,* Black says, adding t^ t psychiatrists esti* mate that between 1 to 6 per> Neil Sim on’s cent of the U.S. population has compulsive shopping disorder. “There lives get turned upside down because they can*t stop spending money.” Gina Rizzo, a senior at Western University, says she doesn’t think she would qualify as a compulsive shopper but can definitely see some red flags in her own l^havior. “I’ll go on $2 for a whole week because I spent my whole paycheck over the weekend,” Rizzo says. “I have some nice a com ic fable things, but I don’t have any­ thing saved.”' Rizzo says she’s learning her M arch 2, 3, & 4 at 8pm lesson the hard way, though, after batding it out with c r^ t M arch 5 at 3pm card companies and collection agencies. Still, the draw of the occasional sweater or purse is at Mandell Theater times too much. “I’m working on it, but I still 33rd & C hestnut Sts. spend more money than I should,” she says, adding that at least the money she spends comes from her own paycheck, Tickets: $8 not her parents. “Sometimes I Students & Senior Citizens: $5 think about it, and I realize I have to stop before I don’t have Drexel Students: $3 anything left.” Black says most psychiatrists would agree that Rizzo’s shop­ For information & reservations call 215-895-ARTS ping habits are similar to those of other students, and could probably be solved with more self-restraint and maybe some counseling. ‘ But for serious shoppers, Black says drug treatment may be the last resort. “We’re t ^ n g about people who have no self- A .'^ r . K ^ y ^ '■-*■!/ »<.n I' k K K H k k k ^ h j-! k ^; K H x k k i- ^ M M fri I'i'i-iri'iM'

6 • The Triangle * February 24,1995 AIDS is number-one Bruce Japsen ^ere pamphlets, speakers f^om Centers for Disease Control said Renee Richardson, a coor­ advocacy group. “There’s often College Press Service family planning and AIDS and Prevention (CDC) in dinator of the University of a 10-year period from when Last year, the University of organizations and face-to-face Atlanta announced that AIDS Washington’s Safe Sex Week. people get the virus (and die) Washington distributed 40,000 discussions with health agen­ replaced accidents as the No. 1 “Last year we tried to be more so the people getting infected prophylactics during “Condom cies at educational booths — killer of American adults ages entertaining to draw students are 15 to 30 years old.” Week” to educate students on and the week was renamed 25 to 44. out and invited Dr. Ruth While the majority oif stu­ the Seattle campus about the “Safer Sex Week.” “The university figured Westheimer. Rather than dents understand that condoms dangers of AIDs. UW’s bolstered effort came information and education and ‘Condom Week,’ we wanted a are the best protection against This year, joining condoms about the same time that U.S. condoms were all-inclusive,” different approach.” AIDS and other sexually trans­ National studies have shown mitted diseases, few students one in every 500 college stu­ claim to use them on a regular dents are infected with HIV, and consistent basis, according the virus that causes AIDS. But to American Social Health on some campuses, the the Association. rates of infection may be much A national study of sex prac­ higher. tices taken last year by the At the University of University of indicated Southern California in Los only 10 percent of Americans Angeles, college health authori­ with one sex partner used con­ ties estimate as many as one doms regularly. The informa­ student in every 150 is infected. tion also showed only 30 per­ This exceeds the HIV-infection cent of Americans said they rate among southern Califor­ used condoms at any time. nia’s general population, which In 1993, about 35 of every is estimated to be one in every 100,000 young adults died The Division for Student Life 250 people. from AIDS. Meanwhile, about announcas th« But statistics indicate large 32 per 100,000 died from acci­ city college campuses aren’t the dents. Cancer, heart, disease, 1994/1995 lionors Awards Program only ones affected by AIDs. suicide and murder followed. The CDC said that AIDS now is More than 441,000 Ameri­ for Undergraduates the leading killer of young cans have gotten AIDS since adults in 79 U.S. cities, includ­ 1981, and more than 250,000 ing such places as Springfield, have died, the CDC said. Applications are available for the: 111.; Omaha, Neb.; and Tulsa, Worldwide, health officials Okla. estimate that more than 10 mil­ Student Service Awards “It was very alarming when lion adults and about 1 million we all first heard of it here,” children have been infected Dean of Students hlonors Awards said Lori Griffin, a senior edu­ with the HIV virus since the iWiariiyn B urshtin Award cation major at Tulsa Uni­ pandemic started. and the versity. “In high school, it was Meanwhile, American col­ something none of us knew lege students aren’t the only Dr. Raymond l\/i. Lorantas World i^istory Award about.” students who are being targeted Statistics, however, indicate for AIDS education. In China, Applications are in the Dean of Students Office. Room 215, the college years pose the high­ the nation’s education depart­ Creese Student Center est risk of infection. ments introduced AIDS pre­ DEADLINE DATE: APRIL 13, 1995 “Young people in general are vention and treatment courses at risk, and college students are in colleges this year. Of the 1,400 Chinese infect­ 'Awards will be given In June definitely at high risk,” said Lynora Williams, public affairs ed with HIV between 1985 and director for the AIDS Action July 1994, more than half were Council, a Washington-based between the ages of 20 and 29. “The more targeted the mes­ sage is and the more explicit it is, the better,” said Williams. “People accept this informa­ tion and understand it better if AFHR A GAZILLION HOURS OF SIUDY people don’t speak in code.” AND A BUSLOAD OF MONEY, WHO CARES ABOUT YOUR FUIURE?

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R ecruiting leadership ...

Assistant Dean of Students Eric Newman, after two years of ser­ m m i vice at Drexel, has resigned from his position, effective March 10. The Triangle runs the risk of boring its readers with this same line; identical words have been printed in The Triangle numerous times in the past two academic terms — just replace the name and posi­ tion. Director of Judy Wodynski, after one year of service to Drexel alumni, has resigned ft'om her position, effective Dec. 20. Senior Consultant Joe Minarik, after six years of service to Drexel, has resigned from his position, effective Feb. 6. Senior class is up and running Vice President of Marketing Joseph McDonough, after fewer than two years of service to the Drexel community, has resigned Editon activities and addresses in the back of the yearbook. from his position, effective immediately. Despite the bad publicity that was received by the Many of you were part of, or saw our senior class Don’t forget Dean of the Library Eileen Hitchingham, Provost Undergraduate Student Government Association in picture being taken this past Wednesday. We hope and Vice President for Academic Affairs Dennis G. Brown and the the Feb. 17 issue of The Triangle, I thought the to be able to sell copies of it later in Ae year. man w^o topped the list. President Richard D. Breslin. University should know what the very productive Senior Jeremy Brittain of Drexel’s Graphics Our intention is never to bore, and we haven’t. Each of these Senior Class Conmiittee has been doing. The com­ Group has designed our official senior logo, which resignations has been important news to the University. They are mittee began meeting in August and immediately you w lQ see on aU of our flyers, ads and a future t- vitally important because we have to consider what it means when started tackling the problems of a changed com­ shirt. so many important figures move on. mencement date and lack of “Days To Go” parties. We have also decided on a gift from the class of Though their personal reasons may have ranged from dissatis­ So far this year, our committee has orchestrated a 1995 — a giant aquarium to replace the display case faction with their salary to a positive career move, the ifoct remains successful letter-writing campaign which helped to in the newly renovated Creese Student Center Drexel is hemorrhaging administrators and we’re reeling from the preserve the original com­ between %e espresso bar impact. mencement date of and information desk. But When someone resigns, an interim gets appointed — usually Sunday, June 18, 1995. We have also decided on a class to give this gift, we will someone in the same department who has his own duties to juggle. Thanks to Dr. Richard gift— a giant aquarium to need to raise a large Things slow down; the interim spends time getting acquainted Breslin, we have also amount of money. with ^ e scope of his new responsibility. Most interim decisions are found a commencement replace the display case in the If you would like to done just to prevent the whole system from breaking down. A speaker who will formally Creese Student Center. know what is going on search begins to find a replacement. Once the time and energy is be announced by the with the senior class, expended to fmd someone, that new person goes through an President’s office in the check out the monthly intense period of adjustment. upcoming weeks. senior calendar which is posted around campus and This whole process can range — two months were needed to On Sept. 30 we hosted the “Three Terms To Go” will be available at the Creese Desk. You can also replace Judy Wodynski by Thomas White as director of alumni party with the help of the Alumni Office and the find out pertinent senior information in the senior relations, and we’re told it might take a year to find a replacement Spirit Cluster. We hope to possibly do something showcase located in the Main Building near the for President Breslin. like this again in the spring. We have also paired up 32nd St. entrance. Last of all, we will be painting the The effects of such time lapses? Projects get scrapped, knowl­ “Days to Go” with Grillin’ ’n’ Chillin’. The next one senior walk when it gets a little warmer. edge and expertise leave, problems get ignored and the lines will be before the Delaware away game on Tuesday, I thank all of the members who have helped to between responsibilities blur. When these things surface, when Feb. 28 outside the PEAC. make this year a success so for. We could also use there is a revolving door in every administrative department, it’s At the Lexerd, our senior class editor and com­ the help of any other interested senior. Stop by our obvious a unified direction for the University cannot exist. mittee member, Vanessa Wallace, is busy trying to meetings on Tuesdays at 5:00 p.m. in the USGA To plug the hole, we suggest the administrators dedicated to gather pictures around campus and has developed office, across from the espresso bar in Creese. Drexel se ^ out othen like them. Find people who will be here long the senior survey. The survey, which seniors can Catherine Campbell enough to understand the direction, establish the knowledge and pick up and fill out by the Creese Desk or Lexerd Senior Class President dedicate themselves as much as the people who are left have done. office, will enable the Lexerd to list seniors’ campus Corporate Communications *95

R ecruiting ideas ... • R utgers president isn’t the To coincide with National Engineers’ Week, engineering stu­ dents organized events ranging from lab demonstrations to design competitions in which both students and faculty participated. only one w rong about Gen X These events offered more than just an opportunity for engi­ neers to showcase their skills. They gave students the opportunity Editon in English or any other language. Beavis and Butthead are ridicu­ to apply their knowledge and interact with £iculty outside of the So the university president at However, you’ll get a better lous and don’t get the acted classroom. Rutgers is quoted as saying that response from a dead person. meaning that these two morons Other colleges within the University should consider sponsoring we deal with a disadvantaged The fact is that euthanasia, are the way they are because of similar events because all students can benefit from such experi­ population that doesn’t have the actually Youthanasia, is occur­ no parental guidance, schools ence. Events such as engineers’ week could also become a great genetic heredity background to ring, which implies “We are the that are cattle chutes, and misin­ recruiting tool for the University. High school students could be have a higher average? Face it, damned of all the world and formed reality. (It’s a shame they invited to participate in the activities. So, rather than passively lis­ it’s not a racial thing. He’s associate music with this tening to people explain what a Drexel education is about, referring to Generation X, show. Speaking of music, prospective students learn about Drexel by becoming a part of it. and it is stupid. Funny Vm 23 and Vll kick your ass if grunge is moving out and thing is that the unshel­ this bluish and yellowish tered world knows it. I’m you tell me Vm a part of day trash is in. True punk 23 and I’ll kick your ass if rockers will tell you this you tell me I’m a part of Generation X, because Vm not. isn’t punk.) Oina^ybuietf;^^ Generation X, because To come to an end I D e n i^ Jtm w I’m not. we’ve been hung out to dry,” as ask you, “How wrong is this?” J o n a ^ a n P m ' Today we have many more D. Mustane said. To explain that Let me tell you it is just so drug users, dropouts, smokers, quote in more detail — the older wrong, so damn wrong. Hey, but and few, if any, ambitious young generations have given up and I look at it this way — it is job Guest columns, letters to the Editor, and artwork may be sent to the attention of the Ed- Op Editor, The Triangle, 32nd and Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. 191,04. They (nay people. I mean, how stupid can don’t care for future earth security for myself and a few also be sent via e^ail to edop#triangle.student-org.drexel.edu or deljvereiid In person to you be not to use condoms, peo­ dwellers. others. Take that president from 3010 MacAlister Hall. All submissions must Include a name and phone number and ple? But, hey, what’s the point should include an address and appropriate affiliations such as mc^or, year of gradua­ Nepotism rules these older Rutgers and give him a job tion. or organizational position. Anonymous submissions will noj be published; authors’ when your sex partner has an generations. “Not my kid” and teaching high school English in names will only be withheld under special circumstances. Written p i ^ a should be i>re- earring through his, her, or its “politically correct” are phrases Newark or Salem. sented on disk In MaoWrite It format. The deadline for submissions Is 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday of th« week of pubiksation. The Triangle reseives the right to edit fbr $pace, genitalia that will tear the con­ used by these people. These are W.B. Wilkinson grammar, clarity and content. dom anyway? You can tell them the same people who t)iink ■, Electrical En^neering *95 The Triangle * February 24f 1995 * 9

Thoughts on co-op, teachers, and a new spaper the education here against that most, made me work the hard­ he will be off to spread his jdy- to a dtfsft sending out tearsheets. The World’s anywhere else, but I can say that est, and really earned my ous juggling and whistling else­ I never expected to become the Address because of Drexel, I will gradu­ respect is Dr. David Magagnosc. where. All I can say is, they’d business manager, but here I Dave ate with a high-paying job. The. For those of you who are not better pay him what he asks. am. In the words of my buddy reason for that is, of course, co­ computer science majors, he is In return for making a com­ Nick DiFranco, “Dave’s been Smith op. what a real teacher should be. puter scientist out of me, I, the business manager forever.” Ah, co-op — six months of He is prepared for class and he would like^ to offer to buy 0r. • I want to thank everyone at As I round the turn into the having your pockets full and presents everything in a reason­ Magagnosc lunch. If you read The Triangle for giving me a home stretch of my Drexel your weekends free. Co-op has able, interesting and under- this. Dr. Magagnosc, you can home during my years at career, I want to stop and make got to be the single best respond to my e-mail Drexel. They took me in and a few observations, thank some thing about Drexel, next / came to Drexel as a! address, or call The showed me a whole new world people, and buy someone to The Triangle. It’s not Triangle office. of free food. In particular, I lunch. always easy to get a co-op sophomore, transferring^om The.next ^top on my want to thank Doug Smith, I came to Drexel as a sopho­ job. My first time Penn State, Every time I tell trip down memory lane gone but not yet graduated; more, transferring from Penn around, j went through is the office of Ms. Harri John Gruber and his monkeys; State. Every time I tell someone both cycles unsuccessful­ someone that, they ask, ''Why? Weinberg, assistant dean Adam Blyweiss, career ex-enter­ that, they ask, “Why? Why did ly and finally got a job of arts and sciences, and tainment editor; Nick DiFranco you transfer from Penn State?” four days before I started Why did you transfer from her all-powerful key­ and all of the other comics edi­ Yes, Penn State is a big party working. That was a" Penn State?'^ board. Whenever I had tors, for printing my horo­ school, and if 1 wanted to cruise rbugh tim e. I went any sort of problem with scopes, even when they sucked; through four years as a sec­ through"'the familiar gamut of standable way. His assignments classes, or with my schedule, all Gina Di Vincenzo, for all her ondary education or liberal arts reactions: “I hate this school, I are tough, but they force you to * I had to do was walk into her help; and finally, Karen Darress, major and party every night, I want to transfer; I want to learn the material inside and' office and she fixed everything for putting up with me and still could have. But hey, I wanted a , change rri^ major; Ivthink the out. And, get this — he tests on with just a few keystrokes. laying out all the ads. real education! And still, you . pink chiffon goes better with the material that he teaches. That brings me to The might ask, “Yes, but Drexel^” the shoes.” But it all worked out You would think that any Triangle. I came to The Triangle Dave Smith, g senior majoring Yes, Drexel. in the end. school would be honored to , in my pre-junior year to see if in com puter science, is busi­ I have spent four years at Of all the teachers I’ve hdd at have such a teacher, but not; they needed any help. Within ness manager of The Triar\gle. Drexel, and only one year at Drexel, and you know who you Drexel. No, it did not give Dr. | minutes, Doiig Sniit^, then the Ttfahgle may rename the Penn State, so, I can’t compare are, the one who taught me the Magagnosc tenure. And now,; business manager, chained me business office “The Dave."

W ouldn't it be nice not to file a tax return a t ali? code or in the 5,570,000 words of plex, and create a system that ■ phy. Instead of the current pro­ taxed or under-taxed. Some The regulations that are needed to encourages all of us to,work; gressive fedefal income: tax which studies indic£lte this change completely understand the code, harder and produce more. makes no sense, we could have a would add more than one per­ Prolocutor lie some additional deductions We could fire almost all of the more sensible plan. We certainly cent to the growth rate, ­ Michael that we could have taken, “... if 140,000 people who currently . wouldn’t want to institute a ly creating up to one million jobs Busier only we knew.” regressive tax, like all taxes and raising more in tax revenue. Maybe this isn’t as ridicu­ We could completely change on consumption (sales tax, After all, isn’t 15 percent of $9 Sometime between now and lous as it first seems. After gasoline tax, liquor tax, etc.) trillion greater than 25 percent of April 15, all income earners will all, the tax industry will our income tax system td be These taxes unfairly place $5 trillion? ' sit down with our tax forms, W- employ almost 140,000 peo­ the burden of taxation on “ ’' ' The idea of a flat rate tax is i^ot 2s and hundreds of other, stater ple in. 1995 ata^cpst of about; fairer, far less complex, and the lower income earners. new. But it is an idea whose time ments in an attempt to* complete $14 biUion, as calculated by create a system that The change we need is has come. Remember this opin­ "^eoi^erly complex 1040. Arthur P.'Hall, a senior ion, wl^en you are|pulling/out ertco^M ofustow prk^^^ Our goal will be to fihd. economist' for the. > Tax. ’ yoiir liair (or payiiig large unrea­ enough reasons in the 1,139,006- Foundation. harder and produce more. earned (above the poverty sonable sums to your accoun­ word Internal Revenue Code to Then again, maybe it is line) to federal income tax. tant) while attempting to com­ minimize the amount of tax dol­ more ridiculous than it first perform a virtually useless task There would be absolutely no plete your 1040. Remember the lars we owe. We do this with the seems. And, of course, the higher and save the $14 billion they are deductions for anything. The anger, frustration and sense of knowledge that sonie of the our income gets, the greater the paid. The real bonus is that the form would be about 10 lines helplessness when all of the deductions we take may hot he percentage we will ,pay in .taxes federal government would actu­ long and there would be no need forms are finally complete. allowed if we are audited by the and thus, the more we will ally increase revenue, so balanc­ for any other explanations. Remember, too, there is a better IRS. But the chance of that hap­ attempt to minimize our liability. ing the federal budget would be Simply report all income above way. pening is low enough to warrant Is there a better way? far less painful than most imag­ the poverty line, multiply by 0.15, “the gamble.’* There sure is. We could com­ ine. How do we do this? and that’s what you owe. MIcliael Busier, a two-time gradu­ We rationalize by saying we pletely change our income tax We need a fundamental This would be infinitely more ate of Drexel, Is pursuing a Ph.D. are sure that somewhere in the system to be fairer, far less com­ change in tax revenue philoso­ fair. No person would be over­ in economics. Quitting USGA w as not easy Editon dear friends this, quitters. Not all past officers suf­ I am writing in response to the Feb. 17 Triangle fered from this problem, but it was a factor in several article on the internal strife suffered by the USGA. resignations, and is still a factor in some current offi­ cers giving up ^ d not seeing ideas to fiiiition when O U R P E T Being a party mentioned within the cover article, I " feel compelled to respond. the path gets rocky. I cannot deny that I resigned from my position of I don’t want to be seen as a quitter or someone Student Comptroller, but I must let it be Imown that who can’t hack it long enough to get through the M O N K E Y I did not do so by choice. I had to resign from USGA bad parts to see the good. If I was a quitter, I due to my withdrawal from the University. Both wouldn’t have even stayed at Drexel in September resigning and withdrawing were not easy or pleasant when my bleak financi^ aid situation was realized decisions to make. and my parents told me to come home. I stayed and N E E D S I have left the University due to financial difficul­ fought to find the money to stay. ties that made it impossible to pay my tuition and It is depressing when miracles don’t happen and various fees. Given my own choice. I’d much rather you must give in to fate after six months of trying to stay and graduate at Drexel than transfer to commu­ fight it, but at least I walk away knowing I didn’t FOOD nity college; but I didn’t have this choice because succumb to the pressure. I gave it my best shot, and with the financial aid situation all Drexel students that was all I could do. face. I was one of the few who weren’t even able to I also looked at student government that way. A n d T rian }4le Ed-Op needs letters. So “just get by” on the aid I was offered as an upper­ From my early days of involvement with Student classman — thus my sad departure. Congress, to the fledgling USGA, I have stuck my LIS yolir opinion, and see yoiu* name in print. My basic response to last week’s article is quite neck out and strove to do my best for the students of That way, w lien you’re rich and famous you simple: I don’t want to be lumped with the rest of this University. I made it through the Fall 1994 elec­ the officers who also resigned. I believe we all tions alive, even when I thought some people can bu\ The Triangle mascot some food. resigned with our own personal circumstances, but wouldn’t let me, and I went on to attack new things. yet The Triangle treated us all the same and allowed I truly wish I could stay here longer and work hard­ one past officer’s words be used to represent all of er. We students are the driving force that can change us. this University into everything we want it to be. Through the time I worked with each of the vari­ As I leave and put the dream of a Drexel diploma Triangle ous officers, they were all hard working, devoted hanging on my wall out of my mind. I’d like to leave members of the USGA. But The Triangle's article USGA officers, present and future, with one mission: and the various circumstances of resignations point Never quit. Never let “the system” get you down. I to one core reason for people leaving. When things know you all can do anything you set your minds n' U' \l.u Mi'll weren’t going well, easy, or their way, they and hearts on. I wish you the best of luck through it and threw in the towej. Instead of working harder, all. they couldn’t take it and became, I hate calling my TinaAltland 10 • The Triangle • February 24,1995

Triangle reporters asked stu.dents the following question: How do you feel about the new IFA bylaw allowing fraternities to charge m oney for adm ittance to their parties?

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Q. I am a Vegeta^aH^rrd-^tten^ q. tuld^jl^ sf^on into the soup and Osteoporosis, according to Dr. • Hormones Decreased estrogen lot of dinners. How d p j get a t tain afspoon^l. .Carefully brush the Heaney of Creighton University, is the from menopause, excessive exercise, meal without making a big deal out of it? undersidfe o^ the $poon against the lip “pediatric disorder that w a ^ till old ag^ arid loW body weight will accelerate A. Today, all hotels and catering of the cup^ br bowl furthest away from to show itself.” It is a. bone-yeakejning bone loss. ^ firms are prepared to offer vegetarian you to remove any drops of liquid. You disease that affecVs ipptoxi'mately 25 ’ ^ Low body livelght Healthy people meals at large luncheons or dinners. then bring the spoon to your lips and million American men and women with have less potential to develop osteo- When you return yOut reservation dp it — no slurping, please. You would the majority, of the p^pi^e ^yer, age 7Xi,.; V porosis thaa underweight people. form, mark clearl/ on It Ihlit you want continue to eat your soup until you The National Osteqporosis JFoundation , / • Family h^tory of osteoporosis a vegetarian meal. have reached the bottom of the cup or states that one oUt of’two Women and Yourpotenti^i risk is increased if Some reservation forms now have a bowl. one out of five men suffer an ostep- one of your parents or grandparents has box to check if you have any dietary To get the last spoonful, you would porosis-related fracturt.- There ‘are iio bsteoporosis. requests. Once you are at the function, tilt the cup or bowl away from you and symptoms of osteoporosis but the ^igns, • Chronic low calcium intaice The I would suggest you find out where you get the last portion. When you have become obvious. Hip fractures resulting amount of bone being built depends on will be sitting and then talk to someone fmished, the sj>oon goes on the saucer. in a loss of height or a “dowager’s your dietary; calcium intake. on the serving staff. Tell them where hum p” a^e'^a familiar'•Sigii. The Theife “kre Ways tHkt osteoporosis caif you will be sitting and Q. I was always National Center for Nutrition and be detected. The Jefferson Osteoporosis that you want a vege­ When you return taught that a man did Dietetics estimates that “12 percent to Prevention and Treatment Center at tarian meal. your reservation not shake hands with a 20 percent of people with hip fractures Thomas Jefferson University Hospital 1 suggest this woman unless she die fi-om complications within a year of offers different options depending on approach because I form, mark clearly extended her hand. My the fracture.” • * - ^your,_ KealtK r iqSiUcaE^ev^ The have been to large on it that you want roommate tells me that The chances of gettiilig osteoporosis, 'Recommended ‘ Dietary "Allowance functions where the is wrong. Is he right or depend on which risk factors apj^y. The. (RDA) for calcium is 1,200 milligrams staff has run out of a vegetarian meal am I? National Center for Nutrition and for healthy men and women from ages vegetarian meals and A. I am often asked Dietetics put out a list of risk factors.' 18 to 24. The healthy American woman needed to prepare more. Since you if the rules of etiquette have changed Some of them are: consumes approximately 500 to 650 asked first, you should be served first. much in the past years. The answer is, • Gender Women have less bone milligrams per day, while the average of course, yes, and this is one of the mass. Their risk is four times more than calcium intake is 800 to 900 milligrams Q. How do you eat soup? Vve seen “rules” of etiquette which has pretty that of men. for men. people do it many ways. What is proper? much gone by the wayside. • Race African Americans are less Good sources of calcium are dairy A. Soup can be served to you in A man who is entertaining a female likely to develop osteoporosis than products such as cheese, yogurt and three different containers — a cup, a client would extend his hand as host. A Asians or Caucasians. milk. Other sources are calcium-forti­ bowl, and a plate. A plate of soup, woman who would wish to be treated • Smoking Bone loss is associated fied orange juice and bread, white which you will probably not see very as her male contemporaries are treated with smoking. bread, rolls, crackers and green, leafy often, is a large, low dish with a wide would automatically extend her hand. •Age Our genetic makeup causes us vegetables.Supplementatiqn is not rec­ rim. One usudly sees spaghetti se^ed It does not matter who extends their to lose bone once we pass middle age. ommended because it only provides one in this type of dish. A cup of soup and hand first, but we all should shake • Inactivity Bone loss can be reduced nutrient. The dairy products provide a bowl of soup are served with a saucer. hands. by doing weight-bearing exercises such protein, vitamin D, potassium, magne­ as walking or bicycling on a regular sium, riboflavin, and vitamin A. To eat soup in any of these contain­ Robert Lantledol, president of basis. ers, you would take your soup spoon, Executive Manners experts (EMX), was • Alcohol Extensive alcohol use has Rosemary Pema is a senior majoring in which has a round bowl, and you employed at Drexel for 27 years. been linked to low bone mass. dietetics. The Triangle * February 2 4 ,1995 • 11

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T H E G S A TRIVIA CHALLENGE * Z7ate;Thursday, First round matches will be held March 2,1995 in room 061 of CAT bid. (27a) on Time:? PM i7dce;Panhellenic Apts., Friday M arch 3 at 4:00 PM. 212 N. 34th Street Come out and cheer on the teams. Page 12 The Triangle Entertainmeiit February 24,1995 Stone leads ‘Quick’ past other Westerns *The Quick and the Dead' takes advantage of Sam Raimi's ''unique'' perspective to set itself apart from the recent crop of Westerns, Steven D. Segal shadow. Staff Writer Strange enough. Stone herself From Evil Dead and Darkman is the film’s weakest point. Her creator Sam Raimi comes The inescapable image as the quin­ Quick and the Dead, a gloriously tessential ’90s tough-gal does over-the-top, high-testosterone her in: She’s a walking anachro­ western. It’s the usual saddle­ nism from start to finish, as if bag of overused western conven­ she’d just flown back to the tions, but punched-up with the 1800s in Marty McFly’s souped- director’s trademark in-your- up DeLorean time machine. Ah, face visual style, a bitter sense of her monotonous I’m-as-mad- sadistic humor and an almost as-hell-and-I’m-gonna-kill-you slapstick approach to violence. performance, her dusty duds, Woman-with-no-name her perpetually unblemished Sharon Stone comes riding into makeup, her impeccably-styled the town of Redemption (any hair. It’s as though Sam Raimi is deeper significance or symbol­ daring the audience to take this ism intended in this film stops film seriously and, indeed, The right there), and signs on to par­ Quick and the Dead charges on ticipate in the town’s annual with a sense of cheerful self- quick-draw contest. She’s really awareness of its own campiness out for revenge against the evil that it transcends the realm of If you’ve ever wanted to see a picture of Sharon Stone during a shower, it's your lucky day. Stone endures Herod (Gene Hackman). cliche and etches out its own much more than a measly downpour, through, in the Tri-Star release The Quick and the Dead. After his Oscar-winning turn memorable niche within the movie by this point, you’ll be creating what can affectionately movies-as-live-cartoons hyper­ in Unforgiven, Hackman has his Western genre. completely floored with laugh­ be called the first comic-book kinetics, I advise you to take one role of a town boss, bully and The one scene in which ter; yet Raimi fanatics will love Western. It’s a welcomed con­ triangle off my rating here. bad guy down to perfection, and Stone’s character finally comes this flourish and will undoubt­ tradiction: A refined mainstream he’s deliciously sinister without to life offers the movie’s biggest, edly be floored with laughter movie injected with an abun­ Film AAAA% ever hamming it up. Leonardo most brutally sadistic joke — too, but for more praiseworthy dance of wit and raw energy The Quick and the Dead DiCaprio turns up as Herod’s one as indicative of Raimi’s reasons. usually evident only in indepen­ Sharon Stone, Gene rebellious son, a young, cock­ dark, pessimistic sense of humor Raimi has, miraculously, dent and cult films. If you’re not Hackman, Leonardo DiCaprio sure quick-drawer trying to as anything ever to pop up in his breathed new life into the dying- an enthusiastic fan of Raimi’s Directed by Sam Raimi shoot his way out of his father’s films. If you haven’t “gotten” the once-again Western genre by comic-book-style violence or his V Tri-Star Pictures ‘Apache* recalls Boston indie scene Nick DiPranco Fort Apache has garnered for itself a new, Water Flat’s single “Magnetic North Pole” Entertainment Editor ______self-titled record label. To celebrate this reflects everything that was right about the Like all good stories, this one begins “second chapter in the Fort Apache story,” late-’80s Boston scene. “back in the day.” It seems that in 1986, as Newsweek writer Karen Schoemer so Fromted by Paul Janovitz, brother of Boston musicians Paul Kolderie and Sean deftly put it, Fort Apache and their parent Buffalo Tom’s Bill Janovitz, CWF com­ Slade found themselves in the middle of a label MCA have issued This is Fort Apache^ bines melodic guitar lines with the distor­ burgeoning music scene. A great place to a compilation of music recorded at the tion-laden riffs that used to set their be, no doubt, except that both guys were Boston brethren apart. What sets CWF bandless. I'll always remember apart fi-om their WDRE competiton is the Still, the two fi-iends saw an opportuni­ urgency the song seethes with. These guys ty to influence the local scene: a new stu­ what it was that drew me play like they mean it, and the result is all dio. And so Fort Apache was born. First to alternative music in class. located near the center of Boston’s rough Skipping ahead to track five we have Roxbury neighborhood, the Fort hosted the first place: the hooks, “Murdering Stone,” a new offering from Wanna-be Bostonian Billy Bragg puts in his local talent such as the Pixies, Big Dipper the riffs, and the The Walkabouts. Featuring three vocal two cents with “Sulk," a feature tune on and the Neats. Bands would go to the Fort tracks, none of with crowd the others, This is Fort Apache. because, as Kolderie recalls, “We present­ surprises the hands “Murdering Stone” is a toe-tapper in the you’ve got the gist. ed ourselves as a rock and roll studio.” thrived on. ’90s sense of the word — it rocl^, but it’s The remaining ten tracks are rarities After four years in Roxbury, Fort tame enough to play at family parties. and remixes from some of my own per­ Apache moved to a more comfortable — Fort. And, just as Fort Apache was impor­ Moving right along, we come to “I sonal favorite bands. Check out the full and safer — space in Cambridge. Bands tant to the growing “alternative” scene, Think She Likes Me” at track 12. This one, band version of Belly’s “Star.” Gone are like the Lemonheads, Throwing Muses this compilation is important as a history off of Treat Her Right’s self-titled 1988 the spare guitar chords and haunting and Belly recorded their stuff there, and as of the scene. release, is a slacker stomp featuring a melodies. In their place are full, thick gui­ the bands themselves became more popu­ The disc kicks off with a track by new­ bluesy harmonica and disheveled vocals. tar chords and driving, pounding beats. lar, so did the studio. comers Gold Water Flat. The first band to Imagine five or six guys hanging out in a And haunting melodies. This one gives the Now, eight years after it was “settled,” be signed to the Fort Apache label. Cold loft apartment talking about girls, and original a run for its money. The Lemonheads toss “Stove” into the mix, a tune that would shock all those teenybopper Evan Dando fans. This song, coming off 1990’s Lovey, is a throwback to their rougher-edged sound firom the days of Taang! Records. Pop music it’s not — this one strays really close to the hardcore camp, but with an accessable hook that places it closer to indie-rock. Juliana Hatfield contributes the moody “Here Comes the Pain,” from the b-side of the 1992 “I See You” single. Full of raw emotion and energy, Hatfield’s guitar car­ ries a sharp tune that her childlike vocals ache to match. Fortunately for Hatfield, the combination works and successfully leads into the song’s surprise pop song ending. The whole album may be worth this one song for serious Juliana Hatfield I fans. i Come, Billy Bragg and Radiohead show § up too, as do Buffalo Tom, Throwing I Muses and'Sebadoh. Each and every selec- I tion has the same honest rock and roll Treat Her Right, a band that never quite made it big, still pacl