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WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS iecord Vol. 18 No. 24 March 24,1994 Hillary Rodham Clinton visits University Healthcare reform is topic of the day 4 6 "^ ~^f illary Rodham Clinton has Hiredefined the role of first lady," said Chancellor .William H. Danforth in his introduction of Clinton to a packed Field House March 15. The response to his remark was a loud "yes!" from someone in the crowd and the first of many sponta- neous rounds of applause during the first lady's approximately 30-minute address on healthcare reform. Clinton returned the compliment to Danforth. "This University and this com- munity, particularly the healthcare system that I just visited, is a symbol of excel- lence around the country," she said, "and I want to salute one of the people who has made that possible over the last years — your chancellor, Chancellor Danforth." After that, Clinton was all business and proceeded to the topic of the day — healthcare reform. Noting that healthcare reform is not new to U.S. history, she referred to the efforts of past presidents, including Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Richard Nixon and Harry Truman, noting that Truman's speeches in the. 1940s could still be delivered today. The challenge is the same, she said: How to provide high-quality healthcare to all Americans at an affordable cost. Senior Abraha Taddese presents Hillary Rodham Clinton with a Washington University sweatshirt. During Clinton's March . "We have tried to address this issue 15 stop at the University, she visited the School of Medicine and outlined the president's healthcare reform proposal before many times in the past under the presiden- a crowd in the Field House. tial leadership of both Democrats and Republicans," she said. "But we have "Some Americans are unable to "But those limits come into effect when any other because in this current market- never been able to finally resolve what attain insurance at any price because of you need your insurance the most," she place there is a lot of confusion about happens to be one of the most important what are called pre-existing conditions," said. "I have sat and talked with families what kinds of choices will be available to questions for any society: How do we she said. "Most Americans with pre- who have — often to their surprise — you as a consumer," she said. fairly allocate our healthcare resources so existing conditions — and there are over discovered in the midst of a medical emer- But choice is diminishing even today, that every citizen is guaranteed that their 80 million of us — can get insurance, gency their insurance has run out." she said. Americans are told by their healthcare needs will be met? This time, but at a very high price. So what the Still another insurance practice that employers and insurance companies this historic opportunity is calling to us. president wants to do is eliminate pre- needs reform, she said, is favoring young which doctors they can see and which How can we, as the richest country in the existing conditions so that all of us, no people and discriminating against older hospitals they can use. For example, she world, be the only one of our industrialized matter if we have ever been sick before people, who pay staggering insurance said, more and more insurance policies competitors to have not figured out how to or have any kind of ailment, will be premiums or who aren't accepted for are eliminating children's hospitals for provide healthcare to every one of its eligible for insurance at an affordable coverage at all. coverage. citizens?" price." "If you are young, as many of our "Why? Because a children's hospital, Clinton highlighted five major fea- Clinton pointed out that researchers students are today, that may seem like a which sees very sick children — chroni- tures of the president's proposal: are identifying the genes responsible for good deal," she said. "The problem is cally ill children — is expensive," she 1) Guaranteed private insurance for a number of medical conditions. "So if most of you will be 55 some day." said. "It has to be in order to have the we do not reform the insurance industry, concentration of specialists and technol- every American with comprehensive very soon none of us will be eligible for 3) Guaranteed choice of doctor and ogy necessary." benefits that stress primary and preven- insurance because of our gene makeup," health plan. Under the president's approach, she tive healthcare, as well as care for acute she said. "This has been an issue that has prob- said, individuals will choose their own medical needs. ably received more misinformation than Another insurance practice the presi- Continued on page 6 "The president has not proposed a government healthcare system," she said. dent wants to eliminate is lifetime limits, she said, m the fine print of most "He has proposed building on the public/ insurance policies are clauses that make private system we have in our country policyholders ineligible for further Students react to first lady's speech today, but making sure that we guarantee reimbursement after they reach certain private healthcare to all of us." About 30 University students shared Eric Bailey, senior in nursing levels of coverage. Some limits are as the spotlight with Hillary Rodham (Russellville, Ark.) — "Mrs. Clinton 2) Elimination of insurance practices that low as $50,000, she said. discriminate against Americans. Clinton March 15. The students seems to be a very good salesperson. The were invited to sit on stage in the Washing- speech in general was convincing but I ton University Field House while the first am afraid a lot of questions remain unan- 9 lady delivered her healthcare reform speech. Continued on page 7 'Hot Docs sizzle on Field House stage Senior Abraha Taddese, a classics and In this issue ... Dressed in blue-green scrubs and "The group is about 14 years old," biology major and president of the pre- white lab coats, the 17-member said "Hot Docs" leader David L. Jaye, medical society, introduced each student, medical contingent on the platform with M.D., a research fellow in pathology at who shook hands with Clinton. Taddese drew Merits of exercise...... 2 first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton looked the School of Medicine. "It was started applause when he presented the first lady During a visit to the School of ready to perform major surgery. Actually, by a group of medical students and has with a Washington University School of Medicine, Hillary Rodham Clinton the "Hot Docs" merely were ready to grown over the years. The band has Medicine sweatshirt. Clinton also returned to talks with participants In the perform their first number. The gleaming performed for Medical Center events, for the White House with a compact disc from Exercise and Aging Program metal instruments they held were brass weddings and charity events, and for the "Hot Docs," a band of medical students, instead of stainless steel, but their clean, many other places around town." residents, physicians and faculty members The basics of biology...... 3 who played before Clinton's speech, and an scalpel-sharp sound was good medicine Although all of the original group As director of the University's Human for the gathering that awaited the first members have moved on, the "Hot Docs" autographed basketball presented by senior Carletta Taylor, captain of the women's Genome Center, David Schlesslnger, lady's arrival. still thrive as an enjoyable extracurricular Ph.D., helps map the body's gene From the first swinging strains of the basketball team. The basketball team had activity for musically inclined students makeup big band classic "Flying Home" to their with a penchant for big band. The group just made the Final Four. rousing finale of Benny Goodman's now comprises medical and graduate After the festivities, the students re- Mixed reviews •**••■•••••••»»«»••*i "Sing! Sing! Sing!" the "Hot Docs" students, medical residents and fellows, flected on Clinton's healthcare reform breathed extra life into the already enthu- and several attending physicians and proposal. The following is a sampling of Faculty express their opinions about the healthcare reform proposal siastic crowd. Continued on page 2 their opinions. 2 Washington University Record

First lady learns about exercise, aging at medical school During a visit to the School of blood sugar levels and poor cardiopulmo- Medicine, Hillary Rodham nary function, are reversed by exercise. Clinton learned firsthhand The program, funded by a five-year about the merits of exercise for program project grant from the National older people. She met with a group of Institute on Aging, is in its final year. about 20 people, ages 62 and older, while During the study, researchers are monitor- they were building biceps and increasing ing the effects of exercise on cholesterol their flexibility in the medical school's metabolism, heart function, bone mass Exercise and Aging Program. and muscle strength. "I thought Mrs. Clinton was very Clinton talked with Holloszy and happy and glad we were doing so well in Wendy Kohrt, research assistant professor the exercise and aging study. We were all in the Department of Internal Medicine, just thrilled and happy as could be to about how the combination of exercise meet her," said Olivette Veal, 84, who and nutrition are an investment in preven- has been in the program for about three tion. "But from a lot of surveys," Clinton months. Veal demonstrated some stretch- said, "we're finding that doctors are not ing exercises for Clinton. prescribing exercise and nutrition." Veal used a cane when she started in Some of the exercisers Clinton met are the program. Now she can walk half a part of a new exercise study that involves mile without it. the more frail elderly — people who are Circling the room, Clinton asked 80 and older. This project, which began a participants how long they had been in few months ago, is designed to determine the program, how exercising had helped whether stretching, aerobic exercise and them and whether they were taking weight training can help people in this age medication. group remain active and independent. The exercisers were working out on "We believe that much of the decline stairmasters, stationary bicycles, tread- in function in the frail elderly is a result of mills and other exercise machines. inactivity," Holloszy said. "Through Dorothy Owens, 74, talked with exercise, we think it is possible to make Clinton about how much the program had them stronger, more flexible and increase helped her. After five years of participat- their endurance and balance so they are ing in the program, Owens, who has Type better able to continue to live indepen- II diabetes, now is completely normalized. dently." Clinton told a few of the cyclists they One exerciser, Hudson Jones, 82, said were groundbreakers because the infor- the program had taught him to exercise mation from this program would help muscles he didn't know he had. "It really other people. has helped me with my balance," he said. John Holloszy, M.D., professor of Jones said he was impressed that applied physiology in the Department of Clinton had visited program participants. During her visit to the School of Medicine, Hillary Rodham Clinton meets (from Internal Medicine, leads the Exercise and "I think it's nice of her to come find out left) George and Milly Jost and Bill Seib. They are participants in the Exercise Aging Program. He and other researchers what the old folks are doing." and Aging Program. are studying the extent to which exercise Kohrt said Clinton seemed to be very training reverses the loss of function interested in the program. "Hopefully, During her medical school visit, Clinton William A. Peck, M.D, executive vice associated with aging. They also are we'll get the message across that this is a also discussed healthcare reform with stu- chancellor for medical affairs and dean of investigating whether certain physical very effective way to keep healthcare dents, faculty and administrators in a closed the School of Medicine, said Clinton changes, such as osteoporosis, high costs down," she said. meeting in the medical school library. addressed concerns about the future of academic health centers, the future of biomedical research, the future of indigent 'Hot Docs' spotlight School of Medicine's versatility -/rampage i patient care and a host of other issues. "If I were to come away with an overall faculty members. As such, having the impression of the meeting, I would say "Hot Docs" play fit beautifully with the she evinces strong support for the mis- healthcare theme of the day. sions of academic health centers, includ- "We have a very versatile Medical ing top quality patient care, research School," Chancellor William H. Danforth education and community service. She told the appreciative audience after the also supports biomedical research in band's performance. Clinton later general," Peck said. quipped that she was relieved to learn the — Diane Duke "Hot Docs" was a band and not a group of angry physicians. She also graciously accepted the group's current compact disc recording, which she said she would listen to with the president. With the traditional mix of saxo- phones, trumpets, trombones, keyboard, Record drums, bass and guitar, Jaye said this Editor: Deborah Parker, 935-5235, Box 1070 vintage music possesses a charm all its Executive director, own. "It's kind of a rarity now," he said. University Communications: Judith Jasper "That's part of the appeal. Of course the Executive editor: Susan Killenberg reason we're here today is because it was Editor, medical news: Diane Duke, a natural with Mrs. Clinton's talk about 362-9662, Medical School Box 8065 healthcare reform. I'm sure a lot of the Assistant editors: Carolyn Sanford, other bands on campus are outstanding; 935-5293; Susannah Webb, 935-6603, we were really privileged by coinci- Box 1070 dence." Production: Galen Harrison Record (USPS 600-430;ISSN 1043-0520), Coincidence or not, the excellent Volume 18, Number 24/March 24,1994. Pub- musicianship displayed by the "Hot lished for die faculty, staff and friends of Docs" Tuesday made it easy to forget Washington University. Produced weekly they were not full-time musicians. Play- during the school year, except school holidays, ing for the first lady of the United States and monthly during June, Jury and August by the Office of Public Affairs, Washington and several thousand onlookers in addi- University, Campus Box 1070, One Brookings tion to setting up equipment and warming Drive, St Louis, Mb. 63130. Second-class up in the midst of ultra-tight security postage paid at St. Louis, Mo. would be a difficult task even for veteran Address changes and corrections: performers. But the event proved inspir- Postmaster and non-employees: Send to ing for audience and band members alike. Record, Washington University, Campus Box "We've played for a lot of people," 1070, One Brookings Drive, St Louis, said pathology assistant Mark A. Watson, Mo. 63130. who has been the band's drummer for Hilltop Campos employees: Send to Office of Human Resources, Washington University, about five years and gets a real rhythm Campus Box 1184, One Brookings Drive, workout in the "Sing! Sing! Sing!" finale. St Louis, Mo. 63130. "We've played at die Fox Theatre and cuf Medical Campos Employees: Send to Payroll our own compact disc, but this event tops Office, Washington University, Campus Box that." 8017,660 S. Euclid, St Louis, Mo. 63110. Any individual or group at the Univer- sity interested in having the "Hot Docs" Hillary Rodham Clinton accepts a compact disc recording of the "Hot Docs" from perform is encouraged to call 362-8278 the band's leader, David Jaye. The "Hot Docs," a group of medical students, IWasringtm residents, physicians and faculty, played before Clinton's address. for more information. — Jim Russell W«1ffJGTCN-LMVlRSriT-fN-ST-lJ0LK March 24,1994 3

Schlessinger directs human genome project Forty years ago most people had not even heard of outside of cells, a feat now done with relative ease. sequencing genes. One of the center's biggest contributions molecular biology. The field was so new that Schlessinger's work on protein synthesis earned him a to die gene mapping project is the development of tools thai one of its founding fathers used to have to go doctorate in biochemistry at Harvard in 1961. That opened scientists around the world are using to probe the genome. through his labs at Harvard University asking the door to two years in Paris as a National Science Foun- Yeast artificial chromosomes (YACS), developed at Wash- his graduate students if they could write up dation postdoctoral fellow in the Pasteur Institute labora- ington University in the group of Maynard V Olson, Ph.D, completed research projects just so enough articles could be tory of two Nobelists, Jacques Monod and Francois Jacob. have made it possible for researchers to study very large pulled together to put out a new issue of the Journal of Monod and Jacob earned distinction and shared the Nobel portions of the human genome. Many human genes span Molecular Biology. Prize in 1965 for discovering fundamental rules about how regions that, prior to the development ofYACS, were too The man making the inquiries was James D. Watson, co- genes are regulated. large to clone. Using YACS, researchers can introduce large discoverer of the structure of DNA and a newly minted Schlessinger considers himself fortunate; he had excel- portions of DNA into yeast chromosomes that adopt and Nobel laureate. Watson was one of the founders of the lent mentors and worked his way into an exciting branch of clone the introduced DNA. The clones then can be over- Journal of Molecular Biology. He also happened to be science. "I had the best possible background when I arrived lapped to reconstruct maps of large regions of the genome. David Schlessinger's thesis adviser at the time. "The initial in St. Louis as a 'wet-hehind-the-ears' instructor," he said. YAC technology proved indispensible for scientists tracking issues of the journal were published sporadically and were Schlessinger arrived in St. Louis in 1962. The Department the genes involved in Huntington's disease, cystic fibrosis, very thin," Schlessinger said. "That's hard to imagine today." of Molecular Microbiology recently had become a victim neurofibromatosis and fragile X syndrome. This technology Interest in molecular biology has exploded during the of its own success. A group of prominent scientists had left now dominates genome work, Schlessinger said. And on last decades. The Journal of Molecular Biology became one the department for Stanford University. Schlessinger and any given day, scientists and technicians in the center can be of the premier sources for up-to-date reports on what was his fellow young faculty members set out to rebuild the found shipping YACs to researchers around the world. "I'm happening in the field. Schlessinger, now a professor of department. very proud of the fact that our center has provided a lot of molecular microbiology, medicine and genetics at the Throughout his Washington University career, the techniques and materials that have become the hallmark School of Medicine, learned his trade from the best in the Schlessinger's research has been dominated by microbiology, of the project everywhere." business. He has passed on that knowledge to dozens of genetics and molecular biology. He pursued projects on Much of Schlessinger's work in the genome center is graduate students, administrative, a task postdoctoral fellows, he says he doesn't fellow faculty mem- mind because he bers and the interna- realizes others did it tional visitors who so for him while he was often are made doing experiments. welcome in his lab on Although he rarely the seventh floor of does experimental the McDonnell work now, Medical Sciences Schlessinger directs a Building. lab that is studying Schlessinger's features of the X curiosity about what chromosome, extend- would ultimately be ing the work of the called molecular center that is mapping biology began in the the entire X chromo- early '50s. As some. The goal is to Schlessinger was combine several maps preparing to enter the of the X chromosome University of Chi- — each providing a cago in the fall of different kind or level 1953, Watson, an of resolution — into a alumnus from that single map. The work. institution, was will help scientists creating quite a stir who want to know with a new proposal where genes are for the structure of located on the X the molecule of life chromosome. With — DNA. Watson and more than 60 percent Francis Crick pre- of the X chromosome sented their now mapped, scientists famous double have found several helical model of hundred genes. Nearly DNA in a landmark half of the genes 900-word manuscript found thus far appear published in the David Schlessinger, Ph.D., talks with visiting scholars Anna Jauch, Ph.D. (left), from the University of Heidelberg, and to be disease-related, British journal Na- Dorothy Trump, M.D., from London Hammersmith Hospital. Jauch and Trump spent two months working in the including genes for ture on April 25, Schlessinger lab. Duchenne muscular 1953. Schlessinger dystrophy and not only knew about the Watson-Crick paper, he studied it Kallmann's syndrome. in college shortly after it was published. The "Natural Adding to the administrative demands is Schlessinger's Sciences" course was taught without textbooks. "All teach- impending presidency of the American Society for Microbi- ing was done from original papers," he said. The course was "The technology is so ology. He takes the reins after the group's annual meeting in useful, he said because it encouraged a skeptical attitude Las Vegas in May. Among the issues facing the 40,000- and a tendency to evaluate materials — traits that are help- member society: drug resistant microbes. Schlessinger said ful as a scientist. strong that it's easy to do he believes increased study at the genome level may direct Schlessinger received a bachelor's degree in liberal arts scientists to new strategies for containing such bacteria. from the University of Chicago in 1955. Chemistry at- research — and really good These days, Schlessinger finds more people asking him tracted his attention, so he got a second degree from Chi- for retrospective accounts of how science has progressed cago in that field in 1957. "I majored in chemistry, but most research — by stencil." during the last 35 years. One of the most profound ex- of the physical chemistry that I enjoyed was too hard to do amples, he said, is the way technology is now dominating as a career," he said. "I started to work as a technician part science. "The technology is so strong that it's easy to do time in a microbiology lab and found it absolutely fascinat- research — and really good research — by stencil," he says. ing- "Original ideas are fewer. But you don't really need them to He decided he wanted to study the new science of mo- antifungal antibiotics and antibacterial antibiotics with scien- do a lot of the major work that is being done today." lecular biology, so he applied to Harvard University's gradu- tists in the Division of Infectious Disease in the 1960s and Another change is the scale of the projects undertaken by ate school as one of the first classes of Watson's graduate 1970s. Studies on the mechanism of action of streptomycin scientists. "There has been a tendency in biology to take on students. Although the two shared a common alma mater, earned Schlessinger the prestigious Eli Lilly and Company massive projects that would not have been considered they had not met before Schlessinger entered Harvard. He Award in Microbiology and Immunology in 1969. possible some years ago," he says. A prime example is the arrived just as things in the field of microbiology and genet- Schlessinger is perhaps most well known both within the Human Genome Project. The idea of doing a complete ics were getting exciting. As is the case today, there was Washington University community and internationally for analysis of the genome has been around since the early days overlap between these disciplines, as most of the early his recent role in the Human Genome Project, one of mo- of thinking about DNA. "But then it was just considered experiments in genetics were done in bacteria. And the work lecular biology's biggest goals. He is director of Washington fanciful. Now the technology is there to make the maps and in genetics during the 1950s and 1960s gave birth to the University's Human Genome Center, which was one of the begin to do the sequencing." tools of molecular microbiology. "Those were very lively first genome centers established by the federal government in Schlessinger gives the impression that things might not days because everything was wide open," he said. There 1990. The goal of the project is to sequence and properly have worked out the way they did if he had purposely were very few biochemistry departments at the time. map the chromosomal location of the full complement of mapped a plan to train under three Nobel laureates, to be Harvard had just formed a committee on biochemistry the human DNA. The DNA found in each of the body's cells is present at the birth of molecular biology, and then to use year before Schlessinger was admitted. subdivided into regions, the genes, that code for individual that knowledge in one of the most important scientific When Schlessinger began graduate school, one of the proteins. On one level, the Human Genome Project is con- missions of the 20th century. He said he never had any unresolved questions facing scientists was how DNA gave cerned with finding genes and knowing their proper DNA clear-cut "career goals" when it came to science. "But I rise to proteins. Watson's group had undertaken a project sequence. Such information is invaluable, both to understand don't think I was unusual. I never expected to have much of designed to probe that problem. Under Watson's sponsor- diseases that are inherited or caused by malfunctioning a salary. And I didn't really think about jobs. I was just ship, Schlessinger began to study ribosomes, cellular or- genes, and to understand the basis of all biology. enjoying what I was doing, and research was what I wanted gandies involved in building proteins. He also was involved But, as Schlessinger is quick to point out, the Human to do. It may be that that's still the best way to set personal in some of the first successful attempts to make protein Genome Project involves much more than finding and goals." —JimKeeley Calendar March 24-April 2

phore," James A. Ferrendelli, prof, Dept. of 4 p.m. Chemistry seminar. "The Use of Friday, April 1 Molecular Biology and Pharmacology. Room Organotransition Metal Complexes to Activate 7 and 9:30 p.m. Filmboard Feature Series. 3907 South Bldg. 362-7051. Carbon-Hydrogen Bonds in Alkanes and Other "Europa, Europa" (1991), in German and Noon. Neurology and neurological surgery Organic Molecules," Robert G. Bergman, prof, Russian with English subtitles. (Also April 2, of chemistry, U. of California, Berkeley. Room same times.) Room 100 Brown Hall. Cost: $3. research seminar. "The Role of Substance P in Spinal Nociceptive Systems," James E. 311 McMillen Lab. 935-6530. Midnight Filmboard Midnight Series. Krause, prof., Dept. of Anatomy and Neurobi- 4 p.m. Earth and planetary sciences "Battlestar Galactica" (1978). (Also April 2, ology. Schwarz Aud., First Floor Maternity colloquium. "Mechanisms of Strain Accom- same time.) Room 100 Brown Hall. Cost: $3. Bldg. 362-7177. modation in the India-Asia Collision System," Exhibitions 4 p.m. Immunology seminar. "Studies of Dave Rowley, assoc. prof, Dept. of Geophysi- Intestinal Immunity," Marion G. Peters, assoc, cal Sciences, U. of Chicago. Roorh 362 "The Near Distance: James McGarrell's prof, Dept. of Medicine and asst. prof, Dept. McDonnell Hall. 935-5610. St Louis Years" by McGarrell, prof, emeri- of Molecular Microbiology. Third Floor Aud., 4:15 Philosophy colloquium." 'The Travel- tus of art. Through March 27. Gallery of Art, St. Louis Children's Hospital. broken Shade of Oedipus': Taint and Moral- upper gallery, Steinberg Hall. Hours: 10 a.m.- 8 p.m. Architecture lecture. "Memory ity," Johann Klaassen, second-year graduate 5 p.m. weekdays; 1-5 p.m. weekends. 935- student in philosophy and winner of the 5490. Work," Peter Prangnell, visiting prof, of architecture from U. of Toronto, Canada. Sixteenth Helen Stenner Memorial Essay "Paracelsus, Five Hundred Years." Exhibit Steinberg Hall Aud. 935-6200. Competition for 1993-94. Room 30 January continues through July 15. Glaser Gallery, Hall. 935-6670. School of Medicine Library. Hours: 9 a.m.-9 Tuesday, March 29 4:30 p.m. Math colloquium. "Non-linear p.m. weekdays; 1-5 p.m. weekends. 362- Lectures 4:15 p.m. Anthropology colloquium. "Early Commutators and Lp-Theory of PDEs," 7080. Hominid Diversity," Bernard Wood, Derby Tadeusz Iwaniec, prof, of mathematics, Center of Contemporary Arts Annual Thursday, March 24 Professor of Anatomy, Dept. of Human Syracuse U, New York. Room 199 Cupples I Juried Exhibition. "Caje '94: America's 11:15 a.m. George Warren Brown School of Anatomy and Cell Biology, U. of Liverpool, Hall. 935-6726. Cultural Diversity," a print exhibit by Jeffrey Social Work seminar. "Mental Health Ser- England. Room 149 McMillan Hall. 362-6945. Sipple, artist and director of education, vice Delivery Provided by the Private Sector Friday, April 1 Tamarind Institute, U. of Mexico, Albuquer- in Metropolitan St. Louis," Allin Walker, Wednesday, March 30 Noon. Cell biology and physiology seminar. que. Opening reception: 6-8 p.m. March 25. director, Alliance for the Mentally 111, St. 7:30 a.m. Obstetrics and Gynecology "Sensory Transduction in the Muscle Spindle: Continues through April 30. Exhibit co- Louis. Administrative Center, Second Floor Grand Rounds. "Benign Vulvar Lesions and Source of the Generator Potential and Me- sponsored by School of Fine Arts. Center of Conference Room, 1130 S. Hampton. Vulvar Pain Syndromes," Michael Bullen, chanical Factors," Michael Chua, research Contemporary Arts, 524 Trinity Ave. 935- Noon. Genetics seminar. "Pattern Formation chief resident, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gyne- asst. prof, Dept. of Neurology and Neurologi- 6571 or 725-6555. in Drosophila Development," Ruth Lehman, cology. Clopton Aud., 4950 Children's Place. cal Surgery. Room 423 McDonnell Medical Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, "38 Hands." Exhibit features the work of 11 a.m. Assembly Series Phi Beta Kappa/ Sciences Bldg. 362-3320. first-year Master of Fine Arts students. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cam- Sigma Xi lecture. "The Fetishism of the 4 p.m. Microbial pathogenesis seminar. Opening reception: 6-9 p.m. March 25. bridge. Cori Aud., 4565 McKinley Ave. Gene," Richard Lewontin, prof, of zoology "Legionella Infections — From the Bedside to Continues through April 17. Pierce-Arrow Noon. Pediatric research seminar. "Local and biology, Museum of Comparative Zool- the Bench," Lucy Tompkins, assoc. prof, Gallery, 4814 Washington Ave. Hours: 12-6 Control of IGF-1 Action," Sherida E. ogy, Harvard U, Cambridge, Mass. Graham depts. of Medicine and Microbiology and p.m. Wednesdays; 12-7 p.m. Fridays; 12-6 Tollefsen, assoc. prof, of pediatrics. Third Chapel. 935-5285. Immunology, Stanford U, California. Room p.m; Saturdays and Sundays. 935-4761. Floor Aud., St. Louis Children's Hospital. 12:30 p.m. Neuroscience luncheon seminar. 775 McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg. 362- 4 p.m. Assembly Series Arthur Holly "Receptors, Drugs and Molecular Biology: 7258. Compton Memorial Lecture. "Ozone What Can Drug Resistance Tell Us About 4 p.m. Dept of Music lecture. "A Discussion Depletion and the Greenhouse Effect," F. Drosophila GABA Receptors?" R. French- of His Music," Hale Smith, guest composer, Sherwood Rowland, world expert on ozone Constant, U of Wisconsin. Room 928 St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. Room 8 and author of more than 300 scientific publi- McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg. Blewett Hall. 935-5581. cations. May Aud., Simon Hall. 935-5285. 4 p.m. Biochemistry and molecular bio- 6 and 8:30 p.m. WU Association Travel 4 p.m. Architecture lecture. "Signs of the physics seminar. "Glycosidases, Large and Lecture series. "The Real World of the City," William Gass, David May Distin- Small: T4 Lysozyme and E. Coli b-Galactosi- Philippines," Rick Howard, film producer, guished University Professor in the Humani- dase," Brian W. Mathews, prof, of physics, free-lance writer and photographer. Graham ties and director, International Writers Center. Institute of Molecular Biology, II of Oregon, Chapel. Cost: $4.50 at the door. 935-5212. Films Room 116 Givens Hall. 935-6200. Eugene. Erlanger Aud., McDonnell Medical 4 p.m. Dept of Russian lecture. "Russian Sciences Bldg. 362-0261. Saturday, April 2 Thursday, March 24 Concepts of Womanhood," Helena Goscilo, 4 p.m. Math analysis seminar. "Best Con- 9 a.m. Saturday Morning Neural Sciences prof, and chair, Dept. of Slavic Languages and stants in the Haudorff-Young Inequality," Seminar Series: MRN — Magnetic Reso- 7 and 9 p.m. Filmboard Foreign Series. Literatures, U. of Pittsburgh. Women's Bldg. nance Neuroscience. "MRI: Introduction and "Open City" (1945, B&W), in Italian with Suzanne Tourville, graduate student, Dept. of Lounge. 935-5177. Mathematics. Room 199 Cupples I Hall. Basic Physics," Michael Vannier, prof, Dept. English subtitles. Room 100 Brown Hall. of Radiology and asst. prof, Dept. of Surgery. Cost: $3. For 24-hour Filmboard hotline, 4 p.m. School of Law lecture. "South Africa's 4 p.m. Physics colloquium. "The Advanced Erlanger Aud., McDonnell Medical Sciences call 935-5983. New Birth of Freedom: A Perspective," Judge Photon Source — A Year Before Operation," Bldg. 362-7470. Nathaniel R Jones, 6th U.S. Circuit Court of David Moncton, director, Argonne Advanced Friday, March 25 Appeals. Courtroom, Mudd Hall. Photon Source, Argonne National Lab, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Filmboard Feature Series. 4:15 p.m. Philosophy, neuroscience and Argonne, 111. 935-6276. "Much Ado About Nothing" (1993). (Also psychology colloquium. Jaegwon Kim, prof, 8:30 p.m. Visiting artist lecture. Jeffrey March 26, same times, and March 27 at 7 of philosophy, Brown U, Providence, R.I. Sipple, artist and director of education, Tama- p.m.) Room 100 Brown Hall. Cost: $3. Alumni House living room. 935-6670. rind Institute, U of New Mexico, Albuquer- Midnight Filmboard Midnight Series. 4:30 Math colloquium. "Derived Categories que. Co-sponsored by School of Fine Arts' "Slacker" (1991). (Also March 26, same in Algebra and Topology," Peter May, prof., printmaking division and Center of Contem- time, and March 27 at 9:30 p.m.) Room 100 Dept. of Mathematics, U. of Chicago. Room porary Arts (COCA). Center of Contemporary Brown Hall. Cost: $3. 199 Cupples I Hall. 935-6726. Arts, 524 Trinity Ave. 935-6571 or 725-6555. Tuesday, March 29 Friday, March 25 Thursday, March 31 Music 7 p.m. Japanese Film Series. "Woman in the Noon. Cell biology and physiology seminar. 11:15 a.m. Center for Mental Health Ser- Dunes" (1964). Room 219 South Ridgley Hall. "Microtubule Dynamics," Robley C. Williams vices Research seminar. "Evaluating Out- Friday, March 25 comes in Mental Health Services," Paul R. Jr., Dept. of Molecular Biology, Vanderbilt U, 8 p.m. Dept of Music presentation. "Double Wednesday, March 30 Nashville, Term. Room 423 McDonnell Binher, research assoc. prof, of psychiatry, Missouri Institute of Mental Health, St. Louis. Bill at the Sheldon," two fully staged Ameri- 7 and 9 p.m. Filmboard Foreign Series. Medical Sciences Bldg. 362-695Q. can operas: "Breakfast Waltzes," a world "The Exterminating Angel" (1962, B&W), in Administrative Center, Second Floor Confer- 4 p.m. Anatomy and neurobiology seminar. ence Room, 1130 S. Hampton. 935-5687. premiere by Harold Blumenfeld, prof, emeri- Spanish with English subtitles. (Also March Seminar title to be announced. Room 928 tus of music, and "Hello Out There" by 31, same times.) Room 100 Brown Hall. McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg. Noon. Genetics seminar. "Genome Data American composer Jack Beeson. (Also Cost: $3. Analysis," Philip Green, assoc. prof, of genet- 7 p.m. Pre-performance music lecture. March 26, same time.) Blumenfeld will give a ics. Room 816 McDonnell Medical Sciences pre-performance lecture about "Breakfast Harold Blumenfeld prof, emeritus of music, Bldg. 362-7072. Calendar guidelines will discuss "Breakfast Waltzes," one of two Waltzes" both evenings at 7 p.m. Performance operas being performed. (Also March 26, 1:10 p.m. Social work lecture. "Unfaithful directed by Jolly Stewart, director, WU Opera Events sponsored by the University — its Angels: How Social Work Has Abandoned Its and teacher of applied music. Sheldon Ball- departments, schools, centers, organizations same time.) Sheldon Ballroom, 3648 Wash- ington Ave. 935-5581. Mission," Harry Specht, dean, School of room, 3648 Washington Ave. Cost: $5 for the and its recognized student organizations — Social Welfare, U. of California, Berkeley. general public, students, faculty and staff; free are published in the Calendar. All events are Brown Hall Lounge. 935-4909. for Friends of Music. 935-5581. free and open to the public, unless otherwise Saturday, March 26 noted. 9 a.m. Saturday Morning Neural Sciences 4 p.m. Architecture lecture. "Mercenary or Seminar. "Alzheimer's Disease Confusion: Professional?" Richard Sommer, visiting asst. Calendar submissions should state time, Cause or Effect" Bias Frangione, prof, of prof, of architecture. Room 116 Givens Hall. date, place, sponsor, title of event, name of pathology, New York U. Medical Center, New speakers) and affiliation, and admission 4 p.m. Assembly Series John and Penelope York City. Erlanger Aud., McDonnell Medical Biggs Residency in the Classics lecture. cost. Quality promotional photographs with Sciences Bldg. 362-7043. descriptions are welcome. Send items to "Sappho's Aphrodite and the Changing Judy Ruhland at Box 1070 (or via fax: 935- Monday, March 28 Woman of the Apache," Gregory Nagy, 4259). Submission forms are available by Francis Jones Professor of Classical Greek calling 935-4926. Noon. Human Studies Committee lecture. Literature and prof, of comparative literature, "Issues in Developing Drugs in Women — Harvard U, Cambridge, Mass. May Aud., The deadline for all entries is noon Tuesday The Industry Perspective," Janice K. Bush, Simon Hall. 935-5285. one week prior to publication. Late entries executive director of Worldwide Regulatory Performances will not be printed. The Record is printed Affairs, U.S. liason, Bristol-Myers Squibb 4 p.m. Biology and biomedical sciences every Thursday during the school year, Co., Princeton, N.J. Wohl Aud, 4960 student-organized seminar. "The Increas- Friday, April I except holidays, and monthly during the Children's Place. 362-3244. ingly Marvelous Complexities of Gene Regu- 8 p.m. Performing Arts Dept presentation. summer. If you are uncertain about a dead- lation Mechanisms," Stephen Johnston, Noon. Molecular biology and pharmacol- "The Beggar's Opera," directed by Jeffery line, holiday schedule, or any other informa- Southwestern Medical Center. Erlanger Aud, Matthews, artist-in-residence in performing tion, please call 935-4926. ogy seminar. "Interactions Among Effector McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg. Sites on the GABA Receptor/Chloride Iono- arts. (Also April 2, same time.) Edison The- Washington University Record / March 24, 1994 5 atre. Cost: $7 for the general public; $5 for Group are sponsoring a five-kilometer run senior citizens, WU faculty and staff; and $5 through Forest Park. Proceeds will benefit a for students. 935-6543. scholarship fund for needy law students working in public interest areas of law. Co- sponsored by Pevely Co. and St. Louis Bread Co. Entry forms may be obtained at Omni sporting goods stores, other local races or the Pro Bono bulletin board. Cost: $13. Arrive 15 minutes prior to race time at the upper Muny parking lot. First 250 runners receive atten- dance favors; winners receive trophies. Call 872-3209 or 531-2207. 1 p.m. American Indian Pow wow. Spon- sored by the Center for American Indian Miscellany Studies. Continues until 10 p.m. Mudd Field. (In case of rain, the event will be held in Thursday, March 24 Francis Gymnasium.) 935-4510. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Vision Center Trunk Show. The Vision Center will display new eye wear Monday, March 28 fashions for WU students and employees and 7-10 p.m. Office of Continuing Medical Barnes Jewish Christian Health System Education seminar. "Internal Medicine employees. Free refractive surgery screenings Review." The topic is nephrology. Steinberg and eyeglass adjustments for minor problems Amphitheatre, Jewish Hospital. For schedules will be provided. Brown Room Jewish Hospi- and cost info., call 362-6893. tal. 362-8677. Thursday, March 31 Friday, March 25 6:30 p.m. American Medical Women's 9:30 a.m.-noon. University College Career Association dinner. "Domestic Violence: Workshop. "Career Development for Moms," Our Role as Healthcare Providers," Susan Ellen Krout Levine, coordinator, Career Pro- Dersch, Women's Health Coordinator of the grams, University College. Continues Fridays A.WA.R.E. program (Assisting Women With through April 8. Room 30 January Hall. Cost: Advocacy Resources and Education). Co- $60. Pre-registration required. 935-6788. sponsored by Domestic Violence Action Group. Brown Room, Jewish Hospital. 367- 1-2 p.m. Booksigning. Poet Nikki Giovanni, 6236. author of Racism 101, a collection of essays. Sponsored by the Campus Bookstore. Room Saturday, April 2 325 Mallinckrodt Center. 935-5696. 8:30 a.m. Thurtene Throng Five-mile Road 2-4 p.m. Visiting artist collaboration. Robert Race. Start and finish at Bates Memorial in Carletta Taylor, captain of the women's basketball team, presents Hillary Rodham Andrew Parker, visiting artist and internation- Forest Park at the north end of Fine Arts Clinton with a team-autographed basketball. ally known illustrator, will demonstrate Drive. Meet at 8:30 a.m.; race begins at 10 . monoprintmaking. Sponsored by School of a.m. Top finishers receive trophies in three Fine Arts. Room 109 Bixby Hall. 935-6571. age categories. Awards will be given at the finish line at 12:30 p.m. Pre-registered par- Basketball Bears took first lady's Saturday, March 26 ticipants receive T-shirts. Cost: $8 if pre- 8:15 a.m. Student-organized psychology registered by March 26; $10 day of race. Co- conference. Speaker is Robert M. Arkin, prof, sponsored by Grey Eagle Distributors Inc. best wishes on trip to Final Four of social psychology and undergraduate dean Proceeds will be given to charity. 935-1276. of the colleges of Arts and Sciences at Ohio On March 9 the Washington Univer- In her opening remarks, the first lady 2-4 p.m. Fine arts lithography demonstra- sity women's basketball team applauded the Bears' quest for a first State U Students will deliver papers and tion. Jeffrey Sipple, artist and director of conduct question-and-answer sessions. Con- received a private White House national championship. education, Tamarind Institute, U. of New tour during their stay in Arlington, Va., "I want to join all of you in wishing tinues until 5 p.m. Eads Hall. Pre-registration Mexico, Albuquerque, will hold a photoli- cost: $15 at Room 105 Eads Hall, or at the thography demonstration in collaboration where the Bears conquered the competi- the Bears great luck in this upcoming information desks in Mallinckrodt and Wohl with Kevin Garber, lecturer and research tion at the NCAA Division III South- championship game," Clinton said. "I will centers; $17 at the door. For more info., call assoc, School of Fine Arts. Room 109 Bixby Central Sectional. be rooting for you in Washington." Tina at 935-1259. Hall. Cost: $10 for the general public; free for Six days later, the Bears returned the Once the festivities were concluded, the 9 a.m. Second Annual "Race Judicata" run. WU fine arts students, members of the Center hospitality by hosting first lady Hillary Field House rapidly was transformed from WU School of Law Pro Bono Law Associa- of Contemporary Arts and "Caje '94" artists. Rodham Clinton for her healthcare ad- lecture hall to gymnasium. Then, the Bears tion and St. Louis U. Public Interest Law 935-6571 or 725-6555. dress in the University's Field House. got back to the business of preparing for Washington University senior captain their second trip to the Final Four in four Carletta Taylor joined Clinton on the dais years. Student production satirizes Italian opera style and presented her with a team- Leaving for the national semifinals with autographed basketball. a 25-3 record, 15 consecutive wins — and The Performing Arts Department will costume themselves out of garbage heaps "I thanked her on behalf of the entire at least one new fan — the Bears were present "The Beggar's Opera" at 8 (similar to the modern "grunge" look). team for allowing us into their home," said trying to complete a quest at which more p.m. April 1,2, 8 and 9; at 7 p.m. April 3; Macheath, the "hero," is a highwayman Taylor, a psychology major from Paducah, than 300 Division III teams already had and at 2 p.m. April 10 in Edison Theatre. and seducer of women. The story pokes Ky. "I had practiced my comments all failed. In Friday's semi-final, Washington "The Beggar's Opera" is about a fun at every operatic contrivance — from evening to make sure I had it mapped in beat tournament host Wisconsin-Eau group of beggars who put on their own a rivalry between the two female leads my mind. Claire 86-82 in a thrilling overtime contest. opera. Directed by Jeffery Matthews, based on contemporary news stories to "But it turned out that I was very However, low on fuel after Friday's gruel- artist-in-residence in performing arts, the the deus ex machina finale when the comfortable with her. Mrs. Clinton was ing outing, the Bears were toppled 82-63 show has a cast of 28 students. Richard beggar stops the action and changes the very personable and put me completely at by Capital (Ohio) University on Saturday Kuykendall is the technical director and ending from a tragic one to a happy one. ease." night to finish second in the nation. Bonnie Kruger is costume designer for The actors speak in lofty aristocratic the production. Both are instructors in language but use a Cockney accent. performing arts. Bruce Bergner, artist-in- The beggars are dressed in what cos- residence in performing arts, designed tume designer Kruger describes as "1990s the sets. grunge with a deconstructed 18th-century Written in 1728 by John Gay, look." "Beggar's" satirizes the Italian opera Kruger said she got her inspiration for style that was very popular in London at the costume designs from a Washington the time. Opera was considered the University student walking across cam- ultimate entertainment by the upper pus. "This one student had a shaved head, classes but was lambasted by the intel- pants slashed, ragged sweatpants and Women's Basketball Women's Tennis lectuals. sweatshirt, and an earring in his ear. He Last Week: NCAA Division HI Semifi- Last Week: Spring trip, Hilton Head, S.C. The plot involves one beggar who looked just like a member of Macheath's nals: Washington 86, Wisconsin-Eau — Washington 9, Agnes Scott 0; Franklin decides he can make an opera as good as gang." Claire 82 (OT); NCAA Division HI & Marshall 8, Washington 1; Washington the upper-class people can. With his Tickets are $7 with discounts for Finals: Capital 82, Washington 63 9, Wisconsin-Oshkosh 0; Washington 8, friends' help, he sets out to produce a senior citizens and students. Season Record: 26-4 (NCAA Division III Wisconsin-LaCrosse 1; Washington 6, show about beggars and thieves. They For more information, call 935-6543. Second Place) Denison 3 This Week: 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 23, at William Woods, Fulton, Mo.; 3:30 American Indian women tell stories of their lives Baseball p.m. Friday, March 25, vs. Northeast Missouri State, Tao Tennis Center, 10 a.m. Last Week: UAA Tournament, Cocoa, Saturday, March 26, vs. Southwest Mis- Spiderwoman Theater, a trio of Ameri- satire and powerful storytelling to ex- Fla. — Emory 12, Washington 0; Johns souri State, Tao Tennis Center. can Indian women who translate their pose racism, espouse women's rights and Hopkins 6, Washington 0; Washington 8, dreams and stories of their lives into move- address other social issues. Each of the Rochester 5; Brandeis S, Washington 0; Season Record: 5-1 ment and narrative, will present "Rever- company's pieces involves a single Washington 11, Case Reserve 1; Wash- Ber-Berations" at 8 p.m: April 9 and 7 p.m. theme, but may involve numerous sto- ington 10, Chicago 0. Non-tourney April 10 in the Drama Studio, Room 208 ries, use of mime, dance and other theat- games: Washington 11, Augustana 7; Men's Tennis Mallinckrodt Center. This is the final event rical devices. In addition to "Rever-Ber- Iowa 8, Washington 0; Washington 8, of the 1993-94 "Stage Left" series. Berations," the company has created and Last Week: Calvin 5, Washington 4; Illinois Wesleyan 7; Illinois Wesleyan 8, DePauw 8, Washington 1; Ripon 5, Wash- Three sisters, Lisa Mayo, Gloria performed "Women in Violence," "Three Washington 5 Miguel and Muriel Miguel, founded Up, Three Down," "Winnetou's Snake ington 3; Southern Illinois University- Spiderwoman Theater nine years ago. Oil Show From the Wig-Warn City" and This Week: 3 p.m. Friday, March 25, vs. Edwardsville 8, Washington 1 They took their company name from "Power Pipes." Westminster, Kelly Field; 1 p.m. Satur- This Week: 3 p.m. Thursday, March 24, Spiderwoman, the Hopi goddess of cre- Tickets are $12 for the general public; day, March 26, vs. Illinois Benedictine, vs. Chicago, Tao Tennis Center; 3 p.m. ativity, who taught the people to weave. $10 for senior citizens and Washington Kelly Field; 3:30 p.m. Saturday, March Friday, March 25, vs. Northeast Missouri Spiderwoman pulls her materials out of University faculty and staff; and $8 for 26, vs. Illinois College, Kelly Field; 2:30 State, Tao Tennis Center herself— ideas, words, images — and students. Tickets are available at the p.m. Sunday, March 27, vs. Simpson, weaves them into an elegant, beautiful Edison box office or through Metrotix, at Kelly Field Season Record: 2-4 web that catches the imagination. 534-1111. Season Record: 11-8 Spiderwoman Theater uses comedy, For more information, call 935-6543. 6 Washington University Record U.S. News ranks professional schools among nation's best The George Warren Brown School of Social Work has been named the second leading school of social work in the nation, and the School of Medicine has improved its overall score and retained its top-five position, according to a ranking of professional schools by U.S. News & World Report. Other Washington University profes- sional schools also placed among the nation's best in the magazine's rankings: The John M. Olin School of Business was ranked No. 27, and the School of Law ranked No. 48. Among social work schools, the Univer- sity of Michigan was ranked as the leader. Second place was shared by three schools: Washington University, the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Chicago. This is the first year that the maga- zine has ranked schools of social work. "We are truly pleased that our colleagues in social work schools have thought so well of the George Warren Brown School of Social Work," said Shanti Khinduka, Ph.D., dean of the George Warren Brown School of Social Work. "This expression of confi- dence in the quality of our program further strengthens our faculty's resolve to serve the society and the community with unabated commitment to excellence and innovation." Firstrirsi ladyiaay ninaryHillary noanamRodham unmonClinton outlines theine fivelive major features ofor theme president'spresiaem s healthcareneanncare reformreiorn proposal. The Washington University School of Medicine ranked No. 5 among medical Clinton plan aims to guarantee healthcare coverage for all —from page 1 schools in the nation and ascended into the No. 1 position in student selectivity. Student health plan, "not your employer, not your in a system where everybody is not in it last summer wherewhei she had taken care selectivity is a quality measure that reflects insurance company and not a govern- is like a holding a balloon in one part of a lot of people who were "falling undergraduate grade point average and ment bureaucrat. It will be your choice and it pops out somewhere else," she through the cracks," people who were scores on admissions exams. and you will make it every year." said. poor, unemployed or homeless. "We are especially gratified that our An additional point to these five, she "She wanted to know what would students rank so high academically, but that 4) Preservation and inclusion of Medi- said, is the president's awareness of the. happen to those people," Clinton said. care for Americans over the age of 65. is only one measure of their excellence," important work done by academic "That is one of the right questions. How said William A. Peck, M.D., executive vice Although Clinton called the Medicare health centers — the research that is will we take care of each other? How program "a godsend for older Ameri- chancellor and dean of the School of Medi- done and the application of that re- will we better use our resources? How cans," she said there are two Medicare cine. "We select them with special emphasis search in clinical practice, as well as the will we build on what is the finest on their personal characteristics and their elements that are missing, and these education of physicians, nurses and healthcare system in the world by fixing would be included in the president's potential to become caring and compassion- other allied personnel. the financing system that is distorting plan: payment for prescription drug ate physicians." "This system we have built up has it? What I hope is that at the end of this coverage and support for alternatives to Rounding out the top five medical features that have to be strengthened debate I can go back to the literally schools were Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Yale nursing home care, such as home health and protected," she said. "In the hundreds and hundreds of Americans and the University of California-San Fran- aides, adult day care and respite care. president's approach there will be who have shared their stories with me cisco. "The other schools ranked in the top "We do not help people who want to guaranteed funding for academic health and tell them we have now provided keep their relatives in their own homes," five are prestigious institutions and it's an centers because of the important func- healthcare coverage for every American honor to be listed among that group," Peck she said. "We want to start providing tion they perform for the entire system. and have taken a step toward becoming long-term care options so that families added. And there will be a requirement that the nation we should be." will not be forced to put their family The magazine ranked social work health plans contract with those health — Steve Givens members in nursing homes if they can schools after sending questionnaires to centers so that those health centers will take care of them at home with a little bit deans, top administrators and senior faculty not be eliminated from the provision of of help. It is the right thing to do but it is of accredited social work schools. They healthcare in an effort to control costs." also the economically smart decision to were asked to rank the reputations of ac- Noting that the debate around Bushyhead Track, fields credited schools by placing them into tiers make." healthcare reform will continue, she closed through spring of academic quality, taking into account a 5) Guaranteed healthcare coverage said she was "very encouraged" by the school's scholarship, curriculum and the through employment. current bi-partisan work in Congress. The Washington University Bushyhead quality of its faculty and graduate students. Clinton said that no one in the audi- "There will always be extremes in Track closed March 21 and is sched- Khinduka identifies three key ingredi- ence — except those already over 65 and these debates, and there will always be uled tentatively to reopen June 6. The ents that contribute to the George Warren covered by Medicare — can know that interest groups who, frankly, have existing track, which was constructed in Brown School of Social Work's high stand- even in the near future they will be profited from the status quo and do not late summer 1984, has exceeded its ing: quality of students, quality of faculty insurable at the same rate for the same want reform to occur. It will be our task lifespan and is due to be replaced, said and the contributions of alumni. services as they are today. Citing several as citizens to keep the debate as honest Phil Godfrey, associate athletic director. For other schools, including medicine, problems with current alternatives to this as possible, to ask the hard questions, to Fields adjacent to the track, including business and law, schools were ranked using plan and the success of other employer- say 'How will this affect me?' Because Francis Field and the practice field, also five criteria: student selectivity, placement employee systems such as social security this is not just a debate about how we're are closed. These adjacent areas are now a success, faculty resources and two separate and Medicare, she said the president's going to finance healthcare. It is bigger construction zone and are closed for measures of institutional reputation, one plan calls for building on this employer- than that. It is a debate about what kind safety. based on a survey of deans and senior employee model of shared responsibility. of a country we are and intend to be." The reopening date is heavily depen- faculty and one by a survey of working By providing discounts to small Clinton said she had just met a dent on weather, Godfrey said. The work professionals ranking work of recent gradu- businesses and subsidies to low-wage Washington University medical student ■is being done by Balsam Corp. of St. ates. workers, insurance can be made afford- who told her she had worked in a clinic Louis. Other references to the University in the able even to those who have never in- article include quotes from Dorsey D. Ellis sured themselves in the past, she said. Jr., J.D., professor and dean of the School of "Once everyone is in the system, then we Law, P. Jean Milburn, associate dean for the can begin to get costs under control. MBA program, and Khinduka. Because right now trying to control costs Campus Watch

The following incidents were reported to the Hilltop Campus Police Department during the period March 14-21. Readers with information that could assist the investigation of these incidents are urged to call 935-5555. This list Prominent geneticist Richard Lewontin to lecture is provided as a public service to promote campus safety. Richard Lewontin, one of the world's Lewontin's work embodies "the very best in March 16 March 20 most prominent geneticists, will give genetics combined with a powerful political 2:14p.m. — A turntable and a compact 3:26 p.m. —A student's vehicle parked in the Phi Beta Kappa/Sigma Xi Lecture at 11 and moral vision of how science, properly disc player were reported stolen from the lower level of the parking garage was a.m. Wednesday, March 30, in Graham interpreted and used to empower all the KWUR Radio in the Women's Building reported damaged sometime between noon Chapel. His talk on "The Fetishism of the people, might truly help to make us free." sometime between 4 p.m. March 14 and March 11 and 2:30 p.m. March 20. Gene," part of the Assembly Series, is free Lewontin, who received his doctorate in 11:30 a.m. March 15. 10:18p.m. — A student's mountain bicycle and open to the public. zoology from Columbia University, has been March 18 was reported stolen from the Phi Delta Theta Lewontin, Alexander Agassiz Professor a member of the editorial board for Bio- fraternity house sometime between March 7:58 a.m. — An attempted burglary was 11 and 8:30 p.m. March 20. of Zoology and professor of biology at chemical Genetics since 1966. He served as reported to have occurred sometime be- Harvard University, is author of The Genetic president of the Society for the Study of tween 5 p.m. March 17 and 7:50 a.m. '10:49p.m. —A student's mountain bicycle Basis of Evolutionary Change and Biology Evolution from 1969 to 70 and of the Ameri- March 18 at Room B-8 Brown Hall. Un- was reported stolen from the Phi Delta Theta as Ideology: The Doctrine ofDNA. He is can Society of Naturalists from 1982 to 83. known person(s) attempted to enter the fraternity house sometime between March co-author of Not in Our Genes and The The lecture is co-sponsored by the As- room using a credit card. The card was 11 and 8:30 p.m. March 20. Dialectical Biologist and a frequent con- sembly Series, Council of Students of Arts broken in the door and it is not believed 10:49p.m. — A Sega game player and game tributor to The New York Review of Books. and Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi and that entry was gained. Nothing was re- cartridges were reported stolen from the Phi According to award-winning paleontolo- Student Union. For more information, call ported missing from the room. Delta Theta fraternity house. The time of the theft is unknown. gist and author Stephen J. Gould 935-4620. March 24, 1994 7 Faculty voice different perspectives following first lady's speech Following Hillary Rodham Clinton's sional Clinic in Washington, D.C.for the "Mrs. Clinton mentioned cost-sharing institutional, or nursing home, placement. visit to Washington University, an University s law students.) in a political fashion. She said young Most older adults and their families informal survey of University fac- "Mrs. Clinton's speech was a bell-ringer people will prefer to receive ulty revealed diverse opinions on the that obviously hit home with the audi- probably pay care in their Clinton plan for healthcare reform. The ence and earned more and older homes. Yet the following is a sampling. support for the- people will current probably pay healthcare Lee Benham, Ph.D., professor of eco- president's health reform less. I think that system does not nomics, Department of Economics is appropriate. adequately (Benham teaches a course on medical proposals. However, this "Too many provide for in- economics.) people are under- home care, "The Clinton health plan may or may same level of support does not insured or have no particularly as not successfully address the flaws in the insurance at all, patients have current system, but the program will have seem to be which costs all of been discharged several undesirable consequences. Financ- occuring in Congress. That us who are insured more. My rates are going 'quicker and sicker' and in need of more ing the program through employer-based up and my choices are limited and I am on care once they leave the hospital. Better payroll taxes will lower wages and in- would indicate the faculty of a medical school." in-home care could keep elders in their crease unemployment. Most European that a great deal of work needs to be home, and help reduce cost-containment countries and Canada with generous state- done in selling the plan or in changing it Enola Proctor, Ph.D., professor of social by preventing hospital readmission. provided medical benefits also have much to gain sufficiently broad appeal and work, George Warren Brown School of "Many of the proposals for healthcare higher unemployment than the United support from Congress. Social Work reform, including the president's, address States. This is no accident. If the program "Money is the key. People simply do (Proctor is studying post-hospital care of these issues. The features of prescription were financed through income or sales not see where the money will come from older adults with Nancy Marrow-Howell, coverage and in-home care are key to taxes, this could be partly avoided. Few to pay for universal health coverage. Ph.D., associate professor of social work, meeting the needs of older adults." proponents advocate higher explicit taxes, Clinton's health alliance proposal needs and Letha Chadiha, Ph.D., assistant however. revamping so that it appears less bureau- professor of social work, through a grant Morton E. Smith, M.D., associate dean, "Congress has difficulty regulating cratic. He must pursuade people that the from the Agency for Health Care Policy professor of ophthalmology and pathol- cable television. After the last act of plan will save enough money to provide and Research.) ogy, School of Medicine healthcare to everyone." Congress to lower cable rates, the rates for "Clearly, the current system of healthcare "I agree with the goals in Mrs. Clinton's low income consumers went up. Will Joel S. Perlmutter, M.D., associate pro- presents problems for older adults. Two eloquent and erudite speech. I still have Congress do better with medical care? fessor of neurology, School of Medicine issues have emerged in the research my concerns about "For anyone who anticipates new drug colleagues and I are doing. One is the the best way of innovations, price controls on prescription "I thought Mrs. Clinton was terrific. I am a strong proponent of this plan. Universal problem of payment of prescription drugs. accomplishing drugs will have undesirable consequences. One out of eight older adults in our study those goals. I "We need reforms, but we need to coverage needs to be implemented. I like the mix of public and private payers as reported that they are without medication believe there is understand that the tooth fairy is not at times because they cannot afford to pay still room for paying the bill. To quote P. J. O' Rourke, well as eliminating pre-existing condi- tions as a way for insurance companies for their prescriptions. And one of five debate about a 'If you think medical services are expen- report that at times, when they do pur- single payer sive now, wait until they are free.'" to turn people away. A number of my patients, and I see a lot of patients who chase their prescriptions, they cannot buy system as Merton C. Bernstein, L.L.B., professor have chronic illnesses, are afraid of food or pay for bills. advocated by of law, School of Law changing jobs for fear that they won't get "The other problem with our current Mm Jm Rep. Jim (Bernstein has long directed the Congres- coverage. system is the provision of alternatives to McDermott."

Many students support healthcare reform, but question financing, implementation -from page 1 swered. I am concerned about the fate of "Her language makes it clear that my status as a physician in training. I addressed. Details of how the plan will be private practice, especially in the areas of another tax will be assessed on employ- share the concerns of a number of medical paid for were not provided. The plan is I allied health. ees/employers. The problems that indi- students who feel supported by increased taxes in disguise." Unfortunately, viduals face with healthcare need to be that we may be Steven St. Peter, third-year medical the details of the dealt with oh an individual basis, not by trained under one student (Wichita, Kan.) — "Mrs. Clinton Clinton restructuring our system under a new system of rules has certainly healthcare plan coercive tax structure. Why should every and practices but identified the key remain ambigu- citizen be forced into a system that is expected to work issues; whether or | ous. Therefore, designed as a response to the problems of and practice not this plan is the once again, only one part of society?" under a very solution remains Americans are Elisabeth Farrelly, senior majoring in different system. questionable. excitedly wel- English, class president (Mendham, N.J.) On the whole, we However, the coming some- "I am always would like more Clinton adminis- thing they are impressed by clarification of tration has focused uneducated about." Mrs. Clinton. how a transition to a reformed system will the nation on the Thomas Deutsch, junior majoring in She is a strong impact upon a critical phase of our profes- problems and I am political economics, Student Union vice woman who sional training." confident that president never apologizes Lisel Mittelholzer, second-year law with time and modification the system will (Wichita, Kan.) for that, which I student and president, Women's Law be improved. — "The speech think is neat. Caucus (Boston) "This is still the most exciting time in was excellent, Healthcare — "Mrs. history to be a doctor. Hopefully, caring for very smooth. A reform is un- Clinton's speech patients will be easier and less costly from lot of it was pleasant but was very effec- the perspective of a physician. Change is impromptu, necessary." tive and convinc- hard but needed." which impressed Jacqueline Hoffman, fourth-year ing. Something Amy Sullivan, senior majoring in me. Mrs. Clinton medical student (St. Louis) — "The must be done biology, pre-med (St. Louis) — "Mrs. is going to have a issues addressed about healthcare. Clinton stressed tough road to get are important I know many the importance her plan passed and all the five young people of caring for but she's going in the right direction." major points are working for low those individuals Jamesina Dickson, third-year medical things that most wages who have who are now student (St. Louis) — "Everything sounds people would no health insurance. That's just wrong." slipping through I good but she agree need to be Abdolreza Raissi, third-year medical the cracks of our never addressed fixed, like pro- student (Edina, Minn.) — "The points she healthcare sys- the questions: viding healthcare made have uni- tem. I was im- How are we going for the elderly, versal appeal but pressed because, to fund healthcare no pre-existing it was short on despite all of the for the poor and conditions, no details. The talk about the unemployed? limits, etc. Clinton plan will bureaucracy involved in reforming our What about the "She does speak about how insurance be a tremendous healthcare system, caring for those in need people who lose should be reapportioned among em- burden on the tax truly is at the heart of the plan. their job? Higher ployed, but what about the poor and payer and Ameri- "One concern I have, however, is that a taxes? Where's unemployed? Are we really going to have can business and system of rationing healthcare may arise I the money com- National Guard MASH units all over the will definitely and physicians may be forced to play God ing from? Seeing is worth believing." country? Where will the resources come require greater in deciding who receives care and who Marvin Graham Dobbs, senior in from? And what about people who have a I costs than the does not. This is a question Mrs. Clinton nursing (Farmington, Mo.) — "This was a medical problem and lose the job? I think current system. Malpractice was not did not address." softer, more we need to hear more about the nitty- diplomatic ap- gritty of where the healthcare dollars are proach than I've going to come from. Fourth computing forum scheduled for March 30 heard in the past. "Another question I have is since She focused on under the new plan many physicians will The fourth meeting of the Action discussion of computing and related points with be making less, will the cost of a medical Forum will be held from noon to issues. To submit an item for discussion which conserva- education go down?" 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, in before March 29, contact Dave Benson, tives and liberals Matthew Kim, second-year medical Room 118 Brown Hall. Participants will Campus Box 1221, or dave@fcrc- could agree, but student (Hartford, Conn.) — "While I discuss computing, networking and nexl.ccs.wustl.edu, or Vicky Witte, her rhetoric still strongly agree with the aims of the re- systems training available to members of Campus Box 1061, or vwitte@library. rests on hardship form plan, the undecided questions of the Washington University community. wustl.edu. Participants are invited to stories, which exactly how the plan will be implemented The forums, which are open, are bring their lunches. Soda and cookies will are highly subjective are a source of particular concern due to designed to provide an opportunity for be provided. portunities news

Mechanic (Welder) 50 wpm with accuracy. Duties: type occa- mated DNA sequencer or manual gels) Hilltop Campus 940193. Facilities Planning and Manage- sional correspondence for faculty mem- preferred. The following is a list of positions avail- ment. Requirements: High school graduate; bers; receive telephone calls and personal callers for the department; answer routine able on the Hilltop Campus. Information broad training in welding/steamfitring work Medical Research Technician regarding these and other positions may at a qualified technical school, plus experi- inquiries; type the semester course listings be obtained in the Office of Human Re- ence as a welder/steamfitter (in unusual for philosophy department and do prelimi- 940586-R. Cell Biology. Schedule: Full- sources, Room 126 North Brookings Hall, cases extensive experience can be substi- nary schedule for the days, times and time with occasional evenings and week- ends. Requirements: Bachelor's degree in or by calling 935-5990. Note: All posi- tuted for technical school training); proven rooms for each course; maintain and oper- biology, chemistry or related field; one to tions require three letters of recommenda- ability to work from blueprints, drawings ate copying equipment and postage meter; tion. and sketches; working knowledge of the use mail graduate school applications and two years experience as a lab technician; knowledge of molecular biology; knowl- of hand tools and the operation of hand and maintain files of students applying for admission; requisition supplies from cen- edge of techniques in working with DNA. RN/LPN shop power tools pertaining to the trade; tral stores; copy and mail placement appli- 940160. Health Service. Requirements: completion of accredited welding/ steamfitting apprenticeship program; abiiity cations; establish, maintain and revise Garage Attendant I Registered nurse and/or licensed practical departmental files. Clerical tests required. nurse for weekend infirmary duties. Sched- to fabricate railings, steps, platforms, etc.; 940632-R. Transportation. Schedule: Part- ule: (32 weekends) fall and spring semes- must furnish all necessary hand tools and be time, 17 hQurs per week from 4:30 p.m. to ters; may be eight or 12 hours from 7:30 able to identify all general tools and mate- Clinical Physician, Part-time 1 a.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Require- a.m. Saturdays to 7:30 a.m. Sundays. Appli- rial by name; must be willing to work University Health Service. Washington ments: High school graduate or equivalent; cation and resume required. overtime at night and on days off when University is seeking a physician with strong cashier experience preferred; good inter- called. Application required. clinical focus coupled with interest and personal and communication skills to serve heavy customer volume. Administrative Assistant experience in adolescent healthcare issues. Admission Counselor Special consideration will be given to candi- 940175. George Warren Brown School of 940194. Undergraduate Admission. Re- dates with an orientation toward health Secretary/Receptionist Social Work. Requirements: Some college; promotion and education. Qualifications: typing 45 wpm with accuracy; personal quirements: Bachelor's degree; a recent 940642-R. Psychiatry. Requirements: High Washington University graduate is strongly M.D.; three years of clinical practice beyond school graduate or equivalent; some post- computer proficiency, including word medical residency; board certification in processing and spreadsheets; understanding desired; availability for a great deal of high school training helpful; good grammar evening and weekend work; flexible, team- family practice, internal medicine or adoles- skills, phone manners; ability to work of funding guidelines that apply to the cent medicine; experience in college health preparation of proposals; ability to coordi- oriented, well organized a sense of humor. under pressure; typing 40 wpm with expe- This entry level position carries a two-year or community health education preferred; rience on WordPerfect. nate, write and proofread; above average progressive, creative, and student-oriented knowledge of English grammar and spell- appointment. Responsibilities include: recruitment travel, application evaluation, disposition, as well as strong interpersonal ing; self-study reaccreditation work. Clerical communication skills. The position is avail- Minority Affairs Assistant tests required. work with alumni and parents admission program and other responsibilities as as- able in summer 1994. Salary commensurate 940650-R. Minority Student Affairs. Re- signed. Resume required. with education, training and experience. quirements: High school graduate or Secretary Please submit a letter of application, resume equivalent, some college preferred; typing and three current letters of recommendation 55 wpm with experience on WordPerfect 940176. University College. Requirements: Mechanic (HVAC) Some college, associate's degree preferred; to Laurie Reitman, M.D., Director of Stu- 5.1; three to five years experience in a typing 50 wpm with accuracy; ability to 940195. Facilities Planning and Manage- dent Health, Washington University, Cam- college/university setting preferred. handle multiple tasks and establish priorities ment. Requirements: High school graduate; pus Box 1201, One Brookings Drive, St. under pressure; ability to meet public in a formal training in air conditioning, heating, Louis, Mo., 63130^1899. Medical Research Technician pleasant and professional manner; stamina; and refrigeration work from a qualified technical school, plus five years experience 940655-R. Anatomy. Requirements: ability to hand deliver correspondence and Bachelor's degree, preferably in the bio- packages across campus. Clerical tests as a heating, air conditioning and refrigera- Medical Campus tion mechanic; proven ability to work from logical sciences; one year of undergraduate required. The following is a partial list of positions blueprints, drawings and sketches; must chemistry course work and strong biology available at the School of Medicine. Em- know thermodynamic characteristics of background; familiarity with computers, ployees who are interested in submitting Oiler refrigerants, heat transfer of air and water preferably Macintosh; experience with a transfer request should contact the Hu- 940179. Euclid Power Plant. Requirements: and have certification for reclaiming refrig- microscopy, molecular biology preferred. man Resources Department of the medi- High school graduate; skill in the use of erants; must furnish all necessary hand cal school at 362-4920 to request an ap- tools and equipment; a general understand- tools and be able to identify all general tools Statistical Data Analyst plication. External candidates may call ing of power plant machinery; a history of and material by name; willingness to work 362-7195 for information regarding ap- 940663-R. Biostatistics. Requirements: dependability; mechanical aptitude; ability overtime at night and on days off when plication procedures or may submit a re- Bachelor's degree, master's degree pre- and willingness to follow instructions; one called upon for emergency matters. Appli- sume to the Human Resources office lo- ferred; SAS experience with data analysis year experience as an oiler in a plant of cation required. cated at 4480 Clayton Ave., Campus Box or data management; aptitude for numbers comparable size or comparable work experi- and strong communication skills. ence. Application required. 8002, St. Louis, Mo., 63110. Please note Lab Supervisor and Senior Technician that the medical school does not disclose 940196. Biology. Requirements: Bachelor's salary information for vacancies, and the Executive Director, Billing and Quad Shop Office Supervisor degree; no Ph.D. appropriate; experience in office strongly discourages inquiries to Collections 940184. Campus Stores. Requirements: Two bioanalytical chemistry in a large lab, departments other than Human Resources. 940680-R. Administration. Requirements: years college or secretarial/business school preferably in industry and/or government. Bachelor's degree, preferably with an training; well organized; ability to function Resume required. Departmental Administrator emphasis in business, finance or related in a fast-paced environment; ability to plan 940553-R. Biochemistry. Requirements: field, MBA or MHA highly desired; seven and coordinate work flow from multiple Administrative Assistant to 10 years experience in large faculty or sources; excellent customer service attitude; Bachelor's degree, with accounting or 940198. Medical Alumni and Development business administration preferred; five private practice or large healthcare facility typing 50 wpm with accuracy. Clerical tests with emphasis on management of patient required. Program. Requirements: Some college; years of experience in office, personnel, maturity, judgment and diplomacy; excel- financial management; experience working accounts, budgeting and third-party reim- lent communication skills, both oral and in a university setting preferred; strong bursement; good human relations and Counselor or Psychologist written; ability to communicate cordially analytical, numerical, oral and written interpersonal skills. 940186. Student Counseling Service. Re- and effectively with public constituencies, communication skills. quirements: Advanced professional clinical including deans, department heads, division Graduate Student Coordinator training and skill in psychology, counseling chiefs, and senior faculty and administra- Statistical Data Analyst 940688-R. Biology and Biomedical Science or social work; ability to provide treatment tors; ability to deal with confidential infor- 940580-R. Psychiatry. Requirements: Graduate Affairs. Requirements: High and outreach services to university students; mation in a responsible and professional Bachelor's degree in math, computer sci- school graduate or equivalent, some college experience and skill with students from manner; ability to balance and prioritize ence, data processing or related field; one preferred; three to five years experience in minority backgrounds and/or with men's diverse assignments; three years of general to two years SAS experience; knowledge of an independent, responsible position; good issues highly desirable. Resume required. office experience preferred; excellent WordPerfect, spreadsheets, LANS, DOS oral and written communication skills; writing and proofreading skills; proficiency and Unix; ability to use PC graphics pack- excellent organizational skills; experience with personal computer software, such as Counselor or Psychologist, Part-time ages for production of presentation-quality with word processing and personal com- Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, 940190. Student Counseling Service. Re- graphics and familiarity with large data puter; typing 55 wpm. Filemaker Pro, Lotus 1-2-3 or Microsoft quirements: Advanced professional clinical base management. training and skill in psychology, counseling Excel; typing 45 wpm with accuracy. Cleri- Contract Administrative Assistant cal tests required. or social work; ability to provide treatment Medical Research Technician 940692-R. Planning. Requirements: and outreach services to university students; Associate's degree from two-year paralegal experience and skill with students from Receptionist/Secretary 940581-R. Pathology. Requirements: Bachelor's degree with background in cell or legal assistant program; knowledge of minority backgrounds and/or men's issues 940199. Department of English. Require- and molecular biology and/or biochemis- business law, especially contracts and highly desirable. Resume required. ments: High school graduate; a cheerful and try; one to two years lab experience; ability warranties; strong written and verbal com- courteous disposition; flexible, attentiveness to work independently under guidelines munication skills. to detail; able to set priorities and work on Senior Project Leader from supervisor, tissue culture, protein numerous tasks with constant interruption; 940192. Computing and Communications. purification, DNA and RNA analyses Secretary II working knowledge of university proce- Requirements: Some college; five years skills. dures is preferred; general office experi- 940696-R. Administration. Schedule: Part- data processing experience; proven ability to ence; typing 50 wpm with accuracy. Cleri- time, 20 hours per week, days flexible. design, program and install major data Medical Research Technician Requirements: High school graduate or processing systems; proven ability to lead cal tests required. • 940583-R. Psychiatry. Requirements: equivalent, bachelor's degree preferred; two others in data processing project develop- years of secretarial experience; excellent ment; proven ability to design, write and. Department Secretary Bachelor's degree with knowledge of all theoretical aspects of molecular biology; organizational and communication skills; install MANTIS or FOCUS systems. Re- 940201. Department of Philosophy. Re- interest in genetics; practical experience IBM personal computer experience pre- sume required. quirements: High school graduate; typing with PCR and DNA sequencing (auto- ferred; typing 60 wpm. Position located at Monsanto, 800 N. Lindbergh.