contents------, Volume 127, Numb~r 7 .....----I------8dltorla\I------~-~---; Editor-in-Chief James F. Basile SCHOLASTIC February 5, 1986 General Manager Maher A. Mouasher . Design Editor Peter D. Wowkowych Managing Editor Matthew H. Bradley FEATURES Production Manager Barb Blanchette 2/Try It You'll Like It ...... irst, the good news: Notre Dame remains a highly competitive and desir­ by Jennifer Romeo able place to transfer. This past fall, admissions accepted 264 students. from an Administration 7/American Medical Education: Art applicant pool of 678. Pete Cespedes/Advertising and Science in Transition Now, the bad news: Once accepted, transfers pay the price of having to live Mike Hoffman/ Asst. General Mgr. by John Huebl off-campus, a choice only 17 percent of undergraduates make voluntarily. Michael Setzer/Circulation 13/0ffshore Medical Schools More good news: The average length of time a transfer must wait for on­ by John Huebl campus housing is just one semester. Editorial John Dettling/Sports 14/Cost Versus Quality The bad news: The wait can be much longer as transfers are forced to sign by Ted Kelleher leases which they cannot break (without penalty) when a room on campus finally Mary Dolan/Departments opens up for them. Mary Hartney/Student Life 19/Waiting Ted Kelleher/Nat. Affairs by Kris Anders The good news: Only fourteen men are waiting for housing at this time. All Jennifer Niederst/ Art fourteen have been contacted by housing at least once. Most are waiting to get Jean O'Bryan/Notre Dame 24/To Catch a Thief out of leases; some have declined on campus offers. by Chris Richardson Layout The bad news: Fifty women remain on the waiting list.· All these women 26/0h, For Those Glory Days have yet to receive notification bf on campus housing. Tim Arnold/Nat. Affairs by Joe Malvezzi . Transfer housing is a problem readily acknowledged by the office of student· Sue Serrato/Departments residences and students· alike. When students apply to transfer to Notre Dame, Kathleen Lau/Notre Dame they know they are not guaranteed on campus housing. Unfortunately, the Phil Flesch/Sports experience of living off-campus can be especially frustrating for these students ,Alfredo Marr /Student Life DEPARTMENTS , who often have worked extremely hard to be admitted to this school. It is espe­ Art 6/0n Other Campuses cially difficult to meet people. Off-campus living has its advantages but dorm by Paul Aiello activities provide the best opportunity to make friends. J ohn;)Gibbs/Cartoonist Mark Lechner/Catroonist I6/Coming Distractions Women transfers have a particularly difficult time because fewer women Compiled by Karen Dettling move between dorms and off-cainpus~ Ironically, many women do not move off­ Margaret Payne/Artist Colleen Syron/ Artist campus for safety concerns, yet this forces more transfer women to remain IS/Music without housing. Women off-campus without a car are in an especially precarious by Tom Brannigan situation. The opinions expressed in SCHOLASTIC are th~se of the authors and editors of SCHOLASTIC 29/Technology Student government has tried to ease the transition by sponsoring some and do not necessarily represent the opinions of by Jean Carey social gatherings, but more than this is needed. The prospect of living off-campus the entire editorial board of SCHOLASTIC or the should not be a daunting experience. If University money was targeted to create University of Notre Dame, its administration, 30/Final Word more attractive and safe· student housing, more juniors and seniors would move faculty, or student b~dy. Editorials, unless other­ by W.R. Mack off--bemifittin'g themselves and creating more room on campus. ' wise indicated, represent the opinion of the majority of the editorial board. 32/Cartoons Making· Notre Dame a better place for transfer students requires that SCHOLASTIC is represented for national by Mark Lechner and John Gibbs transfer. housing become a higher priority than it now is. When freshmen arrive advertising by CASS student advertising, Inc. at Notre Dame, they are given a warm welcome, participate in it long-planned Published bi-weekly during the school year except during vacation and examination periods, SCHO..; The ' Scholastic accepts letters orientation and are coddled by the Freshman Year of Studies. Transfers may LASTIC is printed at The Papers Inc. Milford, IN arrive a year or two later, but this is no reason for them to be left out in the from any interested reader. 46542. The subscription rate is $18.75 a year' and Please address all correspondence cold, literally. back issues are available from SCHOLASTIC. Please address all manuscripts to SCHOLASTIC, to: Letters, Scholastic Magazine, Notre Dame, IN 465.56. All unsolicited material 3rd Floor, LaFortune Student -SCHOLASTIC becomes the property of SCHOLASTIC. Copy­ Center, Notre Dame, IN, 46556. right © 1985 SCHOLASTIC. All rights reserved. Scholastic reserves the right to None of the contents may be reproduced without edit for clarity and space. permission.

SCHOLASTIC 1 contents------, Volume 127, Numb~r 7 .....----I------8dltorla\I------~-~---; Editor-in-Chief James F. Basile SCHOLASTIC February 5, 1986 General Manager Maher A. Mouasher . Design Editor Peter D. Wowkowych Managing Editor Matthew H. Bradley FEATURES Production Manager Barb Blanchette 2/Try It You'll Like It ...... irst, the good news: Notre Dame remains a highly competitive and desir­ by Jennifer Romeo able place to transfer. This past fall, admissions accepted 264 students. from an Administration 7/American Medical Education: Art applicant pool of 678. Pete Cespedes/Advertising and Science in Transition Now, the bad news: Once accepted, transfers pay the price of having to live Mike Hoffman/ Asst. General Mgr. by John Huebl off-campus, a choice only 17 percent of undergraduates make voluntarily. Michael Setzer/Circulation 13/0ffshore Medical Schools More good news: The average length of time a transfer must wait for on­ by John Huebl campus housing is just one semester. Editorial John Dettling/Sports 14/Cost Versus Quality The bad news: The wait can be much longer as transfers are forced to sign by Ted Kelleher leases which they cannot break (without penalty) when a room on campus finally Mary Dolan/Departments opens up for them. Mary Hartney/Student Life 19/Waiting Ted Kelleher/Nat. Affairs by Kris Anders The good news: Only fourteen men are waiting for housing at this time. All Jennifer Niederst/ Art fourteen have been contacted by housing at least once. Most are waiting to get Jean O'Bryan/Notre Dame 24/To Catch a Thief out of leases; some have declined on campus offers. by Chris Richardson Layout The bad news: Fifty women remain on the waiting list.· All these women 26/0h, For Those Glory Days have yet to receive notification bf on campus housing. Tim Arnold/Nat. Affairs by Joe Malvezzi . Transfer housing is a problem readily acknowledged by the office of student· Sue Serrato/Departments residences and students· alike. When students apply to transfer to Notre Dame, Kathleen Lau/Notre Dame they know they are not guaranteed on campus housing. Unfortunately, the Phil Flesch/Sports experience of living off-campus can be especially frustrating for these students ,Alfredo Marr /Student Life DEPARTMENTS , who often have worked extremely hard to be admitted to this school. It is espe­ Art 6/0n Other Campuses cially difficult to meet people. Off-campus living has its advantages but dorm by Paul Aiello activities provide the best opportunity to make friends. J ohn;)Gibbs/Cartoonist Mark Lechner/Catroonist I6/Coming Distractions Women transfers have a particularly difficult time because fewer women Compiled by Karen Dettling move between dorms and off-cainpus~ Ironically, many women do not move off­ Margaret Payne/Artist Colleen Syron/ Artist campus for safety concerns, yet this forces more transfer women to remain IS/Music without housing. Women off-campus without a car are in an especially precarious by Tom Brannigan situation. The opinions expressed in SCHOLASTIC are th~se of the authors and editors of SCHOLASTIC 29/Technology Student government has tried to ease the transition by sponsoring some and do not necessarily represent the opinions of by Jean Carey social gatherings, but more than this is needed. The prospect of living off-campus the entire editorial board of SCHOLASTIC or the should not be a daunting experience. If University money was targeted to create University of Notre Dame, its administration, 30/Final Word more attractive and safe· student housing, more juniors and seniors would move faculty, or student b~dy. Editorials, unless other­ by W.R. Mack off--bemifittin'g themselves and creating more room on campus. ' wise indicated, represent the opinion of the majority of the editorial board. 32/Cartoons Making· Notre Dame a better place for transfer students requires that SCHOLASTIC is represented for national by Mark Lechner and John Gibbs transfer. housing become a higher priority than it now is. When freshmen arrive advertising by CASS student advertising, Inc. at Notre Dame, they are given a warm welcome, participate in it long-planned Published bi-weekly during the school year except during vacation and examination periods, SCHO..; The ' Scholastic accepts letters orientation and are coddled by the Freshman Year of Studies. Transfers may LASTIC is printed at The Papers Inc. Milford, IN arrive a year or two later, but this is no reason for them to be left out in the from any interested reader. 46542. The subscription rate is $18.75 a year' and Please address all correspondence cold, literally. back issues are available from SCHOLASTIC. Please address all manuscripts to SCHOLASTIC, to: Letters, Scholastic Magazine, Notre Dame, IN 465.56. All unsolicited material 3rd Floor, LaFortune Student -SCHOLASTIC becomes the property of SCHOLASTIC. Copy­ Center, Notre Dame, IN, 46556. right © 1985 SCHOLASTIC. All rights reserved. Scholastic reserves the right to None of the contents may be reproduced without edit for clarity and space. permission.

SCHOLASTIC 1 particular internship and then Besides gaining insight into the submit it to the department. If the workings of a magazine, John's studcnt qualifies, we discuss job internship experience enabled Try 11- possibilities and provide him with him to find out where his a list of suitable places of employ­ interests lie and what aspects of ment. From this point on, it is up writing he enjoys the most. "In to the student to imike the initial the course of writing stories and contact with the prospecti\re' conducting interviews, I spoke to many of the most interesting peo­ I 'employcr' and sct- up an inter,..' I You'll Like It ple at Notre Dame. Not neces­ view." I INTERNS GET A TANTALIZING TASTE OF "THE REAL WORLD" sarily your Hesburghs, but others Once accepted into a program, "I was exposed to 'Cor­ who are real characters and spe­ the studcnt must allot time in his cial contributors to the school and class schcdule to allow from nine porate Culture.' I the community." I to twelve hours a week for the learned how to dress, job. In addition to the hours of As a public relations intern for work, the student is expected to walk, talk and act like a the Sports Information Depart­ turn in a midterm and final paper banker." ment, senior Greta Roemer saw I dcscribing the duties and results another side of Notre Dame. of the internship. Students are "You get a whole different view graded either "s" (satisfactory) or of what is involved in college "U" (unsatisfactory). At the end sports by helping with the publi­ I of the semester, Costello calls the city for the athletic department." I "employer" for an evaluation of In addition to spending many I the student's performance. hours at various games, Greta I worked on programs, guides, player biographies, season , , ' I . This past semester senior. John outlooks, statistics, rosters, press Internships ca~ be divided into releases and summaries. "A lot of I by Jellnifer Romeo two catcgories: "in-school" and Hines worked at Notre Dame Magazine. His daily responsibili­ time and commitment is involved summcr internships. "In-school" in the public relations field. This . Susan recently graduated from programs enable a student to par­ tjcs in this publishing internship included covering campus news internship was a good way to be college ,with an English degree. ticipate in a semester-long intern­ on the inside, to see what the job She enjoyed writing and assumed ship in addition to taking regular e~ents, rewriting press rcletlses, and re'searching facts, . in entailed and find out if my talents that a career working for a city courses. Although he is not given are in this area," she said. "It is a newspaper would be ideal for her, a salary, he ,does receive three manuscripts. John was expected to' contribute articles of his own really exciting job in which you even though she was unsure about credits. Summer internships are are given more responsibility as programs in, which a student is to the magazine. "The really nice exactly what the position entailed. you go along." A few. months into her job, she hired t~mporarily by a company tpjng ·;.Jabout this internship was was ffilserable. She found that the and paId. He pcrforms similar that I was treated like an equal As in any job, added responsi­ newspaper world's strict dead­ duties to those of full-time and given a lot of freedom and bility means challenge. By becom­ lines, high pressure, and fast pace employees while learning about responsibilities," he said. Another ing more involved in the organiza­ benefit he cited was attending the tion and accepting more duties, were not what she wanted. Could by professionals and is able to see the firm and the "tricks of the trade." Most students intern'. as editorial staff meetings which an intern will not only learn more this'situation have been avoided? what really goes on behind the juniors or seniors. were moved to the afternoons to about the occupation, but will scenes. In this way, one can make, Although Susan's is a accommodate him. "I got a feel also discover his own strengths a bettcr decision about what hypothetical account, this for the decision-making process Because of the first-hand and weaknesses. Senior Beth Roo­ dilemma is common to college career path to follow. "In-school" programs are , \ offered primarily by departments an,d the work that goes into put­ experience he receives, the stu- ney, who participated ina com­ graduates. Upon entering the Internships are beneficial for tipg a magazine together." dent, who has had an internship munity service internship with the "real world" many find the career in the College of Arts and Letters. other reasons" as wel1.' Workio,s " The Am~rican Studies major has . Learning the system of a par­ may be, hired over someone who 'American Red Cross, described they have chosen is not what they with an 'establishment- while still h.as not. Having an internship on her work as being "a little taste of ,expected it to' be. One step . internships '.in public relations ticular agency involves making in school can mean 'a job' with, 'publishing, community service' some mistakes. "One problem that one's resume, definitely has its a lot of things" including public towards resolving this problem, is t1).at same company in the future. advantages. "Notre Dame Maga­ relations, marketing,. writing, an-internship. Notre Dame spon­ ,historical research, news, .and I was. faced with was learning to Having actual work experience broadcasting. Most of these use a word processor. The first zine has a very good reputation research and field.work. "As my sors a ·numberof programs in' can help the student get the job' among publications. People in role increased, I had greater which a student takes an appren­ internships have an academic time I tried it I lost all of my he wants because he has worked ,prerequisite. American Studies material and had to rewrite my journalism "are familiar with it, chances to apply myself, test my tice, position in the career in in a professional 'atmosphere and which is a plus when applying for abilities and realize my potential," which he is interested. The stu­ Chairman Donald - P. Costello whole article! After I mastered it, has a better undcrstanding of stated, . "The . intern " candidate things went smoothly," recalled a job at another magazine or in a she observ~d. Doing a good job at dent works among and is guided what will be 'cxpected of him. 2 must fill out' an application for the John~ . related field," explained John. an internship can boost the 3 " SCHOLASTIC 5 FEBRUARY 1986 particular internship and then Besides gaining insight into the submit it to the department. If the workings of a magazine, John's studcnt qualifies, we discuss job internship experience enabled Try 11- possibilities and provide him with him to find out where his a list of suitable places of employ­ interests lie and what aspects of ment. From this point on, it is up writing he enjoys the most. "In to the student to imike the initial the course of writing stories and contact with the prospecti\re' conducting interviews, I spoke to many of the most interesting peo­ I 'employcr' and sct- up an inter,..' I You'll Like It ple at Notre Dame. Not neces­ view." I INTERNS GET A TANTALIZING TASTE OF "THE REAL WORLD" sarily your Hesburghs, but others Once accepted into a program, "I was exposed to 'Cor­ who are real characters and spe­ the studcnt must allot time in his cial contributors to the school and class schcdule to allow from nine porate Culture.' I the community." I to twelve hours a week for the learned how to dress, job. In addition to the hours of As a public relations intern for work, the student is expected to walk, talk and act like a the Sports Information Depart­ turn in a midterm and final paper banker." ment, senior Greta Roemer saw I dcscribing the duties and results another side of Notre Dame. of the internship. Students are "You get a whole different view graded either "s" (satisfactory) or of what is involved in college "U" (unsatisfactory). At the end sports by helping with the publi­ I of the semester, Costello calls the city for the athletic department." I "employer" for an evaluation of In addition to spending many I the student's performance. hours at various games, Greta I worked on programs, guides, player biographies, season , , ' I . This past semester senior. John outlooks, statistics, rosters, press Internships ca~ be divided into releases and summaries. "A lot of I by Jellnifer Romeo two catcgories: "in-school" and Hines worked at Notre Dame Magazine. His daily responsibili­ time and commitment is involved summcr internships. "In-school" in the public relations field. This . Susan recently graduated from programs enable a student to par­ tjcs in this publishing internship included covering campus news internship was a good way to be college ,with an English degree. ticipate in a semester-long intern­ on the inside, to see what the job She enjoyed writing and assumed ship in addition to taking regular e~ents, rewriting press rcletlses, and re'searching facts, . in entailed and find out if my talents that a career working for a city courses. Although he is not given are in this area," she said. "It is a newspaper would be ideal for her, a salary, he ,does receive three manuscripts. John was expected to' contribute articles of his own really exciting job in which you even though she was unsure about credits. Summer internships are are given more responsibility as programs in, which a student is to the magazine. "The really nice exactly what the position entailed. you go along." A few. months into her job, she hired t~mporarily by a company tpjng ·;.Jabout this internship was was ffilserable. She found that the and paId. He pcrforms similar that I was treated like an equal As in any job, added responsi­ newspaper world's strict dead­ duties to those of full-time and given a lot of freedom and bility means challenge. By becom­ lines, high pressure, and fast pace employees while learning about responsibilities," he said. Another ing more involved in the organiza­ benefit he cited was attending the tion and accepting more duties, were not what she wanted. Could by professionals and is able to see the firm and the "tricks of the trade." Most students intern'. as editorial staff meetings which an intern will not only learn more this'situation have been avoided? what really goes on behind the juniors or seniors. were moved to the afternoons to about the occupation, but will scenes. In this way, one can make, Although Susan's is a accommodate him. "I got a feel also discover his own strengths a bettcr decision about what hypothetical account, this for the decision-making process Because of the first-hand and weaknesses. Senior Beth Roo­ dilemma is common to college career path to follow. "In-school" programs are , \ offered primarily by departments an,d the work that goes into put­ experience he receives, the stu- ney, who participated ina com­ graduates. Upon entering the Internships are beneficial for tipg a magazine together." dent, who has had an internship munity service internship with the "real world" many find the career in the College of Arts and Letters. other reasons" as wel1.' Workio,s " The Am~rican Studies major has . Learning the system of a par­ may be, hired over someone who 'American Red Cross, described they have chosen is not what they with an 'establishment- while still h.as not. Having an internship on her work as being "a little taste of ,expected it to' be. One step . internships '.in public relations ticular agency involves making in school can mean 'a job' with, 'publishing, community service' some mistakes. "One problem that one's resume, definitely has its a lot of things" including public towards resolving this problem, is t1).at same company in the future. advantages. "Notre Dame Maga­ relations, marketing,. writing, an-internship. Notre Dame spon­ ,historical research, news, .and I was. faced with was learning to Having actual work experience broadcasting. Most of these use a word processor. The first zine has a very good reputation research and field.work. "As my sors a ·numberof programs in' can help the student get the job' among publications. People in role increased, I had greater which a student takes an appren­ internships have an academic time I tried it I lost all of my he wants because he has worked ,prerequisite. American Studies material and had to rewrite my journalism "are familiar with it, chances to apply myself, test my tice, position in the career in in a professional 'atmosphere and which is a plus when applying for abilities and realize my potential," which he is interested. The stu­ Chairman Donald - P. Costello whole article! After I mastered it, has a better undcrstanding of stated, . "The . intern " candidate things went smoothly," recalled a job at another magazine or in a she observ~d. Doing a good job at dent works among and is guided what will be 'cxpected of him. 2 must fill out' an application for the John~ . related field," explained John. an internship can boost the 3 " SCHOLASTIC 5 FEBRUARY 1986 ., ) • I •

intern's confidence about the Students whose major program salary as well as his own interest Mike Milani, a senior account­ "One of my most valu­ future. "Just getting out into the of studies does not include intern­ in the field and his ability. "One ing major, interned last summer able experiences in the world and getting a position, ships, need not feel at a disadvan­ of the most important things in with the New York Chase knowing that what I learned is tage. Through summer programs, the application process is to start Manhattan Bank. Like' Dave, he engineering internship applicable, having work pub­ they too can gain working experi­ early," stressed Graham. By benefitted, from the experience of was getting out in the lished, being able to make impor­ ence innumerous areas of October, juniors should have an internship but does not plan real world." tant decisions and gaining the interest. Finding an internship is completed their profiles and on going into the same type of respect of my coworkers have all similar to the process of hunting begun to mail in resumes with work after graduation. "The most been really good for my self­ for a full-time job. With planning, cover letters. "We supply packets important aspect of my internship esteem," said Beth initiative and creativity, the stu­ of samples to help them get was that I was exposed to 'Cor­ dent should show that what he started, and we are more than porate Culture.' I learned how to has to offer and wants to learn is happy to look over their resumes dress, walk, talk and act like a Students, however, are not the compatible with what the com­ with them," said Graham. banker." In addition, Mike only ones to gain from the intern­ pany has and needs. learned how to conduct himself in ship 'experience. From an After filling out a lengthy business situations. "It was like "employer's" point of view, application, Senior Mike Carroll, being immersed in an atmosphere The possibilities of summer interns can benefit the company an economics major, was selected that was totally different from internships are almost endless, but in a number of ways. Melany as an intern to work for Senator school's; There was no such thing i' where should a student look?, The I, Brewer, Beth's supervisor at the Al Simpson of Wyoming, in Wash­ as a flexible deadline -- work had Career and Placement Center, ii American Red Cross, recently ington, DC. According to Mike, to be finished when they said it located in the basement of the said, "Beth is a great deal of help. "It was a good way to see the had to be done and it had to be library, is one of the best r ,She brings with her a variety of area so I'll know if I want to live perfect! Getting to work early and skills, good writing abilities, new resources. Career and there in the future." He added, I, Placement's Nancy Graham said, staying beyond 5:00 was viewpoints and fresh ideas. Her "For someone serious about expected." Ii enthusiasm has a great effect, "The center provides information working on the Hill, it was a great II too." She continued, "Internships, such as company addresses, con­ way to get to know people who 'in general, wili always be good tact mimes and available posi­ hire and to make other contacts." Through their internships stu­ 1'1 I: learning experiences. As long as tions." The career library contains dents are given the opportunity to the intern wants to contribute and files, indexes and books which , In the case of businesses, hav­ combine and direct their accumu­ I is willing to work hard, the organ­ group the programs by occupation ing an internship can be an lated knowledge from classes to a I ization can't lose. It can be a posi­ and geographic region. In addi­ important way to get "your foot practical goal in the working I tive experience on both sides." tion, notices of companies looking iri the door". Dave Graham, a world. According to Liz Huber, I for interns are posted on the walls senior.) who worked last summer a senior engineering major who Besides American Studies, !. and around campus. Graham goes with a Management Informations interned with IBM, "One of my I, oth~r departments such as Sociol­ on to explain that "the center fur­ most valuable experiences in the I Group Division, sees internships r ogy ,and Communications offer nishes dates, times and applica­ as "a two-pronged pr9cess in engineering internship was getting in-school internships for credit. tions essential for on-campus' which 'potential employers are out in the real world. Classes and /, The Urban Studies internship for interviews. Many times, com­ giving you a look at their com­ the problems in the book idealize I' the sociology major requires six panies coming to recruit seniors pany while they're getting a look a lot of things. There is not r hours per week of work with a will leave several time slots open at you without giving you a per­ always a set answer in the real I community agency located in the world -- not everything works out to interview juniors looking for manent position." Overall, Dave "There is not always a I, South Bend area. The Department summer work." Other sources for was happy with the internship as planned. Sometimes, you just set answer in the real of Communications and Theatre internship information inClude because of the job-related experi­ have to improvise." sponsors broadcasting internships alumni clubs, academic clubs, ence it' provideC;1. "Although I world -- not everything for work at WNDU and for Chan- deans, ... .pr0f~ssors, advisors and As these students prove, 'a$ ,:;0 , don't plan on going into computer works out planned. ,nel 34. The Channel 34 assign­ word-of-mouth. In selecting programming, I 'learned a lot internships are a valuable learning" Sometimes, you just ment involves the actual crewing an 'internship, a student should experience; By' exposing students about the field by working with have to improvise." and producing of a live television take into consideration its struc­ experts,observing, and asking to a real work, atmosphere, confi­ show dealing with public affairs. ture, location, duration" and questions," he said. dence and knowledge are gained.

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intern's confidence about the Students whose major program salary as well as his own interest Mike Milani, a senior account­ "One of my most valu­ future. "Just getting out into the of studies does not include intern­ in the field and his ability. "One ing major, interned last summer able experiences in the world and getting a position, ships, need not feel at a disadvan­ of the most important things in with the New York Chase knowing that what I learned is tage. Through summer programs, the application process is to start Manhattan Bank. Like' Dave, he engineering internship applicable, having work pub­ they too can gain working experi­ early," stressed Graham. By benefitted, from the experience of was getting out in the lished, being able to make impor­ ence innumerous areas of October, juniors should have an internship but does not plan real world." tant decisions and gaining the interest. Finding an internship is completed their profiles and on going into the same type of respect of my coworkers have all similar to the process of hunting begun to mail in resumes with work after graduation. "The most been really good for my self­ for a full-time job. With planning, cover letters. "We supply packets important aspect of my internship esteem," said Beth initiative and creativity, the stu­ of samples to help them get was that I was exposed to 'Cor­ dent should show that what he started, and we are more than porate Culture.' I learned how to has to offer and wants to learn is happy to look over their resumes dress, walk, talk and act like a Students, however, are not the compatible with what the com­ with them," said Graham. banker." In addition, Mike only ones to gain from the intern­ pany has and needs. learned how to conduct himself in ship 'experience. From an After filling out a lengthy business situations. "It was like "employer's" point of view, application, Senior Mike Carroll, being immersed in an atmosphere The possibilities of summer interns can benefit the company an economics major, was selected that was totally different from internships are almost endless, but in a number of ways. Melany as an intern to work for Senator school's; There was no such thing i' where should a student look?, The I, Brewer, Beth's supervisor at the Al Simpson of Wyoming, in Wash­ as a flexible deadline -- work had Career and Placement Center, ii American Red Cross, recently ington, DC. According to Mike, to be finished when they said it located in the basement of the said, "Beth is a great deal of help. "It was a good way to see the had to be done and it had to be library, is one of the best r ,She brings with her a variety of area so I'll know if I want to live perfect! Getting to work early and skills, good writing abilities, new resources. Career and there in the future." He added, I, Placement's Nancy Graham said, staying beyond 5:00 was viewpoints and fresh ideas. Her "For someone serious about expected." Ii enthusiasm has a great effect, "The center provides information working on the Hill, it was a great II too." She continued, "Internships, such as company addresses, con­ way to get to know people who 'in general, wili always be good tact mimes and available posi­ hire and to make other contacts." Through their internships stu­ 1'1 I: learning experiences. As long as tions." The career library contains dents are given the opportunity to the intern wants to contribute and files, indexes and books which , In the case of businesses, hav­ combine and direct their accumu­ I is willing to work hard, the organ­ group the programs by occupation ing an internship can be an lated knowledge from classes to a I ization can't lose. It can be a posi­ and geographic region. In addi­ important way to get "your foot practical goal in the working I tive experience on both sides." tion, notices of companies looking iri the door". Dave Graham, a world. According to Liz Huber, I for interns are posted on the walls senior.) who worked last summer a senior engineering major who Besides American Studies, !. and around campus. Graham goes with a Management Informations interned with IBM, "One of my I, oth~r departments such as Sociol­ on to explain that "the center fur­ most valuable experiences in the I Group Division, sees internships r ogy ,and Communications offer nishes dates, times and applica­ as "a two-pronged pr9cess in engineering internship was getting in-school internships for credit. tions essential for on-campus' which 'potential employers are out in the real world. Classes and /, The Urban Studies internship for interviews. Many times, com­ giving you a look at their com­ the problems in the book idealize I' the sociology major requires six panies coming to recruit seniors pany while they're getting a look a lot of things. There is not r hours per week of work with a will leave several time slots open at you without giving you a per­ always a set answer in the real I community agency located in the world -- not everything works out to interview juniors looking for manent position." Overall, Dave "There is not always a I, South Bend area. The Department summer work." Other sources for was happy with the internship as planned. Sometimes, you just set answer in the real of Communications and Theatre internship information inClude because of the job-related experi­ have to improvise." sponsors broadcasting internships alumni clubs, academic clubs, ence it' provideC;1. "Although I world -- not everything for work at WNDU and for Chan- deans, ... .pr0f~ssors, advisors and As these students prove, 'a$ ,:;0 , don't plan on going into computer works out planned. ,nel 34. The Channel 34 assign­ word-of-mouth. In selecting programming, I 'learned a lot internships are a valuable learning" Sometimes, you just ment involves the actual crewing an 'internship, a student should experience; By' exposing students about the field by working with have to improvise." and producing of a live television take into consideration its struc­ experts,observing, and asking to a real work, atmosphere, confi­ show dealing with public affairs. ture, location, duration" and questions," he said. dence and knowledge are gained.

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~~~~~------~------~~ -----~~--- ,-- 5 I other campuses----:------.' . MEDICAL • ' . • AMERICAN •... " . e ••.•• :5. .: .:.1 • • ,. A; .... .' .. :...... EDUCATION: art and .' ." .... '. " ...... , ' I,.·t, ..•...... •...... ' . '.; .·0 . . •...... :~ ".. • ., '. I'·. " . . .' A.·•. ," .•.•. '.. ..' • • j ...... ~ ' ...... 'I- ~ ...... :.. .' ..•...... • .' ' In transition · . . .,..f -,.,. · ...... sCience I' ..·•• ~~•. , • .' .. ' .. , • f.' . • . : ~...... " i;, pace with modern medicine has Thus, by the time a student • by John Huebl placed great pressures on both the begins his first year of medical . '. '...... ~.:. 0' school he has already demon­ . . . nation's medical educators and .... .• strated his ability to do well in an ' ' society as a whole. ... •. ·t· .' ... ,academically competitive environ­ '. Preparation for a career as ment and to comprehend, assimi­ ... ,' a medical doctor begins long ~ . . late, and retain scientific .....• ·Medicine is, a great before a student enters medical knowledge, For years, however, • •• • school. Admissions requirements .• ,.~, ' • career and like most debate has raged about whether . .' . .. 'great things it does not ,are tough and the student must '. I ' this kind of undergraduate .,0,: ..• ,." come easily.' prove himself during his under­ I 10 . I.' .... preparation is appropriate for ...... graduate education. For the .class . ,~,.,' .... . either medical school or the actual . ~ . · entering medical school'in fall of • • ~ ,I • ,:' practice of medicine in the years ~ .. ' '. • 1984 the averageGPA was 3.51, ' , ' ' .• ,.:,' ' following post-graduate training. . .,-' ...... , -...... ,.. .. . with percent .of the students .." , " •• ·0·· . 42· ' , ~ '..' .. - " .' . . ,. · having achieved a GP A of 3.6 or One major concern is that ,'~" ' . .' • , ... , . '. 1e twentieth century has higher. Such high grades and pre-medical students are educated ..' : -.'~~"'" ,. scientific background are an indi­ too narrowly -- that their minimal ..• • • 0' • ,0 " • brougll~ extensive advances in " . , cation that as a group, these stu­ exposure to classes outside the .' ••• . .. ..•. medicine. Many fatal an.d' crip­ ' dents are highly motivated indivi­ scientific disciplines 'inhibits . ,. . , .;. e' ' ... pling diseases have been elim­ duals who committed themselves development of the interpersonal .' J" .•- ... inated by vaccines; major organs .. ,-,., ",I . ..•. to medical careers either before and analytical skills necessary to · ,. , , . " ',. can be replaced by artificial • .., ., , organs or transplants; . severed entering or during the first two be a good physician. In a concen­ · '. '. .•.... ,. limbs can be 'surgically' recon­ years of college. The average stu­ trated effort to acquire the kind " ..... ,... '., ' •. ~ . nected; and' conception can take dent accepted to medical school, of knowledge and academic • . record which will most likely gain : .,' in addition to having earned high . .' . ~ place, outside the' womb. Such .. . .•..... grades and 'having completed' a the student admission to medical .. stunning achievements, however beneficial for mankind, have rigorous science curriculum, also school, the pre-med might deprive , '.:~:.~~'.' 'J .created problems for the medical scored well on the Medical Col­ himself of the full range of oppor­ profession. Modern medicine lege Admission Test (MCA T), a tunities that an undergraduate education has to offer. In adocu­ demands physicians b~ more comprehensive exam required by • .~">' ',,1· , ment prepared for the Association technically competent and ethi­ most medical schools which tests ~.' ',f ' . of American Medical Colleges :, cally sophisticated than ever students in four areas: knowledge • ,". . . of science' (biology, chemistry, (AAMC), officials of Johns Hop­ . ,r before. The formidable task of producing physicians with the and physics), science problems, kins Medical School captured the outstanding personal and profes­ reading, and ·quantitative skills way pre-medstudents have come to look at college: "For them, col- • • . . sional qualities necessary to keep analysis. ~ ., ,\ :. 1 6 .. t.. • ,. • SCHOLASTIC 5 FEBRUARY 1986 i. 5 I other campuses----:------.' . MEDICAL • ' . • AMERICAN •... " . e ••.•• :5. .: .:.1 • • ,. A; .... .' .. :...... EDUCATION: art and .' ." .... '. " ...... , ' I,.·t, ..•...... •...... ' . '.; .·0 . . •...... :~ ".. • ., '. I'·. " . . .' A.·•. ," .•.•. '.. ..' • • j ...... ~ ' ...... 'I- ~ ...... :.. .' ..•...... • .' ' In transition · . . .,..f -,.,. · ...... sCience I' ..·•• ~~•. , • .' .. ' .. , • f.' . • . : ~...... " i;, pace with modern medicine has Thus, by the time a student • by John Huebl placed great pressures on both the begins his first year of medical . '. '...... ~.:. 0' school he has already demon­ . . . nation's medical educators and .... .• strated his ability to do well in an ' ' society as a whole. ... •. ·t· .' ... ,academically competitive environ­ '. Preparation for a career as ment and to comprehend, assimi­ ... ,' a medical doctor begins long ~ . . late, and retain scientific .....• ·Medicine is, a great before a student enters medical knowledge, For years, however, • •• • school. Admissions requirements .• ,.~, ' • career and like most debate has raged about whether . .' . .. 'great things it does not ,are tough and the student must '. I ' this kind of undergraduate .,0,: ..• ,." come easily.' prove himself during his under­ I 10 . I.' .... preparation is appropriate for ...... graduate education. For the .class . ,~,.,' .... . either medical school or the actual . ~ . · entering medical school'in fall of • • ~ ,I • ,:' practice of medicine in the years ~ .. ' '. • 1984 the averageGPA was 3.51, ' , ' ' .• ,.:,' ' following post-graduate training. . .,-' ...... , -...... ,.. .. . with percent .of the students .." , " •• ·0·· . 42· ' , ~ '..' .. - " .' . . ,. · having achieved a GP A of 3.6 or One major concern is that ,'~" ' . .' • , ... , . '. 1e twentieth century has higher. Such high grades and pre-medical students are educated ..' : -.'~~"'" ,. scientific background are an indi­ too narrowly -- that their minimal ..• • • 0' • ,0 " • brougll~ extensive advances in " . , cation that as a group, these stu­ exposure to classes outside the .' ••• . .. ..•. medicine. Many fatal an.d' crip­ ' dents are highly motivated indivi­ scientific disciplines 'inhibits . ,. . , .;. e' ' ... pling diseases have been elim­ duals who committed themselves development of the interpersonal .' J" .•- ... inated by vaccines; major organs .. ,-,., ",I . ..•. to medical careers either before and analytical skills necessary to · ,. , , . " ',. can be replaced by artificial • .., ., , organs or transplants; . severed entering or during the first two be a good physician. In a concen­ · '. '. .•.... ,. limbs can be 'surgically' recon­ years of college. The average stu­ trated effort to acquire the kind " ..... ,... '., ' •. ~ . nected; and' conception can take dent accepted to medical school, of knowledge and academic • . record which will most likely gain : .,' in addition to having earned high . .' . ~ place, outside the' womb. Such .. . .•..... grades and 'having completed' a the student admission to medical .. stunning achievements, however beneficial for mankind, have rigorous science curriculum, also school, the pre-med might deprive , '.:~:.~~'.' 'J .created problems for the medical scored well on the Medical Col­ himself of the full range of oppor­ profession. Modern medicine lege Admission Test (MCA T), a tunities that an undergraduate education has to offer. In adocu­ demands physicians b~ more comprehensive exam required by • .~">' ',,1· , ment prepared for the Association technically competent and ethi­ most medical schools which tests ~.' ',f ' . of American Medical Colleges :, cally sophisticated than ever students in four areas: knowledge • ,". . . of science' (biology, chemistry, (AAMC), officials of Johns Hop­ . ,r before. The formidable task of producing physicians with the and physics), science problems, kins Medical School captured the outstanding personal and profes­ reading, and ·quantitative skills way pre-medstudents have come to look at college: "For them, col- • • . . sional qualities necessary to keep analysis. ~ ., ,\ :. 1 6 .. t.. • ,. • SCHOLASTIC 5 FEBRUARY 1986 i. &

physics. If a student were to do By the time a student and teachers downplay its vali­ well in each of these courses, he enters med school, he dity. Says Fr. Austgen, "Pre­ could then relax and take a must already have meds, on the whole, enter college variety of non-science courses. demonstrated his ability knowing exactly what they want Having demonstrated his ability to do well in an acad.ern­ to do, a,nd they are committed to to handle scientific subjects, he ically competitIVe success~ right from the start. would not need to take addi­ environment. Goal-oriented students like these tional, more specific science " . '" • '_ ~ i • ~' ~ -' .. 0 tend to study hard and strive for courses in order to pick up a few the best academic record they can extra points on the MCA T. achieve. Their natural inclination to do their best does not mean Most students and faculty that they feel pitted against one of both undergraduate colleges another. A highly motivated indi­ and medical schools doubt that vidual pursuing a dream usually the change at Johns Hopkins will competes only against himself." bring about any major revisions of admissions requirements in the These sentiments were near future. "Johns Hopkins is echoed by a, senior in the science one of the most prestigious medi­ pre-professional program at Notre cal schools in the country," com­ Dame. "Sure, pre-meds study mented Fr. Robert Austgen, advi­ hard, but so do students in other sor to undergraduates in the arts disciplines who want t~ ~e ~uc- and letters pre-professional pro­ . cessful," he said. "Medicme' IS a gram at Notre Dame. "They are great career, and like most: great able to fill their slots with the things, it does not come e~sllY. It requires a lot of preparat~on a~d Dr. Thomas Troeger Director, IUSB Medical Program brightest students from the best undergraduate institutions in the hard work. My own experIence m . country. Everyone knows that a pre-med is limited to Notre Dame where I've found most of student from Harvard with a strong science background and a the students to be friendly and cooperative. There are many close 3.8 GPA will be able to handle friendships among pre-meds, and the course load in medical school. But what of a student from a we all want success for the others lege is not a place to sharpen crit­ rather than biochemistry in col­ lesser institutiori with a' 3.0 or a as well as ourselves." The student ical skills, investigate opinions, lege. In fact 90 percent of the stu­ 3.1? While the MCA T may not be did admit that some pre-meds and experierice intellectual stimu­ dents accepted to, the freshman a perfect predictor of success, it is study too. much, but he insisted lation and growth. It is a mine class of 1984-85 majored iil'sci­ an objective means of ranking that the majority of these students field to keep them from achieving ence as undergraduates. do it not from a cutthroat com­ stuaems . In terms' of acquired their goal of entering medical petitive perspective,· but simply knowledge and quantitative skills, school." 'Last year Johns Hopkins because they are perfectionists. Medical School dropped the and as such is a valuable tool for The AAMC panel suggests "They're the kind who would MCAT as a requirement for medical schools who must ,try to study hard in any major," he said. that pre-med students should select the best candidates from· a admission, in an effort to stress "They wa~t a challenge, they like spend less time on science courses large number. of applicants." Rev. Robert J. Austgen, C.S.C. the importance of a liberal educa­ to push themselves. If they were in college, and stresses the impor­ tion in preparation',for· medicine. to take up jogging for fun or exer­ tance ·of a well-rounded education In addition to the concern The primary advantage in drop­ about the curriculum of pre-meds, cise, they'd soon be training for a in the liberal arts. "To appreciate ping the MCA T as an entrance much ~ttenticin and concern have the many dimensions of human marathon." requirement is that talented stu­ been addressed to the competi-. experience requires informed dents who have excelled in the tiveness of their undergraduate While it is important Academically, pre-meds are 'reflection upon the literature, the basic sciences will not feel pres­ training for what could be con­ philosophy, and the arts that are environment. Pre-meds are typi­ that a physician be sen­ j sured into taking additional sci­ cally stereotyped as students who sitive and compas­ sidered a schooling marathon: included in the cultural heritage ence courses in order to ensure a four years of medical school after of all people in our society," the concentrate exclusively on science sionate, it is even more high score on a standardized, courses, ,and compete fiercely for important that he be college, and three to six yea~s. of panel said. The panel noted that scientific test. Medical schools residency after that. CompetItIon the current medical admissions top grades, generating suspicion informed and com­ generally require one full year of and animosity among themselves. petent. for admission to medical school is process does little to encourage each of the following: general and intense. In 1985, only 48 percent students to risk taking poetry Despite the popularity of this :[: organic chemistry, biology, and stereotype, most pre-med students of the 35,994 students who 8 9 SCHOLASTIC 5 FEBRUARY 1986 &

physics. If a student were to do By the time a student and teachers downplay its vali­ well in each of these courses, he enters med school, he dity. Says Fr. Austgen, "Pre­ could then relax and take a must already have meds, on the whole, enter college variety of non-science courses. demonstrated his ability knowing exactly what they want Having demonstrated his ability to do well in an acad.ern­ to do, a,nd they are committed to to handle scientific subjects, he ically competitIVe success~ right from the start. would not need to take addi­ environment. Goal-oriented students like these tional, more specific science " . '" • '_ ~ i • ~' ~ -' .. 0 tend to study hard and strive for courses in order to pick up a few the best academic record they can extra points on the MCA T. achieve. Their natural inclination to do their best does not mean Most students and faculty that they feel pitted against one of both undergraduate colleges another. A highly motivated indi­ and medical schools doubt that vidual pursuing a dream usually the change at Johns Hopkins will competes only against himself." bring about any major revisions of admissions requirements in the These sentiments were near future. "Johns Hopkins is echoed by a, senior in the science one of the most prestigious medi­ pre-professional program at Notre cal schools in the country," com­ Dame. "Sure, pre-meds study mented Fr. Robert Austgen, advi­ hard, but so do students in other sor to undergraduates in the arts disciplines who want t~ ~e ~uc- and letters pre-professional pro­ . cessful," he said. "Medicme' IS a gram at Notre Dame. "They are great career, and like most: great able to fill their slots with the things, it does not come e~sllY. It requires a lot of preparat~on a~d Dr. Thomas Troeger Director, IUSB Medical Program brightest students from the best undergraduate institutions in the hard work. My own experIence m . country. Everyone knows that a pre-med is limited to Notre Dame where I've found most of student from Harvard with a strong science background and a the students to be friendly and cooperative. There are many close 3.8 GPA will be able to handle friendships among pre-meds, and the course load in medical school. But what of a student from a we all want success for the others lege is not a place to sharpen crit­ rather than biochemistry in col­ lesser institutiori with a' 3.0 or a as well as ourselves." The student ical skills, investigate opinions, lege. In fact 90 percent of the stu­ 3.1? While the MCA T may not be did admit that some pre-meds and experierice intellectual stimu­ dents accepted to, the freshman a perfect predictor of success, it is study too. much, but he insisted lation and growth. It is a mine class of 1984-85 majored iil'sci­ an objective means of ranking that the majority of these students field to keep them from achieving ence as undergraduates. do it not from a cutthroat com­ stuaems . In terms' of acquired their goal of entering medical petitive perspective,· but simply knowledge and quantitative skills, school." 'Last year Johns Hopkins because they are perfectionists. Medical School dropped the and as such is a valuable tool for The AAMC panel suggests "They're the kind who would MCAT as a requirement for medical schools who must ,try to study hard in any major," he said. that pre-med students should select the best candidates from· a admission, in an effort to stress "They wa~t a challenge, they like spend less time on science courses large number. of applicants." Rev. Robert J. Austgen, C.S.C. the importance of a liberal educa­ to push themselves. If they were in college, and stresses the impor­ tion in preparation',for· medicine. to take up jogging for fun or exer­ tance ·of a well-rounded education In addition to the concern The primary advantage in drop­ about the curriculum of pre-meds, cise, they'd soon be training for a in the liberal arts. "To appreciate ping the MCA T as an entrance much ~ttenticin and concern have the many dimensions of human marathon." requirement is that talented stu­ been addressed to the competi-. experience requires informed dents who have excelled in the tiveness of their undergraduate While it is important Academically, pre-meds are 'reflection upon the literature, the basic sciences will not feel pres­ training for what could be con­ philosophy, and the arts that are environment. Pre-meds are typi­ that a physician be sen­ j sured into taking additional sci­ cally stereotyped as students who sitive and compas­ sidered a schooling marathon: included in the cultural heritage ence courses in order to ensure a four years of medical school after of all people in our society," the concentrate exclusively on science sionate, it is even more high score on a standardized, courses, ,and compete fiercely for important that he be college, and three to six yea~s. of panel said. The panel noted that scientific test. Medical schools residency after that. CompetItIon the current medical admissions top grades, generating suspicion informed and com­ generally require one full year of and animosity among themselves. petent. for admission to medical school is process does little to encourage each of the following: general and intense. In 1985, only 48 percent students to risk taking poetry Despite the popularity of this :[: organic chemistry, biology, and stereotype, most pre-med students of the 35,994 students who 8 9 SCHOLASTIC 5 FEBRUARY 1986 s

applied were accepted to med Smith's proposals for school. The competitive nature of cal education to a passive and less an essential one. "I believe tedious experience in rote learn- , that the closer a person gets to the change in medical education both pre-med undergraduate parallel those suggested by Dr. training and the medical school ing. "At present, most medical limit of his knowledge, the more students are taught by methods likely he is to make a mistake," Awbrey. Awbrey writes, "A admissions process may have its major concern of mine, a concern disadvantages, but it does select a that make them passive recipients he said. The student also offered of information rather than active two suggestions for cutting the that I wish had been much· better group of students with very addressed while I was a student, strong academic credentials. participants in their own intellec­ time spent in lecture, "First, they tual growth," according to a should just give you the essential is that of being prepared to learn Once a student enters medi­ information in an easily memoriz­ throughout my professional life­ !. AAMC recent report. While the i' ., cal school, he is committed to tremendous increase of scientific able form. They should write text­ time." Both Smith and Awbrey I·." . • propose that medical students be i' doing little else besides hard work information is a recent books and outlines which are ~ for the next four years of his life. phenomenon, criticism of medical designed to be memorized, and given greater exposure to According to Dr. Tom Troeger problem-solving exercises in order . .' education is nothing new. An then simply hand them to you and dIrector of the IUSB medlCal pro- AAMC summary of a study in let you take them home and study to foster analytical skills, imagina­ gram which holds classes on the 1932 shows that over fifty years them on your own time. This tion, and creativity. They also call Notre Dame campus, the first ago, educators were concerned would save the time and tedium for more time in lab and less in year is the hardest of all. "The about many of the same issues of having to sit in lecture and lecture halls as well as a greater freshman year is especially diffi­ they still face today. The study copy all of it down. Second, they integration of factuai learning cult because of the large volume deplored the fact that medical should devote teaching time to with clinical experience. of material the student is required students spent too many hours in getting the students involved in The current medical educa­ to learn," he said. "Most fresh­ lectures where they are subjected labs, research, and clinical appli­ tion typically includes four years men are relieved when that first to "too many details, often of cation of the knowledge the stu­ of medical school followed by year is over." The second year is temporary, miscellaneous, and dent is acquiring on his own." three to six years of residency. not necessarily easier academi­ inconsequential value." The first two years of medical In his article "Medical Edu­ cally than the first, but by that school are spent mastering basic cation for the 21st Century", time the student is more experi­ sciences which are considered Despite such criticisms, the Lloyd H. Smith, Jr., MD, makes a enced and thus better able to essential background for all physi­ simple fact remains that a doctor number of pointed observations cope with the work. cians. Clinical experience is needs to have a solid grounding about the nature of medicine, minimal in the first two years The growth and expansion in medical science, and the place some of its current problems, and (often there is none at all in the , of scientific knowledge and infor­ to acquire this basic knowledge is its hopes for the future. Smith dis­ first year), but becomes extensive mation in recent years has made it medical school. . While it is impor­ tinguishes between medicine as a in the third and fourth years, dur­ increasingly difficult to teach first tant that. a physician be sensitive science and medicine as an art. ing which time the student parti­ and second-year medical students and compassionate, it is even As a science, "Medicine is cipates in it series of rotating everything they need to know. more important that he be applied biology, openly and tri­ clerkships in the different special­ Medical schools have been criti­ informed and competent. Trying umphantly. Obviously unin­ ties within the medical field. cized for over-burdening medical to find time to teach all of the formed humanism is not medi­ Usually by the beginning of the students with an unreasonable factual, ;:;)analytical, ethical, and cine, in fact, the deepest compas­ fourth year, the student will have amount of factual information to humanitari~n aspects of medicine sion may be that of making the chosen a specialty which he memorize~ In the February 1985 to students in medical school is right diagnosis." He goes on to Journal of Medical Education, extremely difficult. Of the factual would like to enter and is begin­ .I •. stress however, that factual I • ning to apply for residencies Brian Awbrey, MD states, "Medi­ information alone, Dr. Troeger knowledge is not what ought to within that specialty. :f=: i cal students are deeply concerned says, "We know that we cannot be emphasized in medical school, \-...... ,,/ about the mastery of an enormous teach it all, but it's difficult to put because there ,are many more Whereas medical school and expanding amount of scien­ a filter on it. In the end, what facts than a person can ever learn provides a would-be doctor' with tific information, all of which limits us is time -- the faculty has or remember. "Education," he background information and gen­ faculties seem to feel' must be a limited amount of time in which says, "is what you have left when eral exposure to the 'various presented in lecture form. This to teach the students, and in'that you have forgotten the facts." Dr. aspects of, clinical medicine, practice has led more than' one limited time they try to present Smith views committment to con­ residency is where the medical student, including myself, to the what they consider most impor­ tinued self-education as the most school graduate acquires the conclusion that they were being tant." . important value that must be experience and specific lectured to death." One second-year medical instilled in medical students knowledge, skills, and expertise . Educators als'o express con­ student . at IUSB claimed that today. "We c;annot teach medicine that he must have before he can cern that, the' overwhelnling memorizing vast amounts of fac- , for the 21st century for the simple practice on his own. The resident amount of information a student tual knowledge is not a pleasant reason that most of it does not gradually acquires greater and must memorize has reducedmedi- currently exist," he says. greater responsibility and author- learning experience, but nonethe- Ii 10 SCHOLASTIC 5 FEBRUARY, 1986 11 :i 'I' i J s

applied were accepted to med Smith's proposals for school. The competitive nature of cal education to a passive and less an essential one. "I believe tedious experience in rote learn- , that the closer a person gets to the change in medical education both pre-med undergraduate parallel those suggested by Dr. training and the medical school ing. "At present, most medical limit of his knowledge, the more students are taught by methods likely he is to make a mistake," Awbrey. Awbrey writes, "A admissions process may have its major concern of mine, a concern disadvantages, but it does select a that make them passive recipients he said. The student also offered of information rather than active two suggestions for cutting the that I wish had been much· better group of students with very addressed while I was a student, strong academic credentials. participants in their own intellec­ time spent in lecture, "First, they tual growth," according to a should just give you the essential is that of being prepared to learn Once a student enters medi­ information in an easily memoriz­ throughout my professional life­ !. AAMC recent report. While the i' ., cal school, he is committed to tremendous increase of scientific able form. They should write text­ time." Both Smith and Awbrey I·." . • propose that medical students be i' doing little else besides hard work information is a recent books and outlines which are ~ for the next four years of his life. phenomenon, criticism of medical designed to be memorized, and given greater exposure to According to Dr. Tom Troeger problem-solving exercises in order . .' education is nothing new. An then simply hand them to you and dIrector of the IUSB medlCal pro- AAMC summary of a study in let you take them home and study to foster analytical skills, imagina­ gram which holds classes on the 1932 shows that over fifty years them on your own time. This tion, and creativity. They also call Notre Dame campus, the first ago, educators were concerned would save the time and tedium for more time in lab and less in year is the hardest of all. "The about many of the same issues of having to sit in lecture and lecture halls as well as a greater freshman year is especially diffi­ they still face today. The study copy all of it down. Second, they integration of factuai learning cult because of the large volume deplored the fact that medical should devote teaching time to with clinical experience. of material the student is required students spent too many hours in getting the students involved in The current medical educa­ to learn," he said. "Most fresh­ lectures where they are subjected labs, research, and clinical appli­ tion typically includes four years men are relieved when that first to "too many details, often of cation of the knowledge the stu­ of medical school followed by year is over." The second year is temporary, miscellaneous, and dent is acquiring on his own." three to six years of residency. not necessarily easier academi­ inconsequential value." The first two years of medical In his article "Medical Edu­ cally than the first, but by that school are spent mastering basic cation for the 21st Century", time the student is more experi­ sciences which are considered Despite such criticisms, the Lloyd H. Smith, Jr., MD, makes a enced and thus better able to essential background for all physi­ simple fact remains that a doctor number of pointed observations cope with the work. cians. Clinical experience is needs to have a solid grounding about the nature of medicine, minimal in the first two years The growth and expansion in medical science, and the place some of its current problems, and (often there is none at all in the , of scientific knowledge and infor­ to acquire this basic knowledge is its hopes for the future. Smith dis­ first year), but becomes extensive mation in recent years has made it medical school. . While it is impor­ tinguishes between medicine as a in the third and fourth years, dur­ increasingly difficult to teach first tant that. a physician be sensitive science and medicine as an art. ing which time the student parti­ and second-year medical students and compassionate, it is even As a science, "Medicine is cipates in it series of rotating everything they need to know. more important that he be applied biology, openly and tri­ clerkships in the different special­ Medical schools have been criti­ informed and competent. Trying umphantly. Obviously unin­ ties within the medical field. cized for over-burdening medical to find time to teach all of the formed humanism is not medi­ Usually by the beginning of the students with an unreasonable factual, ;:;)analytical, ethical, and cine, in fact, the deepest compas­ fourth year, the student will have amount of factual information to humanitari~n aspects of medicine sion may be that of making the chosen a specialty which he memorize~ In the February 1985 to students in medical school is right diagnosis." He goes on to Journal of Medical Education, extremely difficult. Of the factual would like to enter and is begin­ .I •. stress however, that factual I • ning to apply for residencies Brian Awbrey, MD states, "Medi­ information alone, Dr. Troeger knowledge is not what ought to within that specialty. :f=: i cal students are deeply concerned says, "We know that we cannot be emphasized in medical school, \-...... ,,/ about the mastery of an enormous teach it all, but it's difficult to put because there ,are many more Whereas medical school and expanding amount of scien­ a filter on it. In the end, what facts than a person can ever learn provides a would-be doctor' with tific information, all of which limits us is time -- the faculty has or remember. "Education," he background information and gen­ faculties seem to feel' must be a limited amount of time in which says, "is what you have left when eral exposure to the 'various presented in lecture form. This to teach the students, and in'that you have forgotten the facts." Dr. aspects of, clinical medicine, practice has led more than' one limited time they try to present Smith views committment to con­ residency is where the medical student, including myself, to the what they consider most impor­ tinued self-education as the most school graduate acquires the conclusion that they were being tant." . important value that must be experience and specific lectured to death." One second-year medical instilled in medical students knowledge, skills, and expertise . Educators als'o express con­ student . at IUSB claimed that today. "We c;annot teach medicine that he must have before he can cern that, the' overwhelnling memorizing vast amounts of fac- , for the 21st century for the simple practice on his own. The resident amount of information a student tual knowledge is not a pleasant reason that most of it does not gradually acquires greater and must memorize has reducedmedi- currently exist," he says. greater responsibility and author- learning experience, but nonethe- Ii 10 SCHOLASTIC 5 FEBRUARY, 1986 11 :i 'I' i J ". ).'. - ~ -,-. . - - .. - . . ..-

ity as he moves through the years from among 11,000 available of training. Most residents view residency slots. In 1985, 28,500 their postgraduate training with students vied for 18,500 positions. mixed feelings. The years are Of these students who applied for challenging and exciting, but also residencies in 1985, 16,300 were very tiring and stressful. Experi­ graduates of regular four-year ence is gained by doing American medical schools. The everything -- beginning with the rest came from a variety of. other _most menial tasks as a first-year backgrounds and institutions resident and progressing toward including military medical the responsibilities of an indepen­ schools, foreign medical schools, dent physician; which means 'Pre-meds, on the whole, and osteopathic schools. attending thousands of operations enter college knowing and diagnoses and missing a lot of exactly what they want Once the residency is com­ sleep. Residents perform the ser­ to do, and they. are com­ pleted, the official training is over vices of attending physicians, mitted to success right and the doctor- is ready to prac­ laboratory personnel, messengers, from the start.' tice on his own. Doctors who are secretaries, orderlies, social work­ beginning their careers at this ers, and LV. nurses. time are entering a medical world in a state of flux. American Residency, like the rest of society is in the process of deter­ medical practice and medical edu­ mining what kind of medical sys­ cation, is currently being ..affected tem will provide the most fair and by shifts, changes, and crises in a efficient health care. Experts have number of areas. Two major fac­ adopted a variety of positions tors are affecting residency pro­ about, what should be done to grams in the U.S. right now. The governmental and private con­ promote research, contain costs, first is the trend toward increas­ tingencies struggle to keep medi­ and' extend service to the poor. ing specialization and subspeciali­ cal costs under control. The fer­ Proposals range from a: socialized zation caused by the tremendous vor in Congress to reduce the system in which the government growth of science and technology federal budget deficit has controls all, to a system of free during the past decade. The prompted a close look at the 2 bil­ enterprise in which competition second is the financial strain of lion dollars spent annually by the among doctors is encouraged and high medical costs. Dr. Troeger federal government in support of for-profit hospitals are allowed to claims that these factors are exert­ residency training programs. flourish. ing opposing forces - on the Whlle federal and state tax dOllars Regardless of what formal residency programs. On the one are not the only source of sup­ port, they supply a large percen­ structures evolve, it is hoped that hand, the trend toward subspe­ physicians' basic ideals of scholar­ .J cialization tends - to lengthen tage of the necessary funds, :;lnd if I' ship, compassion, and dedication residencies because doctors need these funds are cut back, the I will never change. David Rogers, I more time to master all of the spe­ number of available residency MD, speaking at a conference at cial skills and knowledge of such slots will decrease. A recent Ohio State University College of I specific disciplines. One cannot GMENAC report predicted a I Medicine in March of 1984, subspecialize until one has spe­ surplus of 70,000 physicians by shared these thoughts, "Over cialized, and the years can add 1990. Therefore, many govern­ II' time, society tends to, reward ! up. On the other hand, financial ment and medical officials believe groups that aspire to noble goals pressures exerted both by hospi­ that reducing the number of I. like improving the human condi­ i residencies is a viable way of tals and the government work to tion; That is what spawned physi­ i reducing health costs and expen­ constrain the length of the cians in the first place. They' residency programs. ditures. should- hang on to that high . This proposed reduction in ground." If those involved in the Until now, these opposing residencies,however, comes at a American medical, education forces have kept residencies time when there is greater com~ remain true to, these ideals, the somewhat stable, but· this could, petition for these spaces than ever country will produce the kind of change. Financial problems have before. Thirty years' . ago; .7000 doctors it needs tom:eet the needs medical school, graduates' chose of modern medicine.- ' become increasingly acute as both , " 12 - SCHOLASTIC

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ity as he moves through the years from among 11,000 available of training. Most residents view residency slots. In 1985, 28,500 their postgraduate training with students vied for 18,500 positions. mixed feelings. The years are Of these students who applied for challenging and exciting, but also residencies in 1985, 16,300 were very tiring and stressful. Experi­ graduates of regular four-year ence is gained by doing American medical schools. The everything -- beginning with the rest came from a variety of. other _most menial tasks as a first-year backgrounds and institutions resident and progressing toward including military medical the responsibilities of an indepen­ schools, foreign medical schools, dent physician; which means 'Pre-meds, on the whole, and osteopathic schools. attending thousands of operations enter college knowing and diagnoses and missing a lot of exactly what they want Once the residency is com­ sleep. Residents perform the ser­ to do, and they. are com­ pleted, the official training is over vices of attending physicians, mitted to success right and the doctor- is ready to prac­ laboratory personnel, messengers, from the start.' tice on his own. Doctors who are secretaries, orderlies, social work­ beginning their careers at this ers, and LV. nurses. time are entering a medical world in a state of flux. American Residency, like the rest of society is in the process of deter­ medical practice and medical edu­ mining what kind of medical sys­ cation, is currently being ..affected tem will provide the most fair and by shifts, changes, and crises in a efficient health care. Experts have number of areas. Two major fac­ adopted a variety of positions tors are affecting residency pro­ about, what should be done to grams in the U.S. right now. The governmental and private con­ promote research, contain costs, first is the trend toward increas­ tingencies struggle to keep medi­ and' extend service to the poor. ing specialization and subspeciali­ cal costs under control. The fer­ Proposals range from a: socialized zation caused by the tremendous vor in Congress to reduce the system in which the government growth of science and technology federal budget deficit has controls all, to a system of free during the past decade. The prompted a close look at the 2 bil­ enterprise in which competition second is the financial strain of lion dollars spent annually by the among doctors is encouraged and high medical costs. Dr. Troeger federal government in support of for-profit hospitals are allowed to claims that these factors are exert­ residency training programs. flourish. ing opposing forces - on the Whlle federal and state tax dOllars Regardless of what formal residency programs. On the one are not the only source of sup­ port, they supply a large percen­ structures evolve, it is hoped that hand, the trend toward subspe­ physicians' basic ideals of scholar­ .J cialization tends - to lengthen tage of the necessary funds, :;lnd if I' ship, compassion, and dedication residencies because doctors need these funds are cut back, the I will never change. David Rogers, I more time to master all of the spe­ number of available residency MD, speaking at a conference at cial skills and knowledge of such slots will decrease. A recent Ohio State University College of I specific disciplines. One cannot GMENAC report predicted a I Medicine in March of 1984, subspecialize until one has spe­ surplus of 70,000 physicians by shared these thoughts, "Over cialized, and the years can add 1990. Therefore, many govern­ II' time, society tends to, reward ! up. On the other hand, financial ment and medical officials believe groups that aspire to noble goals pressures exerted both by hospi­ that reducing the number of I. like improving the human condi­ i residencies is a viable way of tals and the government work to tion; That is what spawned physi­ i reducing health costs and expen­ constrain the length of the cians in the first place. They' residency programs. ditures. should- hang on to that high . This proposed reduction in ground." If those involved in the Until now, these opposing residencies,however, comes at a American medical, education forces have kept residencies time when there is greater com~ remain true to, these ideals, the somewhat stable, but· this could, petition for these spaces than ever country will produce the kind of change. Financial problems have before. Thirty years' . ago; .7000 doctors it needs tom:eet the needs medical school, graduates' chose of modern medicine.- ' become increasingly acute as both , " 12 - SCHOLASTIC

I I $ quantity .and quality needed. In thi~d-pa~ty payment, the explo­ problems. Whereas in conven­ the post-World War. Two era, sion in' technology has led to an tional health-care coverage, pay­ however, the federaT government' explosion in costs. ment depends on what treatment is given, in the DRG system, it committed itself to providing , ..There arc demographic factors whatever medical treatment was. depends on the diagnosis. In as well. First of all, there are effect, the message to the doctor Cost necessary to whomever the doc­ more of us to care for. Moreover, is to cut back on costs, even if tors said needed it. Thus pro~ the general characteristics of the quality of service suffers a little. grams like Medicare and Medi­ population are changing. The 65- caid were born. While Congress and':up age group is the fastest It has long been assumed in Versus wrings its .hands in fear of the growing sector of the American this country that the rules govern­ Medicare Trust Fund ,going broke population as well as the most ing health care are different from in the 1990's, the original intent expensive age bracket to care for. those governing corporate Amer­ of such programs was inarguably Health care bills for this group ica. But the advent of "for­ Quality noble. Unfortunately, what these arc three times those for people profit" health care institutions and othcr third-party payment under 65 and seven times those may soon change this notion. Pro­ systems have created isa situation people under 19. Ironically, it is fit oriented health care facilities THE MEDICAL DILEMMA OF. THE EIGHTIES in which doctor and patient the success of modern medicine are the major new trend in Amer­ decide on a certain course of in extending average life expec­ ican medicine. In the 1970's these medical treatment without ever tancy that has contributed to its institutions grew faster than the considering the financialconse­ current crisis. computer industry and currently , . quences. almost 80 percent of all nursing Ilt;:::- H ·,,:r.I!!:;"f/~1 If (".-1 homes are owned by for-profit \\ Ii ...... _... _~.~,. .. 6.04 .... -, While no one would argue that , • -- .. -·_ .... , .. I~ ••·;.- ..·"'-·- economic considerations should Several creative attempts to agencies. While this development ,.,~~::: -.~ ~ . :=;~::::.::..:::':..::.:::=.:: take precedence over patient's hold down costs are already in Creates a clear potential for great health, it can be argued that. operat'ion. The best known amorig increases in efficiency and thus third-party payment has led to a them is something referred to. as lower costs, there are fears that dramatic increase in 'the number an HMO (health -- maintenance the profit motive may not lead to of medical procedures being per- organizatiori). An HMO is a group better quality health care .. Some " . formed. When som~one else signs practic~health plan which are concerned that for-profit the check' consumers are more . requires a family to pay a flat health care will produce a situa­ willing to undergo, and ,doctors yearly fee in return for tion where medical decisions are ~ . '. more willing to prescribe, pro~ guaranteed comprehensive care. being influenced more by the bal­ cedures which may not be neces-. The burden of keeping costs ance books than by the patients' . welfare. '. ' sary. down in such an arrangement is on' the. physicians themselves. In The bottom line in all of this Tremendous advances:in med­ an HMO" physicians are payed a seems to be that Americans will ical tecjmology. have helped push ' flat salary, and are monitored by up costs as well. For decades the . one another and by administrators soon have to decide whether to treatment for a" bad hip was' a simply accept higher health care for wasteful or unnecessary pro­ costs or resolve to settle for a walker and several sessions of cedures' and practices. HMO's are industry in America alone.' This lower standard of quality. It physical therapy; today technol­ fairly ',successful at cutting some by Ted.Kellef1el' means that just. under $2,000 per should be noted that increasing ogy presents the more attractive costs. ,,'By one estimate, if the person is' being spent yearly on costs are not without their bene­ (and substantially more expen­ whole nation used HMO's, hospi­ health care in the United States; . fits; America's health care system sive) : option of an. artifichllly tal admissions would drop 'by 11 While the 1980's has been a While these figures are alarm­ rebuilt hip. Medical technology, is the best in the world. In Great periog of relatively low inflation million per year. HMO's fail to Britain, where costs are mubh ing, the causes underlying them offers consumers exciting. new address, however, the critical in most sectors of the economy, in are even more distressing, since prospects for better care' ranging lower and health care is rationed, the field of health care costs have question of soaring technology the quality and immediate accessi­ UT oday health care they point to very unpleasant from artificial body parts and costs. I,; skyrocketed. Fifty years ago, organs to new drugs to new pro~ bility to service is considerably expenditures consume options for the future. Perhaps the medical expenditures accounted two biggest contributors to spiral­ cedures such as liver transplants. , Another attempt to hold down lower than in the United States. for about 3 percent of total output· over 11 percent of GNP, ling costs are health insurance However, research and develop~ costs is the .Diagnosis Related When it comes to health care, and by 1960 that figure had risen making health a $450 and technology. ment are not cheap, and this new Group' (DRG) System. In this Americans will get what they pay to around 6 percent. Today how­ technology often carries . an ~cheme, an insurer will pay hospi­ for: an increasingly expensive but ever, health care. expenditUres billion industry. in Earlier in this century, health immense price·. tag. Coupled with tals' or physicians for treatment outstanding system, or an afford­ cOl1sume, over 11 percent of GNP, America alone." care faced a crisis of availability the "best~quality-care- whatever­ given for anyone of a fixed able but somewhat inferior sys­ making health care a $450 billion. -- not everyone could get it in the the-cost" 'attitude fostered by "menu" of some 450 medical tem .•

14 . SCHOLASTIC 5 FEBRUARY 1986 15 quantity .and quality needed. In thi~d-pa~ty payment, the explo­ problems. Whereas in conven­ the post-World War. Two era, sion in' technology has led to an tional health-care coverage, pay­ however, the federaT government' explosion in costs. ment depends on what treatment is given, in the DRG system, it committed itself to providing , ..There arc demographic factors whatever medical treatment was. depends on the diagnosis. In as well. First of all, there are effect, the message to the doctor Cost necessary to whomever the doc­ more of us to care for. Moreover, is to cut back on costs, even if tors said needed it. Thus pro~ the general characteristics of the quality of service suffers a little. grams like Medicare and Medi­ population are changing. The 65- caid were born. While Congress and':up age group is the fastest It has long been assumed in Versus wrings its .hands in fear of the growing sector of the American this country that the rules govern­ Medicare Trust Fund ,going broke population as well as the most ing health care are different from in the 1990's, the original intent expensive age bracket to care for. those governing corporate Amer­ of such programs was inarguably Health care bills for this group ica. But the advent of "for­ Quality noble. Unfortunately, what these arc three times those for people profit" health care institutions and othcr third-party payment under 65 and seven times those may soon change this notion. Pro­ systems have created isa situation people under 19. Ironically, it is fit oriented health care facilities THE MEDICAL DILEMMA OF. THE EIGHTIES in which doctor and patient the success of modern medicine are the major new trend in Amer­ decide on a certain course of in extending average life expec­ ican medicine. In the 1970's these medical treatment without ever tancy that has contributed to its institutions grew faster than the considering the financialconse­ current crisis. computer industry and currently , . quences. almost 80 percent of all nursing Ilt;:::- H ·,,:r.I!!:;"f/~1 If (".-1 homes are owned by for-profit \\ Ii ...... _... _~.~,. .. 6.04 .... -, While no one would argue that , • -- .. -·_ .... , .. I~ ••·;.- ..·"'-·- economic considerations should Several creative attempts to agencies. While this development ,.,~~::: -.~ ~ . :=;~::::.::..:::':..::.:::=.:: take precedence over patient's hold down costs are already in Creates a clear potential for great health, it can be argued that. operat'ion. The best known amorig increases in efficiency and thus third-party payment has led to a them is something referred to. as lower costs, there are fears that dramatic increase in 'the number an HMO (health -- maintenance the profit motive may not lead to of medical procedures being per- organizatiori). An HMO is a group better quality health care .. Some " . formed. When som~one else signs practic~health plan which are concerned that for-profit the check' consumers are more . requires a family to pay a flat health care will produce a situa­ willing to undergo, and ,doctors yearly fee in return for tion where medical decisions are ~ . '. more willing to prescribe, pro~ guaranteed comprehensive care. being influenced more by the bal­ cedures which may not be neces-. The burden of keeping costs ance books than by the patients' . welfare. '. ' sary. down in such an arrangement is on' the. physicians themselves. In The bottom line in all of this Tremendous advances:in med­ an HMO" physicians are payed a seems to be that Americans will ical tecjmology. have helped push ' flat salary, and are monitored by up costs as well. For decades the . one another and by administrators soon have to decide whether to treatment for a" bad hip was' a simply accept higher health care for wasteful or unnecessary pro­ costs or resolve to settle for a walker and several sessions of cedures' and practices. HMO's are industry in America alone.' This lower standard of quality. It physical therapy; today technol­ fairly ',successful at cutting some by Ted.Kellef1el' means that just. under $2,000 per should be noted that increasing ogy presents the more attractive costs. ,,'By one estimate, if the person is' being spent yearly on costs are not without their bene­ (and substantially more expen­ whole nation used HMO's, hospi­ health care in the United States; . fits; America's health care system sive) : option of an. artifichllly tal admissions would drop 'by 11 While the 1980's has been a While these figures are alarm­ rebuilt hip. Medical technology, is the best in the world. In Great periog of relatively low inflation million per year. HMO's fail to Britain, where costs are mubh ing, the causes underlying them offers consumers exciting. new address, however, the critical in most sectors of the economy, in are even more distressing, since prospects for better care' ranging lower and health care is rationed, the field of health care costs have question of soaring technology the quality and immediate accessi­ UT oday health care they point to very unpleasant from artificial body parts and costs. I,; skyrocketed. Fifty years ago, organs to new drugs to new pro~ bility to service is considerably expenditures consume options for the future. Perhaps the medical expenditures accounted two biggest contributors to spiral­ cedures such as liver transplants. , Another attempt to hold down lower than in the United States. for about 3 percent of total output· over 11 percent of GNP, ling costs are health insurance However, research and develop~ costs is the .Diagnosis Related When it comes to health care, and by 1960 that figure had risen making health a $450 and technology. ment are not cheap, and this new Group' (DRG) System. In this Americans will get what they pay to around 6 percent. Today how­ technology often carries . an ~cheme, an insurer will pay hospi­ for: an increasingly expensive but ever, health care. expenditUres billion industry. in Earlier in this century, health immense price·. tag. Coupled with tals' or physicians for treatment outstanding system, or an afford­ cOl1sume, over 11 percent of GNP, America alone." care faced a crisis of availability the "best~quality-care- whatever­ given for anyone of a fixed able but somewhat inferior sys­ making health care a $450 billion. -- not everyone could get it in the the-cost" 'attitude fostered by "menu" of some 450 medical tem .•

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wills, especially when these bands yet maintain its "punk".. integrity. by Tom Brannigan played to audiences of ten or fif­ Well, I don't think there is any teen people a night in some sinall definite answer to that question, alt In bar in the middle of Nowhere, but here is how some of. the Something very strange is U.S.A. bands arc trying to walk the. tight happening to the American rock Two years ago, The Replace­ rope. 'n roll scene. R.E.M on MTV? ments, a band from Minneapolis, The Replacements on Saturday' were paid 15 bucks apiece, per The Replacements signed Night Live? Husker Du a deal show, six nights a week. The with Sire records, a fairly large with Warner Bros.? The children group travelled in a small van and record company, and have just of punk are becoming p'opular relied on the kindness of recently played on Saturday Night and, horror of horrors, making strangers for' a place to sleep. Live. Word has it that they plan to money. Johnny Rotten is wonder­ The bass player, now eighteen, make a concert video, and as they by Kris Anders ing why he has been forsaken, was on the road at the age of said, they named· their new album and Sid Vicious must be rolling in twelve. The Village Voice did an "Tim" because it, "seemed to fit; his grave. article on the band last year and and Sire' hated it." . . titled it "Life on the Bottom." Certain things were under­ :. stood by the Punks. The first was The road was similar for Husker Du' signed with j. . that large record companies could . R.E.M., Husker Du, Jason and Warner Bros., but there is. little never be trusted, for hadn't they the Scorchers, X, and The Del doubt that they will keep their turned sixties garage bands into Fucgos. All were related in one distorted, blitzkrieg sound. The fat superstars? The second thing way or the other to the post punk Del Fuegos have a video, on was that in order to be heard by movement, and all had put in MTV, and even madeacommer­ people one had to be on the their time for the "tour till you citi'r for Miller beer. The band , radio; but to be on the radio drop" theory. These bands are however, has stayed on the smat'l meant achieving a generic "hit" record label, Slash. Jason and the now on the verge of breaking all The restaurant was small; it big head -- literally -- and tied a sound which compromised the the rules that were etched in Scorchers signed .with the huge Katie put the cup of coffee band's integrity. A catch-22 situa­ record company EMI/Epic," but down in the third booth along the was really more a· diner. When red bandana over it so that his stone by the original punk bands. Katie and Jim, the evening cook, coarse, .black hair stuck out at the tion had dcveloped in popular The shocker is that this may not still play small clubs. Considered windows; Every day at four minutes past three in the after­ closed up at night, it only took back of his neck and curled music. One had to make money to be such a bad thing. That is, as to be one of the best performers, keep the band going, but the only they feel that· smaller . concert noon,:,! man came in and sat in them twenty minutes. Katie wiped against his faded t-shirt. Katie long as none pull . the now down the four tables in the mid­ had been frightened of him when way to make money was to play infamous, "big sell out." places are best to see a live shbw. the boo~h and had two cups of the corporate rock game. Hence, R.E.M. has released videos for coffee,~hree . sugars in each, and dle of the room, and Jim stacked she started working there three a dilemma. So what did those The most noticeable sign that MTV, played bigger concert halls, read the afternoon paper until the them against the wall to mop the years earlier. To a sixteen year sneaky little punks do? Simple. these bands have changed and and raised ticket prices; but they evening cook canie in. Then he floor. Then they wiped the old farm girl, he had looked like They signed. with small record matured is .that they have pro­ have remained with their medium left. Katie didn't know his name. counter seats, the two small win­ the newspaper photos of .a gressed beyond any label such as She had;started putting the coffee dow ,~ables, and the three booths. Middle-East terrorist companies, packed up their gui­ sized label, I.R.S., and still tcillr ,.,,'.:-. tars and hit the road. hardcore, thrash, new wave or incessantly.. out at three o'clock, so it be ."',,' Katie walked back from the any other wave. They are now would cool enough to drink when Jim, the evening cook, wore third booth and leaned against the Post punk was born. The It is too early to see ~f-a11:yof just plain rock bands who are he came: in. He always smiled at black boots like the ones soldiers counter. She looked uP. at the path that these guys had'· choseri becoming popular. these groups will be ruined by' her. . wear with camouflage. He had a , clock. Someone had started the for themselves was just about the their growing COrIlIIiercial . , hardest one to take. Being on the Here comes the tricky part. successes arid aspirations~ ,but for '0,.", road . fora year or .two will How does one of these bands now it is fun to hear· and see som'e !;4\): .:ft~:~iil discourage even the toughest of become commercially viable and great Americanm~sic.. 18 n FEBRU,ARY. 1986 5 FEBRUARY 1986 19 ,s muslc------,I fiction------ffi0WlWl0LflBn mQ n8mij n0!Il R.E.M., Replacements and' • • ~w~jP ~~Jll]3 Husker Du hit the big-time wills, especially when these bands yet maintain its "punk".. integrity. by Tom Brannigan played to audiences of ten or fif­ Well, I don't think there is any teen people a night in some sinall definite answer to that question, alt In bar in the middle of Nowhere, but here is how some of. the Something very strange is U.S.A. bands arc trying to walk the. tight happening to the American rock Two years ago, The Replace­ rope. 'n roll scene. R.E.M on MTV? ments, a band from Minneapolis, The Replacements on Saturday' were paid 15 bucks apiece, per The Replacements signed Night Live? Husker Du a deal show, six nights a week. The with Sire records, a fairly large with Warner Bros.? The children group travelled in a small van and record company, and have just of punk are becoming p'opular relied on the kindness of recently played on Saturday Night and, horror of horrors, making strangers for' a place to sleep. Live. Word has it that they plan to money. Johnny Rotten is wonder­ The bass player, now eighteen, make a concert video, and as they by Kris Anders ing why he has been forsaken, was on the road at the age of said, they named· their new album and Sid Vicious must be rolling in twelve. The Village Voice did an "Tim" because it, "seemed to fit; his grave. article on the band last year and and Sire' hated it." . . titled it "Life on the Bottom." Certain things were under­ :. stood by the Punks. The first was The road was similar for Husker Du' signed with j. . that large record companies could . R.E.M., Husker Du, Jason and Warner Bros., but there is. little never be trusted, for hadn't they the Scorchers, X, and The Del doubt that they will keep their turned sixties garage bands into Fucgos. All were related in one distorted, blitzkrieg sound. The fat superstars? The second thing way or the other to the post punk Del Fuegos have a video, on was that in order to be heard by movement, and all had put in MTV, and even madeacommer­ people one had to be on the their time for the "tour till you citi'r for Miller beer. The band , radio; but to be on the radio drop" theory. These bands are however, has stayed on the smat'l meant achieving a generic "hit" record label, Slash. Jason and the now on the verge of breaking all The restaurant was small; it big head -- literally -- and tied a sound which compromised the the rules that were etched in Scorchers signed .with the huge Katie put the cup of coffee band's integrity. A catch-22 situa­ record company EMI/Epic," but down in the third booth along the was really more a· diner. When red bandana over it so that his stone by the original punk bands. Katie and Jim, the evening cook, coarse, .black hair stuck out at the tion had dcveloped in popular The shocker is that this may not still play small clubs. Considered windows; Every day at four minutes past three in the after­ closed up at night, it only took back of his neck and curled music. One had to make money to be such a bad thing. That is, as to be one of the best performers, keep the band going, but the only they feel that· smaller . concert noon,:,! man came in and sat in them twenty minutes. Katie wiped against his faded t-shirt. Katie long as none pull . the now down the four tables in the mid­ had been frightened of him when way to make money was to play infamous, "big sell out." places are best to see a live shbw. the boo~h and had two cups of the corporate rock game. Hence, R.E.M. has released videos for coffee,~hree . sugars in each, and dle of the room, and Jim stacked she started working there three a dilemma. So what did those The most noticeable sign that MTV, played bigger concert halls, read the afternoon paper until the them against the wall to mop the years earlier. To a sixteen year sneaky little punks do? Simple. these bands have changed and and raised ticket prices; but they evening cook canie in. Then he floor. Then they wiped the old farm girl, he had looked like They signed. with small record matured is .that they have pro­ have remained with their medium left. Katie didn't know his name. counter seats, the two small win­ the newspaper photos of .a gressed beyond any label such as She had;started putting the coffee dow ,~ables, and the three booths. Middle-East terrorist companies, packed up their gui­ sized label, I.R.S., and still tcillr ,.,,'.:-. tars and hit the road. hardcore, thrash, new wave or incessantly.. out at three o'clock, so it be ."',,' Katie walked back from the any other wave. They are now would cool enough to drink when Jim, the evening cook, wore third booth and leaned against the Post punk was born. The It is too early to see ~f-a11:yof just plain rock bands who are he came: in. He always smiled at black boots like the ones soldiers counter. She looked uP. at the path that these guys had'· choseri becoming popular. these groups will be ruined by' her. . wear with camouflage. He had a , clock. Someone had started the for themselves was just about the their growing COrIlIIiercial . , hardest one to take. Being on the Here comes the tricky part. successes arid aspirations~ ,but for '0,.", road . fora year or .two will How does one of these bands now it is fun to hear· and see som'e !;4\): .:ft~:~iil discourage even the toughest of become commercially viable and great Americanm~sic.. 18 n FEBRU,ARY. 1986 5 FEBRUARY 1986 19 for the coffee cup with long, thin coffee pot. He pointed at the fingers. empty sugar bowl in front of him Katie wanted to know his and smiled, as if he were afraid to name. He looked like a Jack, she break the quiet of mid-afternoon thought, or maybe a Jeff. in the diner. Katie leaned below Somehow, when she poured cof­ the counter and grabbed a hand­ fee for someone every afternoon ful of sugar packets, then walked day after day, she felt like she to the booth. She felt awkward, as knew him. Like Herb, the old if her legs weren't attached to the man who came in for dinner rest of her body. Her feet, in their every, night. She had learned his white nurse's shoes, walked name the second night she had across the linoleum on their own. waited on his table. Herb was Sunlight fell through the win­ skinny, and he had a bald spot on dow and tumbled from the back the back of his head. N a one of the spoon into a puddle of cof­ would ever sit at the first little fee next to it. Katie poured more table by the windows for dinner, coffee, and stuffed sugar packets because everyone knew Herb into the jar. Her short fingers, would sit there. Herb drank with their bitten-off nails, shook decaffeinated coffee with his gently. His hand rested beside meal,_ and had dce pudding for the spoon, and Katie looked at dessert. Katie liked knowing what his ring finger. Last week, he had Herb would want for dessert, like not been wearing' a ring. Today, knowing that if he ordered'a harri-· Somehow, when she he still wasn't. She was surprised. burger, he would want raw onions poured coffee for some­ Katie had just assumed, when he on it. " one every afternoon day started coming into the place, that The , rice pudding was he was a married man. Everyone after day, she felt like hi Katie's nirming town was mar­ homemade. Every Monday, Gerri, she knew him. the boss's wife, came in and made ried by twenty; two batches with cinnamon and: Jack-Jeff sIhiled at her, and raisins. Katie didn't like Mon­ she ,smiled back, niore warmly days; because· she had to 'help than before. He murmured a low Gerriand still wait on tables. thanks as Katie turned, and she Gerri had been a hairdresser in ,blushed. She went back to the the days before she and Katie's counter and took the green '" boss got married. Her hair was a receipt slips out of, her pocket. different; color every three weeks. She wrote "B3 11 at the top, then On that Tuesday in September, "coP' on the fines in the middle. she was a redhead. Katie and Jim She leaked at the slip, decided it kept track of her color changes on was messy, and crumpled it in a the funeral home calendar above ball. The second slip was neater, the deep-freezer, making little she resolved, so she wrote ".4211 at marks in red ink. Once Gerri had the bottom and circled it. She was crossword puzzle in the morning looked at the door again. She got her glance, and slid into the asked' Jim about the little red careful to write her name in the paper, and she took the pen from stuck. on six-down, a seven letter booth. "Thought I forgot, didn't marks, ,and Jim had blushed. little space at the top. MaY1:>e her apron pocket and doodled word for marriage. When she had you?'" he asked softly. He smiled. Katie had never seen a terrorist, he'd call her by her name and she around the clues. She filled in filled in the whole corner, the bell Katie liked his smile, liked the blush before. could ask his. two-across, a four-letter word for over the door jingled and the man way one corner of his mouth ; The man who looked like a Katie took the slip over to i! bouquet flower, then one, two came in for his coffee. Katie curled down, but his teeth still j and five down. One-down was a looked at the clock again; it was managed. to show., The man Jack or a Jeff cleared his throat, Jack-JefPs booth and set it next three letter word, a color. She ten minutes past. The man saw leaned over the table and reached and Katie turned to reach for the to the overturned spoon and six

20 SCHOLASTIC 5 FEBRUARY 1986 21 for the coffee cup with long, thin coffee pot. He pointed at the fingers. empty sugar bowl in front of him Katie wanted to know his and smiled, as if he were afraid to name. He looked like a Jack, she break the quiet of mid-afternoon thought, or maybe a Jeff. in the diner. Katie leaned below Somehow, when she poured cof­ the counter and grabbed a hand­ fee for someone every afternoon ful of sugar packets, then walked day after day, she felt like she to the booth. She felt awkward, as knew him. Like Herb, the old if her legs weren't attached to the man who came in for dinner rest of her body. Her feet, in their every, night. She had learned his white nurse's shoes, walked name the second night she had across the linoleum on their own. waited on his table. Herb was Sunlight fell through the win­ skinny, and he had a bald spot on dow and tumbled from the back the back of his head. N a one of the spoon into a puddle of cof­ would ever sit at the first little fee next to it. Katie poured more table by the windows for dinner, coffee, and stuffed sugar packets because everyone knew Herb into the jar. Her short fingers, would sit there. Herb drank with their bitten-off nails, shook decaffeinated coffee with his gently. His hand rested beside meal,_ and had dce pudding for the spoon, and Katie looked at dessert. Katie liked knowing what his ring finger. Last week, he had Herb would want for dessert, like not been wearing' a ring. Today, knowing that if he ordered'a harri-· Somehow, when she he still wasn't. She was surprised. burger, he would want raw onions poured coffee for some­ Katie had just assumed, when he on it. " one every afternoon day started coming into the place, that The , rice pudding was he was a married man. Everyone after day, she felt like hi Katie's nirming town was mar­ homemade. Every Monday, Gerri, she knew him. the boss's wife, came in and made ried by twenty; two batches with cinnamon and: Jack-Jeff sIhiled at her, and raisins. Katie didn't like Mon­ she ,smiled back, niore warmly days; because· she had to 'help than before. He murmured a low Gerriand still wait on tables. thanks as Katie turned, and she Gerri had been a hairdresser in ,blushed. She went back to the the days before she and Katie's counter and took the green '" boss got married. Her hair was a receipt slips out of, her pocket. different; color every three weeks. She wrote "B3 11 at the top, then On that Tuesday in September, "coP' on the fines in the middle. she was a redhead. Katie and Jim She leaked at the slip, decided it kept track of her color changes on was messy, and crumpled it in a the funeral home calendar above ball. The second slip was neater, the deep-freezer, making little she resolved, so she wrote ".4211 at marks in red ink. Once Gerri had the bottom and circled it. She was crossword puzzle in the morning looked at the door again. She got her glance, and slid into the asked' Jim about the little red careful to write her name in the paper, and she took the pen from stuck. on six-down, a seven letter booth. "Thought I forgot, didn't marks, ,and Jim had blushed. little space at the top. MaY1:>e her apron pocket and doodled word for marriage. When she had you?'" he asked softly. He smiled. Katie had never seen a terrorist, he'd call her by her name and she around the clues. She filled in filled in the whole corner, the bell Katie liked his smile, liked the blush before. could ask his. two-across, a four-letter word for over the door jingled and the man way one corner of his mouth ; The man who looked like a Katie took the slip over to i! bouquet flower, then one, two came in for his coffee. Katie curled down, but his teeth still j and five down. One-down was a looked at the clock again; it was managed. to show., The man Jack or a Jeff cleared his throat, Jack-JefPs booth and set it next three letter word, a color. She ten minutes past. The man saw leaned over the table and reached and Katie turned to reach for the to the overturned spoon and six

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empty sugar packets. He smiled Jim her first year at the diner, she the table., "Good afternoon, which is better than being a little arm. He smiled a little, as if it was think," she said. "And he knows again, and Katie watched for the had started looking forward to Honey, and how is the day going mama's-boy." She walked back to the least she deserved for not my name. He used it this after­ crooked curl of his mouth, notic­ Jim's arrival every afternoon. He today?" he asked, easing into a the counter, her eyes focused far listening. noon. I really do know him. He's chair as Katie set down the cof­ ing his straight and even teeth. could always help her fill in the away. Katie shook her shoulders here everyday." Katie felt like Katie remembered her grandma clues about cars and sports fig­ fee. She smiled at his courtly she was defending herself. "He manners. "I'm doing fine, Herb. Jim came through the swing­ and took the coffee pot to Herb's telling her always to look at a ures, and he'd tell her it was great table. His eyes were warm and he was here today, and I gave him What's new with you?" she asked. ing brown doors from the kitchen . ' man's teeth and ears, because· that she knew so much about and sat on the stool at the end of laId a hand on Katie's wrist. coffee. He left right before you books. On busy nights, like Fri­ Katie leaned against the chnir those were the things you the counter. He spun around "Honey, what's wrong with you got here." She leaned over to day fish fry, Jim would grab opposite Herb, knowing the qucS~ couldn't change, and the man's three times, and pulled the ban­ today?" he asked. Katie shook pour more coffee into Herb's cup. Katie 'as she tore through the tion would be worth ten minutes children would end up with those dana from his head. His hair her head wordlessly. Herb simply kitchen and swing her into a of answer. Katie let her mind "Only person I saw on my teeth and ears, especially if they stuck down on the sides of his waited. 'Without stopping for dramatic Fred Astaire-Ginger drift ,back to the spoon and the way in was that new young guy at were bad. Katie thought of Jack­ head in the same shape as the breath, Katie told him. She heard Rogers dip. "Run away wiz me to ring less hand in the sun, and the the Catholic church just up by the Jeff's children; her picture of bandana. There were little dents it all come tumbling out of her ze Casbah," he would say, and man's straight teeth. She heard highway. Gives a good sermon. them had her own straight blond where the knots of the scarf had mouth, and she didn't even want Katie would giggle. That made Herb talking, far away, about his Now go on, tell me who the boy hair and amber eyes. Jack-Jeff nephew's kids: "Lynn, she's thir­ been. He grinned at Katie. to stop it. She told him about the ' Friday nights a lot easier; is, Katie. You'll rest easier if you slid from the booth and dropped teen now, pretty as a picture. But "What's your problem today, any­ three o'clock man, about his have it all out." Katie didn't say two quarters on top of the slip. Jim was nice enough, but that boy; he's a real pesterer. His way? You look like you're eight ' crooked, toothy smile. "And, anything. She poured coffee into He turned towards the door, said nothing like the three o'clock cof­ mom don't even like him." Katie million miles away." He paused a Herb, he doesn't wear a ring. I . Herb's cup. Her eyes got cloudy, "Thanks, Katie," almost under fee man, Katie thought. The bell made herself listen to Herb,but moment. When Katie said noth­ really don't think he's married. I and she looked out the window his breath, and walked out. The above, the door jingled again; her mind watched the children ing, he began telling her about his know it sounds silly, but we'd until the coffee overflowed th~ bell above the door jingled, and Katie looked up as Herb walked with straight blond hair, amber girlfriend of that week. "Yeah, have some awfully pretty kids." cup and filled the saucer. Then Katie breathed' deeply and in and headed for his table. She eyes, and beautiful teeth. "I'll bet she's pretty hot, all right. A real When Katie finally stopped she took the pot back behind the blushed. I: poured his decaf, snatched, a the girl's going' to be a real cutie, possibility." for breath, he asked another counter, and walked away. She I: She stood at the end of the place setting and napkin from Herb," she said. "And the boy's saw that the sky had clouded I Katie was again only half­ question, and Herb's face grew I counter and watched the sun slide under the counter, and met him at not a bad kid; he's just feisty, amused when she told him that over. She walked through the I listening. The word "possibility" : across the receipt on the table. kitchen arid smacked Jim on the, had sent her mind away: There she didn't, know his name. "But She smiled again. It felt like the backside for no reason at all .• ii were possibilities, and a lot of he looks like a Jack, or a Jeff, I ii silly smile was stuck on her face. i: them: a house, kids, someone to ;I Jim, the evening cook, came cook for, to talk to at night. Then LAMP SHADES· LAMP REPAIR· LAMP PARTS 11 up behind her, and Katie didn't she would come to work and I' hear him. He put one hand on her GLASS PARTS· LAMPS· LIGHTING FIXTURES complain about diapers and, bro­ . . ACE IS THE PLAce- II,I waist and pinched her; she turned ken washers and dirty floors like WITH THE HELPJ=IIL I:tARDWARE MAN. ;1 I, quickly, startled, and banged her the women in her mother's coffee I: hip on the corner of the cou'nter. Village club; but she knew that, under­ • GARUtH 11, '''Shit,'' slipped from her before neath the talk, she would be HARDWARE '==."=' Sl:Il'PLIES !I • HOl!Sr.W ARES I' she could catch it. She knew her happy. Spe wouldn't mind the • HARDWARE' . irritation made it aU the more • SPORTING Lamp Shoppe mess. She"might even like it. GOODS II amusing to Jim. She glared at him. Jim stopped talking and "Think you're cute, huh?" she NORTH VILLAGE MALL • PAINTS I,:1 --~ looked at' Katie. She stared out • TOOLS asked" and pushed past him to the .• nUMBING & 52577 US 31 NORTH the front windows, her lips turned ELECTRICAL crossword puzzle still open on the C;'JI'PI.IES iii SOUTH BEND, IN 46637 up a little at'the corners. "Man I, counter. "Hormones," he yelled at :, Kate," he said," it's a pretty good her~ "Women and their stupid (219) 272-0600 story. We went to a' drive-in. FREE PARKING hormones." FRONT & REAR You're not even listening." Herb Katie stopped staring at the Custom Lamp Shades called to Jim from the window 219 D1l1:1E WAY puzzle and almost smiled. Jim table. "Wake that dreamer up NO. m RO~~A:lD 272=7535 always tried to make her smile', Jim. I need some more coffee' she didn't appreciate him enough, and I'm' not leaving without m; she knew. When Katie had dessert." Jim leaned across the finally stopped being afraid of counter and swatted, Katie on the &84#&'9 W MiWWAAAG

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empty sugar packets. He smiled Jim her first year at the diner, she the table., "Good afternoon, which is better than being a little arm. He smiled a little, as if it was think," she said. "And he knows again, and Katie watched for the had started looking forward to Honey, and how is the day going mama's-boy." She walked back to the least she deserved for not my name. He used it this after­ crooked curl of his mouth, notic­ Jim's arrival every afternoon. He today?" he asked, easing into a the counter, her eyes focused far listening. noon. I really do know him. He's chair as Katie set down the cof­ ing his straight and even teeth. could always help her fill in the away. Katie shook her shoulders here everyday." Katie felt like Katie remembered her grandma clues about cars and sports fig­ fee. She smiled at his courtly she was defending herself. "He manners. "I'm doing fine, Herb. Jim came through the swing­ and took the coffee pot to Herb's telling her always to look at a ures, and he'd tell her it was great table. His eyes were warm and he was here today, and I gave him What's new with you?" she asked. ing brown doors from the kitchen . ' man's teeth and ears, because· that she knew so much about and sat on the stool at the end of laId a hand on Katie's wrist. coffee. He left right before you books. On busy nights, like Fri­ Katie leaned against the chnir those were the things you the counter. He spun around "Honey, what's wrong with you got here." She leaned over to day fish fry, Jim would grab opposite Herb, knowing the qucS~ couldn't change, and the man's three times, and pulled the ban­ today?" he asked. Katie shook pour more coffee into Herb's cup. Katie 'as she tore through the tion would be worth ten minutes children would end up with those dana from his head. His hair her head wordlessly. Herb simply kitchen and swing her into a of answer. Katie let her mind "Only person I saw on my teeth and ears, especially if they stuck down on the sides of his waited. 'Without stopping for dramatic Fred Astaire-Ginger drift ,back to the spoon and the way in was that new young guy at were bad. Katie thought of Jack­ head in the same shape as the breath, Katie told him. She heard Rogers dip. "Run away wiz me to ring less hand in the sun, and the the Catholic church just up by the Jeff's children; her picture of bandana. There were little dents it all come tumbling out of her ze Casbah," he would say, and man's straight teeth. She heard highway. Gives a good sermon. them had her own straight blond where the knots of the scarf had mouth, and she didn't even want Katie would giggle. That made Herb talking, far away, about his Now go on, tell me who the boy hair and amber eyes. Jack-Jeff nephew's kids: "Lynn, she's thir­ been. He grinned at Katie. to stop it. She told him about the ' Friday nights a lot easier; is, Katie. You'll rest easier if you slid from the booth and dropped teen now, pretty as a picture. But "What's your problem today, any­ three o'clock man, about his have it all out." Katie didn't say two quarters on top of the slip. Jim was nice enough, but that boy; he's a real pesterer. His way? You look like you're eight ' crooked, toothy smile. "And, anything. She poured coffee into He turned towards the door, said nothing like the three o'clock cof­ mom don't even like him." Katie million miles away." He paused a Herb, he doesn't wear a ring. I . Herb's cup. Her eyes got cloudy, "Thanks, Katie," almost under fee man, Katie thought. The bell made herself listen to Herb,but moment. When Katie said noth­ really don't think he's married. I and she looked out the window his breath, and walked out. The above, the door jingled again; her mind watched the children ing, he began telling her about his know it sounds silly, but we'd until the coffee overflowed th~ bell above the door jingled, and Katie looked up as Herb walked with straight blond hair, amber girlfriend of that week. "Yeah, have some awfully pretty kids." cup and filled the saucer. Then Katie breathed' deeply and in and headed for his table. She eyes, and beautiful teeth. "I'll bet she's pretty hot, all right. A real When Katie finally stopped she took the pot back behind the blushed. I: poured his decaf, snatched, a the girl's going' to be a real cutie, possibility." for breath, he asked another counter, and walked away. She I: She stood at the end of the place setting and napkin from Herb," she said. "And the boy's saw that the sky had clouded I Katie was again only half­ question, and Herb's face grew I counter and watched the sun slide under the counter, and met him at not a bad kid; he's just feisty, amused when she told him that over. She walked through the I listening. The word "possibility" : across the receipt on the table. kitchen arid smacked Jim on the, had sent her mind away: There she didn't, know his name. "But She smiled again. It felt like the backside for no reason at all .• ii were possibilities, and a lot of he looks like a Jack, or a Jeff, I ii silly smile was stuck on her face. i: them: a house, kids, someone to ;I Jim, the evening cook, came cook for, to talk to at night. Then LAMP SHADES· LAMP REPAIR· LAMP PARTS 11 up behind her, and Katie didn't she would come to work and I' hear him. He put one hand on her GLASS PARTS· LAMPS· LIGHTING FIXTURES complain about diapers and, bro­ . . ACE IS THE PLAce- II,I waist and pinched her; she turned ken washers and dirty floors like WITH THE HELPJ=IIL I:tARDWARE MAN. ;1 I, quickly, startled, and banged her the women in her mother's coffee I: hip on the corner of the cou'nter. Village club; but she knew that, under­ • GARUtH 11, '''Shit,'' slipped from her before neath the talk, she would be HARDWARE '==."=' Sl:Il'PLIES !I • HOl!Sr.W ARES I' she could catch it. She knew her happy. Spe wouldn't mind the • HARDWARE' . irritation made it aU the more • SPORTING Lamp Shoppe mess. She"might even like it. GOODS II amusing to Jim. She glared at him. Jim stopped talking and "Think you're cute, huh?" she NORTH VILLAGE MALL • PAINTS I,:1 --~ looked at' Katie. She stared out • TOOLS asked" and pushed past him to the .• nUMBING & 52577 US 31 NORTH the front windows, her lips turned ELECTRICAL crossword puzzle still open on the C;'JI'PI.IES iii SOUTH BEND, IN 46637 up a little at'the corners. "Man I, counter. "Hormones," he yelled at :, Kate," he said," it's a pretty good her~ "Women and their stupid (219) 272-0600 story. We went to a' drive-in. FREE PARKING hormones." FRONT & REAR You're not even listening." Herb Katie stopped staring at the Custom Lamp Shades called to Jim from the window 219 D1l1:1E WAY puzzle and almost smiled. Jim table. "Wake that dreamer up NO. m RO~~A:lD 272=7535 always tried to make her smile', Jim. I need some more coffee' she didn't appreciate him enough, and I'm' not leaving without m; she knew. When Katie had dessert." Jim leaned across the finally stopped being afraid of counter and swatted, Katie on the &84#&'9 W MiWWAAAG

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residents of this house returned to rity as assistant and associate One friend took to find that they had been almost director for the last, six years. writing his name across entirely relieved of many neces­ When asked whether he thought the toes of his tennis sary and expensive items: televi­ much of the theft was 'going on sions,stereos, etc. The thieves, from the inside:, he said that there shoes so he could iden­ however, left these guys a plate of have been ip.cidents of maids and tify them in a line-up. chocolate fudge cookies and a janitors stealing from student Hallmark card on the living room rooms. Rakow said that N.D. table thanking them and w.ishing Security employs two full-time them a happy and safe holiday investigators to check this sort of season. I kid you not. suspicion out. Security will even go so far' as to, bait a ro()m to try by Chris Richardson Thefts seem to be more com­ mon off-campus. In the Northeast to catch a crook, employee or oth­ neighbOrhood, up and down Por­ erwise. If employees are guilty, he title I have written on tage Road, there are many houses criminal charges can be brought CAMPUS CRIMEWATCH against them. More often, Rakow the front of this particular note­ occupied by students. These Textbooks, papers and backpacks book is "Funny Things That I'm houses are entered and re-entered said, the employees are simply are just some of the items stolen Glad Haven't Happened to Me." I every year by thieves and are dismissed. ,The property is often daily on this campus. That hurtsl , not recovered. You can protect yourself easily by guess you could call it a crime presumably easy targets for two following these TIPS. journal. It is a collection of stories reasons. First, the turnover for Continuing the' discussion of friends have told me over the past these houses is annual; each year 1. 'Write your initials and birth these "inside ,jobs"", Rakow date on a certain page in all your semester about themselves and a new group of students occupy pointed out. that this year there books. others being , victimized by the houses. Secondly, in general" have been a lar'ge number of book thieves. the houses are old and making bags reported, missing from the' 2., Don't leave your books unattended them secure is next to impossible. in classrooms or ,libraries, even dining halls; He attributes this to fO,r "j~st .five minutes." One friend, after having his Rent is reasonable, but landlords house broken into and all his students' ,actually stealing from seem unwilling to do much more each other -~ taking the, books and 3. If yo~,see or suspect s crime is clothes stolen, took to writing his than paint the exterior every few ' being committed, pay attention to selling them: Recently, N.D. the physical features of the person name across the toes of his tennis years. It is not so farfetched to shoes so he could, "identify them Security obtained a search war­ and call Police snd Security. say that there are thieves who rant in order, to try and' locate in a line-up." Another protected return to the same house each 4. ,Your stole'n books are resold missing texts at Pandora's Book immediately. Don't hesitate to his valuable possessions by simply year to once again relieve the moving all his things into Dillon Store. They matched over 50 titles call bookstores, police & security. residents of their valuables. reported missing but only 'two Hall every time he was going to If youI;' books are stolen, immediate­ be away from his house for more In reality thefts of student books had 'names in them. Only ly notify Notre Dame Security', these two were returned. than 12, hours. His roommate property op. campus far outsfrip 283-4444; 239-5555 and local book- , c stores; Recovery of your property thought that was a good idea and thefts off_ campus. In 1984, N.D., Security began a new may be possible through the attempt­ was going to leave his stereo in a Notre Dame Security handled awareness' program this semester. ed resale, of your books. 3775 reported cases of theft on dorm room over Christmas break Posters and bookmarks have 'been If you or people you know have but changed his mind because, "If campus. Over half the student distributed around campus detail­ information about those responsible it gets stolen from my house, it's body were victims of some sort of ing preventive measures students ' for boo~ thefts, call NOTRE DAME SECURITY 283-4444. insured. But, if I slip on the side~ crime. These reports range from can take. Rakow urges students to walk and, smash it, it's gone for­ incidental thefts of cash to very use security and get involved. If ever." A third group of g~ys had large objects, primarily stereos you see someone suspicious in' their house broken into and had and televisions. Class rings and your dorm, pick up the' phone expensive guitars stolen. The watches were prime targets as and let, security' know about it. thieves also took a radio which they could be easily sold at pawn They will be more than willing to they had tagged for Goodwill -- it shops and jewelry stores. send 'someone over to check it didn't work. Rex J. Rakow, the new out. You can stop the thief before he steals. Topping all of these stories is director of Notre Dame Security, , "the tale of the generous thieves. just took over this past October And I thought all security Aftet};a',scheduled break, the but he has been with N.D. Secu- did was give me parking tickets .•

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residents of this house returned to rity as assistant and associate One friend took to find that they had been almost director for the last, six years. writing his name across entirely relieved of many neces­ When asked whether he thought the toes of his tennis sary and expensive items: televi­ much of the theft was 'going on sions,stereos, etc. The thieves, from the inside:, he said that there shoes so he could iden­ however, left these guys a plate of have been ip.cidents of maids and tify them in a line-up. chocolate fudge cookies and a janitors stealing from student Hallmark card on the living room rooms. Rakow said that N.D. table thanking them and w.ishing Security employs two full-time them a happy and safe holiday investigators to check this sort of season. I kid you not. suspicion out. Security will even go so far' as to, bait a ro()m to try by Chris Richardson Thefts seem to be more com­ mon off-campus. In the Northeast to catch a crook, employee or oth­ neighbOrhood, up and down Por­ erwise. If employees are guilty, he title I have written on tage Road, there are many houses criminal charges can be brought CAMPUS CRIMEWATCH against them. More often, Rakow the front of this particular note­ occupied by students. These Textbooks, papers and backpacks book is "Funny Things That I'm houses are entered and re-entered said, the employees are simply are just some of the items stolen Glad Haven't Happened to Me." I every year by thieves and are dismissed. ,The property is often daily on this campus. That hurtsl , not recovered. You can protect yourself easily by guess you could call it a crime presumably easy targets for two following these TIPS. journal. It is a collection of stories reasons. First, the turnover for Continuing the' discussion of friends have told me over the past these houses is annual; each year 1. 'Write your initials and birth these "inside ,jobs"", Rakow date on a certain page in all your semester about themselves and a new group of students occupy pointed out. that this year there books. others being , victimized by the houses. Secondly, in general" have been a lar'ge number of book thieves. the houses are old and making bags reported, missing from the' 2., Don't leave your books unattended them secure is next to impossible. in classrooms or ,libraries, even dining halls; He attributes this to fO,r "j~st .five minutes." One friend, after having his Rent is reasonable, but landlords house broken into and all his students' ,actually stealing from seem unwilling to do much more each other -~ taking the, books and 3. If yo~,see or suspect s crime is clothes stolen, took to writing his than paint the exterior every few ' being committed, pay attention to selling them: Recently, N.D. the physical features of the person name across the toes of his tennis years. It is not so farfetched to shoes so he could, "identify them Security obtained a search war­ and call Police snd Security. say that there are thieves who rant in order, to try and' locate in a line-up." Another protected return to the same house each 4. ,Your stole'n books are resold missing texts at Pandora's Book immediately. Don't hesitate to his valuable possessions by simply year to once again relieve the moving all his things into Dillon Store. They matched over 50 titles call bookstores, police & security. residents of their valuables. reported missing but only 'two Hall every time he was going to If youI;' books are stolen, immediate­ be away from his house for more In reality thefts of student books had 'names in them. Only ly notify Notre Dame Security', these two were returned. than 12, hours. His roommate property op. campus far outsfrip 283-4444; 239-5555 and local book- , c stores; Recovery of your property thought that was a good idea and thefts off_ campus. In 1984, N.D., Security began a new may be possible through the attempt­ was going to leave his stereo in a Notre Dame Security handled awareness' program this semester. ed resale, of your books. 3775 reported cases of theft on dorm room over Christmas break Posters and bookmarks have 'been If you or people you know have but changed his mind because, "If campus. Over half the student distributed around campus detail­ information about those responsible it gets stolen from my house, it's body were victims of some sort of ing preventive measures students ' for boo~ thefts, call NOTRE DAME SECURITY 283-4444. insured. But, if I slip on the side~ crime. These reports range from can take. Rakow urges students to walk and, smash it, it's gone for­ incidental thefts of cash to very use security and get involved. If ever." A third group of g~ys had large objects, primarily stereos you see someone suspicious in' their house broken into and had and televisions. Class rings and your dorm, pick up the' phone expensive guitars stolen. The watches were prime targets as and let, security' know about it. thieves also took a radio which they could be easily sold at pawn They will be more than willing to they had tagged for Goodwill -- it shops and jewelry stores. send 'someone over to check it didn't work. Rex J. Rakow, the new out. You can stop the thief before he steals. Topping all of these stories is director of Notre Dame Security, , "the tale of the generous thieves. just took over this past October And I thought all security Aftet};a',scheduled break, the but he has been with N.D. Secu- did was give me parking tickets .•

5 FEBRUARY 1986 24 SCHOLASTIC 25 -Money has yet to be smartly invested in .pro­ grams that have money making potential like men's soccer and ice hockey.

NO Hockey seeks. a return to competitive stature.

( ...}(J. ... /'t: .~, c,-'" r;.__ ." • 1985-86 Irish leers . . . Irish hockey team is clad in their for Women wcre now required, endured for their fellow team­ home uniforms with a black arm some sports lost money, and the . mates who decided .to leave the band. The. atmosphere is coin-· cuts had to be made. University to play hockey else­ pletely different than the ambi­ It was clear cut to the top where. Certainly, for those who ence of hysteria a decade ago. brass: hockey is ripe pickings for stayed, their scholarships were The team is' about to play its last the cost cutters. The administra­ not taken away, but the promise . Division I hockey game with a tion believed that students did not of fulfilling hockey had been. Oh squad of scholarship athletes. The This year's team, like last , support hockey. Ice hockey is an CCHA (Central Collegiate expensive sport. Suddenly, a year's, is playing Division· I Hockey Association) playoffs are team which one year earlier had . hockeY without scholarships. For Those· not on the players minds; only the won the Great Lakes Invitational Without that. attraction, it is lingering . realization that, for Tournament and had taken Bowl­ impossible to field a team to com­ many, theIr Division I career will ing Green to the limit in the pete nationally. Wins have come end· tonight along with a national CCHA playoffs was now a club over competitive NAIA and Divi­ Glory Days powerhouse and a Notre Dame team. This drastic move was done sion II schools, but defeats are tradhion. How swcet it was .... to protect the remaining eligibility suffered against respectable teams of those who sought to transfer. . . It is impossible for any other once vulnerable to the Irish attack. The Cpristmas Break trips varsity athlc.te to cxpcricnce what Now as a club team, the 1983- the past two years have given the has occurred to the seniors play­ 1984 season was a bittersweet one team great experience,· but no . ing hockey for Notre Dame: first for the Irish. Although a runner­ wins . going crazy, for UCLA will not . Division I scholarship hockey, up in the Central States Hockey practice instructions with '~is be the only number one team. to. then club hockey, and now Divi- League Tournament and dominat­ The team is compiled of a players for tomorrow's game by Joe Malvezzi w~th be beaten. The underdog Irish sion I Independents with no scho­ ing regular season play, the level great number of Americans with a n:umber one UCLA. The BruInS Icers have just crushed Michigan larships. More ups and downs of competition had sunk to an all few Canadian skaters. Mapy of have come into town with an Tech 7-1. How sweet it is ... than the latest Dow Jones. Dur­ time low. Motivation is hard to the team members would not be eighty-eight game winning streak. ing the 1982-1983 season, the retain in a season such as this. taking regular shifts for Division I The day is Friday, January 18, Shumate, Brokaw, Novak, Dan.t­ decision was made by administra­ The uninspiring season as a club contenders. Holdovers Brent ley and· Clay are ready. But In 1974. The Notre Dame campus is It is now a lonely and cold tors to decrease the costs of the sport was something the scholar­ Chapman and Tim Reilly, along th; North Dome of the ACC crazy with anticipation. D~gger Saturday in March of 1983. The athletic department. Scholarships ship holdovers actually had with Mike McNeil and Bob The- . has just finished the last mInute nearly seven thousand people are

SCHOLASTIC 5 FEBRUARY 1986 27 26 -Money has yet to be smartly invested in .pro­ grams that have money making potential like men's soccer and ice hockey.

NO Hockey seeks. a return to competitive stature.

( ...}(J. ... /'t: .~, c,-'" r;.__ ." • 1985-86 Irish leers . . . Irish hockey team is clad in their for Women wcre now required, endured for their fellow team­ home uniforms with a black arm some sports lost money, and the . mates who decided .to leave the band. The. atmosphere is coin-· cuts had to be made. University to play hockey else­ pletely different than the ambi­ It was clear cut to the top where. Certainly, for those who ence of hysteria a decade ago. brass: hockey is ripe pickings for stayed, their scholarships were The team is' about to play its last the cost cutters. The administra­ not taken away, but the promise . Division I hockey game with a tion believed that students did not of fulfilling hockey had been. Oh squad of scholarship athletes. The This year's team, like last , support hockey. Ice hockey is an CCHA (Central Collegiate expensive sport. Suddenly, a year's, is playing Division· I Hockey Association) playoffs are team which one year earlier had . hockeY without scholarships. For Those· not on the players minds; only the won the Great Lakes Invitational Without that. attraction, it is lingering . realization that, for Tournament and had taken Bowl­ impossible to field a team to com­ many, theIr Division I career will ing Green to the limit in the pete nationally. Wins have come end· tonight along with a national CCHA playoffs was now a club over competitive NAIA and Divi­ Glory Days powerhouse and a Notre Dame team. This drastic move was done sion II schools, but defeats are tradhion. How swcet it was .... to protect the remaining eligibility suffered against respectable teams of those who sought to transfer. . . It is impossible for any other once vulnerable to the Irish attack. The Cpristmas Break trips varsity athlc.te to cxpcricnce what Now as a club team, the 1983- the past two years have given the has occurred to the seniors play­ 1984 season was a bittersweet one team great experience,· but no . ing hockey for Notre Dame: first for the Irish. Although a runner­ wins . going crazy, for UCLA will not . Division I scholarship hockey, up in the Central States Hockey practice instructions with '~is be the only number one team. to. then club hockey, and now Divi- League Tournament and dominat­ The team is compiled of a players for tomorrow's game by Joe Malvezzi w~th be beaten. The underdog Irish sion I Independents with no scho­ ing regular season play, the level great number of Americans with a n:umber one UCLA. The BruInS Icers have just crushed Michigan larships. More ups and downs of competition had sunk to an all few Canadian skaters. Mapy of have come into town with an Tech 7-1. How sweet it is ... than the latest Dow Jones. Dur­ time low. Motivation is hard to the team members would not be eighty-eight game winning streak. ing the 1982-1983 season, the retain in a season such as this. taking regular shifts for Division I The day is Friday, January 18, Shumate, Brokaw, Novak, Dan.t­ decision was made by administra­ The uninspiring season as a club contenders. Holdovers Brent ley and· Clay are ready. But In 1974. The Notre Dame campus is It is now a lonely and cold tors to decrease the costs of the sport was something the scholar­ Chapman and Tim Reilly, along th; North Dome of the ACC crazy with anticipation. D~gger Saturday in March of 1983. The athletic department. Scholarships ship holdovers actually had with Mike McNeil and Bob The- . has just finished the last mInute nearly seven thousand people are

SCHOLASTIC 5 FEBRUARY 1986 27 26 c technology-·------"--­ Everybody Wants to Play

stock through selective mating epjleptic, afllicred with certain by Jean Carey and reproduction in order to pro­ types of insanity or subject to duce the most desirable children. dangerous emotional instability." "We have not .ret seell what The achievement of its goal This is according to Tomorrow's man can make of man." -- B.F. depends on the ideal functioning Children, an informational book Skinner, behavioral psychologist of three fundamentals: natural put out by the American Eugenics selection, sociological and statisti­ We have all heard the expres­ Society in 1935. The authol; cal studies, and the dominance of Ellsworth Huntington, was sion that DNA is the "blueprint" the genetic make-up over the of life. More accurately, it is a set president of Yale University at environment. Theoretically, the time. of instructions written in a under these basic premises and language of three-letter words, or conditions, man could weed out In another example, the Ray Bemiss Head Coach Lefty Smith co dons, in a four-letter alphabet. all defectives by preventing them Human Betterment Foundation The sequence of these codons on from having offspring, while concluded that married women due. The point is that the each of the twenty-three chromo­ ,encouraging desirables to· mass were fifty percent more likely beau, are players to build a pro­ and Bill Nyrop (defenseman in somes can dictate an obvious trait the Montreal Canadian dynasty). administration has been incon­ produce children within the con­ than men to be manic depressives gram around~ To win in Division of hair color, or an obscure by the age of twenty-five. Hunt­ I, however, you must have three Other All-Americans included sistent. Money has yet to be fines of marriage .. smartly invested in sports that characteristic such as a food ington suggested that new legisla­ first rate lines. winger Brian Walsh and center Ed allergy. A simple change in one By what criteria were the Bumbacco. They were exciting have money making potential like tion must respond to this data by men's soccer and ice hockey. codon can have no observable defectives and desirables segre­ requiring examination before mar­ It has truly been. a shame that years. effect, or it can result ina debili­ . a major . sporting program like There is no excu:se for Notre gated? A social test examined the riage, preventing young and hasty tating disease, like sickle· . cell reputation of the family in the hockey· had tp experience such a The South Bend Community, Dame not to be· a power.in these marriages, socially and geographi­ anemia. An aJtqration in a few community. The biological test fate as this at Notre Dame. Loy­ if not the Notre Dame student two sports. The administration cally segregating the desirables body, is starved for competitive should have known that, in the molecules is serious enough to consisted of examining the first from the undesirables and revis­ alty for the team shown through severely limit the lifespan and even as its future became obvious. hockey. But in. a perplexing last analysis, quality performances two children born for undesirable ing immigration quotas to be con­ developn~ent of an individual. characteristics on the premise that I The students rallied to the hockey move, amidst all the cost cutting, for a fair price· are what people fluent with eugenic ideals, among . I team's support on national televi­ twelve scholarships for womcn's want. The recent balking at the Each p~rson has two copies if there were· genetic defects in other recommendations. sion during· an . Irish-UCLA volleyball were added at nearly football ticket prices by alumni of all the information needed by the first or. second child, the pro­ Scientific advancements bability that subsequent children bas~etball game trying to post­ the ~ame time as the hockey cuts. for the first time since the early the body. The additions or sub­ have always been far ahead of pone the inevitable. The team, in A coach from California was 1960's indicates this. . tractions to these instructions are would have the same defiCiencies human ability to use them posi­ mistakes which left uncorrected would be extremely high. an attempt to reduce costs, the brought to South Bend to run the While we talk of basketball and tively, as is evidenced by geneti­ went into the Central Collegiate team. Trips to the West Coast are not usually advantageous. The concept of the gene as .cists' work to systematically spring football, a group of student The union of egg and sperm, .Hockey AssoCiation from the were added to build the program atpletes practice with the lofty the controller of human destiny reduce the mystery of life to ran­ Western Collegiate Hockey Asso­ into a national power. The same which each carry one set of fostered new developments in the dom movements of electrons, intention of· obtaining that big instructions, allows for creation of Ciation. men citing red ink for the hockey Division I upset at their new com­ lab. In 1909 the state of California neutrons and protons. The only debacle claimed that this women's new combinations of traits which It was not the case that the .pethive level. No glory is involved began to systematically enforce a defense against repeating the sport would be a big money­ are favorable to the sul'vival of eugenic sterilization law. During disaster of the past is individual· Irish had no great teams or tradi­ here, only the love of sport. But, any species. Your future is deter­ maker. Looking at the general as the years goon, this will hope­ the next thirty years approxi­ awareness of genetic engineering, tion in the seventies. Powerful sentiment of sports fans today, mined by which sperm and egg skaters included Dave Poulin fully change. Until then, the mately 10,000 "defectives" were . amniocentesis and cloning. If we this prospect is highly unlikely. unite and whether or not the sterilized under the recommenda­ fail in this personal responsibility, (now captain of the Philadelphia Thebeau's, McNeil's, Mooney's, codon sequence in your DNA is tion of the Human Betterment Aldous Huxley's Brave New World Flyers), Don Jackson (defense­ It is not that women's volley­ and Guay's will go on skating for grammatically correct. man for .the Stanley Cup cham­ ball is to blame for the cuts in the the love of the sport and Notre Foundation. "Defectives" were will have a rich and nutritious Dame, not for the recognition and Eugenics in its most positive classified as, "people who are diet of public scientific ignorance pion Edmonton Oilers), Jack hockey prognlm. Scholarships for form aims to better the human Brownshidle (Hartford Whalers), women's athletics were long over- the awards.- congenftaI1y feeble-minded , to feed and grow strong upon. .

5 FEBRUARY 1986 29 28 SCHOLASTIC c technology-·------"--­ Everybody Wants to Play

stock through selective mating epjleptic, afllicred with certain by Jean Carey and reproduction in order to pro­ types of insanity or subject to duce the most desirable children. dangerous emotional instability." "We have not .ret seell what The achievement of its goal This is according to Tomorrow's man can make of man." -- B.F. depends on the ideal functioning Children, an informational book Skinner, behavioral psychologist of three fundamentals: natural put out by the American Eugenics selection, sociological and statisti­ We have all heard the expres­ Society in 1935. The authol; cal studies, and the dominance of Ellsworth Huntington, was sion that DNA is the "blueprint" the genetic make-up over the of life. More accurately, it is a set president of Yale University at environment. Theoretically, the time. of instructions written in a under these basic premises and language of three-letter words, or conditions, man could weed out In another example, the Ray Bemiss Head Coach Lefty Smith co dons, in a four-letter alphabet. all defectives by preventing them Human Betterment Foundation The sequence of these codons on from having offspring, while concluded that married women due. The point is that the each of the twenty-three chromo­ ,encouraging desirables to· mass were fifty percent more likely beau, are players to build a pro­ and Bill Nyrop (defenseman in somes can dictate an obvious trait the Montreal Canadian dynasty). administration has been incon­ produce children within the con­ than men to be manic depressives gram around~ To win in Division of hair color, or an obscure by the age of twenty-five. Hunt­ I, however, you must have three Other All-Americans included sistent. Money has yet to be fines of marriage .. smartly invested in sports that characteristic such as a food ington suggested that new legisla­ first rate lines. winger Brian Walsh and center Ed allergy. A simple change in one By what criteria were the Bumbacco. They were exciting have money making potential like tion must respond to this data by men's soccer and ice hockey. codon can have no observable defectives and desirables segre­ requiring examination before mar­ It has truly been. a shame that years. effect, or it can result ina debili­ . a major . sporting program like There is no excu:se for Notre gated? A social test examined the riage, preventing young and hasty tating disease, like sickle· . cell reputation of the family in the hockey· had tp experience such a The South Bend Community, Dame not to be· a power.in these marriages, socially and geographi­ anemia. An aJtqration in a few community. The biological test fate as this at Notre Dame. Loy­ if not the Notre Dame student two sports. The administration cally segregating the desirables body, is starved for competitive should have known that, in the molecules is serious enough to consisted of examining the first from the undesirables and revis­ alty for the team shown through severely limit the lifespan and even as its future became obvious. hockey. But in. a perplexing last analysis, quality performances two children born for undesirable ing immigration quotas to be con­ developn~ent of an individual. characteristics on the premise that I The students rallied to the hockey move, amidst all the cost cutting, for a fair price· are what people fluent with eugenic ideals, among . I team's support on national televi­ twelve scholarships for womcn's want. The recent balking at the Each p~rson has two copies if there were· genetic defects in other recommendations. sion during· an . Irish-UCLA volleyball were added at nearly football ticket prices by alumni of all the information needed by the first or. second child, the pro­ Scientific advancements bability that subsequent children bas~etball game trying to post­ the ~ame time as the hockey cuts. for the first time since the early the body. The additions or sub­ have always been far ahead of pone the inevitable. The team, in A coach from California was 1960's indicates this. . tractions to these instructions are would have the same defiCiencies human ability to use them posi­ mistakes which left uncorrected would be extremely high. an attempt to reduce costs, the brought to South Bend to run the While we talk of basketball and tively, as is evidenced by geneti­ went into the Central Collegiate team. Trips to the West Coast are not usually advantageous. The concept of the gene as .cists' work to systematically spring football, a group of student The union of egg and sperm, .Hockey AssoCiation from the were added to build the program atpletes practice with the lofty the controller of human destiny reduce the mystery of life to ran­ Western Collegiate Hockey Asso­ into a national power. The same which each carry one set of fostered new developments in the dom movements of electrons, intention of· obtaining that big instructions, allows for creation of Ciation. men citing red ink for the hockey Division I upset at their new com­ lab. In 1909 the state of California neutrons and protons. The only debacle claimed that this women's new combinations of traits which It was not the case that the .pethive level. No glory is involved began to systematically enforce a defense against repeating the sport would be a big money­ are favorable to the sul'vival of eugenic sterilization law. During disaster of the past is individual· Irish had no great teams or tradi­ here, only the love of sport. But, any species. Your future is deter­ maker. Looking at the general as the years goon, this will hope­ the next thirty years approxi­ awareness of genetic engineering, tion in the seventies. Powerful sentiment of sports fans today, mined by which sperm and egg skaters included Dave Poulin fully change. Until then, the mately 10,000 "defectives" were . amniocentesis and cloning. If we this prospect is highly unlikely. unite and whether or not the sterilized under the recommenda­ fail in this personal responsibility, (now captain of the Philadelphia Thebeau's, McNeil's, Mooney's, codon sequence in your DNA is tion of the Human Betterment Aldous Huxley's Brave New World Flyers), Don Jackson (defense­ It is not that women's volley­ and Guay's will go on skating for grammatically correct. man for .the Stanley Cup cham­ ball is to blame for the cuts in the the love of the sport and Notre Foundation. "Defectives" were will have a rich and nutritious Dame, not for the recognition and Eugenics in its most positive classified as, "people who are diet of public scientific ignorance pion Edmonton Oilers), Jack hockey prognlm. Scholarships for form aims to better the human Brownshidle (Hartford Whalers), women's athletics were long over- the awards.- congenftaI1y feeble-minded , to feed and grow strong upon. .

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, would have pushed for its com­ do, like academics or work in spending their last remaining final word ,pletion in the spring of '85. their favorite club, as they were months with their fellow class­ · Instead" the seniors became in their junior year. That feeling ~a~es. Meanwhile, industrious · disheartened with the slow pace seems to be part of the senior Jumors, and possibly sophomores, , o~ the process and decided they experience. could plan· student life knowing Passing the Reins of Power dId not want to be bogged down they will see the fruits of their with details of the reorganization It would be better for all stu­ labors the next year. Most impor­ in their last semester at Notre tantly, these underclassmen will A NEW SOLUTION TO SENIOR BURN-OUT ~ents, including seniors, if posi-, to Juniors Dame. The' mess of student tlOns of responsibility were avail­ have the time to commit them­ "govcrnment ,was bestowed upon able only to those who had a selves to a job well-done which interviews and resume writing is Chicago. Of course, 'a junior , this year's office holders. stake in the immediate future of seniors do not have the time or would have to give part of his or the university. Unburdened possibly the conviction to accom­ by W.R. Mack enough to make one weary, To rectify the problems I have ' without having to worry about her social life for a year, but he or semors. could go about the never- plish. Everyone benefits in the '~entionc:d above, I propose ban­ end. other duties. she would have the advantage,.of ,mng sen,Iors from holding student ending task of applying to gradu­ Seniors are valuable resources being able to look forward to. an and hall government positions .as ate schools, lining up jobs, and Anyone want a job as an RA? at Notre Dame. They know what Secondly, the need for a good exciting senior year. · wc:ll "as ha:t~, staff ,positions' in philosophy classes are worth tak­ social life in the senior year is dorms .. Naturally, there will be acute. Seniors know this will be Student government is another ing, how best to' deal with the rec­ area where positions of responsi­ , people' who say this discriminates tor or .rectress 'of a dorm, and the the last year they spend together, bility would be better left to non­ , against seniors" and that many can proper decision to make when and they want to make the best of seniors. In the second semester of i ha?dle positions' of responsibility faced with the choice of Russian it. Duties, like the ones RA's and the 1984-85 school ye~r, the , qUIte effortlessly iIi their senior vegetable pie or Hungarian noo­ student government officials student body government decided year. I believe this is much easier dle bake at the dining hall (The assume, tend to limit the social 'said than done. Students do not answer to· this "dilemma" is a calendar. Being an RA myself, in it wanted to reorganize 'itself.. By the end of the school year the ~ realize how, tough it can be to carry-out' pizza). Juniors, how­ a dorm which requires its RAs to plan . ~me's future in the senior ever, rather than seniors, may be be on duty three times a week, I reorganization was dropped, and .scheduled to begin again this past , y~ar: .Being the over-achievers we much more suited for success in have felt the frustration of having : ~re at Notre Dame, we always positions of responsibility on to work while my fricnds attend fall. Unfortunately, the s~eleton of a student government left by . think we can handle any difficult campus. While many areas could the senior cocktail parties, away : situation,' As' the senior, year be addressed as .good examples, football games, and excursions to an unfinished reorganization plan was thought so inefficient and "pt~gresses, (many of those who the positions of Resident Assis­ , have accepted the mantle of tant and student government inappropriate by Student Body "If seniors are com­ President Bill Healy and others responsibility sometimes wish representative emerge prom­ 'they had left their positions for inently in my mind. pletely honest with that they tried to completely dis­ solve the Student Senate. ' , someone else to tackle. Why is it more difficult for themselves, they will I have talked to a few student . , Seniors also· have problems seniors to hold these positions admit they . are not as 'with exercising total commitment than others? the answers are committed to anything government members in the past year, and I get the impression that ,to their responsibilities. If seniors inherent to senior year. First of are completely. honest with them­ all, making plans for a future they do as they were in reorganization could' have been completed if senior members of selves,. they will a,dmit they are career is difficult. Fighting the their junior year." not as committed to anything they onslaught of applications, job the student body government .. ". " ,

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, would have pushed for its com­ do, like academics or work in spending their last remaining final word ,pletion in the spring of '85. their favorite club, as they were months with their fellow class­ · Instead" the seniors became in their junior year. That feeling ~a~es. Meanwhile, industrious · disheartened with the slow pace seems to be part of the senior Jumors, and possibly sophomores, , o~ the process and decided they experience. could plan· student life knowing Passing the Reins of Power dId not want to be bogged down they will see the fruits of their with details of the reorganization It would be better for all stu­ labors the next year. Most impor­ in their last semester at Notre tantly, these underclassmen will A NEW SOLUTION TO SENIOR BURN-OUT ~ents, including seniors, if posi-, to Juniors Dame. The' mess of student tlOns of responsibility were avail­ have the time to commit them­ "govcrnment ,was bestowed upon able only to those who had a selves to a job well-done which interviews and resume writing is Chicago. Of course, 'a junior , this year's office holders. stake in the immediate future of seniors do not have the time or would have to give part of his or the university. Unburdened possibly the conviction to accom­ by W.R. Mack enough to make one weary, To rectify the problems I have ' without having to worry about her social life for a year, but he or semors. could go about the never- plish. Everyone benefits in the '~entionc:d above, I propose ban­ end. other duties. she would have the advantage,.of ,mng sen,Iors from holding student ending task of applying to gradu­ Seniors are valuable resources being able to look forward to. an and hall government positions .as ate schools, lining up jobs, and Anyone want a job as an RA? at Notre Dame. They know what Secondly, the need for a good exciting senior year. · wc:ll "as ha:t~, staff ,positions' in philosophy classes are worth tak­ social life in the senior year is dorms .. Naturally, there will be acute. Seniors know this will be Student government is another ing, how best to' deal with the rec­ area where positions of responsi­ , people' who say this discriminates tor or .rectress 'of a dorm, and the the last year they spend together, bility would be better left to non­ , against seniors" and that many can proper decision to make when and they want to make the best of seniors. In the second semester of i ha?dle positions' of responsibility faced with the choice of Russian it. Duties, like the ones RA's and the 1984-85 school ye~r, the , qUIte effortlessly iIi their senior vegetable pie or Hungarian noo­ student government officials student body government decided year. I believe this is much easier dle bake at the dining hall (The assume, tend to limit the social 'said than done. Students do not answer to· this "dilemma" is a calendar. Being an RA myself, in it wanted to reorganize 'itself.. By the end of the school year the ~ realize how, tough it can be to carry-out' pizza). Juniors, how­ a dorm which requires its RAs to plan . ~me's future in the senior ever, rather than seniors, may be be on duty three times a week, I reorganization was dropped, and .scheduled to begin again this past , y~ar: .Being the over-achievers we much more suited for success in have felt the frustration of having : ~re at Notre Dame, we always positions of responsibility on to work while my fricnds attend fall. Unfortunately, the s~eleton of a student government left by . think we can handle any difficult campus. While many areas could the senior cocktail parties, away : situation,' As' the senior, year be addressed as .good examples, football games, and excursions to an unfinished reorganization plan was thought so inefficient and "pt~gresses, (many of those who the positions of Resident Assis­ , have accepted the mantle of tant and student government inappropriate by Student Body "If seniors are com­ President Bill Healy and others responsibility sometimes wish representative emerge prom­ 'they had left their positions for inently in my mind. pletely honest with that they tried to completely dis­ solve the Student Senate. ' , someone else to tackle. Why is it more difficult for themselves, they will I have talked to a few student . , Seniors also· have problems seniors to hold these positions admit they . are not as 'with exercising total commitment than others? the answers are committed to anything government members in the past year, and I get the impression that ,to their responsibilities. If seniors inherent to senior year. First of are completely. honest with them­ all, making plans for a future they do as they were in reorganization could' have been completed if senior members of selves,. they will a,dmit they are career is difficult. Fighting the their junior year." not as committed to anything they onslaught of applications, job the student body government .. ". " ,

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Mark Lechner Mark Lechner

1 FOU~1l THIS IN TilE BUSHES c.HreF I I l1llNK 'NE CAN FORGET ABoUT \HE ANqRY OCTOPUS ...... "THEORY NOW,-'__ __

FOOTBALL m THE O.D DAVS

John Gibbs

Well Doc .... I've always been preH~ much a . ni Jh f fer Son ... L/

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Mark Lechner Mark Lechner

1 FOU~1l THIS IN TilE BUSHES c.HreF I I l1llNK 'NE CAN FORGET ABoUT \HE ANqRY OCTOPUS ...... "THEORY NOW,-'__ __

FOOTBALL m THE O.D DAVS

John Gibbs

Well Doc .... I've always been preH~ much a . ni Jh f fer Son ... L/

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