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r Circulation • 1.425,000 /A STUDENT BOYCOTTS — 6 i November 1989 • Volume 3 FOOTBALL RIVALRIES — THE NATIONAL COLLEGE NEWSPAPER Designer demands A national study reports that tuition hikes are partially attributable to students perks, including campus health club facili ties and private telephones. — Patfe 3 OPINIONS Freedom of the flag We shouldn't forget that desecrat ing the flag is a constitutional right, reminds l" of Tennessee's Jack McPeck — Page 7 LIFE AND ART Who wants their MTV? Once innovative. Music Television is now in a state of decline, according to Loyola U.’s Hank Stuever — 1‘age 10 DOLLARS AND SENSE Out of this world Kansas State U. has been selected to formulate designs for human habi tats in space — Page 13 STUDENT BODY Move over, Jane Fonda More and more men are turning to the female dominated world of aero bics to stay fit — Page 16 Med schools take pain out of studies By Brett Lomont ■ Ka l eo O Hawaii U. of Hawaii In the first two nr three years of traditional medical training, students rarely discuss patients or their symptoms Instead, they spend long days in lectures and late nights memorizing volumes of theory and fact That changed at the l of Hawaii this year, as the John A Burns School of Medicine became the first in the country to completely overhaul its curriculum and abandon the standard lecture-hall format Students now work in small groups researching their own answers to real health problems According to Dr. Alex Anderson, assistant to the dean, the new format is intended to produce lietter researchers. He said interns taught the traditional way have shown too much dependence on their supervisors in finding answers to prob lems Also, the "absolutely overwhelming' amount of information students are usually required to learn in med school is a nation : al concern. Anderson said. Under the new approach, students learn only the most pertinent facts. Incoming students this fall are already interacting with patients and researching a variety of medical science subjects in order to solve specific clinical health problems, rather than See MED SCHOOLS, Page 5 JOt Cf Pt DA >A.| . I • MNtH A. I AWA'mAI: , ),««,tvA. >' Large schools strengthen alcohol policies Smaller liberal arts schools report decline in drug use despite liberal policies By Stephanie Raphel ■ The Otoerlm Review Oberlin College and Mike Elliott ■ The Amherst Student Amherst College In the 70s, Wesleyan U.’s chemistry lah was reputed to make the best LSD on the Hast Coast Students allege that when the Grateful Dead played on the Connecticut campus, they were paid with acid Tales like this are less frequent today At small liberal arts college nationwide, the popularity of illegal drugs is decreas ing. according to students and adminis trators Larger schools are adopting stricter [xilicies toward drug and alcohol use due to a growing fear of liability suits “1 think it’s gotten tougher in general t.o get jx>t at Wesleyan,’’ one student said "The college is much less of a drug atom sphere " 1 le said that while a large num her of students continue to dnnk. regular drug use is confined to limited circles. See ALCOHOL. Page 2 Royal family rules over U. of Md. students L i m ■ii CMM> & MOfiJCH T>< OMMCMSMX U V MMmMC U. of Md. King Jamas Manar (right) and Crown Prineo Erie Cotarior show odt tholr gibbet, a By Ivan Penn ■ The Diamondback U. of Maryland, College Park Decorated with medieval swords, flags and shields, the room hosts the latest meeting of the U. of Maryland's royal family, who sit around a dinosaur-size bone, their official gavel. The Monarchist party, ruled by senior King James Risner during the 1988-89 academic year, has been alive at UM for 17 years. And for four of the last five years, they have held executive and legislative positions within the student government. The party was founded in 1972 to make a joke of the SGA, says adviser Barchan Canter, one of the party's founders. During their first cam I paign, the members ran a tape recorder as their secretary, declaring it a better note-taker than any other candidate they could offer. Although they lost the election that year, the party won 7 percent of the vote, and the tape recorder came in third for secretary. Risner ran without a party affilia tion in 1986, but was later ‘knighted’ when he ran with the “1 Believe ‘Gilligan’s Island' was a Documentary* campaign slogan that year. The party's unusual campaigns and administrations have been featured in newspapers nationwide, including the New York Times. “One time when they ran, the platform was to build a moat around the campus,* recalls IJM President William Kirwan. Despite their sometimes strange behavior, SGA Adviser Jana Varwig believes the Monarchists are making progress on campus issues *1 think they have some real goals and they take their job seriously. Part of it is a goal in rebuilding their government" Fraternity adopts abused children By John Austin ■ The Shorlhorn U. of Texas. Arlington When the Omega Psi Phis at 1" of Texas, Arlington try to reach their cars after an afternoon service project, it takes them at least 15 minutes Kids swarm around them, liegging for phone numbers and addresses any thing to keep the connection with their new college friends. But what they want to know more than anything is, “When are you coming back7” The eight Omegas and thei r little sisters visit abused children at St. Teresa's 1 feme a few times each semester Sometimes they barbecue, and once they organized a carnival This time they came just to spend time with the kids Brenda Gladders. a therapist at the home. says. “The visits are a big help.The kids get a lot of one-on-one attention 1 See FRATERNITY. Page 23
