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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
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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
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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