DON’T MYTH OUT
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denis nationwide base
pjsscil this talc around for scars
I he fait ihat it isn i true ham f
slopped them Hvh ho , isn t ihat
the nature of a myth*
ETC.
( all it studrntlorc the hi non
or stranger than hi non that Isonds
students at a particular college
I li re s some of the most enduring:
Harvard l keeps afloat the
rumor of required swimming
lessons It's true that on April 1(*.
14) I -. the I ifanie sank and that
I Icanor W icdnct s von, a liars aid
student, drowned It s also true
that in Tier son s memory VC icd
tier donated mones to Harvard
for a library {now known as
Wicdncr I ibrarv)
Hut contrary to \sbat Harvard
students have believed Miur then,
it isn’t true that W icdncr attached
a stipulation requiring all students
to pass a swim test l essons arc
merely encouraged for students
who want to participate in water
sports, sass a source in the Harvard
ness s nt!tc c
At Duke l in North ( arohna.
» ' loot stone vs all surrounds the
former women's campus (from
when the -men's and women s cam
puses sscre separate) According to
the myth, endowment benefactor
lames B Duke stipulated in ho will
that a 10 foot wall separate the men
from the women But the rebel
builders got around that require
ment by putting ? feet below
ground
Hit or myth?
Mow, •«« tf you con toll tact from fiction.
Truo or tnlmm:
•The U ot Maryland College Par*. awarded a doctorate — in hearth and
human performance — to a dead woman
(True, m 1994, to HatarHa CoeUo. who was tU when she d<mJ;
• Famed U ol Ho Ire Dame football coach Knute Rockne really told his players.
“Win one lor the Dipper '
(false Ha actual worth were -The day before he died [Mode Dame football
player] George Gipp asked me to wart until the situation seemed hopeless —
then ask a Hotre Dame team to go out and beat Army tor turn This is the day
and you are the team “)
• About the only thing that can gel you out ol class is a natural disaster
(True Washington State U canceled classes tor tour days m I960 when
Mount Saint Helens erupted, classes at the U ot Miami were canceled tor a
month m 1926 because ot a hurricane: Hanover College lost 32 of Its 33 build
mgs and a wee* ol classes in 1974 when a tornado swept through Indiana.)
I he iruih What sou tee it tvhat
you get “It t itut orrumciit.il," cayt
David Kobertnn tit Duke i public
attairs office.
Sludcnii at Brown 1 are itill
awaiting the emergence ol |)ititrtt<ir
I Utah S ( arherrt 1 cadence of ( ar
berry. a hctitrtmt character Iteheteti
Ur Irate been treated by a Blown
protector, littt turtaced in l‘)2‘> \
notice ttat potlcd adterucing l ar
herrv’t lecture on [net hotel am let
the tuidt ot cracked (rote to |>e
held in 1 ‘ruvertity I lall
btert I ridat the I Cth tirice,
there hate ap|>earrd around cam|uit
touting the mystery lecture A room
it alttatt reterved but no one
thottc up for t arhertc t tpeech
I hat t part ol the tradition, too
At Nalc 1 and the l of I loricia.
truth hat Itetome legendary
lire Vietnam Vctcram Memon
al in Washington, I VC perhapt
the nation t mott revered war man
utncni n a product of Mai a \ ing
I in. who wai 4 senior 41 Vale when
her contcii cniry for ihe memorial
dcitgn won in !‘>8I l rn firm
dcugned the memorial ai i Jrn
project Her profcwr, Andv Burr,
alio submitted a blueprint, hui I in
won ihe conteil ami the $20,000
pure Buir gave her a B
Became ihe impiejl heal often
dehydrated ihe U of Honda football
playen Robert ( ade. a pnitc'uoi of
medicine ami kidney mean.h at the
univenity. chocc the pigikin ban
dleti ai guinea pigi tot hn
new drink Now know n at ( •atotade
u>irv. not l.atoti jdt the
dunk was a hit with the football
placet! It wav named for their mac
cot, the t.aiot, and the univemry
receive! a portion of Gatoradc
profit!.
Kathleen Setter, Syracuse U /Photo by
John Foraste, Brown U
II s \V 1 HU AIN \s I *1 ATM \\|> I Wh MtEU4Nt< Ol ! HR. Hi i ks l OK
textbooks 1 radmonallv students have tin their losses in pan In
revelling (heir books at the end of the semester. Bookstores sxholcsalers
ami used l*M»k Hcafinghcniscs arc the most frequent buyers, but they rarely
pas even SO percent of the retail price
Its at (he buy ba» k where they stress vou, suss 1 of Alabama senior
Statv < ohen NX fieri they bus it ba».k. it \ like Here s sour >' Hope sou
learned what vou bad to learn
lo make matters ssorve bookstores often refuse to bus bask vcrtain texts
after professors opt to vhangc the edition used in their courses
Fortunately for students there are alternatives to the traditional
bookstore
( «>hen and some friends are planning to open an alternative bookstore
on the Alabama umpus Shi \uv\
her group hopes to pay students
ball of (hi original purchase pritc
fi *f *i//hooks
\X c re (rvini! to out toerrhci a
WJ hjll with 411 art gallery and 411 alternative bookstott upstarts ( often
MV' I Kerr > m>! really 4 bookstore lure thai sells ness and used slassis' 4iui
has rise inn right ihere. too
Marvl’IKta, the campus f'ublu interest pinup .11 1 he l ot Maryland
hold* 4 hook swap 41 which students tun trade then old tests lot Urdu
toward new once
hut even <hc alternatives pose problems "Sometimes sou scan tor ihe
book sss4p. 4nd then dies don't hist what sou nerd suss Maryland senuir
Melt Kamsded So sou end up going to the bookstore jnvwn
Another alternative offered 4t 1 jstern Illinois l is 4 school run
lestlsook rentjl system A Ice of 4fsout S*> per credit hour is jddrd to stu
dents hills wficn rhes register for t lasses Although some courses require
more books than others, university officials S4\ the trrs esen out over
tout scats
Nkese reads gotten positive feedhask." sas v Donna Dawson, lest
book iriital vletk at EIU "especially llolli 11 aiistcr students who come
here and are a mated that they don t base to spend hundreds of dollars
on books
Ihc l of 'S tsconstn, iau l laire, and the l ot \\ isconsin. Stout, spoil
sor similar tcvtbook leasing programs and at the l ol Minnesota. Duluth,
stuslent tun organizations Inis used tesis (or alums
lust remember if you look hard enough, sou II lie ahlr to hit sour
books harder than they hit your wallet
Dan Arery, U ot Maryland College Part Photo by Aaron Lathem. U ol Aruona
Shaaaahl Oattlng caught In tha booksfor* trap
could coat you an arm and a lag.