LIFESTYLES • Bloom aid Bloom • • Registered Electrologists • Come and let us remove your unwanted hair problem and improve your appearance. Near 12 Mile Rd. bet. Evergreen & Southfield 559-1969 THINK Appt. Only. Ask For Shirlee or Debby • • PROFILE Debbie K. Schlussel: Young Republican CARLA JEAN SCHWARTZ Local Columnist published in Midstream Magazine. Also publishing an article on U-M for Policy Review. PHILOSOPHY: "As a conservative, I believe in limited, constitutional government and the merits of the individual in society rather than as part of a collective group. The only limits to an individual's opportunity to succeed should be his own limits of talent, initiative and enterprise. Today, I share the Republican Party's vision for a promising future, in which there are no limits to opportunity and growth." A Special Offer / PACKAGE INCLUDES - •CLEANSING FACIAL •MANICURE •MAKEUP APPLICATION $78 value COME VISIT US TODAY A TOTAL SKIN CARE EXPERIENCE AWAITS! Expires 4-1-88 i I 11 CARE St MSLA 626-5511 • 626-1173 6672 Orchard Lake Rd. MIER Hours 9-5:30, 9-8:30 Th. Closed Monday in the West Bloomfield Plazc PRUDENTIAL-BACHE SECURITIES of West Bloomfield invites you to a Seminar on INVESTING and the NEW 1988 TAX LAWS WHERE: Jewish Community Center Shiffman Hall 6600 W. Maple Road West Bloomfield DATE: Thursday, March 24 TIME: 7:30 p.m. Desserts and Refreshments will be served To Reserve Seats Call Joy at 433-8593 • _ NAME: Debbie Schlussel AGE: 18 OCCUPATION: University of Michigan student, Republican Party volunteer and pro-Israel political activist RESIDENCE: Southfield FAMILY: Parents Herschel Schlussel, opthalmologist, and Toby Schlussel, Hebrew teacher at- Cong. Sha.arey Zedek. Two sisters and one brother. Granddaughter of the late Irving Schlussel, past president of the Jewish Community Council of Detroit. EDUCATION: Graduate of Southfield High School and currently a sophomore of the University of Michigan. SYNAGOGUE: Shomrei Emunah, Young Israel of Greenfield ORGANIZATIONS: National Jewish Coalition campus representative at U-M, College Republicans, MENSA, AIPAC, B'nei Akiva, TAGAR (college affiliate of Herut political party) and Young Americans for Freedom. FAVORITE BOOK: The White House Mess by Christopher Buckley. LATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT: Invited to speak at the 1988 Republican National Convention, representing National Then Age Republicans. Chosen alternate delegate to the 1988 Republican convention and the youngest member of the Michigan delegation at the convention. Recently authored a fifty page thesis on "The Jews and the Conservative Movement in American Politics," excerpts of which will be HOBBIES: Tennis, distance running, writing, reading, drawing, debating, speaking Hebrew and entrepreneurial enterprises. BACKGROUND: Debbie Schlussel grew up in an Orthodox home in Southfield. She attended Akiva Hebrew Day School through the seventh grade and graduated Hillel Day School after the ninth grade. She completed her secondary education at Southfield High School. Schlussel has a double major at the University of Michigan in political science and Hebrew and Judaic studies. Jewish education and Jewish youth groups were and still are an important part of Schlussel's life. She speaks fluent Hebrew, has traveled to Israel and was active in B'nei Akiva, and attended its summer camps. "I was always involved in Jewish groups and organizations. That's why I got involved in politics. I think it's important that Jews are involved in both political parties," says Schlussel. While many youngsters were watching Sunday morning . cartoons, Schlussel was only allowed to watch her father's programs — Meet the Press and other political shows. "I understood politics at an early age," she recalls. She and her father campaigned together for the 1980 Reagan-Bush ticket. While many of her friends chose to go skiing for winter break last month, Schlussel choose Capitol Hill, working for the Republican Party. "Other people my age do not have the contacts I have. Politics is my calling. I'm good at meeting people and strong in my beliefs." Schlussel is on a first-name basis with several reporters and congressmen. When she is neither studying nor campaigning, she manages to play tennis. She is an excellent athlete and was a 1985 finalist for the United States tennis team in the Maccabiah Games. In the future, Schlussel plans on attending law school and running for Congress.