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As for what Matthews will go after in
his senior year-it's anyone's guess.
MART VA MSALLY
U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY
Few American college students sub-
ject themselves to the rigorous physical
and academic demands of the Air Force
Academy. Still fewer women do. For
these reasons alone, Martha McSally is
exceptional. But that's just the begin-
ning.
McSally came to the Academy from a
small Catholic high school in Rhode
Island. She is currently the second-
highest ranking junior in a class of over
1,000 cadets and holds the position of
Wing Operations Non-Commissioned
Officer.
This past summer, McSally was the
only female cadet to work the Assault
Course, the most demanding portion of
basic training. Because of her work, she
was selected to be next year's senior in
charge of the Assault Course.
Athletically, McSally excels. She's a
varsity letter winner on the undefeated
Continental Divide Conference cham-
pion swim team; in outdoor track, she
was the only Academy cadet to qualify
for the 1986 National Triathalon Cham-
pionships. The "Most Inspirational
Swimmer" on a team with a 21-0 record,
McSally was also a member of the Air
Force Women's Water Polo Team which
won the 1986 national championship.
A 3.74 average biology major,
McSally wants to be an air force pilot
and the first woman to fly a fighter
aircraft. In the meantime, she can be
found running the Denver marathon.
MARK NIEMANN
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
The field of science journalism is a
growing one. If Mark Niemann has his
way, it will continue to grow. Niemann
majors in molecular biology, and remem-
bers, "My investigations into science in
general, and genetics in particular, be-
gan in the library, rather than the labora-
tory." Hence, he's as comfortable with
the printed word as with the test tube.

Niemann's first genetics research proj-
ect resulted in a 1985 article in the Jour-
nal of Experimental Zoology. Other
journalistic efforts include Summer
Science Opportunities for Undergraduates,
a comprehensive guide to summer
research programs for students nation-
wide. Neimann also created and edits 88
Update, an award-winning newsletter for
the Princeton Class of '88.
Niemann's current project? He's
publisher and editor of undergraduate-
produced Science Today, a color
newsmagazine about science. "I feel for-
tunate," Niemann says, "that science
and journalism, two of my greatest in-
terests, are so closely and fundamentally
intertwined."
MTARS VAIL ROCKlEL
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT
BERKELEY
Marshall Rockwell is a computer
wizard.
Rockwell has invented (patent pend-
ing 1987) a new computer scanner called
the "wand" which, when passed across a
page, turns an ordinary personal com-
puter into a combination photocopier,
microfilm system, and facsimile. In 1986,
Rockwell was awarded the Wozzie award
(named for Steve Wozniak, co-founder
of Apple Computer). Many are calling
Rockwell's wand "the next mouse."
In trying to get his scanner produced,
Rockwell has experienced how difficult it
is to bridge the world of engineering to
business. Therefore, he's decided to ma-
jor in business administration at
Berkeley.
Rockwell cites Japan's incredible pro-
ductivity as an example of a successful
marriage that links technology and
marketing. He insists that in order for
the U.S. to renain competitive in any
area, we must have similar cooperation
between engineering and business.
ELEN ROKIINA
HARVARD-RADCLIFFE COLLEGE
Victims of religious and intellectual
persecution, Elen Roklina and her
mother emigrated to the United States

from the Soviet Union in 1978. It was
this early experience, Roklina states,
that imbued her with love for Judaica,
Jewish education, and literary self-
expression.
A Biblical and Talmudic scholar of the
highest order, Roklina learned English
and Hebrew simultaneously. In 1982, she
won the title of Deputy Diaspora Cham-
pion at the International Bible Contest
in Jerusalem. Roklina ranks fifth in the
world after placing second nationally in
the U.S.
Roklina's scholarship seems innate.
Since childhood she has maintained her
own independent program of study: the
Bible, the Talmud, medieval Jewish
thought, and modern Hebrew literature.
A historian who cares about the future,
Roklina believes we can truly affect
what's to come by studying the past. She
will most likely make a career in
academia where she can do what she
claims she does best: "writing, transmit-
ting what I see and feel, shedding light."
LOUISA SMITV
HARVARD-RADCLIFFE COLLEGE
Interested in helping people, Louisa
Smith considered a career as a physician
or psychiatrist. But, her desire to affect
change on a larger scale-on the level of
society rather than the individual-
caused her to change her focus to public
health policy-specifically, mental
health.
In her freshman year at Georgetown,
before transferring to Harvard, Smith
became involved in the District of Col-
umbia's Mental Health Law Project,
working with Washington's poor and
mentally disabled. "I saw the world
through their eyes," she says, "and I will
not easily forget what I felt." In
Cambridge, Smith continues her work
by co-directing the Harvard/Radcliffe
Eating Concerns Hotline and Outreach
Project, counseling peers and organizing
lectures and conferences.
Smith may channel her public health
concerns into journalism, so she can
raise public awareness about diverse
social problems such as eating disorders
and homelessness. "I may never solve all
the problems I have seen," Smith says,
"but I cannot walk away from them."

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