TOP OF THE WEEK
A New Generation, But the Same Goals
The first issue of NEWSWEEK
ON CAMPUS appeared in the
fall of 1982, the fall that this
year's college freshmen were
entering the eighth grade. We
set for ourselves two guide-
lines: first, to produce for col-
lege students a magazine just
like NEWSWEEK except that it
would focus on the special in-
terests of students; second, to
take students seriously.
Magazines for students exist-
ed before NEWSWEEK ON CAM-
Pus, and a lot of them have been
founded since. But we are
pleased to observe that we seem
to be the model. Earlier this
year, The Wall Street Journal
said: "NEWSWEEK ON CAMPUS
gave the college magazine mar-
ket legitimacy." We believe
this is true because we are the
only publication for students
that is written, edited and de-
signed by the professional staff
of a major national magazine;
much of our reporting comes
from campus correspondents
who are among the nation's
best student journalists.
We welcome your comments
and suggestions. We also wel-
come your MY TURN contribu-
tions; a MY TURN will appear in
every issue, always written by a
student. We look forward, as we
are sure you do, to the coming
academic year.
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Education
Celebrity professors: Famous
instructors help spotlight their
schools, but are they worth
the cost? Page 8
Carl Sagan is America's
Scientist Page 114
MIT attempts to leaven
the sciences with
the humanities Page 18
College Life
Architecture: College art museums
show themselves off Page 24
Sports: Women's field hockey
wins points Page 31
* Higher drinking ages make
fake ID's a booming
business Page 33
* An all-male college studies the
opposite sex Page 37
Careers
* Medical education dims to
produce doctors who care as
well as treat Page 39
Resumes: The declining number
of women in engineering;
a medical social worker;
how to find jobs in the
nonprofit sector Page 43
Arts &
Entertainment
Movies: Dennis Quaid gets gritty
and becomes a movie star;
"Matewan" and "Maurice" are
good, serious films Page 46
Books: New works by literary
hotshots Bret Easton Ellis
and Tama Janowitz Page 49
Music: The dB's follow bad luck
with a strong album Page 50
Television: Actor-comedian Tim
Reid has a tasty new show,
"Frank's Place"; an
engineering student becomes
an MTV veejay Page 54
Departments
Multiple Choice: The power of the
student checkbook at
Montana; orientation at
Miami is like a day at the
beach; a learning lab for
rock-climbers at North
Carolina State; too much
interior decorating with milk
crates in Maine; studying
shy students; flying high at
Hawthorne College Page 20
My Turn Page 56
The Mail Page 4
Cover: Photo by Rob Nelson-
Picture Group
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