Last year
blues hit
soon-to-be
graduates
By THOMAS MACKINNON
The real world is coming.
But for many, this is the end.
The party called undergraduate life
is grinding to a screeching halt.
Senior year has arrived.
"I feel older than I ever have be-
fore," said LSA senior Paul Horch-
ler. "You don't even want to skip a
football game because you figure
it's your last one."
"It's a lot more work as a senior
trying to get done with everything
in time for graduation, but I'm ea-
gerly anticipating it because I'm
broke," said LSA senior Daniel
Oritz.
"It's scary," said LSA senior
Ramin Panahi, "My job outlook
right now is so unclear, my options
are such that I am just not sure
what I want to do."
Many seniors will visit the
University's Career Planning and
Placement center this year.
"Most seniors seeking counsel-
ing are generally calm," said
Deborah May,director of Career
Planning and Placement. "Of
course, everyone we see is anxious
about their future to a degree.
We've been seeing a shift over the
past few years though. More people
are coming in to see us during their
freshman and sophomore years, so
we are really not seeing a lot of se-
niors coming in in an absolute
panic."
Forty-two percent who seek
counseling are seniors, 31 percent
are first-year students and sopho-
mores. The rest are alumni and
graduate students. CPP maintains
an extensive library and alumni
network, which provide advice',
con cts, and recommendations for
SSeniors also turn to the Student
Counseling Office in Haven Hall.
The staff of student volunteers pro-
vides academic counseling, class
recommendations and help fulfilling
course requirements.
" What we do here is primarily
informal peer counseling," said
LSA junior Eric Ciccoretti, a
counselor. "The things that seniors
are generally most anxious about
are taking the LSATs, getting into
grad school, and fulfilling their dis-
tribution requirements."
Many seniors present the out-
ward appearance of being very calm'
cool, and collected as they begin
e e really enjoyed my senior
year so far," said LSA senior Amy
Prershing tIenjoy b, eing ableto
take the higher level courses where
benei rofsthe doubt that I have a
brain. As for my future, I'm going
to grad school."
For many, however, nerves are
twitching and anxiety rages.
"I'm under tonsiof pr e""
exclaimedn ioAseno Mce Ft.
"One slip up, one small mistake,
and it's all. All for nothing. If I
fucked up a class, it would revoke
my acceptance to medical school.
The pressure is definitely intense."
The Michigan Daily-Friday, October 9, 1987- Page 5
Group to support Black pre-meds
By SHEALA DURANT
Black undergraduates interested
in medicine will have a new infor-
mation and support resource avail-
able this year, thanks to a group of
Black pre-medical students.
The Black Pre-Medical Associa-
tion's goal is to provide an atmo-
sphere where interested students can
learn more about medicine and its
requirements.
Through contact with those
currently enrolled in medical
school, as well as their undergradu-
ate peers, pre-med students will
have a selection of models and sup-
port groups, providing mentoring,
tutoring, and counseling in career
preparation.
The organization was the brain-
child of a group of Black pre-med
students who felt a resource that
provides information about nor-
mally overlooked courses was
needed.
At an organizational meeting
last week, LSA senior and
Association founder Donna Prince
said former Black Medical Associa-
tion President Cassandra Tribble
and Minority Student Services
Representative Barbara Robinson
helped get the association started.
They "suggested ways to get it
started and provided us with a lot of
information," Prince said.
Students at the meeting said that
they felt a need for the organization.
"You won't feel like you're in it
alone," said LSA sophomore Dawn
Ansari.
According the University Medi-
cal School, 71 active Black medical
ing everyone of Medical School
events.
A liason will also be appointed
to keep the Black Pre-Medical As-
sociation and the Black Medical
Association informed of each others
happenings and plan joint activi-
ties.
Toni Love, a second-year medi-
cal student and the current president
'Sometimes I think the biggest help is to see and hear
and know a black person that's in the field.'
Toni Love, president of the Black Medical
Association
help is to see and hear and know a
black person that's in the field, sort
of a mentor," Love said.
An on-going activity planned by
both the BMA and the Black Pre-
Medical Association will be an
"Adopt a Pre-Med" program Love
describes as being on a "one to one
personal level." BMA members
will "adopt" an undergraduate stu-
dent and assist them with choosing
classes, interviewing, filling out
applications, and letters of recom-
mendation.
"Last year our adoptees came
over (to the medical school) and sat
in on one of our classes and ate
lunch with us over at the hospital,"
Love said. The adoptees were also
taken on a tour of the University
hospital.
The association will have its
first mass meeting Sunday at 1:30
p.m. in the Michigan Union's
Kuenzel room.
,
students are registered in the school
this year.
There are 25 Black first-year
students and 12 Black seniors in
pre-med. According to a representa-
tive from the Medical School Ad-
missions Office, there are 213 ac-
tive first-year students and 162 ac-
tive seniors are registered.
The Black Pre-Medical Associa-
tion hopes to increase these num-
bers by running several programs
including field trips, study groups,
and regular announcements inform-
of the Black Medical Association,
said the number one problem be-
tween graduate and undergraduate
clubs is a lack of communication.
Members of the BMA "feel an
obligation to help those Black stu-
dents who want to travel the path
that we're on and are maybe a few
steps behind us," Love said.
She said the BMA can provide
pre-meds with the perspective of a
Black medical student and get them
on a "more personal level."
"Sometimes I think the biggest
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But no matter who wins, the ice
cream manufacturers can't lose.
"I think the game will have a
positive effect on-product sales for
both flavors," said Marilyn Palliaer,
director of Baker, Abbs, Cunning-
ham, and Klepinger, London's pub-
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instant success is due to the novelty
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cream and the fact that it's just plain
good, Palliaer said.
"I think it's a fun thing," said
Glen London, who began developing
the ice cream flavors six months
ago. "We'll let it go all the way
through the football season, and then
we'll evaluate it," he said.
The Michigan Sesquicentennial
commission, appointed by Governor
Blanchard and the state legislature to
coordinate activities celebrating the
state's 150th birthday, is featuring a
variety of other attractions at the pep
rally.
Officials in
Lansing plan
no arrests
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The Lansing law forbids a
"noisemaking device on a vehicle"
from playing the "Victors," he said.
Lansing Mayor Terry McKane
said his city's ordinance was "strictly
council silliness. It's a great deal of
fun. I'm not sure it was smart to put
it in ordinance form - that's a
slight misuse of law."
McKane said he will not attend
tomorrow's rally in front of City
Hall. Ann Arbor Mayor Gerald
Jernigan said the rally was not in his
plans either.
"This is really a repugrnant viola-
tion of the First Amendment," Hir-
shorn said of the Lansing law. "This
is wrong."
The Ann Arbor resolution, writ-
ten by Hirshorn, said the Lansing
ordinance was a "fundamental viola-
tion of our Constitution, sending a
chill through all musicians, singers,
hummers and whistlers." The
resolution welcomed "all friends of
the University of Michigan" to join
the singing today.
Another resolution, written by
Councilmember Terry Martin (R-
Second Ward), and passed by the
Ann Arbor council Monday, said
The pep bands and cheerleaders
from two Lansing area high schools
will be there along with state legis-
lators and council members from
both Lansing and Ann Arbor, Bales
said. Ann Arbor City
Councilmembers have also vowed to
sing "Victors" in response to a
Lansing city ordinance against play-
ing'the song on car horns.
Undaunted, Lansing City Coun-
cilmember Sid Worthington, who
wrote the ordinance, said, "Spartan
Mint tastes delicious and is much
better than the other. The Maize 'n'
Berry leaves a bad taste in my
mouth,".
The Maize and Blue ice cream
costs about $2.25 a carton, and can
be purchased at Perry Drugs, Arbor
Drug, Farmer Jacks, and Washtenaw
Dairy,
But if you want Spartan Mint
Fudge, you'll have to go to East
Lansing. Ann Arbor merchants have
refused to sell it.
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