The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, October 27, 1987- Page 3 I Visiting prof. hopes to inspire Black youths to medicine Drug may alleviate test taking anxiety By STEPHEN GREGORY University of Cincinnati Prof. Alvin Crawf-rd who began his four- day stay as the Martin Luther King/Caesar Chavez/ Rosa Parks program visiting professor yesterday, said he hoped his visit would inspire Black students to go into the field of medicine. The visiting professor program is designed to allow members of the University community to interact with visiting minority faculty. "I consider my being here to be the result of crucial issues that the University has had to face in the last two years concerning their minority - Black - representation in posi- tions of responsibility," Crawford said. Dr. Fred Hankin, who works in the University's orthopaedic surgery division, called Crawford a "giant in orthopaedic surgery" and said Craw- ford's visit will give resident doctors a unique opportunity to interact with Crawford in small seminars. "BY HAVING ME here in an interim situation, I would hope to present myself in such a light that those young Blacks eager to enter into medicine or other scholarly fields would be able to identify with me," Crawford said. In 1964 Crawford was the first Black to graduate from the Tennessee College of Medicine. He received the school's distinguished alumnus award three weeks ago. Aside from teaching at the Uni- versity of Cincinnati, Crawford is the director of orthopaedics at the Children's hospital at the Medical Center of Cincinnati. He is also an editor of two medical journals - the National Medical Association Journal and the Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics. C R A W F O R D will speak to- night at 7 p.m. in the Medical Sci- ence Building's West Lecture Hall on the role Blacks have played in medicine. He spent his first day at the University discussing his philoso- phy of success with Ann Arbor Pioneer High School students and touring Mott Children's Hospital. Crawford said he told the students his formula for achievement, which he calls "the "M.I.I.D. concept." Crawford told the students that with motivation, integrity, industry, and desire "all things can be accom- plished." Pioneer Spanish teacherCSam DeNicolo, said he thought Craw- ford's talk was positive because it allowed the students to interact with a university professor. By NICOLE DEAN LSATs, GMATs, GREs, or MCATs - for students, they mean sweaty palms and shaky knees. But the days of deep breaths and warm glasses of milk may be over, according to a recent Brandeis Uni- versity study. Prescription drugs called beta blockers were tested on a group of high school students taking the Scholastic Aptitude Test. Most people, without taking the drug, improve an average of 28 points on both sections the second time they take the SAT. The study, conducted by Dr. Har- rison Faigel, director of Health Services at Brandeis, found that the 30 students in this study improved an average of more than 100 points after taking the drug. WHILE THE STUDY had positive results, the drug has not been approved for such use by the Food and Drug Administration. Gwyn Reis, consumer safety officer for Cardi-renal Drug Products Division at the FDA, said she was unaware of the study. People have been studying the relationship between beta blockers and anxiety, but the drug has not been approved in that capacity, Reis said. Beta blockers are not a new drug; they have been used for 25 years. Consisting of a basic amino acid, the drugs ease the physical effects of nervousness. Dr. Randolph Nesse, director of the anxiety program at the University's Anxiety Disorder Clinic, said they have been pre- scribed for heart patients, actors, and musicians in order to calm their nerves. Nesse said beta blockers are not addicting when taken one time, such as for an exam. "They are not a dan- gerous medicine," he said. BUT NOT everyone is ready to use the drug as an exam calmer. Dr. Ceasar Briefer, director of University Health Services, said students should not immediately turn to pills for the answer to their test-taking problems. "Popping pills every time one feels stress in the long run probably is not the way to go," he said. Ellen Buchman, a first-year LSA student, agreed with Briefer: "It is just another drug for someone to get addicted to. I think a person can control their anxiety through other means, like exercise." "A LOT OF TIMES a little bit of stress can be helpful in terms of productivity," Briefer said, referring to the drug's ability to relax the patient. Graduate student and political science teaching assistant Judith Kullberg said, "Sometimes anxiety is related to good performance on an exam." Briefer said beta blockers have side effects, like depression, espe- cially in people afflicted with asthma and diabetes. And not all the side effects are, known. Taraneh Shafii, a first-year LSA student said, "I don't think that a person should have to take a sedative before a test. What if it makes them drowsy? That might make them do worse.". Councillor speculates Mayor may veto bill contnued from Page 1) The City Council also discussed a said Jernigan, adding that the time is proposal to strenghten police wrong for the program. He suggested enforce-ment against "passing up" at a "well thought out" ordinance to Michigan Stadium football games. regulate skate-boards as an The planned ordinance would assign alternative. uniformed police officers to take City Attorney Bruce Laidlaw said "visible positions" at games, and the rangers would have as much would distribute a flyer which authority as a complaining citizen. explains why passing up is illegal. Edgren said the rangers' uniforms The council had taken no action would give them practical, if not on the proposal at time of press last legal, authority, night. T THE IST What's hazppening in Ann Arbor today This famous depiction of Rape of the Sabine Women is used by the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity as a cautionary message for Sexual Assault Awareness Week. Talks dispel myths about date rape (Continued from Page 1) illustrated from mutual consenting sex to different degrees of force: emotional coercion, implicit coercion, verbal threats, force with and without a weapon. Dietz said the key to ac- quaintance rape prevention is assertiveness. He said men, as well as women, can be vulnerable. Common emotions in a college environment - peer pressure, drunkenness, depression, or lone- liness - make people vulnerable to sexual coercion. The Kappa Diamonds - an auxiliary organization of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity - co- sponsored the workshop. Marvin Dunham, a senior mechanical engineering student and Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity member, who attended the work- shop said, "It made me realize the forceful things I do. I became aware that (men) have to put ourselves in the female shoes." As a result of the recent rape trial in which a former University student was acquitted of rape, another acquaintance rape work- shop was conducted last night at the Chi Omega sorority house for all fraternity and sorority pres- idents. Pam Kisch, a volunteer SAPAC coordinator, said people are more informed about sexual assault than just a few years ago and ask more sophisticated ques- tions during workshops. "People know more about this issue and are more sensitive," she said. As the second day of Sexual Assault Awareness Week, today is "Fighting Back and Self Defense Day" and activities include a self- defense demonstration at noon on the Diag; "Waking Up to Rape" film and discussion at East Quad at 4:30; and a self-defense work- shop in South Quad at 7:30. Nancy Reagan's mother dies WASHINGTON (AP) - Edith Davis, the mother of Nancy Reagan, died yesterday at her home in Phoe- nix, Ariz., of "cerebral thrombosis," the White House announced yes- terday. A cerebral thrombosis is a blood clot in the brain, a form of stroke, officials said. Davis, the wife of the late Chi- cago neurosurgeon Loyal Davis, had been ailing for several years. The White House said President Reagan and the first lady will travel to Phoenix today. The 91 -year-old Davis had been a resident of Phoenix since 1963, where she retired with her husband. The couple moved to the southwest when Loyal Davis retired. Campus C All the Presi Pakula, 1976),1 Enthralling p Robert Redford as the Woodwa uncovered the Great performa Hal Holbrook; Oscar-winner J Ben Bradlee. Sweet Lorrai 1987), Mich 71 A gentle, rom Maureen Stapl who must fight from interest newcomer T Stapleton's 20 spends a sunue A StreetcarI (E. Kazan, 1951 Timeless classi Vivian Leigh adaptation ofZ award winningc Meetings Baha'i Club- League. T TARDAA Fiction Fan 296 Dennison LaGroc (L Rights on p.m., 3200 Mi Hebrew-Spe p.m., 206 Ang Union of Stu 7 p.m., 2439 N Brothers an - Bible stud p.m., 2203 Mi Students for 1213 East Eng inema dent's Men - (A. Lorch 7 & 9:30 p.m. olitical thriller with 3 and Dustin Hoffman rd-Berstein team who Watergate scandal. 1520 School of Natural Resources. Ron Le Valley - Biologist and director, Biological Journeys Expeditions, "Whale Watching in the Sea of Cortez," 8 p.m., Bivouac Outdoor Shop, 336 S. State St. nces by all, including Furthermore as Deep Throat and Star Trax - Sing along to tapes. ason Robards as editor 9:30 p.m., Pizzeria Uno's, 1321 S. ne - (Steve Gomer, University St. Pre-Interviews - Chevron, 4-6 pnti coedy with p.m., 1200 EECS/Lockheed Missles nantic comedy with and Space, 5-7 p.m., 1010 Dow. eton as a hotel owner Hunter Davis - Singer, part of t off buy-out attempts vanguard of women southern ed investors, and musicians breaking down traditional Crini Alvarado as barriers, 8 p.m., The Ark, 637 1/2 S. year-old niece, who Main. er at the hotel. Sexual Assault Awareness Named Desire - Week Film and Discussion - 1), Mich 9 p.m. "Waking up to Rape," 4:30- 6 p.m., c. Marion Brando and 126 East Quad. star in the screen Spark Forum on U.S. Tennessee Williams' Aggression in the Persian drama. Gulf and the Collapse of the Stock Market - 7-8 p.m., 116 MLB. Workshop on "Fats, Sugar, Sodium-What They are and - 6 p.m., Michigan What to do About Them - 7:30-9:30 p.m., The Ann Arbor "Y", British Science 250 S. Fifth Ave. Club - 8-11 p.m., Performance of an Alpine Building. Symphony - Performed by The esbian and Gay University Symphony Orchestra, Campus) - 8:30 University Cahmber Players, 20 chigan Union. French horns, 4 harps, and percussion aking Club - 5 section, 8 p.m., Hill Auditorium. ell Hall. Noontime Cahrles Baird idents for Israel - Carillon Playing - Weekdays at Mason Hall. Burton Memorial Tower. d Sisters in Christ Career Planning and dy and fellowship, 7 Placement Programs - chigan Union. "Resumes for Those Who Think r Simon - 9 p.m., They Have No Work Experience," ineering. 4:10-5 p.m. Career Planning and Placement/Solomon Brothers Inc. Employer Presentation, 6-8 p.m., Pendelton Room, Michigan Union/Bain and Company Employer - "Soviet Power Presentation, 7-9 p.m., Anderson Revolution," 7 p.m., Room, Michigan Union. all. Computing Center Courses - Er cm ann - Registration required, call 763-7630 ary Environmental for more information. ues of Liability and "The Civil Rights Case of the n," 3:30 p.m., 120P-801s: The Case of the. Los Angeles 8" - 7 p.m. Rackham t - Professor of Ampithter. Education funding faces cuts (Continued from Page i) tional Rehabilitation. The bills drafted by the House and Senate appropriations committees include a number of proposed changes from last year's education package. One of the most significant changes is a proposal to eliminate the FICA exemption for higher education institutions. For 38 years, University-employed students have been exempt from paying the federal tax. The proposed elimination of the exemption would result in additional $4 million obligation on the part of the University. Butts said the University would have to make up for the obligation in part through a cut in employment opportunities for students and a decrease in student-employee wages. 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