1 L-& r Novembr 198 "0Vo L'".- 'p STDET OYOTS 00BALL - A- THE NATIONAL COLLEGE NEWSPAPER Designer demands A national study reports that tuition hikes are partially attributable to students' perks, including campus health club facili- ties and private telephones. --Page 3 Freedom of the flag We shouldn't forget that desecrat- ing the flag is a constitutional right, reminds U. of Tennessee's Jack McPeck. - Page 7 Med schools take pain out of stud By Brett Lomont Ka Leo 0 Hawaii U. of Hawaii In the first two or three years of traditional medical training, students rarely discuss patients or their symptoms. Instead, they spend long days in lectures and late nights memorizing volumes of theory and fact. That changed at the U. of Hawaii this year, as the John A. Burns School of Medicine became the first in the country to completely overhaul its curriculum and abandon the standard lecture-hall format. Students now work in small groups researching their own answers to real health problems. According to Dr. Alex Anderson, assistant to the dean, the new format is intended to produce better researchers. He said interns taught the traditional way have shown too much dependence on their supervisors in finding answers to prob- lems. Also, the "absolutely overwhelming" amount of information students are usually required to learn in med school is a nation- al concern, Anderson said. Under the new approach, students learn only the most pertinent facts. Incoming students this fall are already interacting with' patients and researching a variety of medical science subjects in order to solve specific clinical health problems, rather than See MED SCHOOLS, Page 5 JOE CEPEDA, DAILY FORTY-NINER, CALIFORNIA ST Large schools strengthen alcohol poli Smaller liberal arts schools report decline in drug use despite liberal pc Who wants their MTV? Once innovative, Music Television is now in a state of decline, according to Loyola U.'s Hank Stuever. --Page 10 Out of this world Kansas State U. has been selected to formulate designs for human habi- tats in space. - Page 13 Move over, Jane Fonda More and more men are turning to the female-dominated world of aero- bics to stay fit. - Page 16 By Stephanie Raphel . The Oberlin Review Oberlin College and Mike Elliott The Amherst Student Amherst College In the '70s, Wesleyan U.'s chemistry lab was reputed to make the best LSD on the East Coast. Students allege that when the Grateful Dead played on the Connecticut campus, they were paid with acid. Tales like this are less frequent today. At small liberal arts college nationwide, the popularity of illegal drugs is decreas- ing, according to students and adminis- trators. Larger schools are adopting Royal family rules over U. of Md. students By Ivan Penn The Diamondback U. of Maryland, College Park Decorated with medieval swords, flags and shields, the room hosts the latest meeting ofthe U. ofMaryland's royal family, who sit around a dinosaur-size bone, their official gavel. The Monarchist party, ruled by senior King James Risner during the 1988-89 academic year, has been alive at UM for 17 years. And for four of the last five years, they have held executive and legislative positions within the student government. The party was founded in 1972 to make a joke of the SGA, says adviser Barchan Canter, one of the party's founders. During their first cam- paign, the members ran a tape recorder as their secretary, declaring it a better note-taker than any other candidate they could offer. Although they lost the election that year, the party won 7 percent of the vote, and the tape recorder came in third for secretary. Risner ran without a party affilia- tion in 1986, but was later "knighted" when he ran with the "I Believe 'Gilligan'slsland'was aDocumentary" campaign slogan that year The party's unusual campaigns and administrations have been featured in newspapers nationwide, including the New York 1imes. "One time when they ran, the platform was to build a moat around the campus,"recallsUM President William Kirwan. Despite their sometimes strange behavior, SGA Adviser Jana Varwig believes the Monarchists are making progress on campus issues. "I think they have some real goals and they take their job seriously. Part of it is a goal in rebuilding their government." stricter policies toward drug use due to a growing fear ofli "I think it's gotten toughe to get pot at Wesleyan," one s "The college is much less of sphere." He said that while ber of students continue to d> drug use is confined to limit See ALC Fraternity at abused chili By John Austin The Shorthorn U. of Texas, Arlington When the Omega Psi P Texas, Arlington try to reac after an afternoon service takes them at least 15 minu Kids swarm around them, phone numbers and addres thing to keep the connectio: new college friends. But whi to know more than anythir are you coming back?" The eight Omegas and their visit abused children at St.Te a few times each semester. they barbecue, and once the a carnival. This time they spend time with the kids. Brenda Gladders, a ther home, says,'"The visits are a kids get a lot of one-on-one See FRATEF DAVID B.FROEUCH, THE DIAMONDBACK, U. OF MARYLAND U. of Md. King James Risner (right) and Crown Prince Eric Celarier show off their gibbet, a medieval one-man prison. L