LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, December 10, 1997 - 5 I Greek exec boards pass the torch, set future goals By Neal Lepsetz Daily Staff Reporter "Right no we've taken the lead Only one thing concerned nesiology junior Bradley Holeman as nationally and are saying we're golr repeated oath to become 1998 -ierfraternity Council President at the to regulato urs$ lve$, Creek executive board installations last - Bradley Hol night. interfraternity Council Pres Holcman made sure he was prepared for the toss of the gavel, an IFC tradi- al pins. saying we're going to regulat tion indicating the transfer of power "I'm sad to be leaving because I'm a selves. And that's a step I don' from the past president to his successor. senior and it signifies the end of my other Greek communities have to According to tradition, dropping it fore- college career," said outgoing Holeman's other plans includ warns bad luck for the coming term. Panhellenic Public Relations Chair gramming designed to get new "Yesterday, I remembered last year Heather Sacks. bers more involved in the Greeks y had the toss of the gavel," Panhellenic President Mary Gray and more active searches for Holcman said. What worried him was said she felt her new board was suc- rather than just letting intereste that past practice attempts with a fellow ceeding a highly successful one, citing dents approach current IFC men IFC officer proved unsuccessful, as accomplishments a large rush term Black Greek Association Pr Holcman said. "He ended up chucking philanthropy project, cracking down on Gerald Olivari claimed that one c it at me and I was missing quite a bit." hazing and the recently drafted Bring- his new term revolves around b -But Holeman came through in the Your-Own-Beverage policy. bonds among the members 1 clutch, catching the airborne gavel "This was a board that wasn't afraid retreats and solid leadership. Without a bobble. to challenge the status quo," said "I think it's about marketin Holcman then took his place among Panhellenic Adviser Mary Beth Seiler. group to the group," he said. the rest of the newly inducted officers Holeman said the BYOB policy is a Through learning to build ?FC, the Panhellenic Association and step in the right direction, and he hopes to among one another, the memb Black Greek Association as the introduce a similar draft on Jan. 14. He will be more willing to strive tow, torch was passed at the Michigan said statistics prove that by students being second major goal - being mor Union. responsible for their own beverages, they in community service, Olivari sa "It's important that we acknowledge will be more likely to stop themselves "My theme for the term is acti fhb service of the men and women," before they get drunk at parties. said. "I'm going to make sure said IFC adviser John Mountz. "It'sjust going to be a more fun envi- forth a lot of programming a As part of the event, previous officers ronment," Holcman said. "Right now, move forth to unify the Black pinned their replacements with ceremoni- we've taken the lead nationally and are Association." eCman sident e our- t think aken." de pro- mem- system recruits ed stu- nbers. esident goal for uilding though ing the d trust bership yard his e active aid. on, he we put and we Greek MALLORY S.E. FLOYD/Daily Dr. Richard Wahl, a professor of internal medicine and radiology at the University, stands next to a PET scanner. Machines like this one may be useful in future cancer detection. PET canseffctive 1in the detection of- cancer WI' study says job market may remain friendlfor now By Jeffrey Kosseff Daily Staff Reporter A report recently released by University researchers may urage students to jump into the job market after gradua- tJon. Economics Prof. Saul Hymans and researchers Joan Crary and Janet Wolfe compiled their quarterly forecast on the U.S. economy, predicting continued moderate growth. * "There was stronger economic growth than we expected," said Crary, citing increased consumer spending on durable goods and services. The October stock market plunge, Crary said, did not have agreat impact on the economy "It doesn't look like it had a major effect," Crary said. ost of the loss in the market has been regained. It doesn't appear to have affected consumer confidence." A healthy economy translates to a healthy job market, and tije forecasters said they are confident that the economy will continue to thrive. "The economy has been growing very strongly," Wolfe said. "There should be a solid job market." Some career planning experts said they agree that the job market is currently booming for University students. "We are seeing a steady stream of interested employ- ," said Kerin Borland, senior associate director of the fice of Career Planning and Placement. "A student coming from the University stands to see a very lucra- ti've job market." But Borland said jobs are more available in technical fields and less available in fields such as advertising. "We are inundated with calls for computer science majors" Borland said. "Regardless of the job market, students still really need to tap every resource available to them to help them find employment." Students who plan to graduate in May say they are not wor- ried about finding a job. "There are a lot of opportunities out there for me," said Engineering senior John O'Hara, who plans to graduate in May. He said there are numerous options in electrical engi- neering, the field he plans to pursue. The economists predicted that the Federal Reserve Board will soon raise the federal funds interest rate. "We expect the Fed will raise interest rates because we really need to slow down the economic growth," Crary said. "We're growing faster than we can sustain." The forecast predicts that unlike the past year, both infla- tion and unemployment will creep up slightly. "We still consider it to be healthy," Crary said. "We expect continued growth. We assume that while inflation will increase a bit, it will remain very well behaved." The University has conducted the forecast since the '50s, and Crary said the predictions are well respected throughout the country. "As far as these forecasts go, it is very accurate," Crary said. Wolfe, who has worked on the forecast for I1 years, said the new information has changed some aspects of the report, but the overall forecast has stayed the same. "The method hasn't changed, but we are continually taking into account new data," Wolfe said. By Heather Wiggin Daily Staff Reporter A new avenue of cancer detection was proven effective in two recent- University studies. PET, or positron emission tomography, is coming to the forefront of medical imaging technol- ogy and can locate cancer and infec- tions, researchers say. Although the images produced by PET scans look similar to CAT, or computerized axial tomography, scans, a PET image shows tissue metabolism and biochemistry. "PET is type of CAT scanner that makes pictures of the biochemistry of tissues," said assistant Internal Medicine Prof. Paul Shreve, one of the studies' authors. In comparison, both CAT scans and MRIs (magnetic reso- nance images) show anatomy, or "if there's a lump or a bump," Wahl said. "PET is substantially better than CAT to tell if (cancer) is spreading or not," said Internal Medicine and Radiology Prof. Richard Wahl, who co-authored of the studies. "The major clinical role is imaging cancer. ... To treat malignancy, you have go to know where the disease is located." PET is especially useful in treating breast, lung and colorectal cancers, as well as lymphomas, melanomas and other types of cancer. "One thing PET does very well is to tell if (the cancer) is localized or spread around," Wahl said. Researchers have also "accumulat- ed enough data to prove that PET scanning is useful in staging cancer," Shreve said. Physicians stage cancer by estimat- ing how far a malignancy has pro- gressed. To make an accurate staging diagnosis, images must show where and how extensively a tumor has spread. "Staging requires detecting small pieces of tumor," Shreve said. "The real power of PET is finding tumors we can't see on a CAT scan." CAT scans work well when viewing large tumors, but smaller tumors may go unnoticed, Shreve said. "PET scanners have a much greater ability to make good pictures," Shreve said. "When it comes to a really small tumor, that's when you need a good PET camera." Some companies sell dual-head cameras, which are intended to be a less-expensive alternative to PET. But the images created by these cameras are "much less clear," Shreve said.. "The practicing radiologists need to know this, and patients do too." Many of the companies that manu- facture and distribute the lower-line PET scans are "interested in profits, not the big picture," Shreve said. Shreve said it is necessary to test new technology vigorously and said he wants to see an end to the push of "substandard medicine" on the public. "The whole thing is being driven by money issues," Shreve said. Hospital administrators decide which pieces of equipment to buy and from whom to buy them, Shreve said. "The bottom line is that you need a good camera to take a good picture" Wahl said. "A good camera costs more money." A PET scanner costs about $1 mil- lion, but "if you (scan) a lot of patients, it drives the cost down," Wahl said. PET images are produced after patients are injected with radiotracers, which act like glucose. "Tumors use sugar like crazy and light up on the (PET) scan," Shreve said. The radioactive tracers used with PET have become less expensive and more advanced in recent years. Their short half-life and low dose of radiation made them expensive in the past, Wahl said, but new technology has improved production and lowered cost. "Knowing the correct diagnosis leads to appropriate therapy,'Wahl said. In addition, diagnosing a patient cor- rectly can eliminate extra tests and treat- ments to lower overall medical cost. PET may also be helpful in quickly diagnosing infections. It is not unusual for a patient to arrive at the emergency room with a high fever and severe type of infection, Wahl said. 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