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October 21, 1987 (vol. 98, iss. 30) • Page Image 48

…Southern Gothic Style Tradition and learning blend on Tennessee's Sewanee mountaintop The school's official name is the Univer- sity of the South, but it's known among friends as Sewanee. The nickname has nothing to do with the Swanee River cele- brated by Stephen Foster and Al Jolson; rather, it represents the 2,000-foot moun- tain in rural Tennessee on which the college stands and the community that grew around it. The university literally ...…

October 21, 1987 (vol. 98, iss. 30) • Page Image 49

…;J1. the review helped foster the careers of Wil- liam Faulkner, Allen Tate, Andrew Lytle and Robert Penn Warren. Legends, too, abound. There is a semi- official reverence for dogs-which are said to be reincarnated professors. All canine pets have run of the campus and, according to student-activities director Chris Asmus- sen, "People do talk to the dogs, and the dogs have a lot to say." Ghosts are also said to roam the campus. A favorite is...…

October 21, 1987 (vol. 98, iss. 30) • Page Image 50

…When Houses Are More Than Homes Residential colleges old and new proser L i r ,44 4 The average dormitory denizen does not respond to a 4 a.m. fire drill on a chill September morning by bursting into folk song, as some residents of Carmichael Hall at the University of North Carolina did last fall. In Spanish. Senior Bob White strummed his guitar during the obligatory wait outside (it was a false alarm), and his floormates chimed in with the...…

October 21, 1987 (vol. 98, iss. 30) • Page Image 51

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October 21, 1987 (vol. 98, iss. 30) • Page Image 52

…PLUS A CHANCE TO GET 2 MORE FREE plus shipping/handling-with membership x 355115-395111. Prince -Sign 0O' The Times. Title cut; Slow Love,' It; more. (Paisley Park) 356279* Gloria Estefan And Miami Sound Machine-Let It Loose. (Epic) 35410WE Crowded House. Don't Dream It's Dver;' Mean To Me; much more! (Capitol) 353946. Bryan Adams-Into the Fire. Title cut: Heat of the Night; Victim of Love; etc. (A&M) 354829* Lisa-Lisa & Cult Jam With F...…

October 21, 1987 (vol. 98, iss. 30) • Page Image 53

…AN FIGI DFE ALL IT MS, ELWARM OVER. Students Against Multiple Sclerosis (SAMS) wants you to help fight MS, the disease that short-circuits the central nervous systems of 200 young adults every week. Just send us a $10.00 check and we'll send you this exclusive SAMS/MTV sweatshirt. It's available in sizes M, L, and XL. To order your sweatshirt make your check or money order payable to SAMS and send it to: LIMITED EDITION SAMS/MTV SWEATSH I ...…

October 21, 1987 (vol. 98, iss. 30) • Page Image 54

…specialized equipment spaces, including a film-editing room, a darkroom and an au- dio studio. For students who want a communal so- cial life, Northwestern's colleges are a pop- ular alternative to Greek organizations. "It's sort of like a coed fraternity as far as closeness goes-with lots of academic and social events," says Andy Isenberg, ajunior who lives in the Commerce and Industry house. Faculty frequently dine with the students and help...…

October 21, 1987 (vol. 98, iss. 30) • Page Image 55

… RICK BIELACZYC-WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY Give it a chance: History professor Melvin Small teaches at Wayne State Peace in the Classroom A new way to study international and domestic quarrels grows, but is it academically legitimate? of union-management relations" and "race relations in urban society." Emphasis is placed on the growing field of arbitration in the United States. Recent graduate Evan Dixon plans a career in international-con- flic...…

October 21, 1987 (vol. 98, iss. 30) • Page Image 57

…Introducing the Grammar- Rightfm System. It puts passion in your prose, life in your letters, dash in your documents. What you didn't inherit from your parents in writing ability we've more than made up for with technology. It's the remarkable new Smith Corona XD 6700 with the Grammar-Right System. Step by step it can turn a boring writer into a born writer Press the Word Count feature and the XD 6700 will remind you that you've used a certain...…

October 21, 1987 (vol. 98, iss. 30) • Page Image 58

… A R GEOFFRE A technician shows his stuff: Jimmie Mitchell of KGUN-TV works the cameras in Tu HadHePr Hit t he0 Times Tube new, cost-conscious manage- ments trying to better their profit pictures by squeezing millions from news budgets. ABC was taken over by Capital Cities; CBS turned itself over to billionaire Laurence Tisch to avert a hostile takeover; NBC, a part of RCA, was ac- quired by General Electric. All three networks faced news-...…

October 21, 1987 (vol. 98, iss. 30) • Page Image 59

… lucky-few can expect contracts in the stratospheric range of Sawyer (an estimat- ed $1.2 million), Jennings (approximately $900,000) and the like. Many experts see a sobering future ahead. "There are fewer opportunities at major stations," says Gary Cum- mings, head of the broadcast program at Northwestern's Medill School of Journal- ism, "and no opportunities at the networks, where the jobs are too special- ized, too pressured, to allow them...…

October 21, 1987 (vol. 98, iss. 30) • Page Image 60

…A R R that while "we've always talked about the news business, really we're in the infor- mation business. We're going to continue to see a fair number of information-based programs, reality-based programs." In some markets, specialized informa- tion is in great demand, and so are report- ers who can talk clearly about a medical breakthrough or legal intricacies. But the danger is that the hot topic of today may become the lukewarm topic of t...…

October 21, 1987 (vol. 98, iss. 30) • Page Image 61

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October 21, 1987 (vol. 98, iss. 30) • Page Image 63

…C A R E E R S Managing a Career in Politics 0ver the last three decades, the poll- taker, the commercials maker and S the direct-mail solicitor have become wielders of political power in a manner once reserved to the local party boss. And like the old-fashioned boss, these new pols have mainly learned their craft through trial and error. The major parties occasion- ally fill the training gap with ad hoc pro- grams for campaign managers, and ...…

October 21, 1987 (vol. 98, iss. 30) • Page Image 64

…DAI V i gANLiN On the right track: Michigan State grad Finneren in the field auditing at Lionel train factory A New Bottom Line Accounting adds up to more than bean counts Consider the exciting life of an account- ant-no, really. Many people still think of accounting as something best practiced by nerdy bean counters in green eyeshades. But if the field ever deserved that boring image, accounting now has a new bottom line. Today's accountant...…

October 21, 1987 (vol. 98, iss. 30) • Page Image 65

…If you think the best way to pay for college is to put it off for a few years and join the military you're half right. Because with the New GI Bill, you can join the Army National Guard and earn over $15,000 for college. But best of all, you serve part-time, as little as two days a month and two weeks a year. Which means you can go to school full-time. Right now On us. So the question you have to ask yourself is not, can you afford to go to co...…

October 21, 1987 (vol. 98, iss. 30) • Page Image 66

…Inside tips on how to find the right job. by William J. Morin Chairman, Drake Beam Morin, Inc. (DBM) How to create a resume that gets results. #1 in a series of tips drawn from Career Navigator;" DBM's revolu- tionary computer-powered job search system. Career Navigator gives you techniques, insider's tips and strategies for every part of your job search. It is available from DBM at a special introduc- tory price of $95. Your resume's goal is ...…

October 21, 1987 (vol. 98, iss. 30) • Page Image 67

…U. S. Department of Transportation Crouia FAMOUS LAST WORDS FROM FRIENDS TO FRIENDS. I'm perfectly fine. I can drive with my eyes closed. There's nothing wrong with me. Are you joking-I feel great. What am I -a wimp? I'm in great shape to drive. You're not serious are you? What's a couple of beers? Nobody drives my car but me. I've never felt better. I can drink with the best of them. But I only had a few. So I had a couple. I can drive rings ...…

October 21, 1987 (vol. 98, iss. 30) • Page Image 68

… zCHOICEw Parlez-Vous Public TV? Apart from tasting your way through Bordeaux or Burgundy, one of the most pleasant ways to absorb French may be a new public- television series. Produced by Boston's WGBH and funded by the Annenberg/CPB Proj- ect, "French in Action" is a 52- installment "telecourse"- part love story, part lecture for French beginners and part "Sesame Street"-inspired example, a clock striking 11 turns into a counting exer- ...…

October 21, 1987 (vol. 98, iss. 30) • Page Image 69

… Windy City's Sunshine Boys When it came to filling teaching positions, Michael Alexandroff, president of Chicago's Colum- bia College, decided that many of his semiretired friends were better put on staff than out to pasture. And so, in the late '70s, Alexandroff began inviting some pals who were veterans in broadcast and Old-boy network: Columbia's Ed Morris, Nat Lehrman and John Tarini print journalism to join the fac- ulty at the small li...…

October 21, 1987 (vol. 98, iss. 30) • Page Image 72

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October 21, 1987 (vol. 98, iss. 30) • Page Image 73

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October 21, 1987 (vol. 98, iss. 30) • Page Image 74

… functions as the U.S. govern- ment. This is a world devoid of decency and compassion, yet rich in stiletto heels, push-up corsets and garter belts. And for pure visual delight, there's Jean Giraud. His nearly word- less narratives, such as Moe- bius 2 (Marvel. $6.95), unfold with the logic of M. C. Escher. Maxine! (Plume/New Ameri- can Library. $6.95) resembles a book-length comic strip. But with its spare line draw- ings and economical langu...…

October 21, 1987 (vol. 98, iss. 30) • Page Image 75

…Tandy Cmputers: Because ttere is S e vTM The ew Tandy*1000 HX The first desktop PC compatibe with MS-DOS* b lt tin. ___ ___ __-__ The new Tandy 1000 HX is the low-priced leader in 31/2" disk-based PC compatibles. Best of all, MS-DOS is included in ROM-just turn it on and you're ready to go. A high-capacity, 720K 31/2" disk drive is built in-and there's room for a second 31/2" drive. The Tandy 1000 HX is PC compatible, so you can use all of the...…

October 21, 1987 (vol. 98, iss. 30) • Page Image 76

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October 21, 1987 (vol. 98, iss. 30) • Page Image 77

…EBET ROBERTS 'We are thrilled and terrified': With 'Document,'R.KM. confronts success Obscure to Oblique Sure, you can make out the words on the new R.E.M. album, but what do they actually mean? MUSIC in a rock-and-roll montage. Images, puns and narrative chunks often don't fit togeth- er cleanly. It's then up to the listener to create explicit meaning, if possible. Some- times the wordplay comes together power- fully, as with "Oddfellows Loc...…

October 21, 1987 (vol. 98, iss. 30) • Page Image 78

…Two Kinds of Soul: Carrack and Kelly One man croons, the other one broods Paul Carrack may be the most-heard unknown rock singer in the world. He was the vocalist on a number of major hits in the United States and his native England, but none of these recordings has been under his own name. Remember the propulsive "How Long" by Ace in 1974, or the bouncy "Tempted" by Squeeze in 1981, or the eerie "Silent Running" by Mike and the Mechanics las...…

October 21, 1987 (vol. 98, iss. 30) • Page Image 79

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October 21, 1987 (vol. 98, iss. 30) • Page Image 80

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October 21, 1987 (vol. 98, iss. 30) • Page Image 81

…TELEVISION Sleazy Does It 41 Dennis Franz brings good-bad guys vividly alive The TV private eye. You know the breed. Clean-cut. Good-looking. Suave as all get-out. Ready at a moment's notice to risk life and limb in the pursuit of justice. They fight fair and obey the law and rarely get paid. For them, gumshoeing is a heavenly calling. There are still a few of those dimpled dinosaurs left, tooling around TV Land in their flashy sports cars an...…

October 21, 1987 (vol. 98, iss. 30) • Page Image 82

… When Parents Grow Older As I changed, they didn't; as long as I could remember, they had always looked the same and acted the same BY KARA L. AMIS 'm surprised I never thought about it before. It happens to everyone, yet it never occurred to me until I saw it. I saw how many more gray hairs and wrinkles my father had when I went back home. I saw my mother becoming more forgetful, saying things like "You never told me about that" when I knew I...…

October 21, 1987 (vol. 98, iss. 30) • Page Image 83

…Because unsafe sex, even once,could be tragic. 'oAIDS. Every day I hear and read more about it. It kills and there's no cure. And being young is no defense. It is now more important than ever to be careful about relationships." This is why LifeStyles has introduced the strongest condom made in America. No other condom offers the extra protection of LifeStyles Extra Strength. No condom is as strong. What's more, no other con- EXTRA STRENGTH dom...…

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