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…%ARCH 1988 The Student Body U. THE NATIONAL COLLEGE NEWSPAPER 21 ~ARCH 1988uThe Student Body U. THE NATIONAL COLLEGE NEWSPAPER 21 Bridge Continued From Page 19 cameras, directing him to take shots of his walk down the cable. "This was the biggest challenge of my trip. Someone asked me to save his life Oy walking across a bridge," Qadeer said. Although thoughts of death raced through Qadeer's mind, he did not lose his sense of humor. "For th...…

…TOP OFTEWE Page 14 College Life Burnout: With greater costs and difficult career decisions, student stress is running high Page 4 A drug that may block the side effects of stress Page 7 Speed seems dangerously accepted Page 8 Miami's quarterback competes with a legacy Page 13 * Today's hyperactive orientation Page 14 Education * Sewanee maintains academic traditions on its Tennessee mountaintop Page 16 * Residential colleges prosper Page 18 ...…

…Th 99 .i. ,, a- ai-rirr , -, , c-Fa NEWSPoAPER-n LL U. I " tz NH I IVNHL t.VLLCC.aC 1VCvv,--> r/-1rrr-, Students peda By Rich Scherr The Retriever U. of Maryland, Baltimore County From the Atlantic Ocean, across the plains of Kansasto the sun and surf of the Pacific, Phillip Noll saw it all, but in a perspective like none other. Last summer, Noll, a mechanical en- gineering junior, and partners Nick Gounaris and Chris Benisch invested $100...…

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…MARCH 1988 The Student Body - U -nomr Pl opi.. Birth control breakthroughs mean no more Pill popping .. breakthroughs in the study of controlled pre could alow women to receive injections wh vent nronnanrv fnr mnnthq nr clnw-rn]PaeP hr U. THE NATIONAL COLLEGE NEWSPAPER 23 Sports 'shrink' teaches team: Vwinning mixes mind with muscle By Kent Endacott have started using it. Nebrask, Daily Nebraskan among the first. U. of Nebraska, Lincoln "It...…

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… fl sDeUk Published by Newsweek, Inc. The Washington Post Company Katharine Graham, Chairman of the Board Richard D. Simmons, President EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Richard M. Smith SENIOR EDITOR/SPECIAL PROJECTS: Lynn Povich Newsweek On Campus EDITOR: Jerrold K. Footlick EXECUTIVE EDITOR: Lynn Langway ART DIRECTOR: Robert J. George SENIOR EDITOR: Ron Givens STAFF WRITER: Connie Leslie STAFF REPORTER: Christopher M. Bellitto PICTURES: Nia Krikellas Button...…

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…reKSUU 0 U- u L ' The Perils of Burnout e left no note, no last messages, nothing to justify the desperation of his final act. But in Stress is running even higher his last despairing hours, according to the USC Daily Trojan, he telephoned his mother. "He felt like no matter what he did, he than usual atcolleges this fall. In couldn't please anybody," she recalled to the newspaper. Then, about 2 o'clock one morning last month, Hansey Bermudez ...…

…4 wouldn't be able to make it," says Tulane sophomore Chris Hall, a double major in biochemistry and mathematics. "You're putting 18,000 bucks a year on the line, and you want to do well." The heavy financial freight, in turn, ratchets up worries about landing a good job after graduation. "There is a high value placed on money and making money," says Bradford King, director of the USC counseling center, "and students feel a great pressure to ...…

… Each year of college brings its own common problems, from breaking with the past to coping with the future susceptibility. But one overarching cause, noted by many experts, is a sense of emotional isolation. "When you're going through emotional traumas, they become too much to handle when you feel alone," says Nancy Nelkin, a social worker on the Tulane counseling staff. Those who are most likely to crack under pressure are those who cannot ...…

…f -wi. i C F mu Speeding Along Today's Fast Track T he message "speed kills" seems never to have'taken hold in some college towns. When these powerful am- phetamines are mentioned in many student circles, they're usually dismissed as danger- ous relics from bygone druggie days. But in Austin, Texas, for example, home of the flagship campus of the University of Texas, police say that street sales of crystal methamphet amine-a.k.a. crank, g...…

… PAUL S. HOWELL Confiscated cache: Mollies, crystal meth, Preludin trouble; many use crank a few times and walk away. The dan- ger isn't necessarily that your chest will explode the first time you try speed; but, says Mark Lanier of Charter Hospi- tal of Columbia in Missouri, "if you normally rely on some- thing else to get you through a situation-even something as simple as NoDoz-you're cop- ing with life with a drug." As Klerkegaard said: ...…

…When everything becomes too much, a good support system-family, friends, advisers-can help a lot 4 out, so I do, but during the week, it's time to do work, so I do." Finding your own limits is tricky, but vital. "For each person there is an optimal level of stress at which they will function well," says counselor Corazzini of Virginia Common- wealth. "Anxiety will push some people the night before the paper is due, and they'll get the job do...…

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… A New Quarterback Steps Into the Miami Sunlight All he has to do is 'make something happen' erhaps never in the history of college football has one team been blessed U with a succession of quarterbacks like Jim Kelly, Bernie Kosar and Vinny Testa- verde. Excitement at Miami has been building for a decade. And after Kosar led the Hurricanes to a national championship three years ago, Miami became one of the most-watched teams in football. La...…

…Fun, Fun, Fun at Orientation O rientation used to be about orientation. You know: how to find the library, how to avoid your roommate, how to keep from feeling like a frosh out of water. But the straightfor- ward approach just doesn't cut it anymore. Students want action. So today's orientation is eating and dancing and schmoozing and bicycling and all that fun stuff. Should this fall's exhausted freshmen luck out, they'll even survive to beco...…

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…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 ...…

…;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...…

…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...…

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…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...…

… 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...…

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… 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-...…

… 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...…

…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...…

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…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 ...…

…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...…

…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...…

…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 ...…

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… 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- ...…

… 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...…

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