February 29, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 99) • Page Image 49
… deals to ICBM launches: 'Guerrilla'and 'diplomats' thize with the Arabs. What Eastern European country motivates students to become during the Solidarity move- so involved? "On one level the ment…
…. During the final three weeks of the fall term, political-sci- ence professor Richard Cot- tam-who's been playing war games with his students for more than 25 years-divides the 30 or so upperclassmen into…
… eight delegations. At a cock- tail party in his home, Cottam impersonates the secretary- general of the United Nations and distributes a complex geo- political scenario. The power- ful "student…
…-nations" are not limited in their possible ac- tions: they can launch inva- sions, plan assassinations, sign treaties or initiate nuclear war. At this year's opening session, a student dressed as a terrorist…
…. "Students acquire an game is a struggle between appetite for power." Machia- countries. At another it's a velli would have wholeheart- struggle between personal- edly approved. ities," says grad student Arie…
… Saferide director Shannon Meehan. But the shuttle, which is funded from fees paid by all students, has come under some fire for its women-riders-and-women- drivers-only policy. (Men may work as dispatchers…
…- dents gambled on the system. One freshman anthropology student cheerfully confides that she enjoys sleeping late and says that paying for notes "makes it so you don't have to go to class.' But majority…
… to the stu- dent-government associa- tion, students in five classes at Northwestern can hire fellow students or teach- ing assistants to take notes for them. Says Gary Rintel, who suggested the service…










