The Johns Hopkins University News-Letter, Volume 106, Number 17 (2002 February 21)

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VotumE CVI, Issur 17 PUBLISHED SINCE 1896 BY THE STUDENTS OF THE JOHNS Hopkins UNIVERSITY Fesruary 21, 2002
BY JESSICA VALDEZ
THE JOHNS Hopkins News-Letrer
Voting for the senior class gift at-
tracted about one-fifth of the senior
class on Wednesday and additional
ballots will be available Thursday
starting at 10 p.m. during the senior
class event at E-Level.
Every year, the graduating class
donates a gift to the University in
order to improve student life. On
| Wednesday, seniors voted between
three possibilities for the senior class
gift at tables set up outside of Lever-
ing Market and the M.S.E. library.
Moreover, the election will be ex-
tended through Thursday night for
those who have not yet voted; ballots
| willbe available at E-Level during the
senior class event.
Charbel Barakat, the senior class
gift chairman, estimated that approxi-
LIZ STEINBERG/NEWS-LETTER |
Junior Pratima Lele leads a tour group of prospective students and their parents around campus this week. mately one-fifth of the senior class
Record number accepted early | turned out for the election Wednes-
day.
“Actually, lam pleased atthe turn- LIZ STEINBERG/NEWS-LETTEI
out, considering I don’t think many Seniors Christian Forsythe, Kira Robinson-Kates, Meridith Price and
| seniors were aware of the specific Stephen Goutman deliberate over the senior gift at a meeting, Feb. 20.
| choices until today,” he said. “But we
BY EUNA LHEE and applying to their top-choice However, the augmentation and decided we might as well go for a few pus one day,” he said during the elec- in Levering Hall, possibly where
THE JouNs Hopkins News-Letrer universities through ED, which, in quality of the ED pool does not nec- extra votes for abetter representation tionson Wednesday. “So, due to turn- Kawasaki used to be,” said Barakat.
turn, produces higher yield (en- essarily mean that Hopkins admis- oft he senior class.” out, we’re going to have ballots at the “We're talking about various game
The Johns Hopkins Office of Ad- rolled/admitted) rates. sions will see an increased number of | Stephen Goutman, Class of ’02 E-Level event tomorrow.” consuls, like X-box and Playstation
missions accepted a record number “We don’t want to follow other applicants and quality in the regular president, manned the election table The final results will be tallied Fri- 2
of early decision (ED) students for institutions, but this is our one good decision pool. most of the day and expressed a dif- day morning after the completion of If this gift is selected by the senior
the incoming class of 2002, admitting chance to bring students in whose “We cannot predict if the regular | ferent view regarding the election’s the elections, said Barakat. class, the funds will be sought prima-
305 students, as compared to recent top choices are Hopkins,” Latting decision will be like the ED admits | success. Barakat said there are three po- rily from companies suchas Microsoft
averages of 260 admitted students. said. “If we see students who are a because there is not enough data at | “We knew it would be difficult for tential gifts on the ballot. and Sony whose goods it indirectly
In addition, not only is this class great match for Hopkins, we need to CONTINUED ON PAGE A3 | ustogetvotesjustsitting aroundcam- “One of them will be a game room promotes, said Barakat.
the largest ED class to date, but also respond to them.” The second option for a senior
the second-highest ED applicant pool Latting said that Hopkins admis- class gift consists of what Barakat
in history with 516 applicants, which sions accepted ED students based on Kawasaki ends Levering lease , termed, “blue jay art, ” which would
includes a 20 to 30 percent increase of potentia° l for academic‘ s as well as po- | be obtained from alumni Ralph
online applicants. tential for contributions to the JHU | O?Connor of Texas
“The nature of ED is student by community. “Since he has graduated, he has
student. We hada very ‘strong pool of This year’s ED class averaged 692 collected probably the single largest
applicants this year,” Admissions on the math section of the SAT and collection of blue jay-related art
ing Union and Mattin Center Jane
Director John Latting said. “Not only 652 on the verbal with a composite CONTINUED ON PAGE A3
were we impressed by the quality of SAT score of 1344, which is down Rhyner said, “The Kawasaki Sushi
Bar wasn’t making enough money. It
students, but also by what the stu- from last year’s averages of 690, 658
wasn’t doing financially as well as it MICA STUDENT
dents offered to the University.” and 1348 respectively. Moreover, the
had been when it started. In the end,
Latting continued to explain that ED female percentage increased three it was a mutual and amicable deci- DIES SUDDENLY
the national trend over the years is a percent from last year’s ED admits,
sion to close down the sushi bar.”
gradual march towards ED, which making the current male to female
According to DeVito, “Their sales
enables universities to admit students ratio 52 to 48.
have been declining. They had cut A Maryland Institute College of
earlier as a way to jump-start their Maryland had the highest number
back their hours considerablyas busi- Art (MICA) student died suddenly
freshmen class as well as oversee its ofadmissions with 51 and New Jersey
ness was decreasing.” Wednesday at approximately 2:50
constitution. and New York tied for second with 46 Assistant Director of Levering a.m., on the 2900 Blk. of N. Calvert
In addition, students now are each.
Union William Clemm said, “It St.
more educated and aware of the “This is the strongest pool of ED in
stopped making enough money The cause of death was not im-
early admissions process in an era Hopkins because they had more ofa | partly due to the lack of traffic in the mediately known and an autopsy
where higher education is being em- balance between academics, non-aca- building. It was no longer beneficial had not been completed as of last
phasized as a necessity in getting demics and leadership,” Senior Ad-
for Kawasaki to keep it running.” night, according to MICA Directoy
jobs and starting careers. As a re- missions Associate Director Sherry The Kawasaki Sushi Bar offered a of Campus Safety Harry Aziz.
sult, more students are choosing Fletcher said. variety of freshly made sushi in two- When asked about the particu-
piece, six-piece and combination lars of the incident, Aziz said, “We
sushi platters. Customers could also don’t really know right now.”
Hopkins to fund two
buy Japanese drinks, coffee, bottled Johns Hopkins Security re-
water and other drinks. sponded to the incident after Uni-
When the establishment first versity Security Officer Walter
Sept. 11 scholarships opened, the hours were 11 a.m. to 1 Barnes responded to a Baltimore
LIZZ. STEINBERGINEWS- LETTER a.m. from Monday to Friday and 5 City Poice dispatcher. According to
| Kawasaki did not renew its six month lease to operate in Levering Hall. p.m. to 2 a.m. on Saturdays and Sun- Security’s report, written by Barnes,
days to provide students on-campus the student may have died ofa drug
BY YASMIN MADRASWALA ing Services Director Jean DeVito food service during later hours. overdose, but the actual cause of
BY CHARLES DONEFER are five children, all of whom are THE JoHNS Hopkins News-LeTTeER said, “I had sent Kawasaki a-letter The sushi bar took off meals from death remained unknown last night
Tue Jouns-Hopxins News-LetTer currently well belowcollege age. The regarding signing another six-month the restaurant’s standard menu but to both Hopkins Securanid tMyIC A
families of these children have been The Kawasaki Sushi Bar, previ- contract in October. Ihadheardnoth- the prices were reduced by about 30 Campus Safety Personnel.
The office ofthe Dean ofthe Zanvyl notified and, according to Dean of ously located across from E-Level in ing back from them.” percent to give students a more
Kreiger School of Arts and Sciences the School of Arts and Sciences Ri- Levering Union, closed on Thurs- Director of Operations for Lever- CONTINUED ON PAGE A3 — Compiled by Mike Spector
announced that it has created two chard McCarty, “they were pro- day, Dec. 20, 2001 after the end of the
scholarships in memory of Johns foundly touched” by the offer of first semester. The company cleaned
Hopkins alumni who died in the ter- tuition. out its sushi bar in the beginning of
rorist attacks of Sept.11. — McCarty also added that he is un- January.
The first scholarship, which is aware of any other situation in which Thelocal Kawasaki Restaurant on
funded by the Office of the Dean of the University has offered tuition to 413 N. Charles St. first opened its
the School of Arts and Sciences, will children of alumni victims of war, ter- satellite establishment on Feb. 3,
provide free tuition to the children of rorism or other disaster, as well as of 1999,
the alumni victims, if they are ac- any other school offering tuition forthe The company had a six-month
cepted to the University. children of alumni victims of Sept. 11. contract with the Universitthya t was
Between the alumni victims, there CONTINUED ON PAGE A3 renewed every Januaryand July, Din-
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Family and friends gather Sharpton’s N.H. speech lively -
to mourn U. Md. student
| BY MEAGHAN GRAGG dency, Sharpton began his speech by of racial profiling in the wake of Sept,
| THE DARTMOUTH emphasizing thei mportanceh e places 11 was also a major concern that sur-
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BY MICHELLE ROFHMAN at the service, especially that of his leased for several weeks, according (U-WIRE) HANOVER, N.H. - Sharpton’s speech in Rollins profiling of any party will lead to the
THE DIAMONDBACK (U. MaryLAND) brother, with whom he had a close to the state medical examiner’s of- The Rey. Al Sharpton, a controver- Chapel at Dartmouth College is part profiling of everybody, and profiling ‘
relationship. fice. | sial activist and an expected presi- of his first visit to New Hampshire, a could lead to the division of Amerj- “
(U-WIRE) COLLEGE PARK, Md. “They were like Frick and Frack,” Mourners criticized the univer- | dential candidate in 2004, urged stu- major political battleground since the cans.
- Friends and family gathered in said Margaret McCarthy, a friend of sity regarding Reardon’s death, not- | dents to followhainds tlakee aactdio n state holds the first presidential pri- “Youdon’t fight terrorism byp ro- ~
Washington on Friday to remember Reardon’s from high school. “They ing a similarity in circumstances to | in support oft heir beliefs, regardless maries in the nation. filing,” Sharpton said.
University of Maryland student were inseparable.” the September death of 20-year-old ofp ublic opinion, Sunday night dur- Despite his political aspirations, Sharpton offered criticism of the :
Daniel Reardon. Hours before he was found un- university student Alexander | ingaspeech sponsored by the Tucker Sharpton claimed he is not interested United States’ lack of a standard ~
Reardon, 19, was found uncon- conscious, Reardon, a boarder at the Klochkoff. | Foundation. in telling people what they want to policy regarding which nations are
scious and in cardiacarrest early Feb. Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity house and Klochakm eombfer fo,f t he Sigma Sharpton covered an array of is- hear. condemned on the basis of human
8 in the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity a Washington native, was invited to Alpha Epsilon fraternity, was found sues ranging from his intentions to Sharpton criticized the Bush ad- rights violations and which countries | ‘
house, 7 Fraternity Drive. He died join the fraternity. unconscious on the porch of 4 Fra- run for the presidency in the upcom- ministration for suppressing “civil are not.
Thursday after being disconnected The cause ofd eath is unknown as ternity Drive Sept. 5 and was later ing 2004 election to the dangers he liberties and civil rights of American Shifting his focus to national is-
from life support. of yet, police said, but they continue pronounced dead. said big business poses to civil liber- citizens” and supporting “some very sues, Sharpton reiterated his belief ”
Mourners filled St. Columba’s to investigate the incident. Club drug gamma ties. reactionary regressive laws” in the that the suspension of constitutional ~
Episcopal Church in Northwest Other groups, including the Inter- hydroxybutrate, or GHB, was listed Speaking candidly, Sharpton elic- wake of Sept. 11. rights and civilliberties shouldnotbe _
Washington to capacity, as Reardon’s fraternity Council, the Judicial Pro- as a contributing factor in his death, | ited mixed reactions from the crowd, Sharpton emphasized the impor- negotiable. .
father and 17-year-old brother spoke grams Office, the Greek life office and according to the medical report. though laughter and applause often tance of the right to protest and criti- Sharpton called for a redefinition ot
about his life. Phi Sigma Kappa international fra- “It’s a shame that they let this punctuated his speech. cized the currentadministration’s re- of politics in America, citing the need ""
“Ttmay seem strange that lam not ternity will also hold investigations, happen atinstitutions that are pub- | While the themes of public ser- sponse to the Sept. 11 attack, linking for campaign finance reform and the
saying goodbyeto Daniel,” Reardon’s examining possible hazing and alco- licly supported by tax dollars,” said vice and social justice were woven “reforms to silent dissent and pro- adoption of a standard voting pro- ‘
father said. “But, I know I will see hol violations. Stan Wellborn, father of two of throughout Sharpton’s speech, he test” to an alleged assault by the Jus- cess. ib,
him again.” Medical examiners conductedan Reardon’s former classmates at spent the majority of his time ad- tice Department on the civil rights Sharpton argued the reform to :I i 4
Friends said they were amazed by autopsy on Reardon over the week- Woodrow Wilson Senior High dressing issues that will be impor- movement. campaign finance should be to elimi-. *,
the composure of Reardon’s family end, but the results will not be re- School. tant if he does indeed run a cam- He was also quick to declare he nate private campaign funding alto- ~
“Tt’s not enough to say, ‘It’s an- paign. would take the same position if the gether in order to remove private |
other tragedy.’ Somebody should be Addressing the expectations for Democrats were in office. money from the political credibility _ N
More athletes battle held responsible.” his intentions to run for the presi- The re-emergence ofjustifications equation. 4
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BY AUSTIN KINGHORN there is no cloning research under- other alternative is available,” in Brooklyn in 1991.
DatLy TEXAN (U. Texas-AUsTIN) way at University of Texas-Austin. Westhustin said. Sharpton denied wrongdoing in at
BY JOSHUA PILKINGTON an eating disorder is through injury, “T think pets, like people, are The cat’s birth marked the team’s both cases, saying the claims against —
Rocky MounTAIN COLLEGIAN Welzel said. (U-WIRE) AUSTIN, Texas - Texas unique individuals, and it’s foolish lone success of the 87 embryos trans- him were “fabrications” in the latter
(CoLoRADO STATE U.) “Injuries can lead an athlete to focus A&M University laid claim to a and superficial to believe they can be ferred into nine surrogate cats. That case. With regard to the rape, ~
on weight, because injuries force an unique set ofbragging rights lastweek replaced byaclone,” said Lambowitz, success rate is reportedly on par with Sharpton said he had the right todis- _
(U-WIRE) FORT COLLINS, athleteto focusonsomethingasidefrom when a team of researchers an- a critic of pet cloning. “It sounds like past cloning efforts. agree with the jury.
Colo. - Thereare many adjectives one training,” she said. ““Whenathletes can- nounced the successful cloning of a it’s a nice business for Texas A&M,
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often fall into the mix. Though training and injury are named “CC” for copycat, was born Genetic Savings and Clone Inc.
However, such words do describe both factors that feed an athlete’s eat- Dec. 22 and is reportedly healthy and funded the project witha $3.7 million
the mental state of an athlete with an ing disorder, both Welzel and active. Mice, cattle, pigs and sheep, donation and will in return retain all
eating disorder, according to the Na- MacQuiddy were quick to point out suchas “Dolly,” all have been cloned, technology rights; however, members PUBLISHED SINCE 1896 BY THE STUDENTS OF THE JOHNS HopKINS UNIVERSITY ah
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Members of ANRED (Anorexia precipitate a disorder. household pet. Scientists delayed the their pets via the company’s services EDITORIALBOARD |
Nervosaa nd Related Eating Disor- _ “Tt comes down to having confi- cat’s birth announcement to make can expect a steep price. cllqq
ders, Inc.) recently produced a study dence in yourself,” Welzel said. “A sure her genetic copying was exact Westhustin said pet owners seeking
showing how the amount of female stronger person does not get side- and to ensure she was healthy and to bring their companions back to life Editors-in-Chief Shannon Shin, S. Brendan Short’ tt
and male athletes with eating disor- tracked by weight.” developing normally. need to understand fully the nature of
Business Manager James Lieu»
ders has grown in recent years. Apart from training and injury, “With each new species cloned, pet cloning before making a decision.
Thoughathletetyspeis nofas lpolrt s Welzel said society plays a role in we learn more about how this tech- “We've been very clear with people Managing Editors Jeremiah Crim, Charles Donefer a
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dersare involved in sports thatempha- comparing,” she said. “Athletes see mans,” said Mark Westhustin, head Despite her replica set of genes, CC Photography Editors Holly Martin, Liz Steinberg ~~
size being light and thin, said Dr. Susan other professionals in their sport and researcher for the project, inawritten differs in coloration from her genetic
MacQuiddy, a psychologist with the think that if they were as small or as statement. donor, Rainbow. The color differences Copy Editor Teresa Matejovsky _
University Counseling Center at Colo- light as those professionals, they Alan Lambowitz, a professor of arise because pigmentation is a prod-
rado State University. would be better.” cellular and molecular biology, said uct of post-birth developmental fac- Special Editions/Focus Editors Charbel Barakat, Jeremy Tully
“There is added pressure on an tors and the animal’s genotype. News Editor Cara Gitlin, Mike Spector
athlete,” she said. “They notonly have Will Potter, a representative for
to compete well, but they also have to U. Mich. kiss-in rally UT Students Against Cruelty to Ani- Features Editors Lindsay Saxe
focus on body size and training.” mals, said he disagrees with the clon-
Often associated with adolescent ing research. Sports Editors Ron Demeter, David Gonen
females, eating disorders have be- met with little protest “The problem is we only value Arts Editors Natalya Minkovsky, Caroline Saffer
come more prominent among col- these animals’ lives if we can make
lege students, especially athletes, in money off them. I find it disturbing Science Editor David Merrick
receAnctc oyredarisn.g to an ANRED study, —ca t etvoe rythteh inmgo tfirvoesm tbheeh innadm e thoef trhe-e Opinions Editor ° Michelle Fenster
one in 33 college athletes met the cri- BY KAREN SCHWARTZ & without any sentiments of fear. search,” Potter said. “It brings up a Events Editor Pete Goldwine
teria of anorexia nervosa, while one SAMANTHA WOLL “We weren't asked to intervene in lot of questions concerning the role
in five were classified as bulimic. Micuican Dalry (U. MICHIGAN) any confrontational situations as op- of a university because this kind of Electronic Editions Editor Andrew Pinzler
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means to improve performance,” said Thisytheerae wrer e no protesters, there think it was really important that this Potter also called attention to over- Graphics Editor Eric Ha
Jane Welzel, an eating disorder coun- were no small children holding signs year people felt they could speak out crowded petadoptionagenciesandsaid
selor and elite runner. “Yet many bearing anti-gay messages and the andbevisiblewithlessimmediate risk.” pet cloning will come at the cost of STAFFWRITERS
times they lose focus of that goal.” Michigan Peace Team members did The Kiss-In concluded Queer Vis- animals already alive when people Dave DeBruin, Ali Fenwick, Julianna Finelli, M.O. Hart, Audrey
Welzel added several factors cause nothave to intervene in any potentially ibility Week and addressed aware- choosear eproduofc thteiri deocenas ed Henderson, Karen Hirsch, Melissa Huang, Anna Hutchinson, Maha Jefri, '
athletes to change their focus from violent or dangerous situations. ness and activism as well as changes pet over adoption of a new one. Sheryl Kane, Jeff Katzenstein, Justin Kosoris, David Leiman, Euna Lhee |
improving performance to losing While not as riotous as last year’s speakers said should be made with That argument, which has been Jeremy Liff, Matt Lohman, Yasmin Madraswala, Mike Mastrangelo Emily
weight or fitting a certain image. Kiss-In when members of the anti- regard to the treatment of lesbian, echoed by several animal rights orga- Mayer, Ishai Mooreville, Jeff Novich, Matt O’Brien, Steve Park, Maany Peyvan,
“At first their performance might gay Reverand Fred Phelps’ congrega- gay, bisexual and transgender issues. nizations, was refuted by Westhustin. Margo Pietras, Stephen Porter, Eric Ridge, Eric Tan, Jason Shahinfar, S
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perform; that is unrealistic.” ibility Rally and Kiss-in gave partici- regard to the LGBT community on duction. People who clone pets are Kim Andrews, Michelle Fiks, Grace Hong, Euna Lhee, Jessica Valdez
Another way an athlete develops pants a chance to voice their views campus. more likely to not adopt a pet if no Peter Zou
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NEWS
Eisenhower papers editors visit JHU Hopkins accepts
305 ED applicants
BY ISHAI MOOREVILLE
THE JOHNS Hopkins News-Letter |
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The editors of The Papers of |
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Shriver Auditorium and helda panel | scribe a more complete analysis for Hopkins in the South and West.”
discussion commemorating last the incoming freshmen class in May According to Latting, Hopkins
year’s completion ofthe entire 21 vol- or June oft his year after we have sur- aims to have 20 to 25 percent ofs tu-
ume set.
veyed all the applications and have a dents pursuing the humanities when
On hand were Chief Editors Dr. greater quantity of students.” only three perocf eSATn-tatkin g stu-
Louis Galambos oft he JHU History Latting added that ED was a “snap- dents put humanities as their in-
Department and Daun Van Ee, his- shot of the pool and not representative tended majors. To achieve this, ad-
torical specialist of the Library of | ofthe whole.” Healso emphasized that missions hopes to better promote
Congress. | the next challenge of the admissions Hopkins’ intellectual community and
The historians and researchers | office is to push the Humanities De- the faculty of the humanities depart-
alike recounted the process of col- partments and recruit more applicants ments byhatvhemi vinsitghig h schools
lecting the papers of Eisenhower, the from the West and South. and talk to students, increasing inter-
nation’s 34th presiandd aem inlittar y “We don’t want people to forget action prior to admissions deadlines.
general during World War II. The humanities at the expense of other “The high school is influential in
first volume oft he set was published fields,” Latting said. “The message students who want to major in the
in 1970. hasn’t gone out that Hopkins is the humanities,” Latting said. “We want
Robert Brugger oft he JHU Press breadth of excellence even for to identify schools who have a strong
moderated the discussion and undergrads.” humanities and cultural background,
talked about the history of the Latting continued that as people then hope to see growth in humani-
project. c. | go further South and West, there is ties students from these core schools.”
It began in the 1960s when Milton The papers of Dwight Eisenhower, pictured above, were compiled in a project that began in the 1960s. | less knowledge of Hopkins since most Hopkins has already started to
S. Eisenhower, brother of Dwight | are domibyn pubalict insteitudtion s. implement these types of reforms in
and then-president of the Johns Among the notable documents Galambos read from one of his policy. | Conversely, East Coast students are their admissions process throughout
Hopkins University, suggested that that are included in the papers in- favorite letters, which was written The work for the papers was cen- more willing to cross states in order the past years. Theynowrecruit more
the papers of the president be col- clude a series of correspondences by Eisenhower to his older brother, tered on B-Level of the MSE library, to attend colleges since many schools students based on Advanced Place-
lected and published. between Eisenhower and Queen who was constantly trying to lead and involved the assistance of many are private. ment (AP) scores who ,have taken
Many different people have Elizabeth of England, who sent the the President in certain directions undergraduate and graduate students | “It’samarket segmentation issue,” humanities tests.
worked on the project since its in- president her personal recipe for and always arguing with him about over the years. | Latting said. “We hope to implement Both Fletcher and Latting believe
ception, including noted historian scones. that Hopkins admissions are nudg-
Stephen Ambrose, who compiled In attendance at the event were ing over slowly in a positive direction
the initial volumes one through two staffers of the Eisenhower ad- | Sushi bar closes doors in E-Level and are optimistic about the future.
five. ministration, Doug Price and Dr. “We're delighted that this year’s
In addition to the two editors, Jill Saul Nier, the chairman ofeconomic class moved in a positive direction,
Friedman, Elizabeth Hughes and advisors to the President during his and we hope to bring in a new class of
Robin Coblentz also discussed their second term. students who are enthusiastic about
involvement in the expansive project. “It’s a great project and a great | CONTINUED FROM PAGE Al sibilities for the now-vacated space. dents.” the Hopkins experience,” Fletcher
All the members of the panel shared accomplishment — an exceptional were necessary to the kitchen.” Boswell said, “We are now [taking a Students can still buy prepackaged said.
one thing in common:a great respect work of scholarship,” said Nier. Dean of Students Susan Boswell newlook] at the building. We hopeto sushi at severalcampus locations, in- “Tm looking forward to reading
for Eisenhower the leader and Price was equally appreciative. said, “It was seen as an opportunityt o breathe newlife into it. We’ve already cluding the Jay Store and Levering. all the applications for 2002.”
Eisenhower the man. “T think it [this text] will outlive provide more options to studentsT.h e had an architectural consultant look
“The main thing that stuck with all other books on Eisenhower be- students were partly responsible for at the building. There has also beena
me was Ike’s relationship with the cause it’s the original source mate- its creation.” committee to help decide what to do Fund starts with $50K
American people. It’s hard to imag- rial,” he said. Rhyner said, “Kawasaki was in- with the space.”
ine a president today having the same Getting access to all the papers was volved with Hopkins through the DeVito said, “At the end of No-
connection with the publicas Ike did,” not always easy. Spring Fair so there was already a vember, I was advised that Facilities
said Friedman, who focused mainly “NATO wouldn’t even admit that familiariwtiyth the school.” Although would be needing the space for relo- CONTINUED FROM Pace A1 could fund an annual scholarship of
on the domestic policy notes of certain files even existed,” said Van Kawasaki has stopped renewing its cation purposes. I advised Kawasaki, Thesecond scholarship, whichis called about $2,250.
Eisenhower. Fe. contract with the University for the met with them and moved ahead to “The September Eleven Alumni Me- The Arts and Sciences alumni who
She recounted an incident col- He also told the audience how sushi bar in Levering, the company tidy things up.” morial Scholarswihllibe pof,fe”re deach died as a result of the events of Sept. 11
lected in the papers when Eisenhower his notes had been promptly con- still has contracts with the school for Freshman Chinatsu Fujiwara | year to an undergraduate in the School are Thomas Cahill’87, Paul J. Friedman
personally responded toa small busi- fiscated after he had been allowed its two establishments at the Medical said, “I never actually went to eat at of Arts and Sciences. According to °78, Matt O’Mahony °84, David W.
ness owner in Iowa who was com- to spend a whole day researching Center. the sushi bar but I heard from sev- McCarty, as of last month the scholar- Nelson ’73 and Glenn Wall ’84. Joe
plaining about big chains taking over classified documents in a CIA Thesushibar was having someprob- eral people that the sushi was pretty | ship fund had approximately $50,000, Sammartino, who also died on Sept. 11,
the local market. vault. lems despite its apparent popularity. good. I hope it will be replaced by which, according to generalized figures received his Master’s degree from the
“People would send him pre- “I went into a vault, took notes Said DeVito: “Students and faculty en- something that will benefit the stu- provided in the Johns Hopkins Gazette, School of Engineering in 1990.
sents and write to him with their on some classified papers for an joyed going there. I liked going there...
personal concerns, and he would entire day, and then they took my but it wasn’t doing well enough. The
occasionally write them back,” she notes and classified those too,” he space will be used for renovations.” STUART TOWNSEND. AALIYAH
said. said. The University is considering pos-
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associated with silicon on sapphire sidered a pioneer in the study of wa- settled in Albany, N.Y. She earned an terwards should bring in about 70. action between professors and stu- couraged to apply.
technology, a new way to manufac- ter quality issues and is an expert on undergraduate degree at Johns Also, Homewood Student Affairs
ture microchips. hydrology and geomorphologybased Hopkins University, where she “was (HSA) is currently pushing for better eee
“We've developed a very fast and on his research into how surface wa- one of the smartest people I knew,” security presence surrounding off-
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says Andreas G. Andreou, a profes- He is scheduled to receive the She enrolled in Chicago Medical pressed concerns that University
sor in the department and director of $10,000 prize and silver medallion School, where she met Lieberman. | Pkwy. and N. Charles St., as well as | Executive Officers
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businesses are put together.” Desert Research Institute. to know just where she was if she “Tt is important that Hopkins has | Treasurer Noel DeSantos 516-2759 Present
Andreou’s team relies on the same The institute is the research arm of died, to know she didn’t suffer,” apresence there,” said President Anuj
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great distances, Johns Hopkins offi- plan will be addressed at a meeting Secretary/Treasurer Camille Fesche 978-2244 Present
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chip technology. The microchips New York City doctor Hubble to get new options, especially later in the Representative Grey Emmons 243-0499 ABSENT
inside most modern computers are evening. The HSA Town Meeting, Class of 2003
assembled on thin slices of silicon, a still missing after glasses scheduled for Monday, Feb. 25, will President Ravi Kavasery 662-4982 Present
material that isa semiconductor. The be open to the entire student body as Vice President Sarah Cummings 889-4948 Present
Johns Hopkins engineers use micro- Sept. 11 attacks a forum for suggestions, complaints SReepcrreesteanrtya/tTirveea suOrmeer r TaTraav ilFoegelhua n 499-7467 PPrreesseenntt
chips in which silicon is layered onto Feb. 19 The Hubble Space Tele- | and discussion about aspects of cam- | Representative Chris Cunico 889-1066 Present
thin slices of synthetic sapphire, a scope, which has produced breath- pus life. Representative Priti Dalal 467-8692 ABSENT
material that is an insulator and also NEW YORK Feb. 13 Sneha Ann taking images from the distant reaches The Board of Elections will be
allows light to pass through it. Philip was last seen shopping across of the universe since its early “vision” holding a candidate’s forum on Class of 2004
President Bob Alleman 467-1110 Present
In the microsystem devised by the street from the World Trade Cen- problems were corrected in 1993, is Thursday, Feb. 28 for the Executive | Vice President Simone Chen 516-3567 Present
Andreteoamu, ’asisgna l thatoriginates ter on the day before the city was getting an even stronger pair of BoardelecTthiiso yenars, .th e event | Secretary/Treasurer Leah Greenfield 516-3607 ABSENT
in a wire is transformed into light and changed forever. glasses, scientists said on Friday. will be in a “meet and greet” for- Representative Jackie Chan 516-3756 Present
beamed through the transparent sap- Security videotape captured the Later this month, the space mat, complete with refreshments, RReepprreesseennttaattiivvee BAlein jFaemniwni ckW ang 454136--7326826- 8689 PPrreesseenntt |
phire substrate via a laser that is only young doctor leaving her apartment shuttle Columbia will carry astro- rather than the usual panel arrange-
slightly larger than a human hair. near the twin towers shortly after 5 p.m. nauts to upgrade the orbiting tele- | ment. This is intended to provide a | Class of 2005 \
Microlenses and other optical A receipt from the department store scope, NASA said ina series ofb rief- more casual setting in which stu- President Ben Radel 516-5942 Present |
components, manufactured at the notes her last purchase was at 7:18 p.m. ings. One main piece of equipment dents can be comfortable asking Vice President Megan Coe 516-5905 Present
same time as the electronic circuits Then, she vanished. The date was will be the Advanced Camera for questions. RSeepcrreesteanrtya/tTirveeas uMroerrg aSnh anMncoDno nCahladn g 551166--55660130 PPrreesseenntt.
on the microchip, collect the light Sept. 10. Surveys, which scientists say will After what Secretary Manish Gala Representative Charles Reyner — 516-5845 - Present ~
beam and guide it to another place on The death and destruction the next have 10 times the power of the cam- described as a “positive dialogue” Representative Manu Sharma 516-5832 Present
the microchip or, using an optical morning in the same spot has height- era it will replace. with Dean of Students Susan Boswell,
‘fiber, move it to another chip. ened the mystery and misery sur- “Tfyouhad two fireflies six feet apart
Key components in _ the rounding Philip’s five-month-old in Tokyo, Hubble’s vision with ACS
microsystem are solid-state devices missing person case. will be so fine that it will be able to tell
called vertical cavity surface emitting “Tt’s a perpetual nightmare,” said from Washington, D.C., that they were
lasers, or VCSELs. her husband, Ron Lieberman. two different fireflies instead of one,”
At its destination, the light enters Police have found no evidence that Holland Ford, an astronomer at Johns
a high-speed optical receiver circuit Philip was a victim of the terrorist at- Hopkins University in Baltimore who
that transforms the stream of pho- tack or foul play. Instead, they theorize led the team that built the camera, said
tons into a stream of electrons that she orchestrated her own disappear- in a statement.
continue their journey through elec- ance to escape personal problems. The phone booth-sized camera
trical wiring connected to other com- That contradicts how friends and might even be able to see planets in
puter components. family describe her: Accomplished. other solar systems, Ford said. Right
By using optical signals, or simply Graceful. Stable. now astronomers can only guess at
an unhindered laser beam, the Johns “We had a great marriage,” said their presence based on indirect evi-
Hopkins researchers say they believe Lieberman, a doctor who lived with dence, suchas their gravitational pull
a signal could move 100 times faster his Indian-born wife in nearby Bat- on other bodies.
than it does along a metal wire. tery Park City. “Wewere talking about The new camera, to be installed by
The optoelectric interface circuits having babies.” spacewalking astronauts, will replace
also require much less power because Philip, 32, worked her final shift at the Faint Object Camera, the last of
the sapphire substrate is an insulat- St. Vincent’s Medical Center on the instruments originally launched
ing material, not a semiconductor, Staten Island on Sept. 7. Lieberman on Hubble in 1990.
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Hildreth discusses academic challenges Class of 02 gift down
to final three choices
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THE JoHNs Hopkins NeEws-Letrer Oxford. Hildreth pointed out the
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Dr. James Hildreth of the Johns hadinitially exploited African Ameri- | CONTINUED FROM Pace Al “We're planning a talent show to
Hopkins University Medical School cans to raise money for the scholar- the world,” said Barakat. fundraise, possibly in April,” added
came Tuesday evening as the second ship, but said that he realized that the Moreover, since Hopkins is his Barakat.
guest speaker of the semester for this grant represented first and foremost alma mater, O’Connor has offered a In the past few years, furniture has
year’s Voyage and Discovery Lecture a support of academics. discounted price for the senior class, been a predominant theme in senior
Series. Hildreth, an associate professor Besides faith, Hildreth said luck did | said Barakat. gifts.
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associate dean of Graduate Affairs, ad- itself only arrived “on time” because a explicitly identified as a gift from the Levering Hall, a gift which is yet to be
dressed about 30 students and faculty friend who worked at the post office | Class of2 002. implemented due to the current con-
members in Mudd Auditorium. postmarked the envelope ahead of time. The final option for a senior class struction.
The Voyage and Discovery Lecture He had only begun considering the gift is a donation to the library for Similarly, the Class of 2000 do-
Series, funded btyh e Office of the Dean scholarship the day before it was due. expansion of the current DVD col- nated the patio furniture outside of
of students and already in its fourth Hildreth and his new wife faced se- lection. Cafe Q.
year, strives to bring guest speakers that vere racial problems during their two According to Barakat, this would This year, Barakat wishes to
can offer students some personal in- years in Oxford, England. He said they be donated with the objective of ob- move beyond furniture, but regard-
sigthhet paothwnay s that havebrought wereeager toreturn tothe United States, taining more popular movie titles. less, he has one promise for the se-
them to the medical field. where in 1982 he chose Johns Hopkins | The funds for the gift are still to be nior class:
“[Hildreth] is the only African for his graduate M.D./Ph.D. program. | acquired, said Barakat, and they will “Whatever gift we pick, we will get
American in the natural sciences at Upon graduation, Hildreth real- be obtained primarily through solici- it done by the end of the year,” he
Hopkins and we were eager to have ized that his research was most im- tations. said.
him,” said senior Vice Chair of the portant to him. He declined taking a
lecture series Vinita Takiar. ~ HOLLY MARTIN/NEWS-LETTER residency and joined the faculty of
Takiar and the other executive Hildreth overcame racial prejudice to excel in pharmaceutical research. the medical school that fall.
members oft he lecture series accom- Since then, Hildreth’s research has
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Hildreth, who is both an M.D./Ph.D awaits approval by the Federal Drug drive out darkness. Only light can do brane called “lipid rafts,” but that the |
and a master carpenter, made refer- Administration (FDA). that. Hate cannot drive outhate. Only virus itself has a very cholesterol-
ence to a favorite Shakespearean Hildreth also leads a campaign to love can do that.” dense membrTahen adehes.io n mol-
quote when titling his lecture: “Baits increase minority presence in gradu- Hildreth said the quote helped him ecule beta-cyclodextin will destroy |
of Falsehood, Carps of Truth: A ate programs. Through heavy na- “to transfer my hate into positive en- this membrane, and thus render the
Carpenter’s Journey of Discovery.” tional recruiting in the past five years, ergy.” He was later admitted to Yale, HIV virus non-infectious.
Lectures for the following two weeks he has succeeded in quadrupling mi- Princeton and Brown, but chose to “Nothing excites me more than
will feature Dr. Michael Ain, the fa- nority applications to the School of enroll as an undergrad at Harvard. knowing that the research I started 10
mous dwarf orthopedic surgeon, and Medicine. Hildreth also started the “To say the odds were against me years ago might becomeablockbuster
Dr. John Gearhart, whois credited with Summer Internship Program, which isan understatement,” Hildreth said. drug,” Hildreth said.
some of the earliest stem cell research. brings minority and disadvantaged “No one from my neck of the woods Hildreth had also been offered a
“[Hildreth] is an amazing man in undergraduates to the medical school [the Deep South] ever got there, but I full-time administrative position for
terms of a scientist and in terms of a for 10 weeks of summer research. was very determined to do this.” the National Institute of Health’s
speakerand educator,” saidsophomore Hildreth said his journey has been At Harvard, Hildreth said he faced (NIH) new National Center for Re-
Hyung-Do Kim, who attended the lec- as much a part of fate and luck as it both faced both racial and academic search on Minority Health and Health
ture. Having worked in Hildreth’s lab has been faith in God and support challenges. Disparities, but he turned it down in
last year, Kim said, “I always wanted to from family and friends. He grew up “It was the first time in my life I favor of continuing his pharmaceuti- |
hear the story behind him. Now I un- ina poor, racially-segregated town of thoughtI’doverstepped myabilities,” cal research.
derstand him a lot better.” Arkansas in a time where 80 percent he said. However, Hildreth went on Above all, Hildreth said his life
In his lecture, Hildreth discussed ofall the physicians in the state served to excel at Harvard. Until his senior experiences, although difficult, have
the life events that brought him to the predominantly-white town of year, Hildreth had plans to pursue shaped him as a person. He said that
Harvard as an undergraduate, to Ox- Little Rock. medical school and return to Arkan- he has had “a wonderful journey.”
ford as a Rhodes Scholar and finally He became interested in medicine sas to help the health care situation. He told the majority pre-medical |
to his position today, as both re- at age 11 when his father passed away However, upon a friend’s sugges- audience that “for those of you just
searcher and minority activist. His from renal cancer. Hildreth said that tion, he applied for and was awarded starting out, this is a really exciting LIZ STEINBERG/NEWS-LETTER
current pharmaceutical research the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. the Rhodes Scholarship to study in time for you.” Senior Charbel Barakat ist he chair of the 2002 gift selection committee.
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PUBLISHED SINCE 1896 BY THE STUDENTS OF THE JOHNS HopKINs UNIVERSITY Recognize facts, protect student s and stop ignoring the problems
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3:00 or 4:00 a.m., would start around
Se 4 wasw alktio clnasgs t hism orn- 10:00 p.m. and end by about 1:30,
Are APs the way to recruit? hianigr ”w hecno miIn ogv erfhreoamr d,t he“ Itg’isr lm yin TBheeanc,h ewivtehr yo6n-ep acwkos,u ldr emhaeiandd ertos thoef
front of me. She was talking to kegs and each other for a massive,
a friend of hers, possibly a school-wide party. Again, being on-
| neighbor in the dorms. The conver- campus allowed the truly drunk to
|s ation continued on with talk about
stumble home safely and the
Early Decision admissions to JHU areatanall- stacks the Early Decision deck against students | ecsotm ppelaekxeido,n Ia qnudi cekyeen ecodl orm.y Mpyac ei ntaenrd- HopCops were always around to
make sure no one got hurt.
time high, average SAT rates are down and the from schools that do not offer AP courses. With | listened a little more carefully. Then I
Students are going to drink. It’s
Admissions Office is recruiting students based college admissions across the country trending || heard the key phrase that explained practically written in stone, and ifthe
| the whole conversation to mte: “It’s a
on scores on Advanced Placement (AP) tests in towards a greater number ofE arly Decision ad- administration hasn’t figured that
the humanities. Quite a lot to think about, but missions, according to Admissions Director John | scmoamlpll epxicitounr e,i s snloi gohtnley wdiilflf etreelnlt .i”f yTohuer out, then they have truly been “grown-
up” for way toolong. And since this is
what interests us the most is the idea of looking Latting, this is hardly fair. Of course, it can be | guy mentioned that he would get “it”
the case, the students shouldn’t have
or her. Her response? “Great! Now
for humanities students based on their AP scores argued that students can take these tests on their | to flee campus and risk the streets of
we can go out!”
in subjects like English and history. own, but if they know that they will receive no | Fake ID’s: The staple of any fresh- DELIBERATELY Baltimore.
Other Universities have student
On the surface, it seems to make sense. After academic credit for them, why should they | man or sophomore wallet. The ne-
unions, organized events that the stu-
all, students who score well on those tests may bother? Does the University wish to add still cessity to an inebriated life off cam- RANDOM dents actually enjoy, campus tradi-
pus and outside of fraternities. And
well prove to be conscientious students who will more money to the already hefty pricetag of the in 33 days (from date of this papers’ tions, etc. Duke not only allows its
students to camp out for tickets be-
do well in those same areas once they get to college application process? All this, and we publication), no longer a problem I
Hopkins. On the other hand, it’s just downright haven’t even addressed the dubious value of haveB utt o wwhoyr rtyh ea bnoeuetd. for fakes? Most aisr eb edioningg idtoinllee gtaol leyn. suIrne thtahta tc asteh, ewy hraet- aflolrye hbaidg beatshkeertnbeatl l cagbalmeess ,i nsbtuatl leadc tui-n
inconsistent. courses taught towards a standardized test. | bars in Baltimore will let those 18 main safe in the process? How many the lamp posts so they could stay in
Firstly, the University , while it seems willing On the whole, it seems that unless the Univer- | years of age and older in. Besides, of you have heard of“t hat guy” who touch with their lives while sleeping
to use these tests as a yardstick for potential sity is prepared to grant academic credit for the || tfahkeems aarén da htuhogsee rissekr vfionr gt housned eursaigneg gtoo tg oa ltco othhoel hopsopiistoanl infogr fbeuatr orfe bfuesiendg ainr rtaenntgse do uftosri dfeir ef opre ram iwteesk .a ftTehr etyh ea lrseo-
academic worth, nonetheless does not acknowl- humanities APs it seeks outin potential students, | people. I know several people, many arrested or issued a citation after ally big games (like the ones against
edge them as worthy of being granted academic itis unfair to slant admissions towards those who of them fellow students, who have having his stomach pumped? It University of North Carolina) so the
credit. The only non-science or math APs for take them. It seems more than likely that the new been arrested and/or received com- could have been you, your best students could burn their benches in
munity service hours for underage friend, your roommate or the kid
which credit is granted at JHU are the French, AP bias will, instead of attracting more, high-
drinking or serving. We are all rela- down the hall.
German and Spanish language tests and the caliber humanities students, actually encourage tively smart people. We do, after all, The University used to protect its
Students are going to
Macro and Micro Economics tests. Other tests, them to shy away from Hopkins in favor of go to Johns Hopkins. So why do we students. When E-Level was a bar, it
risk our futures on a few drinks? provided an on-campus venue for
according to the Admissions Office’s Web site, schools at which their AP efforts will be rewarded | drink. It’s practically
For a good time, you say? Well, I students to enjoy themselves, near
do notcorrespond directly toacourse at Hopkins with academic credit. Not only is Admissions’ can see that. And I’m not one to their dorms (free from assault on the
and so can not be granted a credit equivalency. policy inconsistent with Hopkins’ academics, it preach, having definitely had my streets of Sketch City) and where the written in stone.
share of liquor (see above for my cur- friendly HopCops could keep an eye
Secondly, this test-targeting policy clearly is inconsistent with their own stated goals.
| rent age). on them. While the campus bar was,
So we more or less have to assume legitimately, serving to underage some giant frenzy every year.
that people under 21 are going to find drinkers, they were doing it under So I implore thee, Johns Hopkins
Fact or fiction? Tell the DoD a way to imbibe alcoholic refresh- their supervision. It wasn’t Hopkins University. Step up to the challenge
ments. We’re allowed to everywhere students who were the ultimate cause your undergraduates put before you.
else in the world anyway, so what are of E-Level’s close — it was students Find a compromise to keeping stu-
a few U.S. laws to stop anyone? A from another school. dents safe and allowing them to enjoy
that I'll pick reality any day —
friend of mine from Montteal ex- The same goes for the Beach, or so themselves. It doesn’t need to be in
plained to me that, while the techni- I’ve been told. Only the seniors of this the form of a bar, nor does it need to
cal drinking age is 18, it reallyi sm ore year were around to experience what bea student union, (although it’d be
of a suggestion than a law: ‘This is the I’ve heard was the best part ofcampus nice). But get creative — finda way to
general sentimentmionst other coun- life. The Beach was open all night to meet the needs of the students. It
asanyone else been fol- week, down from three five months sources may be untrustworthy ha- tries around the world, as well. post-partying students. The frater- might even help in recruiting new
lowing the news lately? ago. “The sexual life of the Argen- bitually and c) legally, the U.S. gov- tSo estudeentss ar e drinking and they nity parties, instead of going until ones.
I'm not talking about tines is devaluing at the same rate as ernment is not allowed to release any
_ what’s now known as their money,” summarized a Chilean false news in the United sons | cca nuclear waste sitep roposal:
ae s Ultimas No oe
an ongoing p4 erfo“rBmnarnocre ¢s o diSeg itBes es Aj Ltim ASANO: = —_
been reduced to two words. I’m think- wind up in U.S. papers.
ing about the smaller stuff. | partment of Defense (DoD) is con- This type of program does best A bad idea for future generations
Imean, who needs television when sidering, as part of its foreign public- while operating under the cover of
you have a world of newspapers? Re- ity campaign, creating false news secrecy, so frankly, Iw ouldn’tbe sur-
ality can be much less believable than items. The New York Times, who prised if the Bush administration de-
the product of our collective imagina- cides not to approve it. But seriously,
tions. For instance, Reuters reported who is the DoD kidding? I doubt nan ancient fable, an old man He now sets the goals on activating tions of barricades. Yucca does not
plants a sapling that would not the site in 2010 — 12 years after the even meet the guidelines for a safe
that England invaded Spain this past highly that any official working for
grow and bloom for many original deadline. nuclear waste site.
weekend. Itwasan accident, mind you; the Pentagon, includingaltlh e former
years. When another man Furthermore, on National Secu- Even contracted experts from the
some royal marines wenta fewmiles off PR representatives, could come up
course from Gibraltar and wound up HOoPKINs CHIC with anything as incredible as what questioned why he would take rity, Spencer advises that moving Nuclear Waste Technical Review
the time and energy to do this when waste from over 131 sites to a central- Board say “The technical basis for
storming a southern Spanish beach. actually is happening. I mean, check
he would never see the fruits of his ized one decreases the chances of a DOE’s repository performance esti-
London apologized, of course. out the latest-high profile court cases
labor, the old man responded that his mates is weak-to-moderate at this
On an unrelated item, a speech broke the story this past Tuesday, re- — a California attorney throwing
children and grandchildren would time.” There is no way, really, to know
error by President George W. Bush ported that the newly-created Office herself on the floor and bursting into -BROOKENEUMA
one day enjoy the fruits of the tree. what will happen to this waste over
brieflysent Japanese markets into tur- of Strategic Influence, led in part bya tears in order to describe how her
Apparently, the Bush administra- hundreds of years, none the less over
moil, according to South American former advertising executive, is mili- client tried to save a woman from
news wires. Seems our tongue-tied tarizing the civilian arena of being mauled to death by the tion and the Department of Energy GuEsT EDITORIAL thousands of years. The technology
(DOE) are equally excited for our does not yet exist to determine how
president confused the terms “defla- newsmaking. defendant’s 120-lb.dog,aTexaswoman
children and grandchildren to dis- the waste will affect their containers
tion” and “devaluation” while de- And literally, newsmaking. While accused of drowning her five children, cover nuclear waste that we buried or how the rocks will hold under the
scribing his meeting with the Japa- some campaigns would spread “white” andin thesoon-to-be-a-court-casecat- for them. After 40 years of research terrorist attack on an old nuclear heat and radiation. Seeing how Yucca
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140 to 133 against the dollar (Like the to publicize misinformation None of it iesonsurrounding property instead of,
incidentin Spain, this emphasizes the wouldnecessarilybedesignatedascom- well, cremating them. pYruocpcoas alM oufonrt aai nnu cliena rN ewvaasdtae. siBtue shat 7er0e,d0 0—0 tnoontse,v etnh isd uwraisn g ntehvee rC olcdo nWsaird.- twroyr,t hth itsa ksienegm.s Guliiknen a srtiastke d,t h“atN eivsa ndoat
importance of attention to detail). ing from a U.S. military source. So, given the facts, I’d recommend approved itin less than 24 hours. Less The waste is far more secure where it did not pick this fight, but we are
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of Human Sexuality reported that nent being thata) The New York Times precautions) and nothibnutg thetruth. gress now has 90 days to decide what presents the risks of leakage as well as the next 50 years will rally behind
Argentines are having less sex due to blew the Pentagon’s cover, b) if the Fabricationwon’thelpanyone. Frankly, to do with the issue. Guinn had legal all the risks associated with transport- Guinn and the people of Nevada.
the economic uncertainty. Couples DoD carries out this intiative, we’d who needs false news? It can’t possibly and fundamental reason to immedi- ing the waste. Safety is in fact a part of Keep in mind, even if this deposi-
have sex an average of one time a have evidence that U.S. government be as interesting or perverse as reality. ately veto the proposal — mostly that security, and the idea ofa centralized tory is approved, and even if it actu-
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Abraham claims that the prompt Even the DOE’s scientific basis for transport and secure the waste in the
decision was made for national secu- the site is shaky. The selection of new site. Waste will continue to
rity purposes and that Yucca Moun- Yucca Mountain violates the Nuclear amass. Then we can proudly tell our
don’t know what to believe Where do these rumors come tion of a sunflower swaying in the tain was chosen based on sensible sci- Waste Policy Act of 1982 that says the children and our grandchildren that
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incoming class. But the reason, ac- with silver metal doors without
cording to the students, was not be- handles where yellow signs labeled LETTERSTOTHEEDITOR
_ cause JHU genuinely wanted to make “Caution” flood the area. This is the
thes tudliefenb ettter ; instead, itw as opening to the infamous monkey
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- electedmayorofNewYorkandJHU’s No one knows exactly where this needt or emiyonu dho w ridiculous it
-pridedalum. Ofcoursehewouldhave — monkey lab is, but one student reps before you is. For those of you who don’t, it’s
the resources to renovate everything time fora wake up call. This girl is one
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posedly hired more staffover thesum- hearted people I’ve ever met, and she
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FEBRUARY 21, 2002 A7
THE JOHNS Hopkins News-Letter
OPINIONS
With the exception ofe ditorials, the
opinions expressed here are those of the
contributors. They are not necessarily
those of The Johns Hopkins News-Letter.
Were losing war of words Manifesto of the eighties kids
"Life lessons learned and valuable experiences gained from a
gormeeattiemr esi,n sidgehat d onm enc urrheanvte cweapnttisv et o lnaanmgeua gteh]i ngiss wnietehdoeudt ciafl loinneg childhood consisting of Nintendo, GI Joe and slumber parties
affairs then the living. Take up mental pictures of them.” People |
titled “PolGaimetpoilcresg. e a nIdnO ratw hee1l 9l4E 6n glaeiss sshaa yn L aenne--x wcthohanotj uawrvaeonsit deiudnp g t iot mheaeng dew sot rhdeo fe “ssetsnattoaeot tety,a ”x iwfnhobiurcnehdd ‘ttdialpkileke e ,ct hheoD iecafero lqlRuoeiwazid:ne gr , brfioerf y omuu lt-o nrTeuhaamlt-l yc aa’8wr0adsr eS phrooofws )tp.hee r ihNtooylr l aonwwedgr reej eudnw,ke pbeloavnteidn- waWanisdl ,s oonanet btRehesitan,gg a anh e B -w kanasec wt oarf ,rC o+bm u ttd hieip fl mtoohmevar-te
guage,” Orwell made the following aristocratsw,a s notuseful to their cause, panic which many of our baby- ies it was that the bad guys always get
undoubtedly true statement: so they simply stopped referring to the 1. What phrase finishes the boomer parents were forced to en- locked-up, and the hero rides offinto
“In our time, political speech and law by its proper name. sentence that begins “So now you dure, We who experienced our “for- the sunset ... and he carried this phi-
writing are largely the defense of the The death tax is not the only ex- | know...?” mative years” between 1980 and 1989 losophy into his administration. To
indefensible.” ample of words being twisted to make a. “... Nowlet’s all get plastered.” him, I’m convinced, the Commies
Of course, Orwell was referring to the politically unpalatable seem rea- b. “...And that’s what matters.” were the villains, and villains never
attempts to spin Stalin’s Goulags and sonable. Those who oppose abortion | c. “...And knowing is half the MATTT? win. It was never any more compli-
Hitler’s Gestapo asa necessary, albeit are “pro-life,” not “anti-abortion.” battle.” cated than that. So things went our
unpleasant, step towards a brighter By calling themselves pro-life, the 2. In what motion picture did GuEsT EDITORIAL way, and before you can say “Tear
future. Of course,w en ow view apolo- anti-abortion movement insinuates Friends star Courtney Cox get her big down this wall,” the USSR was toast.
gists for these policies as responsible thatthdoos noteshwareh tohe ir point break? What did that tell all us Eighties
at some level. of view are against “life,” whatever a. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Kids, who were in about fourth grade
Today’s language-twisters are de- that means. It should be obvious that b. Mr. Destiny were uniquely privileged and blessed at the time? That we were the good
fending less evil programs, yet they THEYR EW RONG those who are in favor of safe and | c. Masters of the Universe to benefit from a decade whose best guys — and we kick ass. Which is
are using the same tactics. As an ex- legal abortions do not think the pro- 3. Besides being the commonname parts (such as cartoons and sugary true.
ample, take the estate tax. Passed un- cedure should be used in every case of for a lethargic, slow-moving mam- breakfast cereals) trickled down to The eighties also had the best video
der that name in 1916, the goal of the pregnancy, which is what the term mal, which pop-culture icon is re- us, but from whose worst parts (such games. I’m completely serious here,
tax was to raise revenue while simul- of 100 people who die in any given year. implies. Late to the game, abortion- ferred to as “sloth?” as cocaine and Michael Dukakis) we folks. As far as I’m concerned, all the
taneously preventing families from Apparently, this reality was too harsh rights advocates took the moniker a. One of the seven deadly sins. were shielded. 3-D, CGI-rendered, texture-mapped,
amassing large holdings of property for the conservatives who wanted to “pro-choice.” It’s a decent term, but b. Your roommate on the week- Speaking almost purely anecdot-
and money and creating dynasties of repedl the tax. Instead of arguing the ¢ not as soul-stirring as “pro-life.” end. ally, the eighties, for most kids who (ehl ni ea e
merits of the estate tax (the law on the This brings me to my main point: c. The large, deformed, mentally- were at least middle-class, were a de- In the eighties, we
SN books), they invented and then railed Liberals are not winning the naming | challenged Fratelli brother. cade of adventure. Our walls were
against the death tax, which exists no- game. Conservatives are naming pro- decorated with dinosaur posters and grew up in a world
The death tax is not where, except in the minds of spin doc- grams and ideological stands much If you were born between 1979 glow-in-the-dark stars and planets;
tors and those they’ve fooled. more effectively than liberals. Why is and 1982, and haven’t been living our pre-politically-correct toy chests
without care — ever
the only example of Ofc ourse, the death tax is the es- this? First of all, the Democrats are not | under a rock, there is absolutely no were filled with implements of de-
tate tax — at least when it comes to as organized or moneyed as the Repub- excuse not to have answered each struction crafted from plastic or nerf;
words being twisted repealing it. The difference is that the licans, so they can’t decide on a word question as choice “c.” [Editor’s note: and Hulk Hogan, Michael Jackson confident in the paths
death tax repeal (which passed as a and then make sure that every candi- | Igot 100 percent!] On the other hand, and Pee Wee Herman were still con-
gradual phase-out in Bush’s tax cut date, think tank and talking head thatis if you somehow instinctively knew sidered cool. The eighties gave us the of our destiny. It was
to make the politically-
last year) was sold on the name, not aligned with them uses the term exclu- that knowing is half the battle, then modern incarnation of the words
unpalatable seem wtheen t poloinc y. tePluevnidsiitosn , anadr gpuoilnigt icitahnast sliiveevley .i t iIsn d eacdedpittiiovne, tom mainsy- nlaimbeer altsh inbges- || byeoiun gc aan “Cphrioldu dlofy thceo u8n0t’s .”y oMuersmeblefr sas ““tauwbeuslaorm,e”, ”“t ot“alelxyc,e”l l“ebnotd,a” cio“ubso”g usa,n”d an optimistic age,
people should not be taxed because of the Hopkins community who are “radical.” where anything
reasonable. they die. The vast majority of people seniors, juniors or sophomores most During the eighties we, as a na-
who die don’t pay the tax since the tax likely can count themselves as part of tion, also had something that we
[Lliberals are not seemed possible.
is nota tax on death, onlyon the trans- this rather exclusive brotherhood didn’t have again until this past Sep-
undeserving rich children who could ference of property from one genera- (sorry, freshmen — most of you just tember: a villain. In the eighties there
winning the naming
unduly influence government on all tion to the next. Saying the estate tax is missed it). My purpose here will be to was little of today’s U.S. hegemony
levels. According to the Centoen Brud - a tax on death is like saying that ciga- ordain and establish a Manifesto for — it was a bipolar world dominated surround-sound, 128-bit systems to-
get and Policy Priorities, in 1997, this rette taxes are a tax on inhalation, since game. | the Eighties Children. in the West by the democracy and day are crap compared to the 8-bit
tax was assessed on 1.9 percent of the everyone who smokes inhales to get the Let me start by stating that the freedom of the United States, and in NES and 16-bit Genesis. There is no
people who died thatyear. Ofthatsmall tobacco into their lungs, yet not every- 1980’s were by far and away the best the East by the Communist totalitari- substitute. You may love what we’ve
group subject to the estate tax, only one who inhales (I’m talking about air) for political gain. For those types, I sug- time to be an American kid. Unlike anism of the Soviet Union. We were got today, and I admit, it certainly is
2,400 estates, five percent of the 1.9 is subject to the tax, since not everyone gest that they wake up to reality and our “Generation X” counterparts, we two fairly well-matched adversaries impressive, but for pure fun there’s
percent who paid any estate taxes, paid smokes. start cracthkosei thnesagur i. Ifthe other were, largely, not imbued with the comparable in terms ofh istory, am- no beating the classics. Casesi n point:
half of the dollar amount collected. The renaming of the tax in order side plays dirty with English, so should pretentious, materialistic pre-preppy bition, global influence and fire- Contra (up, up, down, down, left,
“Say what you will about the wisdom to deceive people about its true ef- you. Besides, it’s notreally using decep- decadence which that generation ex- right, left, right, B, A, B, A, select-
of taxing estates, itis an undeniable fact fects is devious, perhaps wrong, yet tive language, it’s “deploying advanta- perienced in that decade (and is now start), Mario Bros., Legend of Zelda,
that the estate tax does not affect 98 out nothing new. Orwell continues: “[de- geous lexicography” so horrifyingly retro-kitsch in Fox’s In the eighties there Sonic the Hedgehog, Mega Man 1, 2
and 3, and Double Dragon 1 and 2.
All one needs is but to mention these
Global warming and Bush’ search for oil was little of today’s U.S. games, and today’s games all dive
under the table.
hegemony — it was a Finally, the eighties also had the
perfect mix ofs it-on-your-fuansasnd
bipolar world backyard-swingset fun. What I mean
hen the 2002 Wint But the problem is not limited to to snub Kyoto, This time, his plan is by this is that all true Eighties Kids
ter Olympics these remote American lands. The tied to economic growth; it calls for dominated in the West have fond memories of group
opened, February direction of our domestic energy reducing “greenhouse gas intensity” sleepovers where youand abouteight
temperatures on policy reflects our larger foreign — the ratio of emissions to U.S. gross by the democracy and of your friends all got together after
campus hungin the policy. There is no doubt that the domestic product growth — by 18 per- school on a Friday at someone’s
upper fifties. Attheend oflast semester, Bush Administration has deep oil ties. cent over the next 10 years. Using these freedom of the United house, grabbed the plastic/nerfweap-
- the “Indian Summer” we were in In addition to their advocacy of oil- growth levels as a standard, the federal onry and battlegear (Iloved my glow-
seemed to linger longer than expected. based energy, they have continued to government wouldset emission reduc- States, and in the East in-the-dark Skeletor mask), and ran
But as this most mild of winters fades, maintain that Saudi Arabia and other tion targets and give companies incen- around the neighborhood late into
athned rmeocorred eheirgihlsy csleaeimr volyesasn ts.t range now oini lo-uprr odcuocailnitgi onna tiaognasi ndsets etrevrer oar, p ladec-e ttihvaets wfooru lmdee tpirnegv etnhte m.th iTs,h et hoennl,y fias cttohre by the Communist tohteh ere veannidn g foprrmeitnegn dilnogo set o aklillila necaecsh.
Perhaps a better indicator of spite the fact that almost all of the economic recession we are now in — After this, you would all retire to the
weather to come than Channel Five’s terrorist attackers of Sept. 11 were the recession caused by Bush. totalitarianism of the rec-room where you'd play Nintendo
“Doppler 5000,” the steadily climb- from Saudi Arabia. These policies are more than trou- until dinner and then watch a movie
ing temperatures may point more to DAVIDLEIM So President Bush’s energy goals bling. After receiving less than a ma- Soviet Union. before going to bed — only to wake
ayear-long summer than to the com- are seen, even in the war. While our jority of the vote and no clear man- up at about 8:00 a.m. and play
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THE JOHNS Hopkins News-Letter FEBRUARY 21, 2002
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Low blood sugar in infants’
May cause brain damage
' BY MELISSA HUANG brain injury if it turns out to be a Polin assures, “Because we give
~ THE JoHNs Hopkins News-Letter real mechanism in [human] infants these babies adequate intravenous |
with hypoglycemia,” explains Dr. glucose almost from birth (followed
According to a recent animal re- Richard Polin. by feedings), it’s a relatively uncom-
« search, which appeared in the Febru- In the experiment, six piglets mon problem.”
ary issue of Brain Research, infants ranging from three to six days old Nevertheless, McGowan pointed |
born with low blood sugar levels may were given insulin injectitoon ssyn - out that getting the treatment is not
have an increased risk of brain dam- thetically maintain a low blood always a piece of cake. Problems |
age. The National Institutes of Health sugar level for two hours. After the found in her study can still bea major |
funded the study of low blood sugar two hours, researchers extracted concern for many.
NleMveDlsA, alrseoc ekpntoorw,n a pasr ohtyeipno gtlhyacte mpliaay.s bpirgalient s tiasnsude sfirx omo thtehre psiigxl eitnsj ewcittehd soMmceGwohwaaotnf a casosnetrrtso,v er“sI y thoivnekr hito wi s
an important role in brain develop- normal blood sugar levels. Then, best to treat these babies - we ques-
« Mentand cognition, provides one of
the numerous biochemical links that
facilitate communication among
brain cells. Researchers say that when
the sugar levels are low, the sugar
* imbalance changes the way these re-
“ ceptors respond. Any interference
with the MNDA receptor’s normal
- function presents a potential gateway
for brain damage.
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“The effect of hypoglycemia on an Anew study shows that visual signals such as sunlight may contribute to the workings of the biological clock.
. infant’s brain has been a subject of
Sunlight sets the body clock
some debate, with some researchers
believing that it has no detrimental
effects. Obviously, we don’t see it that
" way,” says Dr. Jane McGowan, the
- study author and a neonatologist at
Scientists believe that visual signals stimulate the biological clock
« Johns Hopkins Children’s Center in
- Baltimore.
McGowan thinks that low sugar
BY JONATHAN GROVER such studies where mice were ge- which is able to move down the
. levels in infants lead to changes in the
THE JOHNs Hopkins News-Letter netically altered to lack functioning axons of the ganglion cells, can be
. brain receptors that might negatively
rods and cones and yet were still stained.
- influence the brain’s capability to co -//PIX. BRA VEKIDS.ORG:2200
develop normally. Even though the Babies born with low blood sugar have a higher risk of brain damage. wayT hoef kceierpciandgi atni mec.l oOckp erisa ttihen gb oodnya’ns pshhootwone nttro aibne meanbtl.e tAo ddpiatritoankael lyi,n labeTlhien gr ewsausl tjsu swte rbeea urteifmualr.k.a. bilet.s ho“wTehde
study was conductedon pigletbrains,
approximately 24-hour cycle, the cir- the identical non-visual, light-sens- that the axonal projections of these
- McGowan believes that the study they isolated parts of the brain with tion how much [glucose] to give cadian clock playsacrucial role in the ing circuitry seems to control the cells reach out to innervate the SCN
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Dr. Richard Polin, Director of The researchers noticed that the tell.” output as well as endocrine gland se- sponse to light intensity. jected into other areas of the brain
Neonatal Intensive care at Children’s NMDA receptors from the low Polin furthers the argument, cretion. A new study, published in In previous studies the belief was which in turn connect back to the
* Hospital of New York Presbyterian, blood sugar brain cells reacted dif- “Treatment depends on the etiology the February 2002 issue of Science, established that this “second sight” SCN, illustrating the feedback con-
~ is skeptical. As a neonatal expert, ferently compared to those with of the hypoglycemia, whether the may give insight into a key mecha- system is in essence a neural circuitry trol loops involved — in
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implicates the NMDA receptor in any baby, but it is most common in not the problem, but the actual known as “second sight”. It is this sensing pigment from the retina, pressed melanopsin were sensitive
the pathophysioolfo bgrayin injury, newborns that were born prematurely delivery of the care is not accu- “second sight” circuitry, consisting melanopsin. to light was answered by David
and I think that this is an interesting to mothers who developed diabetes rate enough to prevent potential ofa s ubset of nerve cells, which con- Yau’s team then proceeded to Berson in an accompanying paper
concept. It may be important as a during pregnancy. Treatment is usu- brain damage. vey signals from the eye to the brain map the circuitry of the melanopsin. in science.
mechanism, and it may point the ally available right away for babies Polin comments, “It’s a study look- that is believed to be involved with Fluorescently-labeled antibodies Using pharmacological blockers,
way to other ways of preventing with hypoglycemia. ing ata mechanism for hypoglycemia, the body’s circadian clock. that attach to melanopsin, were used Berson and his team at Brown Uni-
but it does not say that all hypoglyce- “It’s been known for 20 years that to label retinal ganglion cells, the versity showed that the retinal gan-
mia injures babies by any means.” the eyes are required to set the circa- cells which carry visual signals. Ac- glion cells are photosensitive.
SCIENCEBRIEFS McGowan acknowledges that the dian clock, a process called cording to Yau, the results were Berson was also an author on Yau’s
results of the experiment do not photoentrainment... butover the last “very clear ... Of the approximately paper.
prove that brain damage occurred few years or so, increasing evidence 100,000 retinal ganglion cells, only The discovery of the workings of
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS or will occur. Furthermore, she is has suggested that the retinal rods about 2,500, or two percent, were this “second sight” system is criti-
uncertain of these changes’ long- and cones are not the only receptors labeled by the melanopsin anti- cal to understanding how the circa-
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ing no law: The 33-year-old has a juana initiative on Oregon’s ballot in
doctor’s approval to get high. 1998 — or help offset some of his UpcominG LEcTUuRES AT HOMEWOOD AND JHMI
But the physician who authorized legal expenses, which he says have
her to smoke medical marijuana is reached about $10,000. Patients typi-
surrounded byacloud of controversy cally donate from $50 to $100, he said. Tuesday, February 26 Thursday, March 7
because health officials say he is too Oregon is among eight states that “Cellular mechanisms of synaptic plasticity in the “Histone Acetrytransferases: From Structure to Mechanism”
generous with his signature. allow the use of marijuana as medi- mammalian central nervous system” Ronen Marmorstein,
Dr. Phillip Leveque, 78, has ap- cine. The others are California, Wash- Hey-Kyoung Lee, The Wistar Institute ’
proved medical marijuana for 1,718 ington, Alaska, Hawaii, Maine, Ne- JHMI Mudd Hall 100, 3:30 p.m.
patients — more than 40 percent of vada and Colorado. Remsen Hall 233, 3:30 p.m.
all doctor-approved applications _Leveque says he approves appli- Monday, March 11
since Oregon’s medical marijuanalaw cations if he is convinced a patient Tuesday, February 26 “Molecular Modeling in Environmental Geochemistry”
took effect three years ago. hasacondition suchas AIDS, cancer, “Nuclear receptor control of cholesterol homeostasis” Dr. James Kubicki,
The state says he’s approved medi- multiple sclerosis or glaucoma, as al- DreDavid J. Mangelsdorf Dept of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State Univ
cal mariwitjhouut caondunctiang the lowed under Oregon’s voter-ap- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and University of Texas, Olin Hall, 4:00 p.m.
required physicals — in many cases proved Medical Marijuana Act. Southwestern Medical Center Dept of Pharmacology
after other doctors turned down the But the board of Medical Examin- The M. Daniel Lane Conference Center (612 Physiology), 11:45 a.m. Tuesday, March 12
patients. ers may shut him down. “How to Cure Diabetes without Causing Cancer:
The board of Medical Examiners The board has ordered Leveque to Tuesday, February 26 A signal transduction approach”
has charged Leveque with unprofes- undergo physical and psychological “Cascade Processes for the Synthesis of Alkaloids” Dr. Philip Cohen Royal,
sional conduct and put him on notice exams to determine his competency Professor Albert Padwa, University of Dundee, Scotland
that his license to practice medicine to practice medicine, which he said Emory University The Wood Basic Science Auditorium, 3:30 p.m.
could be revoked or suspended. he would do. Remsen Hall 233, 3:30 p.m.
But the semiretired osteopath says In response to Leveque’s practice, Tuesday, March 12
he is doing nothing illegal under Or- state health regulators also have tight- Thursday, February 28 “Molecular Architecture at Organic-Inorganic Interfaces”
egon and federal laws. He said ened the rules for approving medical “Dorso-ventral patterning in development of Professor Robert,
Oregon’s law did not originally re- marijuana cards, Now doctors must mouse spinal cord and brain” Hamers University of Wisconsin
quire that he personally see patients perform a physical exam before ap- Jonathan Eggenschwiler, Remsen Hall 233, 4:15 p.m.
before apprmoedivcali manrijguan a. proving a card, and also must main- Sloan-Kettering
Leveque also said many patients tain up-to-date files on their patients. Mudd Hall 100, 3:30 p.m. Thursday, March 14
live so far away that it’s been difficult Leveque has attractetdh e board’s “Phosphoinositide-and ubiquitin-dependent regulation
for him to see them. attention before. In 1987, his federal Thursday, February 28 of membrane sorting and receptor down-regulation”
Leveque said his sole motivation license to subscribe drugs was re- WORKSHOP - Writing History on Comission Scott Emr,
is alleviating pain. About 150 of his voked for 10 years after the board Richard G. Hewlett & Kenneth Durr UCSD
patients are Vietnam and Gulf War foundh eo versubscribed painkillers, History Associates, Inc. Mudd Hall 100, 3:30 p.m.
veterans suffering from chronic pain, said Kathleen Haley, Director of the Gilman 329, 3:00 p.m.
he said. Medical Board. Thursday, March 14
“These people are sick, disabled John Sajo, Director of Voter Monday, March 4 WORKSHOP - MEDICAL COMPLAINTS, ANTHROPOLOGICAL
and destitute. Who am I to say ‘Oh, Power, mainthte reaal iissune isss t ate “Carbon, Nitrogen and Water Cycling in Response to VIS-A-VIS HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES
you just want to get high,”* Leveque regulators don’t like Oregon’s medi- Rising Atmospheric CO2” Venna Das,
said. calmarijuanalaw, Dr. Bruce Hungate, Department of Anthropology Johns Hopkins
For Redeker, Leveque’s signature “What we have here is hundreds Biology Dept Northern Arizona Univ Gilman 329, 3:00 p.m.
means she can get marijuana to help and hundreds of patients saying he’s | ~ Olin HallA uditorium, 4:00 p.m.
alleviate the back pain she still feels alife saver. Almost every single one of va by 4s Tuesday, March 19
from being struck bya car three years them talks about how much Wednesday, March6 “Functional analysis of LTRPC family ion channels”
Biter adic pethecdio sigsp o- theiUrn dliefer isO.”r egon’s law: , there is no “DThre .D Soo dium Pump, Past and Future” | UDnr.i vAernsdirtey wo fM .W aSschhianrgetnobne rga,n d Children’s Hospital and Medical C )
pers that would enable her tog et the limit on the number of medical mari- Johns Hopkins University Departmenotf Pediatrics and Immonology sir
juana, Redeker turned to CONTINONU PEaGDEA Q Mudd Hall Auditorium, 4:30 p.m. The M. Daniel Lane Conference Center (612 Physiology), 11;45 a.m.
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FEBRUARY 21, 2002 A9
THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LetTTer
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Orgo: it doesn't have to bea
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can help to greatly improve your at much lower temperatures — was
grade, and get you over this first odrog ot het esptrsa ctisi cteo | torsS carrue tirneyl ucftraonmt Otro epgroonv idhee.a lth offi- tried in the 1950s but abandoned be-
hurdle even though it may appear CH; | problems. I | cials has done little to slow Leveque’s cause of serious side effects.
impossibly high. can’t empha- practice. He said he has up to 1,000 Safar said cooling works by reduc-
Iremember sitting in Dr. Lectka’s size this patients waiting for exams. ing the brain’s need for oxygen while
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homework that
lightened the mood of the class. We ll “YHA isn’t turned in, Heart attacks avoided said other uses warrant study, suchas
always anticipated the daily threats spinal cord injury.
Pssh! Whatever
from Lectka to “blow us all up,” and I'm not doing by trying to keep cool In the European study of 275 pa-
ttahcek ,m”a nwyh ircehf erneenvceers tcoe a“sbeadc kstoi ded raatw- a e dreaded orgo book i‘ s the bane of every second seCmOeUstReTrE SfrYe shOmF anHT’TsP . e:: x/i/sWt: eWnWc.eM.H HE.COM=a ) tahnayt extIr a dwoonr’kt tiinegn tcso,l dh alaifr waenrde icchei lplaecdk swi tfhr ocmi rac unloart--
giggles. What I didn’t realize in the have to.” But Cooling the body just a few de- mal 98.6 degrees to between 89.6 and
beginning, and now looking back Itis extremely important to study about what you are writing and helps believe me, I learned quickly that the grees appears to prevent brain dam- 93.2 degrees for 24 hours. Fifty-five
seems so clear, was that Lectka told us the material that is going to be pre- to cement it into your mind. Take practice problems are the key after age in people who survive cardiac ar- percent of the cooled group had a
everything we needed to know for the sented in class before the professor notes in outline form, as you read the sitting in class the day after the first rest but are left unconscious. favorable outcome compared with 39
tests in those lectures, and if you just goes over it. I know this is the same chapters, this will help you organize test and groaning as Lectka showed If treated quickly enough, car- percent of the group that did not get
pay attention you will have a huge stuff the professors always say, but the information and give youan over- us problem after problem that was diac arrest can be reversed and the the treatment. The death rate at six
leg-up on the tests. believe me, there is a reason they are all mental picture ofeach chapter that directly out of the assigned problem heart restarted with electric shock. months was 41 percent in the cooled
The class started out easy enough, tell you this, because it actually works. you can call upon during an exam. set. But doctors have not figured out group and 55 percent in the group
with orbitals and basic chemical As much as it may seem sometimes, Tobe really prepared for the tests Do the problems once, long be- | how to stop the brain damage that that was not cooled.
bonding. I thought, “So when is this the professor is not actually out to you need to study your lecture notes fore the test, then do them again and begins minutes after blood flow The researchers in Melbourne,
class going to get hard?” Well it defi- punish the class for trying to be pre- as well as the book. This may sound make sure you can answer them all stops. Australia, used ice packs, and cooling
nitely did get more difficult, but the meds, nor is there a “quota” of good like alot, but by attendinglecture you without looking at the answer book. Researchers in Europe and Aus- was started by paramedics. Forty-
major thing I realize now, in retro- grades they can give can actually That study guide, with all the answers tralia tried lowering body tempera- three of 77 patients were chilled to
spect, is that the information we were out. cut down on really is poison to your studying. Try tures, using cold air and ice packs on 91.4 degrees for 12 hours. Forty-nine
expected to learn was not that com- Orgo has very little DAVI D the total to put it somewhere else while you do | cardiac arrest victims who were co- percent of the treated group recov-
plicated, it just comes very fast and actual reading (com- : amount of the problemsand only look atit when matose when they reached the hospi- ered well enough to go home or toa
you have to assimilate it quickly. It is pared to most humani- studying you you are done. Focus on the questions tal. rehabilitation center, compared with
very easy to fall behind in orgo and ties classes), and so it LOOKING BACK ate Hobe you couldn’t solve and work away at The patients who were chilled had 26 percent of the patients who were
never catch up again. isn’t going to kill you cause some- them until you figure it out. This is a better recovery, according to their not chilled.
Everyone says orgo is a memori- to read like 10 or 15 times the the best form of learning and I prom- research, reportedin Thursday's New Dandenong Hospital’s Dr.
zation class. Insome respects itis, but pages a night before class the next book presents information that ise you will remember those prob- | England Journal of Medicine. The Stephen A. Bernardandhis colleagues
you really have to understand the day. The lectures will make so much wasn’t covered in lecture, and unless lems when they show up on the tests. European study also found mild hy- calculated thatp atientwesre five times
mechanisms behind the equations more sense when you have already otherwise directed by the teacher, you Now, I’m not going to lie and say pothermia increased the patient’s more likely to recover with mild hy-
and not just memorize them, because read the material. For that matter, don’t need to worry about studying that cramming never works, because chances of survival. pothermia than without.
the reactions on the test will always attending lecture is also extremely that material. I have seen some people who have “Now we have at least a tiny little “What we were eager to dem-
have some twist that wasn’t in the important. If] have learned anything In addition, often the professor pulled it off, but in the VAST major- tool ... which might help,” said Dr. onstrate was that we could get
book. In theory, you could go into an after completing orgo I and II, it’s doesn’tnecessarily agree with all parts ity of cases cramming only results in Fritz Sterz, who led the European people home again, rather than
orgo test without a single reaction that the professors make tests based of the book, and will present a totally abad grade. Its easyt o quickly memo- study in five countries. “This gives a just simple improvement in sur-
memorized, and if you truly under- upon their lecture material, not only different way ofs olving a problem in rize a ton of reactions, but you can’t new hope and a new attitude toward vival,” he said.
stood what the electrons were going the book. class. Itisimportant thatyou use their cram the concepts that govern those these patients.” Researchers in both studies said
to do, you could ace the test. The Take notes in class. Your notes methods on the test and don’t always reactions into your head the night The treatment is now used at quicker, more efficient ways to cool
theories and mechanisms behind or- themselves are not necessarily that defer to the book. before the test and most people will Vienna General Hospital, where he patients are needed. Several devices
“ganic reactions are much more im- important, I barely even looked at Idon’twantto imply that the book get tripped up when the reactions on works, and was used as recently as are being developed, and Bernard said
portant to understand then the reac- them outside of class, but the process is useless, it very important. Every the test are different then the ones Tuesday in the case of a 48-year-old he is testing ice-cold liquids given
t-ion s themselves. of note taking forces you to think professor will consistently put ques- they memorized. man. intravenously.
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Fepruary 21, 2002
THE JOHNS Hopkins News-Letter
SPORTS
Winter Olympics overhyped,
M. B-ball closes year 15-9
exclusive in its participation
CONTINUED FROM Pace A12
In the second half, Johns Hopkins
continued with its dominate play, as or the first time in six years abilityt oc ompete has been hampered casionally be quite boring. I do not
it held the Green Terror to only four the United States is hosting by several injuries. know many people enthralled by the
points in the first 13 minutes of the the Olympics. Unfortu- Participation in sports suchas ski- sport of curling. Many events are also
second half. The 36 points that West- nately, people do not real- ing or luging also requires a financial obviously pre- recorded: One watches
ern Maryland produced was the few- ize that the Winter Olym- skijumping at 11 p.m. when the scene
est allowed by Johns Hopkins since | pics are a product of the media and in Utah somehow still has a mid-day
only giving up 34 to Haverford in a our government, a hype. They are a sun.
70-34 victory in 1998. | mere shadow oft he “true” Olympics The Winter Gamesare notas glam-
Kreider led the Blue Jays with 12 | — the summer Olympics. With over orousor flashyas the Summer Games,
points while freshman guard Drew 200 fewer events, and over a hundred yet the U.S. government spent more
Braver had a career-high 10 points as fewer countries participating, the money on them this year for costs,
well as four assists and steals in his 1 | Winter Olympics does not merit all not including security. Far more
first start at Johns Hopkins. In addi- the hype. money than we spenton Atlanta, even
tion, Adams contributed 10 points Why do I sound so bitter? I swear, though the Salt Lake Games have
and seven reboundsand Eisleyadded I am not. I just do not believe the more than 200 fewer events than the
nine rebounds. Winter Olympics deserve all the tele- Atlanta games. New stadiums and
Johns Hopkins finishes the season vision hype, federal funding and roads had to be constructed in order
matching its 15-9 record from last praise that they are receiving. “Ice to support two weeks worth of heavy
seasbuota nst,ron g sechoalnf odfth e sports” are not the “true” Olympics. I traffic. The costs are somewhere in
season, with only four losses, and the refer to the Summer Olympics as the the billions. Maybe some of that bribe
loss of only three seniors to gradua- “true” Olympics because many of its money could have helped with the
tion next season brings promise for competitions were around when the funding.
the Blue Jays. Greeks held the original Olympics in I am not trying to take anything
“We had a lot of players injured | ancient times. I am willing to bet my THE Bottom LINE away from the athletes participating
early in the year, so we didn’t really life that Thucydides never heard of inthe Winter Games. Asamateur ath-
have a set group oft he players at the bobsleds or snowboards. letes, they have devoted their lives to
beginofn thie nseagson , causinusg t o FILE PHOTO Quite frankly, the Winter Olym- their sports and sacrificed personal
struggle,” Eisley said. “But once ev- Men’s Basketball missed the playoffs after losing a do-or-die game. pics cater to a few countries that have accessibility because of the exorbi- wealth in the process. Instead of train-
eryone was healthy, we were able to acertain seasonal resource: snow. The tant expenses of the equipment. On ing, they could have worked for a
play our game and we started win- we have,” Eisley said. “He carried the captains this season and are going to number of countries participating in the other hand, summer games such living. All of the participants are
ning.” team all season long and he kept our be solid for the team next season.” the Winter Games is significantly as basketball require just a ball and a world-class athletes. Very few people
For being a consistent force both playoff hopes alive.” Eisley said, “They will also have lower than the number of countries court. can perform in such sports as ski-
offensively and defensively for the The Blue Jays stand to lose Eisley, support from [sophomore Kevin] participating in the Summer Games. The primetime T.V. coverage of jumping, but then again, very few
Blue Jays, Adams was named Tues- who is the career leader at Johns Marquez has hada breakout year de- A mere 80 nations are participat- certain Winter Game events can oc- people have that opportunity.
day to the All-Centennial Men’s Bas- Hopkins in blocked shots, as well as fensivelanyd offensively, shooting the ing in the Salt Lake City games, com-
ketball First Team. Adams provided seniors Brian Cosgrove and Patrick three very well.” pared to 199 nations participating in
Wrestling finishes 8-9
leadership for Johns Hopkins, start- Ryan to graduation this year. But with Though disappointed that the sea- the Sydney Summer Games. These
ing in every game and averaging a four of the five starters returning next son ended without a playoff berth, are hardly the “world’s games.” Only
team-high 14.8 points per game, 6.7 season, the odds look good for Johns Johns Hopkins look to continue its countries from North America, Eu-
rebounds per gameand shooting over Hopkins. solid play and carry the confidence rope and Asia are actually in medal
59 percent in each contest. “Adams and [junior point guard and consistency on both ends of the contention. The games are not racist CONTINUED FROM Pace A12 Hopkins finished the season with
“Steve is the best inside player that Brendan] Kamm have been great co- floor into next season. or intentionally exclusive, but it just by Hopkins with 32 points and an overall record of 8-9 and a 2-3
turns out that most participants are Washington & Lee in last with 28.0 record in the Centennial Conference.
Drop the orgo book; get off your either White or Asian. points. Many players saw that as a major
How many of these winter sports achievement.
are present at the Varsity level at “Finishing with an 8-9 record was
computer. Actually, stay on the Hopkins? None. We don’t have the a big accomplishment. The entire
facilities or the equipment needed to Finishing with an 8-9 team was happy to do that,” said But-
support any of these sports. ler.
Aside from figure skating and record was a big The Jays showed a marked im-
computer and start writing for us.
hockey, many of these sports are un- provement over last year when they
known to most people. The United accomplishmentT.he totaled a record of just 4-12. Now,
States has no current superstars in players say, the team willlook toward
those lesser known sports that people entire team was happy improving their record again next
s at news.letter@jhu. know of, but don’t follow, such as season. ;
speed skating and downhill skiing. |_ te ee Neorg inn FE Areas We weo uld love ti
to do that.
There is no more Bonnie Blair or Dan improvements from year-t o-year. We
for Dave or Ron. Jansen. Apollo Ohno may be domi- —GARRETT BUTLER hope we have a winning season next
nantinafewyears, but Picabu Street’s year,” said Butler.
Congratulations to Phi Mu’s new pledge class of2 002!
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