JUNE 1997
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
H E A L T H
& M E D I C I N E
Empathy 101
By Keri Hicks '97
A peer counselor's account of her draining--yet exhilarating--
experience spent helping classmates cope with heartache,
hopelessness, and fear.
In Short - Fighting cancer
through vaccines... a bone-building antibiotic?... dialysis
disparity... two new conspirators in colon cancer
P U B L I C
P O L I C Y &
I N T E R N A T I O N A L A F F A I R
S
Top Cops Hit the Books
By Dale
Keiger
We take you into the classroom and on the beat with a committed
group of police executives who've come to Hopkins for an
innovative new graduate program.
In Short - Memories of World
War II... moving forward with public TV... needle exchange
programs under scrutiny
S C I E N C E
& T E C H N O L O G
Y
Yesterday's Whiz Kids: Where Are They
Today?
By Melissa
Hendricks
It's been nearly 30 years since Julian Stanley launched his
"grand experiment" to radically accelerate learning for young
prodigies. Their stories run the gamut.
In Short - New promise for
muscle-damaging diseases... liquid jets that make light... an
alarming rate of coral decline... clue-giving curves
Test Your Solution to "Can You Protect
the Roman Empire?"
H U M A N I T I E S
& T H E A R T
S
Matthew Burtner, the Composer, in Five
Prose Movements
By Dale
Keiger
Listen closely to the works of this promising Peabody graduate
and you may divine the sound of the wind, the squeak of a bus's
brakes, the drone of a bass clarinet. It's all music, he
says.
In Short - The perils of "cultural
pollution"... alumni in the film world earn acclaim... one wife's
unsung efforts... an early morning photo shoot
O N C A M
P U S E S
The Dance
By Eileen Cunningham '97
"It is warm where I am hiding, and they are dancing and I am
watching, and it will always be so..." A short story by the co-
winner of the Sudler Prize in the Arts.
Common Ground at Half Court
By Heather Byer (MA '96)
Nothing's a greater social equalizer than pick-up basketball. An
account of a three-month, 48-state odyssey across "America's
Courts."
In Short - Preparing to avoid
tragedy... so-long to Engineering's dean... a stellar season
for women's basketball... look who's talking
D E P A R T M E N T
S
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