On campus: across the USA
(OCR) -- THE ARMY OR THE
DAILY? Which career opportunity
would you choose? So runs a recent ad
for University of Washington
newspaper, with a photo of soldiers in
dress uniform. Advantages with the
Daily: "Angry editors screaming at you"
and "Earn little money and eat lots of
pizza." Yeah, but what kind of uniforms
do they wear?
PASS THE POPCORN and settle back
in your seats - for law class. This
summer Frank Tuerkheimer used the
controversial film "Do the Right Thing"
in his trial advocacy course at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison. His
class conducted a mock trial based on the
emotionally charged case, which
involved racial tension, violence and
allegations of police brutality.
THE COLONEL'S A GENERAL
annoyance to Chinese students at the
University of California-Berkeley, who
want Kentucky Fried Chicken to close
its outlet near Tianenmen Square in
Beijing. They threatened a general
boycott of all Colonel Sanders'
franchises in the U.S. The Kentucky
Fried Chicken vice president of public
affairs defended the outlet as a rare
opportunity for equality and
advancement, capitalism and democracy.
ONLY 36 SIGNED UP FOR
RESTRICTED DORMS at the
University of South Carolina-Columbia.
Commentary: On raising funds for tuition
Students sell bodies to build minds
Doris Green
OCR Editor
Tuition is up; federal education grants
are down. What's a student to do?
Stung by the high cost of going to
school - or in some cases, by a burning
need for a ski trip - some students this
year will decide to sell their plasma or
undergo vatious medical experiments to
come up with needed funds.
The experiments may help develop
scientific advances. And the plasma may
aid hemophiliacs, or provide a necessary
ingredient in certain pharmaceuticals and
protein-enriched personal care products
But however worthy the scientific or
humanitarian goals, there can be
something a bit macabre about the
transactions. Somehow a plasma center
is different from a voluntary
bloodmobile. Where are the friendly
volunteers to congratulate students on
very personal donations, or to ply them
with milk and cookies?
"People who come in here are low on
money and self-esteem," said a worker in
one university plasma center. Even if
there were no plastic tubes and bags of
blood around, there would be a certain
desperation in the air.
Some students may choose to
participate in medical tests of new or
improved drugs, sponsored by
commercial laboratories. Here, they
typically face a greater time commitment
than at the plasma centers, sometimes
including a laboratory confinement of a
weekend or longer. But the pay is
USC - much influenced by trustee and
Republican state legislator Michael Fair
- had designated two freshman residence
halls as off-limits to the opposite sex,
who can visit only in downstairs
lobbies. When only 20 women and 16
men registered to live in the halls, USC
assigned hundreds of other freshmen to
live there too. Needless to say, "They
aren't ecstatic," Marie-Louise Ramsdale,
student body president.
"THIS IS A WINDOW INTO THE
REAL THING." That comment sums
up many reasons why Stanford
University is expanding its SUNet cable
services. SUNet currently offers 43
channels to dorm residents, with
broadcasts from over a dozen countries
around the world. Students can watch
classes, satellite feeds from NASA, and
XTV - the student-run channel.
DISTRUST AND LOW MORALE.
That's the bottom line in a recent report
on the University of Minnesota police
department. The study was conducted by
an organizational consultant, who found
the system "highly competitive, with
very few promotional opportunities."
And the problem seems widespread:
"Feelings of distrust, a lack of respect
and discouragement have been expreSsed
by employees throughout the
University.
HEROES AND HEROINES OF
COLLEGE STUDENTS in the next few
better, up to several thousand dollars for
being sequestered for a month during
summer break.Of course, schools -
especially psychology departments - also
recruit students as research subjects. The
upside: there's usually less danger of
suffering pokes, bruises and side effects.
The downside: the pay is less, maybe an
extra credit or two.
Such experiments can even be
entertaining, or at least distracting from
more mundane studies. Take, for
example, experiments on how students
learn after drinking alcohol - or on how
well they can memorize lengthy lists of
facts.
But volunteering for psyche
experiments in order to pick up extra
credits is far different from visiting
commercial laboratories or plasma
centers. Regardless how safe these
businesses may be, should any students
have to feel desperate enough to market
their own flesh and blood? Selling your
body is still selling your body - no
matter how pleasant the surroundings.
It would be wonderful if counselors,
RAs and other professionals could be as
aware of students' financial exigencies as
of their drinking• problems. Yet this
isn't always easy. Students like to feel
in control of their lives, too, and some
may hide plasma donation scars as if
they were the marks of addiction.
Yet, uncovering the problem is
important: Responding to students'
financial, needs may boost their self
esteem - and even keep them in school.
NATION
years? Michael Jordan and Margaret
Thatcher top the list, according to an
Indiana State University poll taken at the
1989 Hoosier Girls and Boys State.
Thatcher was followed closely by Nancy
Reagan, Barbara Bush, Mother Teresa
and Florence Griffith Joyner, while
Jordan edged out George Bush, Oliver
North, Dan Quayle, and Ronald Reagan.
Oh, yes, several delegates named their
parents.
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA
JOINS IVY LEAGUE in quality of
education, according to Martin Nemko,
author of "How to Get an Ivy League
Education at a State University." Before
students elsewhere drop their books to
rush off to Norman, it should be noted
that Nemko finds an "ivy league
education" at 115 schools. He used 11
criteria in selecting schools for the
prestigious "patch of ivy."
BE IT EVER SO HUMBLE< it's now
home to the American Indian Studies and
Chicano Studies departments. So says
the University of Minnesota, after
moving the two departments into the old
music building. A building inspection
has revealed code deficiencies, including
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Some Helpful Tips On Paying For College
The cost of college tuition con
tinues to skyrocket. Some of the na
tion's top universities are charging
more than $85,000 for a four-year
education. Landing financial aid is
becoming more of a necessity than
an option. Here are some simple
tips on how to obtain money for a
good education
1. Contact your college financial
aid office for a list of financial op
tions. There are also credible com
panies, like College Financial Plan
ning Service (CFPS), who provide
lists of available grants, loans and
scholarships for a small fee.
2. Analyze your financial situa
tion honestly and apply for as many
programs as you are eligible. Fill
out the forms accurately.
3. After selecting a good financial
aid package, negotiate improve
ments with your college financial
advisor. Also thoroughly investi
gate alternative means for more
support.
College Financial Planning Ser
vice has a data base of more than
180,000 listings of scholarships,
fellowships, grants and loans. It of
fers information about donations
from corporations, memorials, trusts,
foundations, religious groups and
other philanthropic organizations.
To enter the program, a student
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fire safety violations. Officials promise
to correct the problems - which may be
less difficult than dealing with charges of
discrimination.
JOCKS ON FLOPPIES? That's the
future at the University of Kentucky,
where an $BO,OOO grant from Wang
Laboratories and a budget of $200,000
will support development of a computer
program for recruiting student-athletes
and tracking their years at UK. The
system will adhere to NCAA compliance
audit standards.
FIRST BASEBALL, NOW
LACROSSE. Last month, 80 Japanese
students visited Johns Hopkins for a
two-week intensive course in lacrosse.
The sport was unknown in Japan until
1986, when the Hopkins athletic director
gave a demonstration to some students
in Tokyo. Now 20 colleges have teams
And they're learning the game from the
best: Hopkins has been playing lacrosse
since 1883.
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Many opportunities for financial
aid exist, but you have to be aware
of how to get them.
can call 1-800-346-6401 to request
a "student data form." It must be
completed and sent to CFPS with
$45 for the research fee. In about
two weeks, the student will get a
personalized computer print-out of
financial aid resources that matches
his or her background.
Many scholarships are based on
academic interests, career plans,
family heritage and place of resi
dence. There are also many unique
sources such as money for students
who have been golf caddies or news
paper carriers.
In the words of one financial aid
expert, unique opportunities for
monetary support do exist, you just
have to be creative and resourceful
in finding them.