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Developing Reflective Function:The Advocacy Model as a way of developing a sense of meaning in young people
No full textThe psychological development of children and adolescents, however broadly or narrowly conceived, is central to the purpose and function of schools. However, insufficient attention may be paid to a key aspect of psychological development in adolescence ― the reflective function. This paper outlines the rationale for a specific systemic intervention in the schooling experience of adolescents. In a number of schools in Victoria the provision of one-to-one relationships between teacher-advocates and students is coupled with the use of a bank of electronic tools (the Student Achievement Inventory) designed to support the development of refective function and with it the capacity to construct a meaningful experience of learning within the school context. The Advocacy Model is discussed within the framework of developmental psychology and attachment theory
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No full textVolume5/1998_November02November 2, 1998 PULSE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER John Matsen Announces Departure From Health Sciences Administration St John M. Matsen, M.D., has announced his retirement as University of Utah Senior Vice President for Health Sciences and Dean of the School of Medicine, effective December 1. " It has been said that executives make their contri-butions to an organization within six to seven years. I will have been the chief John M• Matsen executive officer of the university health sciences center for six years in January. I also will be 66 years old in February. It is the right time for me to take a brief break and then renew some very attractive academic pursuits," Matsen said. " John Matsen has been a superb overseer of our health sciences center during very turbulent times," said Bernie Machen, president of the university. " He has successfully navigated the uncharted waters of health care reform. The hospital, the medical school, the colleges of Health, Nursing and Pharmacy and the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library are in very strong positions to continue their unprecedented growth. The entire health sciences center- its finances, patient care, research and student programs- has never been stronger, due in large measure to John Matsen\u27s vision and hard work." During Matsen\u27s tenure as vice president, there were 34 health sciences chairs endowed; the Huntsman Cancer Institute was created; the University of Utah Health Network, a 38 million acquisition and expan-sion of services, was put in place; and University Hospitals & Clinics enhanced its reputation for high quality, cost- effective care to residents of the Inter-mountain West. In a time of national decline, research programs at the health sciences center continued to grow in both size and quality, and numerous new buildings to house them were planned and built. The medical school recruited top quality faculty during Matsen\u27s tenure, including new chairs of surgery, internal medicine, pediatrics, radiology, obstetrics and gynecology, medical informatics and family and preventive medicine; new deans of the colleges of Health and Pharmacy and a new executive director of University Hospital. Known for 12- 15 hour workdays, six days a week, Matsen said he would take earned vacation, and some administrative leave, and then return to his faculty position in the pathology department. A medical graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, Matsen joined the University of Utah in 1974 as a professor of pathology and pediatrics. He has served as director of clinical laboratories, head of the Division of Clinical Pathology, associate dean for academic affairs, nearly 12 years as chair of the Depart-ment of Pathology and as president, chief executive officer and now chair of the board of Associated Regional and University Pathologists, Inc. ( ARUP). ARUP, a university- owned clinical laboratory located in Research Park, has more than 1,000 employ-ees, generates nearly 100 million in annual revenue, and has laboratory testing hospital and reference clients in all 50 states. Matsen was instrumental in organizing the laboratory in 1984. The author of 214 scientific articles and 122 abstracts, Matsen is a member of 23 professional societies, having served in leadership positions in a number of them. He has served on the editorial boards of the most prestigious journals in his speciality, including the Journal of Clinical Microbiology and the American Journal of Clinical Pathology. In the community, he has served on numerous boards includ-ing the Brigham Young University Alumni Association and the Utah Medical Association. He currently chairs the board of the Utah Hospitals & Health Systems Association. " I have accomplished much of what I hoped and planned to do. Although the constantly changing challenges of health care leave much to be done, the University of Utah Health Sciences Center faces the future with confidence. I wish the very best for President Machen and my colleagues as the ongoing builders of this great institution," Matsen said. Eric R. Swanson AirMed Names Medical Director Eric R. Swanson, M. D., assistant professor of surgery, was recently named medical director for AirMed. He replaces Steven C. Hartsell, M. D., associate professor of surgery, who resigned from the post in June. Before joining the U faculty last year, Swanson was an assistant professor of emergency medicine at the University of Pittsburgh and an attending physician at The Mercy Hospital. He previously served as chief resident of the University of Pittsburgh\u27s Affiliated Residency in Emergency Medi-cine. He received both his undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Utah. Swanson also has served as a flight physician for STAT Medevac, a Pennsylvania- based air ambulance system. He participated in approximately 100 missions, flying in a variety of airplanes and helicopters. " The air ambulance industry is a challenging work environment," said Swanson. " I am excited about the opportunities facing AirMed and am proud to be a member of the team." Swanson has received the Emergency Medicine Resident Association\u27s National Clinical Excellence Award and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine\u27s Award for Excellence in Emergency Medi-cine. Spring Flowers in Hallside Gallery The watercolor paintings of Bonnie A. Smith are featured this month in the Hallside Gallery, AC113 SOM. A native of Pennsylvania, she moved to Utah in 1976. According to Smith, flowers are her favorite subject to paint. She uses watercolors because of the freedom of expression and flexibility of the medium. Her work has been featured in the Kimball Art Center, Springville Art Museum, Utah Gallery and the Utah State Fair, She is a member of the Utah Watercolor Society and Intermountain Society of Artists. O PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER Bonnie A. Smith UH Adopts Emerson Elementary Mentors Needed to Increase Literacy Remember when you first learned to read? Univer-sity Hospital employees are encouraged to help kindle that excitement in students at Emerson Elementary School. Volunteers are needed as mentors for students and their parents who need help learning to read. Dona-tions of books, suitable for children in kindergarten through sixth grade, also are requested to help improve the school\u27s library. According to Sandi Martin, manager, Community Outreach and Volunteer Services, Emerson Elementary was selected because of its proximity to the hospital and its identification by the Salt Lake City School District as a high- need school. " This project really gives employees the power to make the difference in the life of a child and his/ her family. Whether they donate a book or spend 30 minutes, twice a week mentoring a child, this is a great chance for hospital employees to get involved," said Martin. She says UH\u27s involvement with the school is a long- term project and will eventually involve staff in presentations to the children and their parents about a variety of health care related topics. For more informa-tion, contact Martin, xl- 2542. Field Operating Room on Display As Part of Veterans\u27 Day Observance As part of the U\u27s observance of Veterans\u27 Day, the Army Reserve at Fort Douglas will setup a two- bed Army field operating room on Wednesday, Nov. 11, west of University Hospital. The public and HSC faculty, staff and students are invited to tour the facility. Doctors and nurses will be on hand to answer questions. Additional military equipment, including a helicop-ter, also will be on display that day outside the Marriott Library. The Utah National Guard\u27s 23rd Army Band will provide a free Veterans\u27 Day Band Concert that night, at 7 p. m., in the Huntsman Center. For more information about other campus Veter-ans\u27 Day activities, contact the U\u27s Community Relations Office, x5- 3595. New Photo Exhibit Debuts in Hospital Photographs by Dennis Haynes, Mark Weiler, Ann Luker, Kathy Gardner and Ruth Gier, all of whom have been associated with the Salt Lake Art Center Photography Department, are being exhibited on the second and third floors of University Hospital. The exhibit will continue through Jan. 22, 1998
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No full textUNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES REPORT Headlines HEALTH SCIENCES REPORT UNIVERSITY OF UTAH Vol. 22, No. 3 HEALTH SCIENCES REPORT F E A T U R E S The Dottor Is In 8 University Hospital is looking to " hospitalists," a new type of physician, to coordinate the care of inpatients. Building Bridges 12 Service learning links campus and community as students help meet the health- care needs of others. Depression in Older Adults 16Shattering Stereotypes of Aging Adults from THE EDITOR With the theme song for " America\u27s Most Wanted" blaring in their memories, the fifth graders were primed for Officer Friendly\u27s story of the most notorious criminal he\u27d ever apprehended. One day, the Salt Lake County sheriff\u27s deputy began, he\u27d been called to the home of an older woman who was certain that, under the cover of darkness, a thief was stealing into her yard and poisoning her flowers, trees, shrubs and grass. " Just look outside," she\u27d said. " Everything\u27s turning yellow. He\u27s killing my yard!" Officer Friendly nodded earnestly, taking notes as he listened. Then he slowly walked around the woman\u27s yard. " I don\u27t see any sign of a thief," he reassured her. " But you know, ma\u27m, it is October." On his report, Officer Friendly wrote under " suspect": Jack Frost. The kids laughed and laughed, according to my daughter, who found the story even more humorous when she told us at the dinner table. But as I listened to her, I heard the words of psychiatrist Mark Johnston, interviewed for this issue\u27s cover story on depression in aging adults: " It\u27s okay to have a sense of humor- it\u27s an adaptive quality- but how hard are we laughing?" Making jokes can distance us from something that makes us feel uncomfortable, something that we\u27d rather not think about. The thought of growing old often is shrouded with loss: of jobs, financial security, professional identity, health, friends and loved ones. We see ourselves losing the control we once had. It can seem as if someone, under cover of darkness, is stealing the richness, the color out of our lives. But maybe it\u27s not the process of aging as much as the stereotypes that threaten to rob us. The television images of older adults we\u27re bombarded with- whether a seventy- something man water skiing with the rope in his mouth, or the silhouette of a lonely widow imprisoned in her home- aren\u27t healthy previews of what our lives will look like as we grow older. As Michael Caserta of the University\u27s Gerontology Center told me, " We age in so many different ways. We become more different than alike." While there\u27s no denying cultural stereotypes shape our expectations of old age, we still can control the power of those images, no matter how old we are, by choosing how to respond. The fifth graders laughed at themselves as much as the punch line of the officer\u27s story: they\u27d expected gunfire and sirens. The stories of our lives are still being told. What happens won\u27t always make us laugh, but let\u27s hope we can respond honestly, seeing for ourselves the seasons as they change inside as well as outside our windows, c l i K MuuijtifyUu Susan Sample If we could shatter our stereotypes about depression, as well as aging, we would see that depression in older adults is a public health problem. D E P A R T M E N T S Published by the Office of Public Affairs, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, 50 North Medical Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132. Telephone ( 801) 581- 7387. Health Sciences Report is mailed to faculty, staff, alumni and friends of the University of Utah School of Medicine; to the staffs of University Hospitals & Clinics, and Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library; and to the faculties and alumni of the colleges of Pharmacy, Nursing and Health. Articles may be reprinted with permission. Editor: Susan Sample Editorial Consultant: Anne Brillinger Contributing Writers: Mary Chachas, Christopher Nelson Photographer: Brad Nelson, Medical Illustration Service People 7 Research in Brief 22 Gift of Health 24 Contributions fund medical research, the honoring of hospital volunteers and endowed chairs in the health sciences. Opinion Two physicians, a medical administrator and an insurance representative debate whether non- medical gatekeepers have taken control of our health- care system. 27 Visit the University of Utah Health Sciences Center web site at: www. med. utah. edu. This issue o/ Health Sciences Report is printed on recycled paper as part of a major recycling campaign at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center. HEADLINES Richard J. Sperry, M. D., Ph. D. T. Samuel Shomaker, M. D., J. O. Soerry, Shomaker Named Interim Administrators Hniversity President Bernie Machen announced the appointments, effective December 1, of Richard J. Sperry, M. D., Ph. D., as interim vice president for health sciences and T. Samuel Shomaker, M. D., J. D., interim dean of the medical school. Sperry and Shomaker replace John M. Matsen, M. D., who retired from his administrative post as senior vice president for health sciences and dean of the School of Medicine ( see article below). A committee, chaired by Edward B. Clark, M. D., professor and chair of the Department of Pediatrics, is conducting a nationwide search for Matsen\u27s successor, who will assume responsibility for the combined position. As part of his plan to realign the University\u27s administration, Machen combined the positions of vice president and dean last March. Since the reorganization, Sperry had been serving as associate vice president for health sciences and associate dean of the medical school. Shomaker had been serv-ing as senior associate dean for academic affairs at the School of Medicine, n John Matsen Retires from Health Sciences Administration Bohn M. Matsen, M. D., retired as University senior vice president for health sciences December 1 and returned to his faculty position in the pathology department at the School of Medicine. " I have been chief executive officer of the health sciences center for six years in January," said Matsen. " I also will be 66 years old in February. It\u27s the right time for me to take a brief break and then renew some very attractive academic pursuits." University President Bernie Machen noted that " John Matsen has been a superb overseer of our health sciences center during very turbulent times. He\u27s successfully navigated the uncharted waters of health- care reform. The hospital, the medical school, the colleges of Nursing, Pharmacy and Health, and the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library are in very strong positions John M. Matsen, M. D. to continue their unprecedented growth. " The entire health sciences center- its finances, patient care, research and student programs- has never been stronger, due in large measure to John Matsen\u27s vision and hard work." During Matsen\u27s tenure as vice president, 34 chairs were endowed at the health sciences center; the Huntsman Cancer Institute was created; the University of Utah Health Network, a 38 million acquisition and expansion of services, was put into place; and University Hospitals & Clinics enhanced its reputation for high- quality, cost- effective care to Intermountain West residents. In a time of national decline, research programs at the health sciences center continued to grow in size and quality; numerous buildings to house the programs also were built. The School of Medicine recruited top quality faculty, including department chairs for surgery, internal medicine, pediatrics, radiology, obstetrics and gynecology, medical informatics and family and preventive medicine. New deans for the colleges of Pharmacy and Health, and a new executive director of University Hospital also were named during Matsen\u27s tenure. A medical graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, Matsen joined the U faculty in 1974 as a professor of pathology and pediatrics. He served as director of clinical labora-tories, head of the Division of Clinical Pathology, associate dean for academic affairs, and, for 12 years, as chair of the Department of Pathology. Matsen also was president and chief executive officer of Associated Regional and University Pathologists, Inc. ( ARUP), a University- owned clinical laboratory located in research park. He continues to chair the board of ARUP, which he was instrumental in organizing in 1984. ARUP has more than 1,000 employees and generates nearly 100 million in annual revenue with hospital and reference clients in all 50 states. The author of 214 scientific articles and 122 abstracts, Matsen has served on the editorial boards of the Journal 2 Health Sciences Report Winter 1998 of Clinical Microbiology and the American Journal of Clinical Pathology. He is a member of 23 professional societies and has held numerous leadership positions, including his present term as chair of the board of the Utah Hospitals & Health Systems Association, n Two New Degree Programs Approved for Medical School Two new degree programs in the School of Medicine have been approved by the University\u27s Board of Trustees and the State Board of Regents. When funding is appropriated by the State Legislature, a master of science degree in genetic counseling and a doctoral program in public health will be offered. " Genetic counseling continues to become a more integral component of routine health care, and the rapid growth of genetic testing procedures requires personnel with the right training to explain and interpret test results," said Raymond R Gesteland, Ph. D., professor and chair of the Department of Human Genetics. The two- year interdisciplinary genetic counseling program will include academic course work, clinical and laboratory training, and an inde-pendent research project. Up to eight students will be admitted annually to the program, to be administered by the Department of Human Genetics and co- sponsored by the pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, oncological sciences and internal medicine departments. The new doctoral program in public health will be built upon the University\u27s existing curricula leading to a master\u27s degree in public health and a master of science degree in public health, which have been offered through the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine since 1975. Up to 20 students will be accepted into the new Ph. D. program and will select among three areas of emphasis: general public health/ health policy; health services research; and occupational and environmental health. Several University departments and colleges are collaborating in the academic offerings; a number of state and local government agencies, community programs and industries will provide sites for student preceptorships. The diversity of the Intermountain West- geographic, economic, occupa-tional and socioeconomic- presents unique challenges and a rich research climate for medicine and public health, according to Michael K. Magill, M. D., professor and chair of the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, b NCI Award Helps Establish Cancer Genetics Coalition The University\u27s Huntsman Cancer Institute received an award of $ 4.4 million over five years from the National Cancer Institute ( NCI) last August to form the Rocky Mountain Cancer Genetics Coalition. Utah researchers are joining those at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and the University of New Mexico to create the coalition, one of up to eight centers funded by NCI. The centers will form the Cancer Genetics Network, a new national resource for collaborative investiga-tions into the genetic basis of cancer susceptibility and the translation of these studies into treatment and prevention strategies. A major focus of the network will be providing access to large, diverse study populations, which aren\u27t available to individual genetics programs, accord-ing to the NCI. In the Rocky Mountain coalition, Utah provides large families that keep extensive genealogical records. Colorado produces the largest proportion of cancer cases in the region, while New Mexico has the most ethnically and racially diverse population. Collaboration among the three states also ensures that under-served groups in a large region of the United States will be included in the national network. In addition to studying the genetic basis of cancer susceptibility, the Cancer Genetics Network will investigate ethical and psychosocial issues that affect healthy individuals and their families that may carry cancer susceptibility gene mutations. As part of the network, the Huntsman Cancer Institute will have access to additional research funding, since NCI will support pilot studies on cancer genetics and foster collabo-rative research among participating institutions, B Renovation Helps Radiology Move to Filmless Technology Extensive remodeling of the Depart-ment of Radiology on the first floor of University Hospital is not only making the area more accessible to patients and physicians, but also help-ing the department switch to filmless technology. The renovation, scheduled to be completed in February 1999, will improve the reception and registration areas; create more convenient access for emergency room patients; and provide improved reading rooms and a redesigned file room, according to Mary Freeh, operations manager for the department. The redesigned spaces also will allow physicians to read most X- ray, magnetic resonance ( MR) and CT scans on 18 new electronic viewing stations. Additional stations will be located in the hospital\u27s orthopedics; ear nose and throat; and neurology clinics. Eventually, physicians throughout the hospital and at off- site clinics will have access to images through the Internet. With filmless technology, physicians will be able to instantly pull up archived images and compare scans, explained Freeh. The filmless system is expected to be operational by the end of 1999. The department will retain the ability to create printed versions of X- rays and scans, however, since some types of scans aren\u27t readable electronically. Printed copies also will continue to be available for physicians who don\u27t have access to electronic viewing stations. B Health Sciences Report Winter 1998 Eric R. Swanson, M. D. New Director Named for Hospital\u27s AirMed Eric R. Swanson, M. D., assistant professor of surgery at the School of Medicine, was selected as medical director of AirMed, University Hospital\u27s air ambulance service, last October. Swanson replaces Steven C. Hartsell, M. D., associate professor of surgery, who stepped down from the AirMed position last June. Before joining the U faculty in 1997, Swanson was assistant professor of emergency medicine at the University of Pittsburgh and an attending physi-cian at The Mercy Hospital. He also served as a flight physician for STAT Medevac, a Pennsylvania- based air ambulance system, and participated in some 100 missions, flying in a variety of airplanes and helicopters. Swanson received both his under-graduate and medical degrees from the U of U. As chief resident of University of Pittsburgh\u27s Affiliated Residency in Emergency Medicine, he was honored with the Emergency Medicine Resident Association\u27s National Clinical Excellence Award and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine\u27s Award for Excellence in Emergency Medicine, e Pharmacy College to Name New Department Heads Administrative changes are under way in three departments at the College of Pharmacy, according to John W. Mauger, Ph. D., professor and dean. Jindrich Kopecek, Ph. D., professor, was named chair of the Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry effective February 1, replac-ing interim chair Joseph D. Andrade, Ph. D., professor of bioengineering. William I. Higuichi, Ph. D., distinguished professor, stepped down as chair last January. Michael R. Franklin, Ph. D., profes-sor, has been serving as interim chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology since August, when James W. Gibb, Ph. D., stepped down from the post after 27 years of service. Chris M. Ireland, Ph. D., professor of medicinal chemistry, chairs the national search committee for Gibb\u27s successor. Douglas E. Rollins, M. D., Ph. D., professor of pharmacology and toxicology, will serve as interim chair of the Department of Pharmacy Practice beginning in January, when Gary M. Oderda, Pharm. D., M. P. H., leaves on a one- year sabbatical. Rollins also serves as director of the college\u27s Center for Human Toxicology, E Nursing Faculty Staffs Community College Clinic First- year students from the College of Nursing helped out with an influenza vaccination program last fall at Salt Lake Community College\u27s ( SLCC) health centers, now staffed by U of U nursing faculty. Last July, the nursing college was awarded a five- year contract to provide health- care services at SLCC\u27s two clinics. At the Redwood Road health center, Laura Burton, A. P. R. N., a family nurse practitioner and clinical instructor in the college\u27s Division of Parent- child and Adult Nursing, provides health care. Muriel Gordon, R. N., a member of the college\u27s admin-istrative staff, oversees the South State Street clinic. They are assisted by Teresa Willard, L. C. S. W., a social worker and administrative staff member at the U College of Nursing. A. Peter Catinella, M. D., M. P. H., vice chair for clinical services in the medical school\u27s Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, provides consul-tation and collaboration. Services offered at the clinics include physical examinations and laboratory tests; vaccinations and inoculations; screening for infectious and chronic diseases; treatment for common illnesses and minor injuries; psychosocial counseling; referrals to other health- care providers and com-munity agencies; and distribution of health education materials. The health centers also provide clinical experiences for nursing students from the U and SLCC, as well as for students from other areas of the U health sciences center, according to Sue Huether, Ph. D., associate dean for clinical affairs and associate professor in the Division of Parent- child and Adult Nursing. She oversees the clinic project for the U nursing college, E Hospital Pediatric Clinic Boosts Immunization Rates Some 88 percent of patients at University Hospital\u27s Pediatric Clinic had their immunizations up- to- date by the end of 1997, compared to 35 percent in 1991, as a result of a six- year quality improvement program. The clinic\u27s total for children of all ages was above the national average of 76 percent, as well as the state average of 68 percent, according to a report issued earlier this year by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As of the end of the first quarter of 1998, the U clinic rate was 92 percent for children 24- 30 months, according to Ann Brinkerhoff, R. N., a clinic staff nurse, who presented the results to the Utah State Immunization Task Force last October. The immunization rates are for diphtheria- pertussis- tetanus ( DPT), Health Sciences Report Winter 1998 polio, measles- mumps- rubella ( MMR) and Haemophilus influenzae type b ( HIB) vaccines. The clinic\u27s initial survey of immu-nization rates among patients showed that 35 percent were fully immunized, 15 percent were not and the remaining 50 percent were undetermined due to poor documentation, according to Brinkerhoff, who helped conduct the survey. In response, the clinic\u27s steering committee- Brinkerhoff, Paul Young, M. D., medical director, and former clinic manager Bob Bennett- developed the quality improvement program. The committee targeted four general areas to help boost immunization rates: medical record availability and documentation to ensure all patients have complete and easy- to- read charts; vaccine availability, so all patients, regardless of ability to pay, receive shots; family education on the necessity of immunizations; and chart auditing. Future plans include tracking patients who aren\u27t seen regularly in the clinic to make sure they receive vaccines at the University clinic or elsewhere, e New International Program Focuses on Clinical Genetics The Division of Medical Genetics in the medical school\u27s Department of Pediatrics formally established in December an international program for clinical research in genetics. John M. Opitz, M. D., professor of pediatrics, human genetics and obstetrics and gynecology, is principal investigator for the International Clinical Genetics Research and Consultation Program, funded for the first three years by Primary Children\u27s Medical Center Foundation. All faculty members in the Division of Medical Genetics are clinical investigators in the program, which will focus on patients with rare, new or unclear syndromes, birth defects and genetic disorders. Only some 6,600 human genetic/ hereditary disorders have been described; many thousands are still unknown, according to Opitz. He anticipates that their studies will lead to the delineation and detailed characterization of these conditions, and, eventually, to the mapping, cloning and analysis of the responsible genes. Michael Bamstad, M. D., assistant professor, directs the program\u27s laboratory efforts. Scientists from Germany, Japan, Italy and Lithuania are expected to spend from one to three months at the U next year, working on collaborative research. Several international scientists worked in the Division of Medical Genetics last year and contributed to the identification of several new conditions. One of the major goals of the program is to refine methods and techniques of phenotype analysis that will complement the molecular and genetic methods for which the University is internation
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No full textUNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES REPORT in Colon Cancer SPRING 1999 Mr, Jensen is not F E A T U R E S World Connections 8 International researchers and graduate students find a world of difference at the U of U. Unraveling Family Ties in Colon Canter 12 Clinical researchers join basic scientists in one of the nation\u27s most comprehensive colon cancer programs. D E P A R T M E N T S Headlines 2 People 7 From the Bookshelf 20 Visiting scholar Suzanne Poirier shares a list of great novels, plays, poems and essays, and discusses what doctors can learn from them. Research in Brief 24 Gift of Health 26 Contributions fund four endowed chairs in the health sciences and a memorial lecture. Opinion 29his real name, but his predisposition to colon cancer that he talks about in the cover story is all too real. It also isn\u27t very pleasant to think about. For more than 40 years, after surgeons removed his small intestines and rectum because of familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), a hereditary condition that can result in colon cancer, he\u27s worn an ileostomy bag over an opening in his abdominal wall to collect waste. Surgical treatments continue to improve though. Three of his four adult children who have FAP have internal pouches. If his seven- year- old grandson, who recently tested positive for the defective gene, should require surgery in the near future, he might have an anastomosis in which the small intestine is connected directly to the rectum, allowing for the " near normal" passage of waste. The meaning of " normal " is relative. Mr. Jensen would hardly describe certain daily routines as pleasant, but neither are they scary. They\u27re just things he has to do. He accepts them, like he does FAP, and goes on with his life. As I watched him leaf through a ream of photocopied medical reports, pointing to paragraphs he\u27d highlighted in yellow, Mr. Jensen used sophisticated medical terminology with the same ease that I imagine he once used to explain electronic circuitry to customers. " You have to learn a lot of things," said his wife, when a disease runs in your family. You learn a new vocabulary of illness- or we might call it the vocabulary of life. We\u27re used to hearing about cancer in terms of battle. " The war on cancer," coined in 1971 when the National Cancer Act was passed by Congress, seemed an appropriate slogan to boost public sentiment. But the metaphor has hung on, despite what we\u27ve learned in the decades since: cancer is not one disease but hundreds, and no war can be won with a single magic bullet. Researchers and clinicians at the University of Utah and Huntsman Cancer Institute are working to understand many different kinds of cancer at many different levels with the ultimate goal of prevention. There will be no winning, because there will be no war. Some 131,600 Americans were diagnosed with colon cancer last year. Some of them, like Mr. Jensen, may have daily routines that don\u27t seem pleasant. But we can learn from these families to see beyond the bunker mentality of fear too long associated with cancer. We, too, can learn the vocabulary of life. Susan Sample HEALTH SCIENCES REPORT HEALTH SCIENCES REPORT UNIVERSITY OF UTAH Vol. 23, No. 1 Published by the Office of Public Affairs, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, 50 North Medical Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132. Telephone ( 801) 581- 7387. Health Sciences Report is mailed to faculty, staff, alumni and friends of the University of Utah School of Medicine; to the staffs of University Hospitals & Clinics, University Health Network and Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library; and to the faculties and alumni of the colleges of Pharmacy, Nursing and Health. Articles may be reprinted with permission. Editor: Susan Sample Editorial Consultant: Anne Brillinger Contributing Writers: Anne Brillinger, Mary Chachas Photographers: Brad Nelson, Medical Illustration Service; Kent Miles; John Telford Visit the University of Utah Health Sciences Center web site at: www. med. utah. edu. ( OVER PHOTO: The shadow appearing on top of the patient\u27s right pelvic bone is a cancerous tumor of the ascending colon as seen on a colored barium enema X- ray. This issue of Health Sciences Report is printed on recycled paper as part of a major recycling campaign at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center. Ci Student abuse in medical schools is receiving increased national attention, says a Utah senior who helped develop a program to confront the problem. 1 A. Lorris Betz, M. D., Ph. D. I I New Senior Health Sciences VP/ Medical Dean Chosen Lorris Betz, M. D., Ph. D., a pediatric neurologist who served two years as interim dean of the medical school at the University of Michigan, will assume the position of U of U senior vice president for health sciences and dean of the School of Medicine June 1. He replaces John M. Matsen, M. D., who returned to his faculty position in the Department of Pathology last December. As one of two senior vice presidents at the University, Betz will oversee University Hospital and the colleges of Pharmacy, Nursing and Health, in addition to the medical school. He also will serve as chief executive officer of the University of Utah Health System. One of his first duties will be strategic planning. " This is an excellent time for everyone to come together to develop a common vision and set of goals for our future," said Betz. " I\u27m very excited about the opportunities at the University of Utah. Through its research, educational and clinical care programs, the health sciences center is poised to become a national and international leader in the improvement of health care." Betz received his bachelor\u27s and medical degrees, and a doctorate in biochemistry and physiology from the University of Wisconsin. He completed a pediatric residency and research fellowship in pediatric neurology at the University of California, San Francisco. He joined the Michigan faculty in 1979. Eight years later, he was named a full professor of pediatrics, surgery and neurology. In addition to serving as interim dean, he was associate dean for faculty affairs, senior associate dean for academic affairs and executive associate dean. Betz and his wife, Ann, have two children, r Joseph V. Simone, M. D. Cancer Program Gets Boost with New VP, Joint Program The University\u27s cancer program was strengthened last winter with the appointment of an interim vice president for cancer and the initiation of a new joint cancer program with two physician networks. Joseph V. Simone, M. D., was named interim vice president for cancer pro-grams last January. He reports directly to University President Bernie Machen until October, at which time the position will be under the direction of the new senior vice president for health sciences, A. Lorris Betz, M. D., Ph. D. Simone is the Jon M. Huntsman Professor of Clinical Oncology at the School of Medicine and director of the cancer care program at the Huntsman Cancer Institute ( HCI). In his new position, Simone is implementing a " Cancer Initiative for the 21st Century." The initiative\u27s five- year plan is to develop an inter-disciplinary clinical cancer effort for the health sciences center. Goals include strengthening cancer disciplines in relevant departments, installing an organizational framework to tie the disciplines together to promote excellent patient care and recruiting scientists to HCI to communicate laboratory and clinical activities more effectively. Last December, the two largest physician networks in Utah- Intermountain Health Care ( IHC) and the University of Utah Health System- announced a Joint Clinical Oncology Program. Physicians will use a 5,000 award, which was given to the U program last January. Sponsored by the American Academy of Physician Assistants, Physician Assistant Foundation and Pfizer Inc., the award recognizes outstanding health- care initiatives designed to improve the health and well- being of individual communities. Established in 1997, the U exchange program enables second- year PA students to spend five- week tropical medicine rotations in Papua New Guinea. Health extension officers from that country come here to learn more effective use of pharmacotherapeutics to combat tropical and infectious diseases that cause a high mortality rate, according to Donald M. Pedersen, Ph. D., PA- C, associate professor of family and preventive medicine, and PA program director, c William R. Crowley, Ph. D. Pharmacy College Names New Pharmacology Chair Following an extensive national search, William R. Crowley, Ph. D., has been selected to chair the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the College of Pharmacy effective in August. He replaces Michael R. Franklin, Ph. D., professor, who has served as interim chair since last August, when James W. Gibb, Ph. D., stepped down from the post after 27 years of service. Crowley has been a faculty member of the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Tennessee, Memphis College of Medicine, for 21 years. He also has served as acting department chair. His major research interest is reproductive neuroendocrinology. Crowley has served on the editorial boards of several scientific journals and has been a member of study sections for the National Institutes of Health, n Consumer Health Focus of Library\u27s InfoFair\u27 99 ( 6 Q MART Patients: Consumer Health O Informatics" was the theme of InfoFair \u27 99, an annual event held at the University\u27s Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library last April 16. SMART is an acronym for self-assured, motivated, aware, resourceful and talented patients. Patricia Flatley Brennen, Ph. D., R. N., president- elect of the American Medical Informatics Association and founding associate editor of its journal, JAMIA, 4 Health Sciences Report Spring 1999 delivered The Clifford C. Snyder, M. D., and Mary Snyder Lecture. Brennen is the Lillian S. Moehlman Bascom Professor, School of Nursing and College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin at Madison. She developed and directed ComputerLink, an elec-tronic network designed to reduce isolation and improve self- care among home- care patients. She also directs the HeartCare initiative, a web- based home- care support service for patients recovering from cardiac surgery. Following Brennen\u27s lecture, a panel of local experts discussed the opportunities and challenges of consumer health informatics. The panel included Bruce Bray, M. D., U associate professor of internal medicine and medical informatics, School of Medicine; Jo Davies, M. L. S., manager of Salt Lake County\u27s Whitmore Public Library; Jackie A. Smith, Ph. D., patient education coordinator, University of Utah Hospitals & Clinics; and Cheryl Bagley Thompson, Ph. D., R. N., assistant professor and director of the nursing and health- care informatics program at the U College of Nursing. Moderator was Wayne J. Peay, M. S., director of the Eccles library. Other sessions included an elec-tronics resources fair and presentations on consumer initiatives in patient education and web resources for health topics in the popular media. InfoFair \u27 99 also offered a new feature this year: a consumer health web poster gallery, accessible at http:// medstat. med. utah. edu/ infofair/ posters. r. Latest Hospital Renovation: Expanded Newborn ICU University Hospital\u27s second floor is being renovated to expand the Newborn Intensive Care Unit ( NBICU); to add new labor and delivery rooms, and a family resource center; and to remodel postpartum rooms. The NBICU is being expanded into the area previously occupied by the health sciences vice president\u27s and development offices. Work is expected to be completed by early next year. Then the existing NBICU will undergo extensive remodeling. The new area will include a variety of features designed to reduce patient exposure to noise. Dual- paned windows, acoustic borders, special wall coverings, carpet and a central vacuum system will help protect the young patients\u27 sensitive hearing, according to Jerald D. King, M. D., associate professor of pediatrics in the medical school and NBICU medical director. The space also will include two isolation areas for patients with communicable diseases. A new family resource center with a lounge and information about caring for premature children will be located near the NBICU. Plans also include two rooms for parents who wish to spend the night at the hospital with their child. Other second- floor changes include two new labor and delivery rooms, bringing the total to 11, and the remod-eling of the unit\u27s two operating rooms. The hospital\u27s postpartum rooms, known as 2 North, will be renovated with new wall and floor coverings. Work already completed on the floor includes a new area for pulmonary services and four antepartum rooms. e Utah\u27s Medical School Match Better than National Peers The University of Utah School of Medicine " match" of seniors and their preferred postgraduate residency positions topped rates at other schools across the country as well as exceeded last year\u27s success. Ninety- one percent of the graduating students received one of their top three choices of specialty programs, com-pared with 80.5 percent nationally. Last year, 86 percent were in this category in the match, known formally as the National Resident Matching Program. " This match was one of the most successful in a long, long time," said Claire H. Clark, Ph. D., assistant dean of
Pulse
No full textVolume5/2000_February14UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER PULSE UH Contracting Savings Add Up UH interim executive director Rick Fullmer receives a check for 20 that day). Visit the university\u27s web site www. utah. edu for more on these and other sesquicentennial events, and check out the next issue of Pulse for details. Dennis L. Parker New Endowed Chair in Radiology Honors Mark H. Huntsman University of Utah bene-factors Jon M. and Karen H. Huntsman, whose extraordi-nary philanthropy established the Huntsman Cancer Insti-tute on campus, have funded their fifth chair at the univer-sity- this one to recognize their youngest son, Mark. The Mark H. Huntsman Presidential Endowed Chair in Advanced Medical Technology will support medical imaging research in the Department of Radiology. Dennis L. Parker, Ph. D., a professor in the departments of radiology and medical informatics, has been named first holder of the chair. " The Huntsmans hope that this chair will speed the development of new imaging technology allowing medical professionals to look deep into the brain and better understand and treat abnormalities that occur due to injury and birth defects," said University President J. Bernard Machen. " This is an especially poignant and meaningful gift because it recognizes their son Mark, who is mentally challenged." continued on back Health Fair This Thursday in Cafeteria The hospital\u27s Madsen Preventive Cardiology Program is sponsoring a health fair this Thursday, from 11 a. m.- 3 p. m. in the cafeteria. The fair, which is being held in honor of National Heart Month, is open to employees, volunteers, students and visitors. The event will feature free body composition evalua-tions, heart risk assessments, a three- minute fitness test, and blood pressure and blood sugar analysis. Information about nutrition, exercise, hospital resources and classes, smoking cessation and weight loss also will be available. For a small fee, total cholesterol ( 8) tests will be offered. For the best results, participants should not eat or drink anything for 12 hours prior to the blood tests. continued from front Other Huntsman chairs include the Jon M. Hunts-man Presidential Endowed Chair in Urological Oncol-ogy, the Jon M. Huntsman Chair in Clinical Oncology, and two chairs in the David Eccles School of Business, one honoring Jon Huntsman\u27s brother, Blaine, and another to recognize local banker Spencer F. Eccles. " The Mark H. Huntsman Presidential Endowed Chair in Advanced Medical Technology will insure that funds remain available for the continued development of new imaging strategies aimed at improving the lives of individuals limited by disease or disability," said William W. Orrison Jr., M. D., professor and chair of radiology. " Dr. Parker has made notable contributions to the field of medical imaging over more than 20 years, and, as first holder of the Mark Huntsman chair, he will refine and expand these creative scientific contributions." Parker, nationally recognized for his work in the applications of magnetic resonance angiography to blood vessel imaging, is an investigator in the department\u27s Medical Imaging Research Laboratory, located in the Center for Advanced Medical Technologies ( CAMT) in the university\u27s Research Park. CAMT is involved in the development of new strategies for imaging the human brain and has used new brain- scanning technology to study various learning disabilities and behavior problems. Eccles Library, Patient Education Office Win Grant for Spanish- language Web Site Utah\u27s Hispanic community will have better access to current and reliable health information- on the internet- thanks to a one- year project funded by the National Library of Medicine ( NLM). The U\u27s Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library and University Hospital\u27s Office of Patient Education ( UHOPE) will collaborate to expand the hospital\u27s existing patient education web site by adding 225 Spanish-language patient education documents in the areas of women\u27s health, diabetes and nutrition. Project coordinators are Deborah E. Hile, Eccles Library acquisitions librarian, and Jackie E. Smith, Ph. D., patient education coordinator. Their goal is to enhance access to medical information specifically designed to meet the needs of Utah\u27s Hispanic population. The Spanish- language materials will be on the UHOPE web site at www. med. utah. edu/ pated. The project also includes creation of a bilingual search engine to allow easier access to the materials. On- site training in accessing and using the materials will be provided to academic and public library staff, health- care professionals affiliated with U Hospital, and statewide Hispanic organi-zations. O RINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER Faculty and Residents in the News Arthur D. Broom, Ph. D., professor and associate dean for research and planning in the\u27College of Phar-macy, has accepted an invitation to serve a three and one- half year term on the AIDS and Related Research Study Section, Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health ( NIH). Study sections review grant applications submitted to the NIH, make recommenda-tions to NIH national advisory councils and survey the status of research in their fields of science. Arthur G. Lipman, Pharm. D., professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, received the 1999 Award for Achievement for Sustained Contributions to the Literature of Pharmacy in Health Systems, from the American Society of Health- System Pharmacists ( ASHP) Research and Education Founda-tion. His efforts have focused on institutional pharmacy practice with emphasis on pain management and care for terminally ill patients. Larry G. Reimer, M. D., professor of pathology, has been elected to Fellowship in the American Academy of Microbiology, which recognizes excellence, originality and creativity in the microbiological sciences. The Academy serves as a resource to the American Society for Microbiology ( ASM), governmental agencies and the scientific and lay communities by addressing issues of critical importance within the science. Pathology faculty and residents submitting scientific abstracts to be presented at the annual meeting of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, to be held in New Orleans this spring, have placed their department among the top 20 in the world in terms of numbers of first- authored abstracts accepted for presen-tation. The Academy, the oldest pathology society in North America and one of the most active, received over 1800 abstract submissions from several hundred pro-grams and institutions worldwide. Those chosen for presentation were published in the January issues of both the Academy\u27s journals, Modern Pathology, and Labora-tory Investigation, which have more than 10,000 subscribers. Campaign for Our Community Update The results from the U\u27s 1999 Campaign for Our Community are in- and there\u27s good news. U employees donated more than $ 277,000, a 10 percent increase from last year, during the campus- wide campaign. The cam-paign allowed employees to donate money, via payroll deduction, to the non- profit organization of their choice. Members of the U\u27s campaign coordinating committee recently represented the university at a thank- you lun-cheon sponsored by the United Way of the Great Salt Lake Area
Intercom
No full textVolume2/1987_February18UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER February 18, 1987 Health Sciences Library Schedules INFOFAIR \u2787 A free, three-day seminar on the use of computers in health care, INFOFAIR \u2787, is scheduled February 25-27 at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center. The fifth annual INFOFAIR is sponsored by the U\u27s Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, the U of U Integrated Academic Information Management System ( IAIMS) project, the Utah State Medical Association, the Utah Nurses Association and the Utah College Library Council. Wednesday\u27s session begins at 2 p.m. in the Eccles Library History of Medicine Room. Thursday and Friday sessions will be held in the College of Nursing Auditorium, beginning at 9 a. m. and 8 a. m. respectively. Marsden S. Blois, MI)., PhD. Health professionals, computer information systems specialists, library science experts, students and others interested are invited to attend. Marsden S. Blois, M. D., Ph. D., chairman of the Department of Medical Information Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco, will deliver the INFOFAIR keynote address on Thursday, February 26 at 8 p. m. in the University of Utah Fihe Arts Auditorium. He is past president of the American College of Medical Informatics and the author of Information and Medicine: The Nature of Medical Descriptions. The first Priscilla M. Mayden Award also will be presented at Thursday night\u27s meeting to Randolph A. Miller, M. D., from the University of Pittsburgh. INFOFAIR speakers include Dr. Miller; Donald A. B. Lindberg, M. D., director of the National Library of Medicine; Linda C. Smith, Ph. D„ associate professor at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois; Wayne Peay, director of the Eccles Library; and Bernie Schmertz, director of University Hospital\u27s Information Systems. Friday, February 27, will focus on " Nursing Informatics,"-- the use of computers in nursing care, staffing, cost containment and similar topics. Speakers from the College of Nursing and LDS Hospital will present the lectures. Nurses can earn up to .5 continuing education units by attending Friday\u27s session. Representatives from the information system industry also will be on hand to demonstrate the latest computers, peripherals and software Thursday from 11 a. m.- 5 p. m. in the lower level of the Eccles Library. For more information and to recieve a schedule, call extension 5534. Registration not required. In Memoriam Cleah Richmond, custodial service supervisor in Environmental Services, died February 5, following a brief illness. Ms. Richmond began working for University Hospital in 1965 as a custodian. Three years later she was promoted to custodial inspector, and was a crew leader from 1978 until 1981 when she was promoted to the position she held upon her death. " She was one of my most loyal employees. It will be hard to find a replacement for such an honest, hard- working person," said Ray Hagen, director of Environmental Services. Ms Richmond was the backbone of the department in many ways, according to Mr. Hagen. She treated her fellow employees like family. " She liked to laugh a lot and she reminded all of us that smiling is something very easy to do." University Hospital extends its deepest condolences to Ms. Richmond\u27s husband, Kenneth, and her family and friends. Save a Wheelchair Today! You\u27ve seen the little devils all over University Hospital. And we know they\u27re out there hiding somewhere. We need your help to get them back AND to stop the dbusc That\u27s right, WE WANT ALL RUNAWAY AND STRAY WHEELCHAIRS AND GURNEYS RETURNED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! If you return one, no questions will be asked. ( Dave Lovato may give you a pat on the back!) Staffers at the Health Sciences Center seem to find wheelchairs and gurneys useful for moving books, lab equipment and the like. And then they abandon them in out-of- the- way stops all over the building. Such abuse not only shortens the life span of the chairs ( wobbly wheels and all), but, more importantly, it inconveniences our patients. According to Mary Anne Payne of Messenger Service, there is a tremendous need for wheelchairs every day. Messenger Service transports an average of 65 patients per day, not including patients going to and from Radiology, Special Procedures, Radiation Therapy, the Dumke Building and the Emergency Department. So, keep an eye out! Return all wheelchairs and gurneys to Messenger Service ( on A Level next to the A elevators) or to Dave Lovato in the Main Lobby. IF YOU NEED HEAVY ITEMS MOVED, CALL CONSTRUC-TION AT EXTENSION 2241. United Way Giving Sets Hospital Record University Hospital employees set a new record for giving in the 1986 United Way Campaign. According to Terry Turner, the total amount was 5,158 or 20 percent of the Hospital\u27s total. Environmental Services gave 2,906 or 11 percent of the total, while Construction gave a total of 1,414. Forty percent of UH employees ( 789) contributed to the campaign. " The success of this drive is directly attributable to the efforts and hard work of those who managed the drive within their departments," said Mr. Turner. " I am grateful to these individuals for doing such a fine job." INTERCOM is published weekly for the University of Utah Health Sciences Center by the Office of Community Relations, room 2753. Nominations for employee of the month are welcome and should be sent in writing to Ken Johnson in Community Relations, extension 7387. Articles also are welcome and should be sent to Pat Hawthorne in Hospital Personnel Services, 1A1 UUMC, extension 2300. Take Heart! February is American Heart Month. Established by presidential proclamation in 1964, the specially designated week is one of the programs sponsored by the American Heart Association ( AHA). Active in all 50 states and Puerto Rico, the AHA sponsors research in cardiovascular disease and works to increase awareness about the prevention of heart disease. The AHA offers seven tips to guard your heart. • Do not smoke cigarettes. • Control high blood pressure. • Reduce saturated fats and cholesterol in the diet. • Identify diabetes. • Exercise regularly. • Check with your doctor about use of oral contraceptives. • Have regular medical checkups. Further information on the prevention of heart disease is available from the local AHA chapter, 645 East 400 South, 322- 5601. Staffers Start Bowling Leagues University Hospital staffers will be looking for lots of strikes and spares in the coming weeks. More than 70 people recently formed two UH bowling leagues and elected officers. Marvin Chambers of UH\u27s Key Shop was elected president. Other officers are Lois Earl, L. P. N., 4 North, vice president; Dorothy Hale, Business Services, secretary; and Mike Morrison, Environmental Services, sergeant- at- arms. The leagues will compete at 7: 30 Wednesday evenings and at 5 p. m. on Thursday evenings at Rancho 42 Lanes, 641 West North Temple. The short season will extend through May. Wednesday night teams will be limited to five members with one alternate; Thursday night teams can have three members with one alternate. Departments are encouraged to organize a team to compete against other UH departments in the leagues. For more information or to join a team, contact Mr. Chambers at extension 2241 or Ms. Hale at extension 2127
University News - Volume 096, Issue 003 (September 15, 2016)
No full text12 pages.Vol. XCVI No. 3 A student voice of Saint Louis University since 1921 Thursday, September 15, 2016
On June 18, Humphrey’s
Restaurant and Tavern, the
beloved SLU institution, cel-ebrated
the 40th anniversary
of its founding. After four
decades marked by remark-able
consistency, however,
the bar and restaurant at
3700 Laclede Ave. will look
to turn the page on nostal-gia
and set in on establishing
a new chapter in its storied
history.
As revealed by the St.
Louis Post-Dispatch, this
coming spring, if plans hold,
will see the demolition of the
original building—part of
which dates back to 1904—
and its replacement with a
more contemporary struc-ture.
While Humphrey’s will
remain at the same loca-tion,
the new plan calls
for, amongst other things,
Laclede- and Spring St.-
facing outdoor seating, a
second-story outdoor ter-race
with its own bar, a des-ignated
banquet space and
room for up to three retail
stalls flanking the restaurant.
These upgrades largely
reflect broader trends in the
bar and restaurant industry
as a whole. Many college
bars across the country have
begun the shift from hole-in-
the-wall, greasy-spoon
type establishments to mod-ern
and open floor plans that
accommodate more patrons
and are especially well suited
for dancing and mingling
rather than the traditional
seated gathering. If the de-sign
firm chosen to under-take
the rebuilding is any
indication—Oculus, whose
calling card is sleek lines and
a modern feel–it would seem
to indicate that Humphrey’s
figures to fall into this same
Russian Division
appoints new leader
Humphrey’s: SLU’s 40-year-old
watering hole gets new look
HUMPHREY’S: Since May, Humphrey’s has been under new management. Next
spring, the current building will be demolished and then rebuilt with upgrades.
Courtesy of Oculus Inc.
See “Hump’s” on Page 2
By PARKER PENCE
Contributor
general category.
While Humphrey’s might
be changing aesthetically,
perhaps the biggest news to
come from the announce-ment
is the inclusion of the
additional retail space on
the property. The addition
of independent retail space
reflects the growing demand
and value of property in the
Cortex-Grand Center-Cen-tral
West End region as well
as a desire to serve and do
business with the upward-trending
SLU population.
Reaction to the recent
news has been decidedly
mixed as some have be-moaned
a perceived lack of
character that the renderings
seem to convey. Casey Rob-erts,
a member of the class of
2016, echoed the feelings of
many of the upperclassman
and recent alumni in stat-ing
her displeasure. “It is so
sad to think that next time I
go visit SLU’s campus one of
my favorite aspects of it will
be completely different,” she
stated when asked her reac-tion
to the news.
Current senior Brian Du-gan
built upon that senti-ment
and reflected that “As
it stands pre-demolition,
Humphrey’s charm is its
transcendence of time at
SLU. It knew the campus
when cars could drive on
West Pine, and it watched
the construction of Spring
Hall.
Ultimately, it’s a dive
bar driven by nostalgia and
tradition. Generations of
Billikens have spent their
Wednesday nights there. It
still has Big Buck Hunter and
Golden Tee, and the inflation
rate of penny pitchers over
the past forty years greatly
lags behind that of tuition.
“It doesn’t have the glam-our
of Ballpark Village, but it
doesn’t need to.” Dugan went
on to add his concern that,
“Demoing the building for a
new one runs of the risk of
Following the retirement
of longtime Russian lan-guage
professor David Mur-phy,
PhD, the accomplished
Elizabeth Blake, PhD has
ascended to the position of
Coordinator of the Russian
Division.
Established in 1968, The
Russian and East European
Area Studies Program at
Saint Louis University flour-ishes
thanks to dedicated
faculty and students from a
wide array of backgrounds.
Recent graduates work in
several diverse fields rang-ing
from
researching
the intricate
life forms
found in
Russia’s Lake
Baikal to
working for
the National
Geospatial-
Intelligence
Agency, among other excit-ing
professions. With such
success in the department,
the program has kept posi-tive
favor with the University
and remains the only Rus-sian
program in the St. Louis
region.
With the exception of
St. Louis University High
School, there are no Russian
programs in St. Louis area
high schools either. With
so few Russian programs in
existence, the importance
of the field of study is ques-tioned.
Daniel Schlafly, Phd,
spoke very highly of Dr.
Blake, saying “There’s abso-lutely
no other person more
qualified for the job of coor-dinator
of the Russian Divi-sion
than Betsy Blake.”
Dr. Blake, a world-re-nowned
scholar on the fa-mous
Russian writer Fy-
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INSIDE SCOOP:
Shreya Ghoshal
performs at the
Fox Theatre
Page 6
ARTS
New sorority Phi Mu joins Greek community
PHI MU SORORITY: Phi Mu joins the Greek community this fall. It will be one of
seven sororities on Saint Louis University’s campus. Recruitment will be held soon.
Courtesy of Phi Mu Sorority
Phi Mu may be new to
Saint Louis University but it
is actually the second-oldest
secret society for women,
coming second behind Al-pha
Delta Pi. SLU and Phi
Mu share many core val-ues.
Both believe strongly in
serving others, as SLU is a Je-suit
institution and Phi Mu’s
creed reflects their dedica-tion
to community service.
Founded in 1852, less than
25 years after the University,
some may be wondering why
it took so long for the two to
find each other.
The process of establish-ing
a new chapter at a uni-
By MEGAN ANTHONY
Contributor
versity takes time. Many may
have noticed as early as April
2015 that consultants from
Phi Mu headquarters were
on campus, already gearing
up for their first recruitment
coming later this month.
However, Phi Mu at SLU
had been in the works for
much longer than just since
last spring. It is up to the
university to decide if it can
support another sorority,
and when/if that decision is
made, the appeal is sent out
to the extension teams for
organizations.
New Chapter Specialist
for Phi Mu, Whitney Wright
shared a few words about the
process. “When SLU opened
for extension we sent in our
packet to be considered.
From there, we were invited
to present to the campus and
eventually were chosen to be
the group to join the Panhel-lenic
community!”
Once selected, the con-sultants
for the new chapter
went to work. Coming into
a smaller Greek community
compared to those at a pub-lic
university, it is important
to understand the dynamic.
“The hopes when opening a
new chapter is that we can
join the Greek community
and help to make it stron-ger,
but also offer a different
experience to students and
See “Phi Mu” on Page 2
odor Dostoevsky and the
author of Dostoevsky and
the Catholic Underground
teaches several sections on
the Russian language, Rus-sian
literature, and Russian
Orthodoxy.
During the summer
of 2016, she spent several
weeks giving lectures on
Dostoevsky and touring the
various ornate Russian mon-asteries.
When asked about
what draws most students
into the Russian program,
Dr. Blake spoke of the great
curiosity many students
have about a country so of-ten
portrayed in a negative
light by western media.
In her
opinion, most
s t u d e n t s
have little to
no previous
knowledge of
the rich cul-ture
of his-tory,
language
and the arts
that is, and
has been, so vibrant in Rus-sia
for centuries.
Dr. Blake went on to say
that students should study
Russian because, “as the
largest country in the world,
Russia is a major military
and economic power enjoy-ing
good trade relations with
China, and our Russian ma-jors
are well prepared to en-ter
successful graduate pro-grams
or to find attractive
career opportunities.”
The nation’s culture has
accumulated through its his-tory.
Dr. Schlafly, a beloved
professor of history with a
focus on Eastern Europe has
been a distinguished mem-ber
of the Russian division
for decades. His classes on
Russian and Eastern Europe-University
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Vladimir Putin,
who is the
president of
Russia, is quite
unpredictable.
Dr. Ellen Carnaghan
creating a bar that blends in
to the point of not having
character.” He remains hope-ful
however, as many do,
that “the new bar will create
its own life at SLU, distinct
from both its predecessors
and its neighbors.”
Others, typically younger
members of the SLU com-munity,
have celebrated the
announcement as exciting
news with regards to their
anticipation of their com-ing
time at Humphrey’s.
One freshman, Stephen Ol-wig,
mused that the new
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plan seemed to be a sort of
“Hump’s on steroids” with
the expectance that the fun
would correlate directly with
its increased size.
“When you look at places
like Mizzou and Ole Miss
and Alabama, these are the
types of places that are on
every street corner in those
schools’ towns and it only
makes sense that SLU-cen-tric
bars and restaurants
would seek to replicate their
success.”
Even though Humphrey’s
physically is changing and
has even seen some changes
to its ownership (as local
businessman Bernie Squit-ieri
took over the restaurant
in May), Janis Mangels-dorf
–who started the busi-ness
along with her now-deceased
husband, Robert
“Humphrey” Mangelsdorf,
himself a graduate of the
John Cook School of Busi-ness
in 1969–has remained a
constant as she will continue
to be involved in the man-agement.
While some things inevi-tably
change, some also in-evitably
stay the same. And
so it is with the bar at 3700
Laclede Ave. known simply
as “Hump’s.”
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an history are incred-ibly
popular among students
even outside of the Russian
& Eastern European Area
Studies Program.
With an impressive back-ground
in Russian history,
Dr. Schlafly has been invited
to lecture on the historical
importance of the Crimean
Peninsula with respect to
the Russian annexation of
Crimea.
Dr. Schlafly cites the con-flict
in Crimea as the perfect
example of why Russian his-tory
is integral to under-standing
the modern day ac-tions
of the Russian state.
Ellen Carnaghan, Ph.D.,
a political science professor
that specializes in Russian
politics and who teaches a
class on Soviet/Post-Soviet
politics, generously offered
her input on why it is impor-tant
to study Russian poli-tics-
“Vladimir Putin, who
is the president of Russia, is
quite unpredictable.”
Furthermore, Dr. Car-naghan
went on to say that
the conflict in Crimea is es-pecially
worrisome because
“whatever has led them into
Ukraine could very easily
BLAKE: Dr. Elizabeth Blake will be taking over for Dr. David Murphy. She specializes
in Dostoevsky and She recently returned from a summer program in St. Petersburg.
Continued from page 1 lead them into similar coun-tries
that border them.” The
capriciousness of Putin’s
Russia will likely continue
to play a major role in global
politics.
Dr. Blake will be joining
Eric Carter, a student who
studied in St. Petersburg
over the summer, in a ques-tion-
and-answer session at 9
a.m. on Sept. 20, 2016 in the
Center for Global Citizen-ship.
The event will focus on
their experiences in St. Pe-tersburg
over the summer,
and a range of topics will be
discussed.
making our chapter unique
while trying to fit in with the
campus norms,” says Wright.
The recruitment process
is one of those experiences
that will be different for
students, at least as Phi Mu
finds its home on campus.
Rather than formal re-cruitment,
those interested
in Phi Mu will go through a
much more casual recruit-ment,
as the goal is to attract
students who may have been
weary about going through
the traditional process.
“There are 3 requirements
Phi Mu: Recruitment begins soon
Continued from page 1 for our process: (1) You must
register on gophimu.com;
(2) You must schedule and
attend a one-on-one inter-view;
and (3) You must at-tend
at least one recruitment
event.
The interview and re-cruitment
events are casual,
get-to-know-you kind of
events.” These events offer
a great opportunity for stu-dents
to decide whether or
not they can see themselves
as a part of this sisterhood
without the pressure of for-mal
recruitment that can de-ter
potential new members.
Recruitment for Phi Mu
begins Sept. 26th. What are
the hopes for the chapter as
the date quickly approaches?
“My hopes for our mem-bers
is that we provide for
them a sense of comfort and
community at college, that
we provide them with the
best memories and great-est
friends, that they will be
challenged and grow into
confident young women,”
shares Wright.
After shining during
the extension process and
months of preparation, the
Phi Mu team is excited to
welcome its new members
home.
NEWS September 15, 2016 3
THE SLU SCOOP
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314-977-3000
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Tuesday, September 13
10:52 p.m. AUTO ACCIDENT
A male SLU student was seriously injured
when he was struck by a vehicle heading
westbound on Lindell. Witnesses on scene
contacted EMS immediately along with
SLU DPS. Both units arrived simultane-ously
to the scene and the student was im-mediately
conveyed to SLU ER by the EMS
unit. SLMPD was contacted and was also on
scene. The student’s last known condition
was updated to “stable”. Pro Staff was noti-fied
and a RAVE messaged was sent out to
Command Staff.
Thursday, September 8
12:28 a.m. SICK CASE
Public Safety was contacted by a residential
Advisor stating that officers were needed
in reference to a student who had possibly
consumed some type of narcotic and was
behaving erratically. Officers responded
and made contact with the student. The
student was extremely paranoid and his
behavior was irrational. Minutes later the
student ran to his dorm room and barricad-ed
himself in his room. For officers and stu-dents
safety, Emergency Medical Services,
Pro Staff and Sgt. Sgt. Aycox was contacted
and arrived. Officer Manuel, Sergeant Aycox
and Willoughby made repeated attempts
to ask the student to open his door and he
refused. Using a key for entry, the officers
forced the door open. The student attempt-ing
to prevent entry reached his right hand
outside of the door attempting to strike of-ficers.
Officers struggled with the student,
but were able to subdue him. Medic 9 ar-rived
and transported the student to Saint
Louis University Hospital for treatment.
Let Us Introduce You:
Sidney Thompson
LUIY: Senior Sidney Thompson shares her experience as a student at SLU.
By ROBERT LINDSAY
Contributor
Recently canonized Saint
Teresa of Calcutta once said
“Never be so busy as to not
think of others.” For Saint
Louis University senior Sid-ney
Thompson, this isn’t just
a proverb—it is a lifestyle.
This Breese, Illinois, na-tive
came to SLU two years
ago to major in anthropol-ogy,
while tacking on dou-ble
minors in Women’s and
Gender Studies and Forensic
Science.
Throughout her years at
SLU, Sidney spent time on
the Women’s and Gender
Studies Advisory Board, the
Honors Student Association
and the Anthropology Club.
As a member of the Hon-ors
Program community,
she lived on the third floor
of Fusz, advising younger
members of the Honors Pro-gram
as a peer mentor. It
was in this position that Sid-ney
learned to love SLU and
everything it has to offer.
At SLU, the peer mentor
program consists of upper-classmen
SLU students (typ-ically
former participants of
the program as freshmen)
who shape the first-year ex-perience
of new students
through small group or one-on-
one meetings and vari-ous
social and academic ac-tivities.
Peer mentors are matched
with first-year students of
similar interests and back-grounds,
and guide them
through the often turbulent
transition to the college life-style.
In her time as a peer men-tor,
Thompson fell in love
with the community fostered
by the honors program. It
was on 3-Fusz that she met
all of her friends, living and
growing in a tight-knit group
in which caring for others
was a major principle.
Sidney credits this com-munity
as the most sig-nificant
source of growth
and support in her college
years, explaining that it was
on Fusz’s third floor where
she “learned to be calmer,
working with freshmen of
all types of backgrounds. I
learned to put people ahead
of myself.”
However, peer mentor-ship
comes with its chal-lenges,
and for Thompson,
it hasn’t always been fun and
games.
Sidney expressed that it’s
not always easy to get along
with everyone, and talked
about the difficult task of
trying to make a large group
of people happy, while still
managing to look out for
herself and not step on any-one
else’s toes.
She said, “When you
come to college, it isn’t al-ways
apparent at first what
people need from you. Ev-eryone
is different. Profes-sors
all want different things.
Some students need more
help, some need less help. It
takes time to figure out what
it takes to create a happy
community.”
In her final year at SLU,
Thompson says she has been
spending most of her time
working on applications to
graduate school.
Her end goal is to attain
a Ph.D. in forensic anthro-pology,
an ambition she has
been working toward since
she was 13 years old.
She hopes to be accepted
into the Forensic Anthropol-ogy
program at the Univer-sity
of Tennessee at Knox-ville,
the leading school in
the field.
After grad school, Sidney
plans to work in the field for
an organization such as the
United Nations, focusing on
situations in which there are
a large number of casualties,
such as mass genocides. This
work would consist of iden-tifying
bodies, similar to the
efforts put forth following
the terrorist attacks of Sep-tember
11th.
Eventually, she would
like to end up teaching at a
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university (“Hopefully SLU!”
she says). She wants to es-tablish
a forensic anthropol-ogy
research facility, more
commonly known as a body
farm, in which decomposi-tion
can be studied in a vari-ety
of settings.
As a first-generation
college student, Thomp-son
works two jobs to get
through undergrad and pre-pare
financially for graduate
school, in addition to her
regular courseload. This, on
top of the stressful and time-consuming
task of applying
to graduate school, has made
this the busiest semester the
senior has ever faced.
Still, when asked for
something that no article
about her would be complete
without, Sidney answered,
“I am very passionate about
the people and things I care
about. I love very hard, in
a very Leslie Knope-esque
way. I make sure people I
care about are taken care of.”
“
“
I love very hard, in a
Leslie Knope-esque
way. I make sure the
people I care about
are taken care of.
Sidney Thompson, senior
Tuesday, September 13
9:09 p.m. TRESPASSING
Responding to a call for a suspicious per-son,
DPS located a subject outside of Rein-ert
Hall who had earlier piggy backed into
Reinert Hall to use the bathroom. There
were no warrants on the subject, who was
released after being advised of the SLU
trespassing policy.
Ever use the recycling
bin provided for you in your
dorm room? If so, then you
have participated in sustain-able
practices on campus.
These bins are the result of
work done by the Green Bil-likens
Club, an organization
dedicated to promoting sus-tainable
practices on cam-pus.
And although the re-cycling
bins are one of their
bigger projects, they also
work in many subtler, less
visible ways to make Saint
Louis University a greener
place to be.
This is the second year of
the club’s existence. It was
started last year, and is run
by two graduate students.
The club is open to anyone,
and members join smaller
“interest groups,” which fo-cus
on more specific things
within the realm of sustain-ability.
Although each group
has its own specific sustain-ability
practices, they com-municate
and make sure that
all groups know about what
any one group is working on,
so that they can exchange
ideas and help out if needed.
Students are also encour-aged
to join more than one
group, if multiple things
within the realm of sustain-able
practice interests them.
On the club’s Google
Drive, they specify the dif-ferent
groups within the
club, focusing on sustainable
lifestyle, biodiversity, waste,
energy, education and out-reach,
and fundraising. The
club requires members to
attend a certain number of
meetings and to get so many
hours of working with the
club on sustainability events
outside of meetings.
Spencer Ruggles is the
sustainability coordinator
and graduate assistant at the
club. He has a BS in Financial
Economics at Centre College
and is working on a Masters
in Sustainability at SLU. He
got involved with the club
because he felt it was very
important for undergrads to
learn about sustainable prac-tices.
He is also working to
prepare the undergrads to
take over the club, since the
number of grad assistants is
dropping from two to one
next year. The undergrads
need to be prepared to take
over some of the events that
the club runs.
The club runs events all
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year long. They set up a table
during welcome month and
handed out blue recycling
bins and magnets. They have
tables at sporting events, try-ing
to make sure that people
are recycling their water
bottles and putting trash and
compost in the right bins.
They hold an Earth Day cel-ebration
as well as sustain-ability
conferences.
One of the biggest
events that the club does is
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