A sampling of media clippings about Lawrence University, its faculty, students, and alumni from Fall 1998 and Winter 1999. For more clippings, check out the Lawrence in the News index page.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee
February 21, 1999
Final Edition
Headline: Air of mystery Sturgeon spearfishing can be captivating
Byline: Bob Riepenhoff
Excerpt: Sturgeon spearing has always been a mystery to me. I've put in
my time, through the years, in shacks out on the frozen surface of Lake
Winnebago, peering through a hole in the ice into the cloudy depths,
hoping for a glimpse of that mystery. I found myself at it again last
Monday in the darkness of a spearing shack 2 miles offshore from
Quinney. John Van Oss of Stockbridge had invited me out for a day of
spearfishing. I first met Van Oss in 1994 when, after graduating from
Lawrence University with a degree in anthropology, he was awarded
a grant to travel in eastern Europe to study the relationship between
people and sturgeon. At that time, he showed me some of the decoys,
spearing equipment and old photographs of spearing he had collected. In
1995 and 1996, Van Oss traveled to Hungary and Romania, where he met
with scientists and government officials, worked in a sturgeon hatchery
and observed commercial fishermen on the Danube River. Van Oss plans to
write a book about his studies, and some day he would like to open a
museum in Stockbridge to display sturgeon spearing artifacts.
Madison Capital Times, Madison
February 18, 1999
All Edition
Headline: On the move
Excerpt: Named to the Lawrence University Board of Trustees are
Judith Paul, chairman of the board of Advantage Learning Systems Inc.,
Madison; and Donald Smart, president and chief executive officer of the
Charing Co., Madison.
Chronicle of Higher Education, Washington, D.C.
February 16, 1999
Headline: NSF Faculty Early Career Development Awards
Excerpt: Lawrence University, Karen Harpp, for Teaching through
Research: Plume-Ridge Interactions in the Galapagos as Focus of
Integrated Interdisciplinary Chemistry Curricular Initiative.
Boston Globe, Boston
February 15, 1999
City Edition
Headline: Jazz composers pool efforts for a rich big-band sound
Byline: Paul Robicheau, Globe Correspondent
Excerpt: The image of jazz is often of improvisers working in small
groups. But there are also composers who reach beyond classical and
big-band traditions in scoring charts for larger ensembles. In Boston,
the Jazz Composers Alliance has presented composers and musicians alike
with the opportunity to develop fresh work in such an orchestral context
since 1985. There was added inspiration in the return of orchestra
cofounder Ken Schaphorst, who moved to Wisconsin in 1991 to direct jazz
studies at Lawrence University and just released his first disc
with a big band in seven years. The CD, titled "Purple," reflects his
talent for melodic coloration and provided four of five pieces he
conducted in the second half of the concert.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee
February 10, 1999
All Edition
Headline: UW honors artist
Byline: James Auer
Excerpt: Helen Klebasadel, an artist who teaches at Lawrence
University in Appleton, has been named a recipient of the University
of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education's 1999 Outstanding Recent
Graduate Award. Klebasadel, a painter specializing in watercolors, was
honored "for distinguished achievement and leadership". Klebasadel
joined the Lawrence faculty in 1990. Last fall, two of her works were
selected for inclusion in the Art in Embassies Program, which promotes
the accomplishments of visual artists.
Chronicle of Higher Education, Washington, D.C.
February 5, 1999
Headline: Lawrence U. professor sets classic children's tale to music
Excerpt: A Lawrence University professor has put a new twist on
Jean de Brunhoff's classic tale of Babar. Catherine Kautsky, a classical
pianist and associate professor of music, has just released a compact
disk, entitled Babar, the Little Elephant, in which she pairs reading of
the coming-of-age story of the little elephant with
Francis-Jean-Poulenc's musical score "L'Histoire de Babar, le petit
elephant." Ms. Kautsky, who performs the narration and piano
accompaniment herself, says that the project helped her blend the story
that first intrigued her as a child with music she had discovered as an
adult.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee
February 4, 1999
State Edition
Headline: Lawrence names Brown coach, AD
Byline: Associated Press
Excerpt: David Brown, an assistant football coach and head coach of the
men's and women's track teams at Lawrence University since 1993,
has been appointed head football coach and athletic director. Brown
replaces Amy Procter as athletic director and Rick Coles as football
coach.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee
January 26, 1999
All Edition
Headline: Children's stories
Byline: Tom Strini
Excerpt: Pianist Catherine Kautsky, a member of the faculty at
Lawrence University in Appleton, has a new CD out on the
prestigious Vox label. Kautsky both plays and narrates Poulenc's "The
Story of Babar the Little Elephant," Jon Deak's "Shiver Me Timbers" and
three pieces by Erik Satie.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee
January 17, 1999
Early Edition
Headline: Lawrence University bars alcohol from spring festival
Byline: Associated Press
Excerpt: Lawrence University will no longer allow the sale or
consumption of alcohol at its Celebrate! spring festival. The school is
making the move primarily in the belief that the practice is not
consistent with the school's educational mission, according to Paul
Shrode, associate dean of students for activities. The annual one-day
event draws 40,000 to 50,000 people to the campus.
Wisconsin State Journal, Madison
January 15, 1999
Headline: Alcohol to be banned at Lawrence festival
Byline: Associated Press
Excerpt: The school is taking the move primarily in the belief that the
practice isn't consistent with the school's educational mission, said
Paul Shrode, associate dean of students for activities. Shrode said the
university had previously restricted alcohol use at the event through
use of non-transferable identification methods, use of standard cup
sizes, limits on the number of servings sold to an individual at one
time, use of tickets in lieu of cash at bars and training for bartenders
and festival staff members. "Nevertheless, we are concerned that we
cannot, to our satisfaction, fully control the distribution of alcoholic
beverages to those under the legal drinking age, and it is clear to us
that for at least some in attendance each year, drinking has become the
focus of their day."
Wisconsin Public Radio
January 13, 1999
Statewide
Excerpt: G. Jonathan Greenwald, Stephen Edward Scarff Distinguished
Visiting Professor of Diplomacy and Foreign Policy at Lawrence
University, was interviewed on Wisconsin Public Radio, where he
discussed the economic implications of launching the Euro currency.
Wisconsin Public Radio
January 6, 1999
Statewide
Excerpt: Lawrence Longley, professor of government at Lawrence
University, was interviewed on Wisconsin Public Radio, where he
discussed options for the U.S. Senate in the Clinton impeachment process.
Traverse City Record-Eagle, Traverse City, Michigan
January 2, 1999
Headline: TC woman working to link art and geology
Excerpt: Her goal is to make science beautiful, combining her study of
geology with her love of art. After six months at the Biosphere 2 Center
near Tucson, Ariz., Jenee Rowe of Traverse City has merged the two by
designing a playground to teach children about the food web. Rowe's
concept received an encouraging reaction from the executive board of
Biosphere 2. Rowe's experience at Biosphere 2 included 16 weeks of class
work, an independent study course and work on an internship with NASA,
which gave her an additional eight weeks at the complex. A geology major
at Lawrence University in Wisconsin, Rowe was one of 50
students chosen throughout the country to participate in Biosphere 2's
Earch Semester, which addresses the environment on a global basis, the
consequences of human impact and strategies for planetary management.
Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago
December 9, 1998
Headline: Finding Rhodes to success
Byline: Neil Steinberg
Excerpt: James Merrell discovered the joys of Indian food. Maureen
McLane studied English lit in the same halls where some of it was
written. Stuart Swetland realized he not only wanted to convert to
Catholicism, but also become a priest. "It was also an interesting
cultural and intellectual adjustment, to meet with your professor once a
week and write an essay once a week, as they do under the English
tutorial system," said Merrell, a history professor at Northwestern
University. "It was a tremendously enriching experience. Oxford is a
world university; very different from Lawrence University in
Appleton, Wis., with 1,200 students."
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee
December 2, 1998
All Edition
Headline: Art for ambassador
Byline: James Auer
Excerpt: Helen Klebasadel, an associate professor of art at Lawrence
University, Appleton, has had two of her works selected for
installation at the official residence of the U.S. ambassador to Sri
Lanka. Two watercolor paintings were chosen for inclusion in the Art in
Embassies Program, which promotes the accomplishments of America's
visual artists. The Appleton artist's works are of special significance
for the ambassador, Shawn Donnelly, since he and his wife, Susan, are
graduates of Lawrence.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee
December 1, 1998
Final Edition
Headline: Zukerman named to MSO residency. Violinist, violist, conductor to hold three-year post
Byline: Tom Strini
Excerpt: Pinchas Zukerman, the internationally known violinist, violist
and conductor, will be artist-in-residence with the Milwaukee Symphony
Orchestra. "We are not calling Pinchas our principal guest conductor,
because he is more than just a conductor," said Steven A. Ovitsky, the
MSO's executive director and vice president. Zukerman's most recent
appearances with the Milwaukee Symphony were last March and in January
1996. During his 1996 Milwaukee engagement, Zukerman devoted his
Saturday morning to a master class with Milwaukee Youth Symphony
Orchestra players at the Marcus Center's Vogel Hall and, through
interactive video, with students at Lawrence University in
Appleton.
Chronicle of Higher Education, Washington, D.C.
November 13, 1998
Headline: A self-styled expert's "inside" look at colleges. High-school counselors pay Frederick Rugg for reports and seminars, but some colleges object
Byline: Ben Gose
Excerpt: Frederick E. Rugg refereed college basketball for 16 years in
the 1970s and '80s, but never made the big time. He was sent to
institutions such as Middlebury College, Dartmouth College, and
Lawrence University, where student athletes attend class, even if
their jump shots end with a clang as often as a swoosh. Mr. Rugg's
middling tenure in refereeing prepared him for a different career. He is
now a self-proclaimed expert on admissions. And as he travels around
country talking with high-school guidance counselors about colleges, he
often gives top billing to out-of-the-way liberal-arts institutions.
Guidebooks on college admissions are everywhere these days, but Mr. Rugg
is one of the few experts who can schedule a seminar and draw a decent
crowd. His own book, Rugg's Recommendations on the Colleges (Rugg's
Recommendations 1998), is a dry work filled with lists of the best
colleges for students who are interested in various academic majors. He
saves the "behind the scenes" dirt --which colleges are hot, which are
not -- for his seminars, which he conducts about once month, usually in
upper-middle-class suburban areas.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee
November 8, 1998
Early Edition
Headline: A career worth noting. Active at 74, piano teacher has guided 1,000 students
Byline: Associated Press
Excerpt: For half a century now, Nancy Van Den Elsen--Mrs. Van to her
students--has helped young people locate not only middle C but their
pride and hidden talents. Her former piano students number more than
1,000, spread near and far, but all are able to trace their musical
awakening to the same modest house and the same firm, patient teacher.
There are few families in this community or the Fox Cities who haven't
been touched in some way by Van Den Elsen. At 74, she still has 90
students, some as young as 5, others in their teens. She spends 45 hours
each week just teaching, plus more time researching and preparing. Van
Den Elsen started taking piano lessons herself as a second-grader,
taught by the nuns at St. Mary's Catholic School in Appleton. She
excelled at all things musical, graduating with a music degree from
Lawrence University. Her dream was to play viola with a major
symphony. "Back then, these big symphonies weren't hiring any women,"
she says. "They said we weren't dependable enough."
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee
November 2, 1998
Final Edition
Headline: Dispute over comatose baby extremely rare, experts say.
Court battle over whether girl should be taken off life support draws attention
Byline: Eldon Knoche
Excerpt: The facts surrounding the dispute over whether a 9-month-old
comatose girl should be taken off life support at Children's Hospital of
Wisconsin make the case extremely rare, not only in Wisconsin but also
nationwide, medical ethicists and legal experts say. In Appleton,
professor John Stanley, director of Lawrence University's
biomedical ethics program, has been working for four years on a project
to establish guidelines to determine which seriously and terminally ill
patients should get potentially life-saving, intensive medical care.
Stanley was not aware of the infant's case until a reporter described it
to him, but the professor said actions by physicians at Children's
Hospital appeared to be consistent with the guidelines his project had
developed. It is "very reasonable to initiate a trial of support to see
if the infant could benefit from continued treatment," he said of the
hospital's original effort to put the baby on life support. If a patient
does not respond "after a certain amount of time, it's responsible for
the hospital to say that the patient can no longer benefit from
continued treatment."
Star Tribune, Minneapolis
November 1, 1998
Sunday First City Edition
Headline: Music teacher strikes right chord with students
Byline: The Associated Press
Extract: For half a century, Nancy Van Den Elsen--Mrs. Van to her
students--has helped young people locate not only Middle C but their
self-esteem and hidden talents. Her former piano students number more
than 1,000, spread near and far. All are able to trace their musical
awakening to the same modest house in this east-central Wisconsin city
and the same firm, patient teacher. Van Den Elsen started taking piano
lessons as a second-grader, taught by the nuns at St. Mary's Catholic
School in Appleton. "What else was there to do in the 1930s?" she said.
She excelled at all things musical, graduating with a music degree from
Lawrence University. Her dream was to play viola with a major
symphony. "Back then, these big symphonies weren't hiring any women.
They said we weren't dependable enough."
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee
October 30, 1998
Metro Edition
Headline: Cloak displayed passion for theater, university
Byline: Eldon Knoche
Excerpt: F. Theodore Cloak, founder of Lawrence University's
theater department and a faculty member from 1929-69, died of natural
causes Tuesday in Appleton. He was 94. In the 1940s he was among the
first in the Midwest to stage plays in an arena theater setting and in
1958 directed the first non-professional production of Samuel Beckett's
"Endgame" in the U.S., in the basement of the university's Memorial
Union. In his career at Lawrence, Cloak taught thousands of aspiring
actors, technicians and playwrights and oversaw more than 120
productions, including 80 he directed himself. "I owe him a lot," said
stage and screen actor Jeffrey Jones, who played the beleaguered
principal in the movie, "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," and Emperor Joseph
II in the motion picture version of "Amadeus." Jones, raised in New
York, had planned a medical career when he visited Lawrence in the
mid-1960s to decide on his undergraduate college. Few people were on the
campus the day he was there, and he happened into Cloak's office. "He
jumped up and showed me the whole school," Jones said. The young man was
so impressed by Cloak's enthusiasm that he not only chose Lawrence but
changed his major to theater. He graduated in 1968.
KCSN Public Radio, Northridge, California
October 30, 1998
Statewide
Excerpt: Edmund Kern, associate professor of history at Lawrence
University, was interviewed on KCSN Public Radio, where he discussed
stereotypes of witches and their historical antecedents.
Madison Capital Times, Madison
October 23, 1998
All Edition
Headline: Hard medical decisions urged. No care for terminal babies?
Byline: The Associated Press
Excerpt: Medical care might be withheld from terminally ill babies and
other patients if hospitals adopt guidelines proposed by study
committees representing doctors, lawyers and other professionals. The
Wisconsin guidelines come from a four-year study as a project of
Lawrence University's Program in Biomedical Ethics and a
nonprofit group called Wisconsin Health Decisions. The guidelines are
the first ever proposed for an entire state, said project director John
M. Stanley, a professor of medical ethics at Lawrence University in
Appleton. The guidelines, which hospitals would not be required to obey,
include: withholding CPR for heart attacks affecting an intensive care
patient with disabling lung, heart or kidney illness if the burden of
care is greater than the health benefit for the patient; withholding
curative treatment for someone in a vegetative state; considering it
unreasonable to provide curative treatment for babies born prematurely
at no more than 23 weeks of pregnancy. "These are standards for good
medicine, not just efficient medicine," Stanley said.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee
October 23, 1998
Final Edition
Headline: Guidelines say when to let life end. Hospitals in state would
not be bound in any cases
Byline: Neil D. Rosenberg
Excerpt: Wisconsin has become the first state in the nation to establish
guidelines to determine who among the seriously and terminally ill
should get potentially life-saving intensive medical care. CPR should
not be given for heart arrest in an intensive-care patient with
progressive, disabling heart, lung or kidney disease, where the burden
of cure-oriented care is greater than the medical benefit to the
patient. The guidelines are the product of an ambitious four-year
project that grew out of a one-day conference in 1994. Dubbed the
Guidelines for the Responsible Utilization of Intensive Care, it was a
project of the Lawrence University Program in Biomedical Ethics,
in cooperation with a non-profit organization called Wisconsin Health
Decisions. "These are standards for good medicine, not just efficient
medicine," said John M. Stanley, the project director and Edward F.
Mielke Professor of Ethics in Medicine, Science and Society at Lawrence
University in Appleton. "This should replace the judgments that merely
asked 'Is it covered?' or 'Is it costly?'"
The Associated Press State & Local Wire
October 23, 1998
State and Regional
Headline: Doctors propose ethics rules for terminally ill
Dateline: Milwaukee
Excerpt: Medical care might be withheld from terminally ill babies and
other patients if hospitals adopt guidelines proposed by study
committees representing doctors, lawyers and other professionals. The
Wisconsin guidelines come from a four-year study as a project of
Lawrence University's Program in Biomedical Ethics and a
nonprofit group called Wisconsin Health Decisions. The guidelines are
the first ever proposed for an entire state, said project director John
M. Stanley, a professor of medical ethics at Lawrence University in
Appleton. "These are standards for good medicine, not just efficient
medicine," Stanley said. They can replace judgments that sometimes are
based only on whether a treatment is affordable, Stanley said. "This
doesn't mean we should ignore the costs," he said, "but says what would
be good medicine and what would be an abuse of medicine wholly apart
from costs."
[Coverage of the guidelines also appeared on CNN Online Interactive and in the San Diego Union-Tribune, Albuquerque Tribune, Meridian (Miss.) Star, Denver Rocky Mountain News, Rapid City (S. Dak.) Journal, Salisbury (N. Car.) Post, Sharon (Penn.) Herald, Beloit News, Janesville Gazette, Wisconsin Rapids Tribune, Rhinelander Daily News, Stevens Point Journal, and Marshfield News-Herald.]
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee
October 20, 1998
State Edition
Headline: Election 98. Traditionally tough Petri faces only a Taxpayers
Party foe
Byline: Peter Maller
Excerpt: No surprises are expected in the 6th Congressional District in
central Wisconsin, where longtime Republican incumbent Thomas Petri
faces only one challenger: Timothy Farness of the U.S. Taxpayers Party.
The Democrats are not fielding a candidate this time around. "Tom has
been a very strong vote-getter over the years," said Larry Longley, a
professor of American government at Lawrence University in
Appleton. "He tends to go between winning with a very large percentage,
or having no opposition at all."
Wisconsin Public Radio
October 19, 1998
Statewide
Excerpt: Lawrence Longley, professor of government at Lawrence
University, was interviewed on Wisconsin Public Radio, where he
discussed third-party candidates in the upcoming election.
St. Paul Pioneer Press, Minneapolis-St. Paul
October 18, 1998
Headline: Huge rock means hi-jinks for fraternity members. Appleton college
is site of pranks with two-ton stone
Byline: The Associated Press
Excerpt: It appears some pranksters on the Lawrence University
campus have been playing games with a 2-ton rock. Late last week, the
Phi Delta Theta and Delta Tau Delta fraternities struggled for ownership
of a 4,700-pound rock. For generations, students have moved the rock
back and forth across campus in a series of late-night pranks. For more
than 20 years, the rock's location remained a mystery, until members of
the Class of 1967 revealed at their 20-year reunion that they had buried
the rock. The class had the rock unearthed in 1987. For several years
now, the rock has been on the lawn of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity
house. That was until the Delta Tau Delta house rented earth-moving
equipment in September and moved the rock to their lawn. Moving it seems
to be fair game from the end of summer until midnight Friday of
Homecoming weekend. Wherever the rock is at midnight Friday, it remains
there for the rest of the year. As the stone-moving deadline neared last
week, the rock began to roll. Thursday morning, the university helped
the Phi Delta Thetas move the rock to their lawn when it was discovered
the fraternity was going to scoop the boulder out from its location
above a buried Internet cable. Thursday afternoon, members of Delta Tau
Delta arrived with a tow truck to reclaim the boulder but left after
members of Phi Delta Theta sat in front of the stone and refused to
move. The driver shut down the rig and members from each fraternity met
and eventually reached a compromise. Members of Delta Tau Delta were
allowed to move the rock to the lawn of the Sampson House, which holds
the president's office.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee
October 18, 1998
Final Edition
Headline: Three singers advance in Metropolitan opera audition.
Baritone, lyric soprano, mezzo win $2,467 each, will compete in regionals
Byline: Thomas Strini
Excerpt: Baritone Paul Busselberg, lyric soprano Rebecca Pyper and mezzo
Allison Hull were the winners of the annual Metropolitan Opera Eastern
Wisconsin District Auditions, held Saturday at Carroll College's
Shattuck Auditorium in Waukesha. Hull, 25, was a favorite in the
competition, for singers age 19 to 33. She won it in the fall of 1996
and placed third in the regionals. Hull lives in Milwaukee and studies
with William Lavonis in the master's program at the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She has a bachelor's degree from Lawrence
University in Appleton.
The Associated Press State & Local Wire
October 17, 1998
Headline: Standoff ends in compromise
Dateline: Appleton, Wis.
Excerpt: It appears some pranksters on the Lawrence University
campus have been playing games with a 2-ton rock. Late last week, the
Phi Delta Theta and Delta Tau Delta fraternities struggled for ownership
of a 4,700-pound rock. "The rock" arrived more than 100 years ago when
the Class of 1895 moved the stone to campus on a flatbed railroad car
and presented it to the school as a class gift. For generations,
students have moved the rock back and forth across campus in a series of
late-night pranks. For more than 20 years, the rock's location remained
a mystery, until members of the Class of 1967 revealed at their 20-year
reunion that they had buried the rock. The class had the rock unearthed
in 1987. For several years now, the rock has been on the lawn of the Phi
Delta Theta fraternity house. That was until the Delta Tau Delta house
rented earth-moving equipment in September and moved the rock to their
lawn. Moving it seems to be fair game from the end of summer until
midnight Friday of Homecoming weekend. Wherever the rock is at midnight
Friday, it remains there for the rest of the year. As the stone-moving
deadline neared last week, the rock began to roll. Thursday morning, the
university helped the Phi Delta Thetas move the rock to their lawn when
it was discovered the fraternity was going to scoop the boulder out from
its location above a buried Internet cable. Thursday afternoon, members
of Delta Tau Delta arrived with a tow truck to reclaim the boulder but
left after members of Phi Delta Theta sat in front of the stone and
refused to move. The driver shut down the rig and members from each
fraternity met and eventually reached a compromise. Members of Delta Tau
Delta were allowed to move the rock to the lawn of the Sampson House,
which holds the president's office.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee
October 10, 1998
Final Edition
Headline: Strategy lets UW endowment weather Wall Street's ups, downs. Level of funding is tied to average stock performance over past three to five years
Byline: Jack Norman
Excerpt: When it comes to investment strategy, there's short-term,
mid-term, long-term, really long-term, and then there's the University
of Wisconsin Foundation. Like his counterparts across the state who
manage big investment funds for universities and philanthropic
foundations, [Sandy] Wilcox uses techniques so that huge drops in stock
prices don't translate into collapsing income for valuable programs. At
Lawrence University in Appleton, where the endowment is worth
about $130 million, "we can manage the endowment to take care of ups and
downs," said Bill Hodgkiss, vice president for business affairs and
administration. "But a greater impact is on students," he said. That's
because big stock losses for students' parents may mean not enough cash
to pay tuition. Lawrence already has lost some Asian students because
the global stock-market plunge hit there first, Hodgkiss said.
Second-semester registration will be the time to judge the impact on
students from the United States and the rest of the world, he said.
Detroit News, Detroit
October 3, 1998
Metro Section
Headline: Look overseas for guidance in managing HMOs, ethicist says
Byline: John Flesher, The Associated Press
Excerpt: Health maintenance organizations should learn from national
health care systems in other countries as they strive for greater public
acceptance, a medical ethicist says. HMOs and other managed care
providers generally treat patients fairly and offer good-quality
service, said John M. Stanley, a professor at Lawrence University
in Appleton, Wis. But widely publicized horror stories of patients
sacrificed on the altar of profit have shaken public confidence, he
said. Stanley was speaking Friday at the opening session of the Michigan
State Medical Society's second conference on bioethics. "At best, (HMOs)
are a very good solution to our problem," he said in an interview before
the conference. "At worst, they're a disaster. The thing that alarms me
is the overwhelming, negative attitude toward managed care."
The Associated Press State & Local Wire
October 2, 1998
State and Regional
Headline: Look elsewhere for guidance in managing HMOs, ethicist says
Byline: John Flesher, Associated Press Writer
Dateline: Mackinaw Island
Excerpt: Health maintenance organizations should learn from national
health care systems in other countries as they strive for greater public
acceptance, a medical ethicist says. HMOs and other managed care
providers generally treat patients fairly and offer good-quality
service, said John M. Stanley, a professor at Lawrence University
in Appleton, Wis. But widely publicized horror stories of patients
sacrificed on the altar of profit have shaken public confidence, he
said. Stanley was speaking Friday at the opening session of the Michigan
State Medical Society's second conference on bioethics. "At best, (HMOs)
are a very good solution to our problem," he said in an interview before
the conference. "At worst, they're a disaster. The thing that alarms me
is the overwhelming, negative attitude toward managed care."
[Coverage of Stanley's appearance at the Michigan State Medical Society conference also appeared in the Grand Rapids (Mich.) Press, Lansing State Journal, Flint Journal, Kalamazoo Gazette, and Battle Creek Enquirer. Altogether, the story ran in more than 12 Michigan papers, with a total circulation of of over 600,000.
Wisconsin State Journal, Madison
September 21, 1998
All Edition
Headlilne: Year in the Arctic fulfills dreams of man's lifetime
Byline: Dennis McCann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Excerpt: As a boy, Matt Magolan, now 24, would sit behind his
grandfather's recliner with National Geographic magazines and, while the
grown-ups talked, he would silently travel the world. He was especially
fascinated by the Arctic, cold and primitive but alluring enough that
when he graduated from Lawrence University in 1997 with an
$18,000 fellowship he could use to travel anywhere in the world outside
the United States, Magolan chose the Arctic. His flight of fancy was to
kayak up Hudson Bay to the small Inuit village of Inukjuak in Quebec to
live among people whose language and customs were beyond foreign to
someone from New London, Wis., and to come to know their lives. "I am
living in the third world of North America," he wrote in his first
report to the Rhode Island-based Thomas J. Watson Foundation, which
funded his fellowship, "and like third world nations the world over,
there is both beauty and tragedy."
Christian Science Monitor, Boston
September 8, 1998
All Edition
Headline: The confessions of a big-city transfer student
Byline: Tara Shingle
Excerpt: Occupying a not too-large piece of America, nestled among the
paper mills of Wisconsin's heartland, is what I've found to be a
down-to-earth, welcoming university. It is a school chock full of
opportunity. But in order to recognize that--and this isn't at all
criticism--I had to look a little below the surface. I was attending a
larger, well-known school in a big city back East, where there was all
the action and excitement you could ever want. To this day, I can't
quite explain what drew me to Wisconsin. Was it the cheese? helpful
friends suggest. The cows? The scenery? The farms? Certainly, the school
offered everything else I needed. It academics looked top-notch. The
softball coach had promised me a spot on the roster, and my high school
counselor had nothing but praise for the conservatory of music. So now
that I've been a Lawrentian for six months, I can tell you, the rumors
are true--you won't find all-night discos, packed streets, or frequent
surprise in Appleton. No, for me, this place represents a different kind
of action, one that comes from the heart. It's a busy life, with
fulfillment through situations I certainly hadn't anticipated. Indeed,
opportunity knocks in mysterious ways. So, in a few days, I'll pack up
and leave the big city to head back out to Appleton. Much as I'm
embarrassed to say it--for the first time in a long while, I can't wait
to go back to school.
Tara Shingle is a senior at Lawrence University, in Appleton, Wis., majoring in music and East Asian languages.