October 8, 1998
Campus quiz: These iron hands mark the passing of time from which Hilltop building? (Answer below.)
Staying healthy
What's the nutritional value of that lunch you grabbed? Do you know your blood pressure and cholesterol level? Find out that and more at the Health Fair '98, taking place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 23 in the lower level of Mallinckrodt Center.
Sponsored by the Office of Human Resources, the Student Health and Counseling Service and the Student Health Advisory Committee, the fair will offer information stations on health issues, including dental care, blood pressure and heart rate, eating and mental health concerns, HIV/AIDS and the nutritional value of campus food. There is a minimal fee for some services, including cholesterol evaluations and flu shots. The first 400 faculty, staff or students with University identification will receive free flu shots.
For more information, students may call the Student Health and Counseling Service and faculty and staff may call the human resources office.
Family leave
Washington University, in compliance with the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, provides eligible employees up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave for certain family and medical reasons. Employees may take unpaid leave to care for their children after birth or placement for adoption or foster care; to care for spouses, sons, daughters or parents with serious health conditions; or because of their own serious health conditions rendering them unable to do their jobs. To be eligible, employees must have worked for the University for at least one year, including at least 1,250 hours during the previous 12 months. (From the Hilltop Campus "Summary of Policies and Procedures" staff handbook.)
College enrollment
The U. S. Department of Labor's Monthly Labor Review reports that substantially more women are enrolling in college than men: Of 1997 high school graduates, 70.3 percent of the women went on to college, as compared to 63.5 percent of the men.
Did you know?
The ornate gated entrance to Francis Field marks the site where the first Olympian Games held in the Western Hemisphere took place in 1904. Only the third Olympics of modern times, the games were held on the field and in the adjacent gymnasium. The World's Fair shared the attention on campus that year; Brookings Hall was the fair's headquarters, and Ridgley housed an exhibition of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee gifts.
Answer: This timepiece faces west across Brookings Quadrangle from the center archway.
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