August 12, 1999

Campus quiz: This fanciful creature rumbles through the ivy beside a Hilltop Campus doorway. Which one? (Clue: the ivy has prospered since this photo was taken.)
Answer below.

Sharing hope

Asha-St. Louis, a student group at the University, is taking part in a worldwide Internet campaign Aug. 16 to raise funds for basic education in India. The national Asha ("Hope") organization is mounting the "Work an Hour" campaign to help some of the 50 million Indian children who have never seen a school.

Participants are invited to donate at least an hour's worth of their pay to support the three projects that are the beneficiaries of Work an Hour '99 a school for child laborers, another for landless children and a shelter for homeless girl students. Work an Hour '98 raised $32,000 for three schools in central India, and this year's goal is $40,000.
For more information about how to participate, call Garima Bhatia, 935-6028 (office) or 863-8286 (home) or visit the "Work an Hour" website at http://www.workanhour.com.

Volunteers sought

School of Medicine researchers continue to seek volunteers for a study evaluating how family health decisions are made. The study, funded by the National Institute on Aging, is recruiting women whose husbands (65 or older) have either heart or memory problems. Researchers are looking for factors influencing wives' decisions to consult a health care provider, treat symptoms themselves, seek advice from relatives or friends or wait and observe symptoms.

Participants will be interviewed twice in their homes or at another convenient place and will be asked to fill out daily health checklists for two weeks. Each will receive a free one-hour consultation, a Community Resource Guide and a $20 gratuity. For more information, call 286-1657.

Winner!

Washington University has been singled out as a top school in five categories of Kaplan's 1999 Guidance Counselor survey. Kaplan surveyed guidance counselors from public and private high schools across the country to find out which colleges they recommend to their students and why.

The University was selected in the following categories: Schools for the Academically Competitive Student, Schools with the Best Co-op Programs, Schools with the Best Range of Extracurricular Activities, Schools Providing a Good Liberal Arts Education and Schools Representing the Best Value for Your Money.

The complete results of this national survey have just been published in Kaplan Newsweek College Catalog 2000, which also includes detailed admissions information, required admissions tests and financial aid deadlines.

Answer: Our fanciful friend lurks in the leaves beside the main south entrance to Wilson Hall.

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