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Middle school benefits from JaywalkMoney raisedby Jaywalkhelps topayfor theJesuit MiddleSchool's newgym floor andother renova tions. Connelly said the size of the school really contributes toeach student’s education.“What is your chance of getting into those kids’ lives [in abigger school]?” he said.These things wouldn’t be possible without Jaywalk, awalk/run sponsored by Creighton Students Union that benefitsJesuit Middle School. The event, being held Saturday, has raised 11,000 for the school in it’s two-year history.About 80 percent of the school’s students come from lowincome families, Connelly said.The school cuts costs where it can. Instead of hiring aBy KATIE RYANSpecial Sections EditorAmidst an army of uniformly dressed 9- to 14-year-olds,Tony Connelly walks the halls of the old YMCA building. Heknows every name, every smile, every story. As a middle schoolprincipal, he feels it is his job to know.“To get to know these kids, you’ve got to see the signs,” hesaid.At Jesuit Middle School, the classes are kept small to en courage community between students, and also between stu dents and the administration. In its 10th year, the school teaches68 male students in grades four through eight.Photo byMatt AnzurTURN TO “JAYWALK” PAGE 2Burt Street goes both waysPhoto by Matt AnzurBurt Street will change to a two-way street on Saturday. At the completion of the Burt Street and Cuming Street construction project,Burt and Cuming both will be two-way and drivers will be able to enter and exit 1-480 and Highway 75 North from Cuming Street.New dean familiar withCreighton’s programBy SARAH SMITHHead Copy EditorThis school year marks the 100 th anniver sary of Creighton’s dental school, and no one ismore excited about ushering in a second cen tury of dental education .than the new dentalschool dean, Dr. Steven Friedrichsen.Friedrichsen replaced the former dean,Dr. Wayne Barkmeier, on Aug. 1. He hasworked with Creighton’s dental school in thepast through the Idaho Dental Education Pro gram. Through the program students take oneyear of dental school at Idaho State Universityand transfer to Creighton to finish the remain ing three years. He was the director of thisprogram and the chairman of the departmentof Dental Sciences at Idaho State University inPocatello.Friedrichsen said his affiliation withCreighton made for a good transition fromPocatello to Omaha.“I knew a lot of the faculty and staff beTURN TO “DEAN” PAGE 2SATURDAY/ - “High: 73 'Low: 55,‘3'Photo by Kasey ConnorPhoto by Jon SeagrassSteven Friedrichsen, D.D.S., replaced for merdean of the dental school Wayne Bark meier, D.D.S., on Aug. 1.‘Cloudy?,.1 .Chance of Rain"ALow: 55‘‘‘A’***?-* .* PAGE 3: Have problems with life decisions? You may have a quarterlife crisis. PAGE 6: New computer-based MCAT may have mixed results.The SceneSUNDAY' High: 7956 Students search for career optionsBusiness senior Theresa Adams and alumna Jodi Taylor work at the National Re search Corporation booth with Jean Ehrenberg, who advises Business senior Antho ny Romano at the Career Fair on Wednesday.Weekend WeatherFRIDAYBy HOLLY MORRISAssistant News EditorParking woes will be stalled for about 50drivers a day beginning Saturday, when BurtStreet opens to two-way traffic from approxi mately 15th Street to 30th Street.People should use extra caution drivingduring the transition, said Lennis Pederson,associate vice president for Administrationand director of Facilities Management. He saidthe city of Omaha probably will mark parallelparking along the north side of Burt Streetwithin the next week.“Having Burt two-way and adding thatparking is a real milestone in Creighton be coming a pedestrian campus,” Pederson said.The left turn onto Burt from 30th Streetshould be available in mid-October, Pedersonsaid.Pederson said that traffic on Burt Street ismuchlighter than it has been in the past. Stop lights for bidirectional traffic will be added,and both Burt and Cuming Streets will con tinue to have occasional lane closures over thenext three years.“Burt Street traffic will become mostlyjustCreighton traffic,” Pederson said. “There’s not alot of reason for other people to travel it.”Pederson added that construction is ontrack for Creighton’s two new parking garagesto open Jan. 6. A; student flq sKatrina dhas to Yleave his band behihd at the same time.Chance ofRainThe Atmospheric Science SocietyPAGE S : the New York Yankee minorleague system this summer.-' ' PAGE 16
23 September 2005THE CREIGHTONIAN2 NewsDEAN: Friedrichsen gets used to large programWEEKLY CAMPUSSAFETY REPORT9/12/2005 10:42 p.m. A student in jured his shoulder while playing intramuralfootball at the CU Sports Complex and wastransported to CUMC for treatment.9/14/2005 6:20 p.m. A student reportedan iPod, cell phone and bag missing from hisunlocked locker in the Boyne Building.7 p.m. A student reported his vehiclemissing from the Burt Street parking lot.9:40 p.m. A student reported hit andrun damage to her vehicle parked on Ware ham Parkway.9:45 p.m. A student reported hit andrun damage to her vehicle parked in the BurtStreet parking lot.11:32 p.m. An intoxicated student was.transported by Public Safety from KiewitHall to CUMC for treatment.9/16/2005 4 p.m. A student reporteddamage to the windshield of his vehicleparked in the baseball field parking lot.9/17/2005 12:38 p.m. Boyne Building.Officers banned and barred a juvenile actingsuspiciously at the Boyne Building on cam pus.9/19/2005 3:30 p.m. A student report ed his unattended binder of DVD’s missingfrom the fifth floor commons area of Galla-'gher Hall.JAYWALK: Walk/run event has raised 11,000 overthe past two years for Jesuit Middle Schoolreceptionist, parents answer phones and alsowork to pay tuition. If no parent can come in,Connelly or another faculty member picks upthose duties.Teachers and faculty coach one of the fourbasketball teams on the recently refurbishedgym floor, which was hand-laid by volunteers,Connelly said.The floor and gym repairs were purchasedwith money raised from Jaywalk, Jesuit MiddleSchool’s annual fundraiser, he said.At the time ofpress, more than 500 peoplehad registered, surpassing the number ofpeople who participated last year, said JoshuahMarshall, CSU vice president of Student Af fairs.This year, CSU is allowing students to reg ister online or pay the registration fee with Jay bucks. The walk is also conveniently scheduledduring Family Weekend, Marshall said.For those who are looking to participatebut still have not signed up, late registrationwill be available until 7 a.m. the day of theevent, said CSU President Heidi Blissenbachsaid. Students can sign up for 15 and all otherparticipants can sign up for 20.Jaywalk hopes to raise 5,000 this year,Blissenbach said.Helping Jesuit Middle School is importantbecause Jaywalk is one of the few times thatCreighton University, Creighton PreparatorySchool and Jesuit Middle School combine for a local cause, Blissenbach said.For those wanting to make somethingother than a monetary donation, Jesuit MiddleSchool is looking for volunteers to tutor andcoach, Connelly said.Giving one’s time is also important, Mar shall said, because young male students need astrong influence, especially a male influence.“The only way to help the community isthrough education,” Blissenbach said.fore I came here,” Friedrichsen said.The size difference between the dentalprograms at Creighton and ISU was somethinghe had to get used to.Currently there are 335 students enrolledin the Creighton School of Dentistry, and thereare eight first-year dental students enrolled atISU. Friedrichsen said the ISU dental faculty isone-tenth of the size of Creighton’s. .“Everything’s magnified ten-fold,” Fried richsen said.Friedrichsen’s duties at Creighton aresimilar to his duties at ISU. He said his job isto. make sure everything in the dental schoolrunswell.“From a management standpoint I have tomake sure everything is in practice. But morethan that it’s providing some guidance for thedental school.”He likes several things about Creighton’sdental program, especially its method of edu cation.“I like’the fact that we’re still focused oneducating the general dentist.”He feels the same about the way the dentalstudents are treated.“Here at Creighton they’re the focus of thedental program, and I very much like that.”Although Friedrichsen is happy overallwith the dental school, he wants to make somechanges.“We need to look at making some changesin the curriculum. There are some things wecan do technologically to bolster the curricu lum.”Students spend their first two years ofdental school learning dental techniques andthe last two years applying those techniques topatients.“Sometimes when they study biochemis try or anatomy, it’s hard for them to see wherethat’s going as far as patient care,” Friedrichsensaid.He also would like to make changes to thedental school’s physical facilities.“When it was built, Bill Gates was still inschool,” he said. Construction of the dentalschool was completed in 1973.Although Friedrichsen enjoys workingat Creighton, there are some things he missesabout Idaho.“[I miss] the mountains and the drymountain air.”Even so, he likes being in Omaha.“I love the sunrises and the thunder storms. They’re ---------CREIGHTONIANDoes something about Creighton annoy you? What should we becovering? Feel like we missed an angle to a story? 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23 September 2005News 3THE CREIGHTONIANConquering the quarterlife blues College students often havea harsh adjustment to theresponsibilities of real life.By THERESA FARRAGEReporterOverwhelmed. Frustrated. Confused. Anxious. Clueless.On any given day you will probably hear a Creighton studentcomplaining of these symptoms. These symptoms, however, can not be cured by a visit to Student Health. You may want to try theCareer Center.You aren’t afflicted with some disease. You might be suffer ing from the quarterlife crisis. There’s no pill to pop, just somehelpful advice from people who have experienced it.Margaret Feinberg is one of a handful of people, who havewritten about the quarterlife crisis.“The quarterlife or twentysomething crisis is a time of soulsearching and wonder as we seek to discover not only who we are,but also who we are created to be,” Feinberg said in an e-mail.Feinberg, who wrote the book “Twentysomething: Survivingand Thriving in the Real World,” said one reason for the quarter life crisis is that a generation is getting married later in life.That has “opened up a window oftime for many twentysome things to ask tough questions about their purpose, what’s reallyimportant in life and discover who they really are,” she said.Arts & Sciences senior Suzie Schierbrock said she is familiarwith the term quarterlife crisis.“I think of the quarterlife crisis as graduating from collegestill not knowing what you want to do with your life and wonder ing if what you majored in was the right decision. Then, on top ofthat, is the added stress of not being able to find a job and gettingthrust into the real world, realizing that your life will never be ascarefree as it once was,” Schierbrock said.Author Abby Wilner coined the term quarterlife crisis in1997 after graduating from college. She was a psychology majorwho didn’t know what to do with the rest of her life, couldn’t getanyone to hire her, moved back with her parents and lost her so cial network because her friends were scattered all over.“It seemed obvious to me that it was in a sense the oppositeof a mid-life crisis, when everything becomes stagnant and youlook for excitement. The quarterlife crisis is a time of too muchGraphic by Kathryn Bradyinstability and trying to figure out your identity as an adult,”said Wilner, who wrote the book “Quarterlifer’s Companion.”Jason Boyett, author of “Pocket Guide to Adulthood,” un derstands the pressure many college students are facing.“Your 20s are a time when you are forced to make majordecisions like what to do with your life, where to live, who tomarry, how to handle finances, that have all kinds of bearingon your future,” Boyett said.This pressure can seem overwhelming to most studentswho have a hard enough time juggling their current studentstatus, let alone thinking of their future.Arts & Sciences junior Tori Blake is an art major who alsohappens to be pre-med. She is confused about her future.“I’m sick and tired of talking about it because everyonealways asks me what I am going to do with the rest of my life orhow I am going to combine science and art and I don’t have ananswer for it,” Blake said.Blake may not have an answer for the quarterlife crisis,but Feinberg, Boyett and Wilner do.The consensus among these authors is not to rush any thing. Take the time to explore the possibilities, try differentthings, pursue different career paths and, most important, fol low your own path.“Don’t put yourself in a box. You may feel pressure fromfamily members and well-meaning friends, but the truth isthat you have time to learn, explore and grow on your own,”Feinberg said.If you are confused about a major or if you need to finda job after graduation, the Creighton Career Center is a greatsource to tap into. Visit the Web site at www.creighton.edu/careercenter or contact Sandy Ciriaco, the coordinator andcounselor in the Career Center, at ciriaco@creighton.edu.According to the three authors and Ciriaco, it is impor tant to talk to your peers who are experiencing the same feel ings. Visit with an adviser. Take time to travel or volunteer. Trydifferent internships. Enjoy your 20s.Some people say the quarterlife crisis is an excuse to putoff the real world. Others feel the quarterlife crisis is not com mon. Feinberg says otherwise.“The quarterlife crisis definitely has people who believethat the idea is just an imaginary idea concocted by youngadults. But most of those people are part of a previous genera tion and never had to face the economic, social, technologicaland psychological issues that we’re faced with today,” Feinbergsaid. “The quarterlife crisis is very, very real to anyone who hasever experienced it.”While some are staying in school until they figure it out,others are patiently waiting for that exact moment when theyknow what they want out of life.“I’m still waiting for some illuminating sign to hit me tell ing me what I should do,” Schierbrock said.Share your space, but live on your own.Get everything for your dorm room at Walmart.com and still afford tuition.WAL*MART'.always low pricesWalmart.com
23 September 2005THE CREIGHTONIAN4 NewsBuildings get bird’s eye point of viewCREIGHTON STAYS ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY Campus development leaves chimneyswifts without a place to call home.Mixing Creighton blue with Mother Nature greenAlthough campus construction has taken awaysome of the chimneys where swifts roost,officials say the university has taken thefollowing steps to protect the environment: Timed irrigationEnergy-efficient buildingsControl of emissions from research buildingsLead testing in development areaPlans to add bike racksGraphic by Kathryn Brady, Photo by Matt AnzurSave 1OOonMCATprep!By HOLLY MORRISAssistant EditorStudents, faculty and staff aren’t the onlyones at Creighton whose feathers are ruffledwhen they can’t find somewhere to park.As Creighton’s oldest buildings are razedto make room for new ones, chimney swiftsmay be left without a place to roost, said swiftenthusiast Jim Ducey, who has been watchingbirds for more than 35 years.Ducey is concerned that development oncampus and in Omaha’s north downtown areawill force the birds away.“If they want north downtown develop ment, they need swifts,” Ducey said.Chimney swifts are gray-brown birds withslender bodies, blunt tails and short, wide bills.Ducey said the birds are good for pest controlbecause they eat insects in large quantities.Without swifts, Creighton and Omaha mighthave to resort to using dangerous pesticides,Ducey said.Lennis Pederson, associate vice presidentfor Administration and director of FacilitiesManagement, said the declining swift popula tion may make those birds less prevalent oncampus, but he doesn’t expect that result in asignificant increase in the use of insecticide.“Pest control is something we do minimalistically,” Pederson said. “For an urbanpopulation, we have a fair amount of birds.”Pederson said that although the swiftpopulation maybe declining, the campus focuson landscaping while developing should helpbring other insect-eating birds.“We’re putting in a lot of trees and greenspaces with the development we’re doing,” Ped erson said. “That should bring more birds.”Ducey lobbied for swifts in Lincoln, whereconstruction of a structure for swifts was con sidered but not implemented, he said. 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News 5THE CREIGHTONIAN23 September 2005Week’s plans have heroic proportionsBy JOE BYAM With contests anda dance, traditionsplay a big part inHomecoming.ReporterOver the next 10 days, two traditional ritesof autumn will take place at Creighton.Family Weekend starts Saturday andHomecoming Week will officially kick offwith the annual Jaywalk at 9 a.m. in DeglmanCircle.“I am really excited about our theme of‘It’sa bird! It’s a plane! It’s a superhero Homecom ing!’ I mean, who doesn’t love superheroes?”said Sarah Zoellner, the traditions chair forHomecoming Week.Laura Swedean, Creighton StudentsUnion vice president for Programming, saidthis year’s Homecoming will feature both tra ditional events and some new twists. Swedeansaid students will notice the changes for Homecoming Week right away.“Monday night we are bringing in a co median to spice things up at the Mr. BluejayPageant and get the week started off,” Swedeansaid.Another addition to Homecoming Weekis the tally competition. Residence halls, frater nities, sororities and a number of other orga nizations have registered to participate in thisfirst-year competition.“The tally contest allows for some friendlycompetition, so it will be interesting to see whothe winner is,” Zoellner said.Creighton also is continuing the traditionof tlie annual Homecoming service project,scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday on the Mall.“On Wednesday we will be making a lifebook for children at Omaha foster homes. TheWAC [Wednesdays After Class] group will helpput on this service project,” Swedean said.The annual Mr. Bluejay Pageant will beback again on Monday night in the Skutt Stu dent Center at 7 p.m., and the golf cart paradeon the Mall will be at 3:30 p.m. on Friday.Swedean said CSU is hopeful that many stu dents will participate in Homecoming events.“The goal is to get more student orga nizations, Greeks and students in general tocompete and participate in the events than lastyear,” Swedean said.Swedean wanted to stress that students arewelcome to come to the events and do not haveto participate in anything they do not want to.“We want to make sure and tell the fresh men that they don’t need to take part in thestupid human tricks event, but they couldcome and just watch,” she said.One of the major scheduling changes forHomecoming Week this year is the dance,which will be held Sept. 30 at 9 p.m. in the So kol Auditorium — a Friday instead of Saturdaybecause there is a soccer game on Saturday thisyear. Swedean also wanted to encourage every one to come to the dance and to remind themit was not too formal of an event.“You don’t need a prom dress or a date tocome to the dance,” Swedean said.With both the old-school popular eventsand some new additions, the CSU office is hope ful this will be a great Homecoming Week.As for Family Weekend, after the soccergame on Friday night and Jaywalk Saturdaymorning, there is a full slate of events planned.Saturday will feature a pancake feed after theJaywalk and an opportunity for families to getdiscount tickets to the Henry Doorly Zoo. Thereis a dinner at 6 p.m. in the Kiewit Fitness Cen ter Saturday that will be followed by a “FamilyFeud” game show in the Skutt Student Center.Family Weekend will wrap up with Mass at St.John’s Church at 10:30 a.m. Sunday.Oncologist prepares to pedal with ArmstrongBy POVILAS ZUKAUSKASReporterIt is not often that having to bike across the continentalUnited States would be seen as an honor, but when it entails rig orous training with the greatest cyclist to ever live and the coachwho taught him everything, it quickly becomes a prestigiousonce-in-a-lifetime opportunity.Dr. Peter Silberstein, Creighton University MedicalCenter’s chief oncologist, has been chosen along with 23 othercyclists to ride in this year’s Tour of Hope alongside seven-timeTour de France winner Lance Armstrong.Silberstein' rejoiced about the opportunity. “There was avery, involved application process. Every year the foundation re ceives thousands of applications. I had been trying for four yearsand finally I was fortunate enough to be selected,” he said.The Tour of Hope is a nine-day bicycle fide that starts Sept.29 in San-Diego and concludes Oct. 8 in Washington, D.C. Theevent raises awareness about cancer research and possible treat ments, and raises money for current cancer patients.All of the riders who participate have in some way beentouched by the effects of cancer. For Silberstein the event car ries with it the weight of honoring his father, who passed awayfrom colon cancer 17 years ago.“When my father was ill there was no treatment that couldsave him; today we have four or five brand.new drugs that I feelcould have helped him. My main objective is to see if we canget more clinical trials started in regards to cancer,” Silbersteinsaid.He added that, only two out of every five adult cancer pa tients are given a chance to try new cancer medications whileover 60 percent of children are allowed to try them. Silbersteinfeels that the Tour of Hope can help raise people’s awarenessabout the accomplishments of new cancer research and in turnhelp clinical trials get off the ground faster.A cycling trip of this magnitude has occupied much ofSilberstein’s time in training.“We have had three training camps: one in New Jersey, onein Colorado Springs and the last in Madison, Wisconsin. It wasnice because I had a chance to meet the other riders, and we allreceived training techniques and tips from Lance Armstrong’scoach, Chris Carmichael.”In addition to the camps, weekly video conferences withArmstrong and teammates keep the cyclists on track with theirmission.Silberstein also has been diligently training at home withfriends and family.“Every day I ride at least an hour, and on the weekends mytraining partners and I ride over 100 miles.”The Creighton community is showing its support for Silber stein’s hard work by holding a send-off ceremony in his honoron Friday, Sept. 23 at 11 a.m. in front of St. John’s Church.OKICIYATl* HSIU-yd dee)LAKOTA FOR"HELP EACH OTHER TO LIVE”And study abroad means theUniversity Studies AbroadConsortium, where you can choosefrom 25 countries.Summer, semester andyearlong programsWide range of academiccourses taught in EnglishInternshipsLanguage courses at all levelsField trips and toursSmall classesUniversity creditScholarshipsGo to the RosebudReservation in S.D. 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23 September 2005THE CREIGHTONIAN6 NewsMCAT drops pencil, picks up mousefc'v".Graduate Scho.dl Exam Guidedlere o '}By BOBBY GRENNANNews EditorThe days of nine-hour tests and annoyingT (Law School Admission Tes*)MCAT (Medical College Admission Test)No. 2 pencils could soon be eased for weary.Paper bused forrnat?pnly4switc q ioumedical school applicants.iaSWealS-easo'ning. logic games,computer-based formalin 200 Sections The Association of American MedicalColleges recently announced plans to fullyrc ience‘adapt their Medical College Admission Test toafnplpPie ‘a digital format by the year 2007.iation):'This form of computer-based testing iscurrently available to students who take simi lar graduate school entrance examinations,ell s wn inincluding the Dental Achievement Test and theGraduate Record Examination. These exami nations, among the other requirements oftenplay a major role in the decisions of a graduateschool admissions committee.“Our goal is to enhance the testing experi Graphic by Daisy Bonham-Carterence for examinees and the usefulness of theSciencesseniorNick Catallozzi, who has takenresults for the medical schools and other pro tion to take their mid-term and final [practice]boththepaper-basedMCAT and the com examinationsonthecomputer.Whereaswithfessional schools that use the MCAT,” said Dr.Ellen Julian, director of the MCAT, in a July 18 the MCAT, you have a full-length practice puter-based DAT.The content of the DAT differs some fromtest. It is an eight-hour test that is paper andpress release.The use of computer-based testing will al pencil. We try to give them the opportunity the MCAT. There is still a concentration on thelow for more testing dates. Currently only two and exposure to the exact type of test they are natural sciences and reading comprehension,general testing dates for the MCAT are held taking,” said Amber Bates, program manager but there is also a large focus on perceptualabilities and no writing section.each calendar year at hundreds of test sites for Kaplan.Catallozzi said most students finish theStudents refresh themselves, through athroughout the world. .“Tests have changed, and I have seen many multiple-week course from an education ser computer-based DAT in around four hours.Kelly said when the MCAT switches overof these tests move from paper and pencil to vice such as Kaplan or on their own accord, forcomputer. You have a little more convenience months in advance to prepare for the currently to computer-based form in 2007 the content ofthe questions will not change, but there will bewith test dates. Instead of two test dates, now biannual Saturday MCAT test date.fewer questions. Final word on the exact style ofTheMCATiscomprisedoffoursections:there will be a few more open for students,”said Rolee Kel
Creighton traffic," Pederson said. "There's not a lot ofreason for other people to travel it." Pederson added that construction is on track for Creighton's two new parking garages oopen Jan. 6. New dean familiar with Students search for career options Creighton's program By SARAH SMITH Head Copy Editor This school yearmarks the .
