Summer 1989 - Lock Haven University
Summer 1989 - Lock Haven University
Summer 1989 - Lock Haven University
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2 PERSPECTIVE: THE NEW ACADEMICS<br />
Viewers of ABC-TV's popular "thirtysomething"<br />
know that yuppie<br />
character Michael and good friend<br />
Gary, a grad uate student, love to trade<br />
insults.<br />
In a scene last season, the two pick<br />
at each other with Gary accusing<br />
Michael of being a daddy (which is<br />
true and certainly not insulting, but<br />
something Gary cannot envision for<br />
himself) - and a quick-witted Michael<br />
responds - "you ... you academic<br />
(again true, certainly not insulting, but<br />
New "Beginnings"<br />
For a Perfect<br />
4.000<br />
When Rachel L. Kelly addressed her<br />
graduating class during commencement<br />
exercises last spring, she spoke<br />
about "Beginnings" - an appropriate<br />
topic for a woman who was soon to<br />
embark on a new and enriching life.<br />
About to marry and just a few<br />
weeks short of beginning her graduate<br />
education, she had outperformed<br />
every student in the class to earn the<br />
distinction of being named the Class<br />
of <strong>1989</strong> valedictorian.<br />
For the achiever with a perfect 4.000<br />
average, graduation did not signal the<br />
end of an academic career, but in fact,<br />
a true beginning.<br />
A health science and athletic training<br />
major while at <strong>Lock</strong> <strong>Haven</strong>, she is<br />
now enrolled at Hahnemann College<br />
in Philadelphia as part of a master's<br />
degree program in physical therapy<br />
and reports things are going well.<br />
"I think my background at <strong>Lock</strong><br />
<strong>Haven</strong> helped," she noted adding that<br />
strong study habits developed during<br />
her undergraduate years and the<br />
courses she took helped prepare her<br />
for the challenge of graduate school.<br />
"I did get a 4.000 at <strong>Lock</strong> <strong>Haven</strong>, but<br />
I certainly didn't start out with that in<br />
mind."<br />
"I just did the best that I could each<br />
semester and it just kind of happened<br />
one semester at a time."<br />
something Michael often wishes he' d<br />
opted for)!"<br />
They laugh out loud.<br />
There's a new respectability toward<br />
"the academics." They're " in" - not<br />
out ... whistled at during commencement<br />
(which may be viewed as<br />
positive or negative). They're personable,<br />
even popular, and often<br />
viewed as " having it all."<br />
Over the years, we haven't seen<br />
many characters like Gary on TV, but<br />
the show points out the rising<br />
Like many of the new academics,<br />
she learned early on that one of the<br />
keys to success in the classroom is<br />
learning how to budget your time <br />
especially important in order to take<br />
advantage of other opportunities and<br />
Rachel L. Turner, '89<br />
popularity of being smart (or at least<br />
having people think you're smart).<br />
Many of America's TV kids have<br />
grown up. They're now in college,<br />
and for the most part, doing well with<br />
the exception of perhaps Mike Seaver,<br />
Denise Huxtable and M allory Keaton.<br />
In this issue, Perspective looks at<br />
"the new academics" - stars you<br />
may never see on TV, but who have<br />
found strong ratings in the classroom<br />
help to attract an awful lot of attention<br />
and provide the opportunity for<br />
some dandy spin-offs.<br />
to maintain some sort of social Life.<br />
Kelly, now Mrs. Turner after marrying<br />
Thane N. Turner, '89, in June,<br />
served as the <strong>University</strong>'s head student<br />
trainer in 1986 and 1987 working<br />
with the summer wrestling camps,