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              THE MAROON A LOYOLA TRADITION SINCE 1923 • "FOR A GREATER LOYOLA" VOL. 85, NO. 7 WWW.LOYOLAMAROON.COM FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2006 Under Pressure By ALEX WOODWARD THE MAROON College workload, lifestyle, takes a toll on freshman As the college admissions process begins for high school seniors, college freshman are getting back on their feet after their first real taste of college stress: midterms.Loyola freshman spearhead what the American Academy of Pediatrics calls the "most anxious, stressed, sleep-deprived generation ever." Alicia A. Bourque, PhD., interim director of Counseling and Career Service Center, said that after high school, college freshmen may be at a greater stress risk than other college students. A recent AAP study of college-bound high school students echoes this sentiment."The current trend of pressuring adolescents so intensely may undermine their natural resilience," the study said. Despite the strength of previous generations of teenagers through the toughest points of their adolescence, students ages 7 to 17 are now expected to over achieve at an extremely rapid rate, according to the study. Once those teens get to college, they enter a whole new world of stress. A study conducted in 2002 by the University of California, Los Angeles reported that 30.2 percent of freshman nationwide are stressed out. Bourque attributes freshman stress to the changes a college lifestyle brings. "The emotional adjustment to the first time living away from VICTORIA LODI / THE MAROON Monica Filos, biology freshman, Jared Roussel, psychology freshman, and Sarah Bearden, biology freshman, study together in the library. STRESS RELIEF TIPS Talk it out to a friend or family member: Often sharing problems may also help you see additional options. Exercise: Working out allows your body to unwind and release built up tensions. Take time for some fun: Take a break, relax, have fun. Ask for help when you need it: Loyola offers many counseling services for students that are confidential and free of charge. source: http://www.smith.edu/health/hed_stressmgmt.html SGA grants funds for solo studies By MAGGIE CALHES THE MAROON Richard Frank Grant allows for real-world studies Education reform, light beams and foreign fish combined come with a hefty price tag. Just ask the three Loyola students doing research with the help of the Richard Frank Grant. All three independent research projects had a combined price tag of $10,000. The Student Government Academic Affairs Committee announced the recipients of the Richard Frank Grant on Oct. 7. The committee awarded a total of $10,000 to three Loyola students for various academic projects. SGA established the Richard Frank Grant in 2005 to encourage students to engage in independent research projects and to learn about grant writing. "This was one of the most competitive years ever," said political science and history junior Casey T rahan, Academic Affairs Committee chair. "Loyola students are doing really amazing things, and not many people know about it." LEARNING ABOUT LEARNING Eliot Sanchez — political science, economics and philosophy honors junior — ranked first among the three recipients of the Richard Frank Grant. Sanchez's project, which he hopes to complete by the end of the spring semester, concerns the state of the public school system in post-Katrina New Orleans. "I grew up in the Louisiana public school system," Sanchez said. "My experiences made me ask, 'Do publicschools work?'" After Katrina the majority of ANNE FISHER / THE MAROON Richard Frank Grant recipient Robert Hartsock sets up his cavity ring down spectrometer in a Monroe chemistry lab. Profs granted funds By ALETHIA PICCIOLA THE MAROON $100,000 part of seven endowed professorships Three Loyola colleges granted seven professors a minimum of $100,000 to conduct research in their respective fields at the annual Investiture Ceremony Friday in the Audubon room. "Endowed professorships are designed to recruit superior new faculty and retain faculty whose research, teaching and public service work has uniquely contributed to the missions of their departments and institutions," said Dori Orr, assistant director of Stewardship and Donor Relations. The College of Business named assistant professor Brett P. Matherne, Ph.D., the Chase Minority Entrepreneurship Distinguished Professor of Business 11. Matherne said he plans to use the endowment to investigate the economic recovery of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. The College of Humanities and Natural Sciences granted endowments to six of its professors. Among them was the Rev. James C. Carter, S.J, former president and provost of Loyola. The college named him the Gerald N. Gaston Distinguished Professor in Religion & Science. Carter said that he plans to use the endowment to fund a yearlong lecture series focusing on intelligent design in relation to science and religion. The college also named philosophy professor, John P. Clark the Rev. Gregory F. Curtin, S.J., Distinguished Professor in Humane Letters and the Professions. Clark expressed his desire to make social justice an active concept rather than an abstract one. "He believed the mind and heart are closely related," Clark said of Curtin, his colleague of 30 years. Clark is the adviser to the Loyola Greens and the Loyola University Community Action Program. Gary Herbert received the Rev. Guy Lemieux, S.J., Sigma Alpha Kappa Distinguished Professorship. Herbert said he plans to use the endowment to continue his research on a scholarly manuscript which explores certain concepts of morality present in the philosophy of Immanuel Kant. Herbert also plans to use the see STRESS, page 4 see GRANT, page 2 see FUNDS, page 3 SPORTS OKI Howlin' wolves /rciin frftilm ' f basketball preview I fr-l-Of, ~*~~~ paqe 11 I J uimimwai MAROON DIRECTORY: CALENDAR, page 2 | LIFE & TIMES, page 6 | SPORTS, page 11 | EDITORIAL, page 14 | NEWS TIPS: 865 3535