SEPTEMBER 1999
Dr. Jose Hernandez,
left, with young patient
and his mother.
NEW MEDICAL SCHOOL
A POSSIBILITY FOR FSU
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Florida State University is studying the possibility of a first-of-its-kind medical school for North Florida: If approved by the Legislature next spring, FSU will expand its one-year Program in Medical Sciences (PIMS) to a four-year medical school. Only Florida students would be enrolled - with the goal that, after graduating, they would stay home, care for their neighbors and pay special attention to the aging population.
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McMahon
HE REPORTS ON ADVENTURES
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Bucky McMahon claims that he never really had a plan.
Spread out before him on the kitchen table at his Tallahassee
home are an assortment of national magazines-Esquire, Outside,
Rodale's Scuba Diving - all featuring articles he's written on
subjects ranging from cave diving in Jamaica to surfing in Puerto
Rico. His most recent work, about diving the world's largest
lead mines in Bonneterre, Mo., is due to appear in an upcoming
issue of National Geographic Adventure. So how did a man without
a plan become a successful freelance travel and sports writer
for high-profile national magazines?
"To tell you the truth, I'm finding out that I've just sort
of drifted into travel writing," says McMahon.
Hunt
PIMS DIRECTOR DEDICATED TO MED STUDENTS
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Every year an FSU faculty member takes the stage at the University
of Florida (note: University of Florida) medical school graduation.
The faculty member is Dr. Myra Hurt, the director of FSU's Program
in Medical Sciences.
The yearly graduating class of 115 doctors from UF includes 30
who received their first year of medical training as Florida
State PIMS students.
GRADS ON A ROLL WRITING FILMS
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Scott Devine and Will Hooke are swimming with the fishes.
Sounds a little daring, but then you have to be if you're writing
a movie about 15-foot-long, bloodthirsty, great white sharks.
"It's been a totally wonderful experience," said Devine.
"I've been having a good time, and I can't wait to do it
again."
"NOLES IN NYC
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Florida State graduates often succeed in Manhattan, where
the competition is fierce and the pace is fast.
But sometimes they want to relax and have a good time with friends,
not rivals, who share something important from their past. Many
of them find that atmosphere in the monthly outings of the New
York Seminole Club.
IDEALS CAN BE PRACTICED
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As Kim Marshman sees it, Tallahassee property managers may
be missing a major market.
She was surprised by some of the lukewarm attitudes she encountered
in 1997, when she and her husband moved here and started hunting
for a rental home.
They were willing to make alterations to accommodate Marshman's
wheelchair. But their offers weren't greeted with enthusiasm.
FSU GEOLOGIST KISH, INVESTIGATES VANISHING LAKE
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It has all the making of a prime-time David Copperfield special:
Watch the world-famous magician make an entire lake disappear.
Trouble is, it would be old hat. Mother Nature pulls this stunt
on a fairly regular basis at Lake Cascade on Tallahassee's southwest
side, as the people who live near it will testify.
Stephen Kish, an associate professor of geology (at FSU), is
trying to unlock the magic that makes Lake Cascade disappear
every few years - as it has recently.
BIG FIRM, BIG CITY, BIG LIFE
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Chris Jaskiewicz (B.S. '89) has landed a job at the law firm
Proskauer Rose LLP in New York City - and he's thrilled.
"In my opinion Proskauer Rose is the finest law firm in
the country," Jaskiewicz said from his office overlooking
the Hud-son River. Founded in 1875, Proskauer Rose is one of
the nation's largest law firms with 500 attorneys in five U.S.
offices and Paris.
Jaskiewicz, 32, majored in communications and minored in business
administration at Florida State.