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NOVEMBER 1998  CONTENTS | |||
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FSU GRAD DISMANTLES SOVIET NUCLEAR WEAPONSSteve Zolock enjoyed taking Russian language classes at Florida State - and now he is fluent by virtue of practice and necessity. Zolock had to speak Russian in his U.S. Air Force career monitoring Soviet missile production. Today, Zolock, 54, still speaks Russian while helping to dismantle nuclear weapons, scrapping bombers and submarines, as well as launching satellites and recycling spent nuclear fuel. | ||
MAGNETS CAN MAKE ANTI-CANCER DRUG WORK BETTERAt the FAMU/ FSU College of Engineering, walk through the doors of the blue and silver engineering building, take the stairs, and steal a glimpse into the mechanical engineering lab, where the latest discoveries in biomedical research are being made. In one lab, you'll find magnets that double the power of a drug that treats skin cancer. In 1996, Therakos Inc., a research division of Johnson & Johnson, was looking for an improvement in a treatment process. | |||
FRIENDS GIVE ADVICE: MOVE FSU TO THE TOPFaculty, alumni and Florida State friends have mapped out a plan for the university's future. Among the recommendations - from two groups called the interior and exterior branches of the Commission on the Future - are proposals to raise money to put FSU in the top national ranking of research centers, expand its medical and performing-arts studies and revitalize its liberal-arts curriculum. | |||
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SIGMA CHI ALUMS STILL CALL HER 'MOM'Thousands of men call her Mom. Now those same men have started a scholarship in her name. Lois Fletcher became "Mom" Fletcher by being a fraternity house mother, friend and confidante. At 87, Mom Fletcher is vibrant, and she still has a sense of humor. And fraternity members have raised more than $100,000 for the "Mom" Fletcher/Sigma Chi endowed scholarship. "She's a wonderful person and strong as a human being can be in spirit," said Lyman Fletcher, who called her Mom well before he joined the fraternity. "She has met every challenge life has thrown at her and conquered it." | ||
THE DEADLY BOLT IS COMPLICATED AND FASCINATINGIt is well known that unprotected trees in open fields are favorite targets of lightning bolts. But what are other potential dangers of deadly lightning? Is it dangerous to talk on the telephone during lightning strikes? Should computer phone lines be unplugged as protection from lightning? Are more women struck by lightning inside the home and more men outside? | |||
CAN'T GO TO COLLEGE? FSU CAN COME TO YOUBorrowed Time. His band's name suggests how tough it is for Mike Groh, an FSU senior majoring in computer science, to juggle schedules. In addition to his band and academic pursuits, Groh has a wife, 15-month-old son and full-time job. This busy man's course schedules, however, are the hardest to juggle. Courses "are not offered with the working person in mind at all," he lamented. "Full-time students are the target for these, and it makes it difficult to get in the hours for my job as well as my classes. | |||
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