Johns Hopkins Magazine -- April 1997
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APRIL 1997
TABLE OF CONTENTS

H U M A N I T I E S    &    T H E    A R T S

The Underwater World of George Bass
By Dale Keiger
In a pioneering career spent recovering ancient shipwrecks, Bass and his colleagues have written the book on how to do archaeology underwater.
  George Bass Photo Gallery

In Short - Making the Medici Archive accessible via the Internet... thoughts on benevolence... a gay writer begins again


H E A L T H    &    M E D I C I N E

Bowels in an Uproar
By Melissa Hendricks
Only the common cold accounts for more sick days than irritable bowel syndrome--yet more than half the 35 million Americans with IBS never see a doctor for it.
  Helping Patients to Maintain Their Dignity

In Short - Viral origins of asthma and allergies... consumer health on the Web... a managed care plan for AIDS... so-long Aa-choo!


P U B L I C    P O L I C Y    &    I N T E R N A T I O N A L    A F F A I R S

Desperately Seeking Safe Haven
By Dale Keiger
There are now more people in flight from warfare and civil collapse than ever before. For two SAIS instructors, the refugee crisis is deeply personal.

In Short - The Nazi Party's appeal to the pocketbook... pushing for safer handgun use... bringing citizenship back into style... on currency reform


S C I E N C E    &    T E C H N O L O G Y

Test Your Siting Savvy
By Sue De Pasquale
Match wits with Hopkins's own "father of location science" in figuring out the best location for everything from fire stations to fastfood franchises.
  What is Location Science?
  Can You Protect the Roman Empire?

In Short - Comet "minutemen"... dragging double helixes in 3-D... RNA's adaptive ability... obscured by a doughnut of dust


O N    C A M P U S E S

The Hopkins Hegemon
By Charles Salter Jr.
Relentless, tightknit, and intimidating, the student members of the legendary Hopkins Debate Council are there for one thing and one thing only: To win.

In Short - Inaugural festivities for the 13th president... budget cuts at Medicine... interfaith encounters... 100 years of music-making

It's Official - Six months after taking office, William R. Brody is installed as the university's 13th president


D E P A R T M E N T S

Editor's Note
Essay
Contributors to the April 1997 Issue