Today - Volume 02, Number 11

              Lome Linda University
Loma Linda University Medical Center
Adventist Health System/ Loma Linda TCDW
Wednesday, May 24, 1989 Volume 2, Number 11
Sea anemone study makes
front page of Science
" Beneath the ocean surface, a
tiny marine vessel receives orders
to fire. A hatch blows open and
a lethal payload blasts free. Within
three- thousandths of a second,
the missile reaches a velocity of
two meters per second more
than 10,000 times the accelera
tion experienced by shuttle
astronauts at liftoff before
crashing through the armor of its
target: a tiny brine shrimp barely
visible to the naked eye" ( excerp
ted from Science News.)
A recent study of sea
anemones by David A. Hessinger,
PhD, associate professor of
physiology and pharmacology,
and Glen M. Watson, PhD,
postdoctoral fellow, made the
cover of the March 24 issue of
Science magazine, was published
in the March 25 issue of Science
News, and was given significant
coverage in the London Times.
" Cnidocyte Mechanoreceptors
Are Tuned to the Movements of
Swimming Prey by Chemorecep-tors"
deals with how sea
anemones " tune in" on the vibra
tions produced by the swimming
movements of their prey.
Drs. Watson and Hessinger
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University commencements y
begin Sunday, May 28
Eight hundred ninety- two
Loma Linda University students
are expected to receive diplomas
during seven separate commence
ment ceremonies slated for the
University's schools.
Leading off the series of com
mencement programs will be the
School of Medicine on Sunday,
May 28, at 9 a. m. on the Univer-
Dr. Carson Dr. Glasser Ms. O'Connor
SAMPLING WHAT'S
INSIDE. . .
SE Homecoming. ....... 2
Medical staff meeting. . . .3
LLU directional signs.... 3
SM student honored..... 4
Wound- healing seminar... 5
' Unparade' ............. 6
Christian university..... 13
' Lady Beware'.......... 15
Russian visitors. ....... 15
MC employee questions. 16
sity mall. The commencement
address, " The Medical Mission
Land of America," will be
delivered by Benjamin S. Carson,
MD, co- director, section of
neurosurgical oncology, and assis
tant professor of neurological
surgery, oncology, and pediatrics,
at the Johns Hopkins University
and Hospital, Baltimore, Mary
land.
Dr. Carson received his bach
elor of arts degree from \ ale
University in 1973 and his doc
tor of medicine degree from the
University of Michigan.
He interned at the Halsted
Surgical Service at the Johns
Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore for
a year. The same year he was a
fellow in general surgery at the
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Dr. Oliver Mrs. Petrossian Dr. Small Attorney Welebir
First seven
honors program
students graduate
On Sunday, June 11, 1989,
seven very special young people
will graduate from Loma Linda
University's College of Arts and
Sciences. They are the seven
seniors who have been part of the
Honors Program on the La Sierra
campus for the past four years.
Each of these students will give
a special presentation of his or her
senbr honors project on Wednes
day, May 31, from 4: 00 to 7: 00
p. m. in the Visual Arts Center on
the La Sierra campus. We are
proud of these graduates and
would like to introduce you to them.
A native of Puerto Rico, Daniel
Aldana now claims the La Sierra
community as his home. Daniel
has been part of the Honors Pro
gram since his freshman year and
will graduate with BA degrees in
both biology and art.
His immediate plan is to attend
\ ale Medical School beginning
this fall, but he says he would like
to continue painting and also
someday become a published
author.
His other talents include speak
ing Spanish fluently and playing
soccer.
For his senior Honors project,
Daniel chose a creative project
and has produced a large- scale
painting, which will be displayed
during the Student Art Show
from May 7 through June 8. " I
want my painting to be an educa
tional experience for my au
dience," he says.
With his varied talents and in
terests, we are sure that Daniel
will prove to be a valued alum
nus of LLU.
Cristine Costa came to La
Sierra from Las Vegas, where she
attended high school. She will
complete a bachelors degree in
psychology and a minor in
English. Her strongest outside in
terest is in the religious drama
group, The Other Mask, for
which she has acted, directed,
and designed costumes.
In the fall, she will enter a five-year
doctor of psychology degree
program at Biola University in La
Mirada, California.
For her senior project, Cristine
has tested groups of people to
determine the effects of group
size on same sex and cross- sex
persuasion.
Cristine's long- term career goals
include working in a psychology
practice group and teaching
undergraduate psychology
courses.
She has been a great asset to
La Sierra, and she will certainly
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