European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday june 17. 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 3valeaictorians tales of Success failure Urbana 111. A Mike dropped out of College to support his pregnant Girlfriend and works As a manager at a trucking company. I a. A a Lynn graduated with honors from Harvard University and was hired As an attorney with a top Law firm in a major City. A a a a a y both have something in common 10 years ago they were High school valedictorians.77 a University of Illinois study traces the lives of 81 valedictorians and Saluta dorians who graduated a decade ago from Public and private High schools across the state. The study found tales of Success and failure Joy and pain. The research on 46 women and 35 men found doctors and scientists a drug addicted former cheerleader and a waitress with emotional problems. A there is an Aura about people who do very Well in school doing Well in life said Terry Denny professor Emri Tus of education who conducted the study with former graduate student Karen Arnold. A but i m comfortable in saying that what s True for the Best is True for the rest Quot some have experienced financial problems alcohol to abuse divorce career disappointments and but academically they weren to flashes in the pan a More than 80 percent continued to be smashing in Cpl lege a Denny said. Denny and Arnold contacted the 81 valedictorians before graduation conducted personal interviews nearly every other year and surveyed them by mail. Of the 81 subjects 57 earned bachelors degrees in four years 37 have graduate degrees and four dropped out of College. One third Are physicians lawyers or r have earned a doctorate 19 Are in Busi Ness related Fields and 15 Are engineers or computer scientists. Others include a Farmer a commodities trader r and an aerobics instructor. _ Arnold and Denny who plan to Eon Tine the research Drew different con delusions from the data. Arnold now a faculty member at Boston College says Many of the former valedictorians have Only average positions and accomplishments in. The work a world and most Quot arc not headed for eminent career Denny maintains it is far too Early to determine that. A who expects a supreme court Justice at 26 or a new technology for laser brain surgery one year out of medical school a he said. A they Are just cutting their Eyeteeth and finding out what life is All example Denny said is Savuly. Who studied science switched to Dirini to school and now works with aids patients on the streets of Washington. A she s Gutsy Bright As a Bell contributing to society and a Success a he said. The study found that the Quot eight minority valedictorians had a More difficult time after High school because of financial and other restraints. Denny concluded from the study that Many Good minority students from inner City High schools had poor Aca plemic guidance a Lack of role models Little College faculty support Low faculty expectations and recurring financial problems. A it hey Are continually running out of Denny said. A a single $1,000. Problem stops Waits in vain for Campaign to heat up Des Moines Iowa apr Ron Hoyt sits amid the trappings of presidential politics and tries to put the Best face on the candidate drought afflicting Iowa a cottage Campaign Industry. A a we re not crying about Itji said Hoyt who runs a printing business. A a we re not going to starve to still Hoyt wistfully recalls the Days when Early candidates in previous campaigns lined up to get their views and names before Toyva activists. That meant signs and banners and brochures and leaflets All music to a printers ear. / a we printed a lot of position papers on agriculture on aging of whatever. They wanted to have a position on a Hoyt said. A last time we probably did about $150,000 in Gross business with the candidates. This time wed probably be Lucky to have done $200 its a familiar complaint. A a we re set ready to go and waiting for the candidates a said Morris Knopf a lawyer who Heads the Iowa caucus project. A there is some disappointment that it Isnit happening a he said. A i think there Are people at All Levels who miss the Opportunity to be there a More than civics lessons and Good government at work in Iowa a presidential caucuses set for february. As the nations first test of presidential strength those caucuses have grown to be part of the states culture. In past years big name politicians routinely trooped through the state bringing hordes of1 reporters and aides and Campaign staffers who rented cars and hotel rooms and kept bartenders Busy. Some estimated the economic Impact to the state at More than $50 million. Quot this presidential election season however the Al fort by politicians is conspicuous by its absence. Former Massachusetts sen. Paul Tsongas has flitted through the state a couple of times As has Virginia gov. Douglas Wilder and a handful of others mentioned As potential democratic candidates. Tsongas is thus far the Only declared candidate. Few big name democrats seem willing to commit this Early for a Campaign against president Bush buoyed by High poll ratings in the Wake of Victory in the Michael Bodwell co owner of Carter printing with an array of old signs. New business Lias been slow to materialize. Gulf War. The caucus project was established to promote Iowa a largest City in the Hope some visiting press corps members will write about it. It has yet to open an office. Promoters Arentt the Only ones singing the blues. Local politicians have made careers sharing the caucus limelight. The states democratic party for in stance used to sell lists to candidates for up to $10,0 h each. Staffers eagerly sought new ways to raise Money. A what we be done is highlight these candidates for our county fund raisers a said democratic party Shannahan. A we do the mail and they Are. The draws they meet Iowa democrats and we make a Little Money on the Side a astronomers set sights on Hawaii for solar eclipse Honolulu apr astronomers from around the world will flock to the Island of Hawaii next month to take advantage of one of their Best opportunities to View a solar eclipse. Of the 40,000 to 60,000 people expected to Jam the Island for the july 11 event astronomers Are guaranteed the Best seats. Teams from England France Canada California and Arizona will join their Hawaii counterparts at seven observatories perched atop Mauria Kea and Mauna Loa volcanoes the highest Points in the Pacific. Mark Stormon project manager for Bishop museum in Honolulu said it is the first time an eclipse will pass Over so Many major observatories. There arc six observatories atop the 13,796-foot Summit of Mauna Kea. A solar Observatory is located on 13,679-foot Mauna Loa. A Quot a solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes Between the Sun and the Earth. The period when the Moon totally blocks the Sun casting its Shadow on Earth is known As totality. The Shadow will pass almost directly Over Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa beginning at 7 28 a.m., and will last for a maximum of than four minutes Over the volcanoes to less than a minute at the Island s edges. A Brief total eclipse will be visible from a Small Corner of Maui Island. The path of totality begins in tile West Ern Pacific arts passes Over parts of Hawaii Mexico a Baja California Peninsula Central America Colombia and Brazil. However much of that area is expected to be in the midst of the Monsoon season Stormon said. Most Edip Tophile people who follow eclipses Are expected to gather on Hawaii a Northwest Side where the weather is expected to be totality skies will Darken stars a will appear and the effect will be a 360-degree Sunrise Stormon said. The air will become cooler and winds will change. Motorists will have to use headlights. A seeing a total solar eclipse is nothing like a partial eclipse a said Charles Lindsey of the University of Hawaii Institute for people sometimes can to remember if they be seen a partial eclipse a he said. A but you know if you be seen a total eclipse it hits you on the All of the Continental United states will see a partial eclipse ranging from 69 percent in los Angeles to 2 percent in new York. The next solar eclipse a in june 1992 a will be Over the Southern Atlantic Ocean and will barely touch land in Uruguay. A november 1994 eclipse will pass Over mostly unpopulated areas of South America. The next total solar eclipse Over the Continental United stages will be on aug. 21, 2017. T he last was on feb 26, 1979, a Tai it 111 l a .�?.1-- a
