T E M P L E TIPSHEET
A LOOK AT THE WEEK AHEAD
DECEMBER 10 - DECEMBER 17, 1999
UNIVERSITY NEWS BUREAU (215) 204-7476 Fax: (215) 204-4403 [email protected]
COMMUNICATION IS KEY WHEN COLLEGE STUDENTS RETURN HOME --
The return of college students to their parents' home during the holidays can be an unusually stressful time for families, says Dr. John DiMino, director of Temple's Counseling Services Center.
"I always encourage students and parents to negotiate issues that could lead to conflict, such as time spent with the family, curfews, and time spent on the phone. Many parents have the idea that their kid is going to spend a lot of time with them and do a lot of family stuff together. But it's also very likely that the students are going to need to reconnect with some of their old high school friends and visit some old haunts."
DiMino says clear communication is key to lowering the stress level. "The best way to avoid conflict is to talk openly about your feelings and expectations. Oftentimes, you have a situation where people are coming together, both with expectations, but they're not sitting down, having a conversation, and sharing those expectations."
Waiting a while before turning Junior's room into that home office or gym is also a good idea, he says. "Students often have a really strong reaction to that. At our new student orientation, we recommend that if parents are planning something like that they try to make the transition slowly." Reach Dr. DiMino through the News Bureau, (215) 204-7476.
EMPTY CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS FOR SCHOOL CHOICE ADVOCATES --
Bad news for proponents of school choice this holiday season. A new study by two Temple researchers challenges the notion that schools will become integrated through school choice programs.
"The assumption has always been that school choice will allow the poor or ethnic student to leave the worst schools. We found that the white and wealthier parents were leaving black or poor schools," says Salvatore Saporito, assistant director of Temple's Social Science Data Library, who conducted the study with colleague Annette Lareau, associate professor of sociology at Temple.
"The view that racial bias is unimportant in school choice is not supported by our data," says Saporito, who along with Lareau examined the applications of more than 2,000 eighth graders who participated in a voluntary voucher transfer program in a northeastern school district. To reach Lareau, or Saporito, call Temple's News Bureau.
PHILOSOPHY: TRUTH AND CONSEQUENCES -- Pragmatism is America's special contribution to the field of philosophy, notes Richard Shusterman, chair of the philosophy department at Temple and chair/coordinator of a Saturday afternoon (12/11,2-6 p.m) conference at Temple's Center City campus on "Pragmatism for the New Millennium."
With its emphasis on the centrality of action and consequences to questions of truth, meaning, and belief, it's also a future-looking philosophy, he adds.
At the event, sponsored by the Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium, a panel of scholars from Purdue, the New School, Penn State and Temple will turn their collective pragmatist attention to the issues and problems we are likely to face in the new millennium. For more information, call the News Bureau.
This Week at Temple"¢
Saturday, Dec. 11, 9:30 a.m.-noon: SPORTS AS SCIENCE -- Foils and epees in hand, fifth-grade girls from six city elementary schools will learn the science behind the sport of fencing during a class on sports science in Temple's Sisters in Science Saturday Academy. Girls will first learn fencing techniques and then will learn about the scientific principles, such as balance and center of gravity, behind the sport. (Pearson Hall gymnasium, Room 145, Broad St. at Montgomery Ave.)
Monday, Dec. 13, 11 a.m.: COMMUNITY COLLEGE PARTNERSHIP -- Officials from Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC) and Temple will sign a dual admissions and core-to-core agreement easing the transfer process and accessibility to completing a four-year college degree for HACC students earning an associate's degree. (Pine Suite,
C. Ted Lick Wildwood Conference Center, HACC, Harrisburg)
Thursday, Dec. 16, 11 a.m.: COMMUNITY COLLEGE PARTNERSHIP -- A core-to core transfer agreement will be formalized by officials from Northampton Community College and Temple, giving NCC students a more direct path to completing a four-year degree at Temple. (Alumni Hall, NCC North Campus, Green Pond Rd., Bethlehem)
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