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_ The Doctor Is In...

Dear Doctor,

lama first year student who Is having difficulty adjusting to ‘‘University Life’’. I have been failing a _ lot of my courses this semester and am finding it difficult to party on the weekends. Am] just over- reacting or is this something to take seriously?

_ Signed, _ Too Depressed To Party.

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; Dear Depressed,

_ Don’tworry! This happens too many students enter- _ ing University for the first time. They are away form _ home (or would like to be) and are having problems losing their study habits. The solution may lie within _ your presentactions. I prescribe to you to stop[

_ taking notes in class and to quit buying textbooks. If _ you don’: :ave anything to study then you won’t feel _ guilty, will you!

_ Dear Doctor,

_ My roommate is always complaining about my smelly _ feet. It really bothers me when he takes it upon

_ himself to tell every visitor that we have about them. ' Just the other day at the library he was telling my

_ girlfriend how bad they rotted. What can I do? Is

: there acure or do I have to change my socks everyday (after | buy some). Please offer me an alternative.

Signed, The Smelly Arch

Dear Smelly, |

I know how difficult this must be for you, but do not despair. Forget those who tease and scorn you,

_ because they are the uneducated and simple-minded. They will never be able to appreciate the sheer bliss that van be attained by learning to appreciate the odors that van be attained by learning to appreciate the odors which the human body produces, Never be ashamed of the gifts that you have been given and be proud to say, ‘‘l have smelly feet and they are part of ‘me!’’ [had stinky toes too, once, and only when they fellof from gangrene did I realize just how precious they were, Enjoy them while they last!

:

Students of U.P.E.1. let me introduce myself; I am **The Doctor’’ and I will be writing a weekly column

for the X-Press. I will be replacing Ms. X, who, due

to a bad case of coryza (the common clod), had to give up hercolumn. I, knowing how interesting the students of U.P.E.I. found her column, have decided

to try to fill her place. I will be dealing with contro-

versial topics weekly and hope that you will enjoy. Should you have any questions, problems or com- ments feel free to wrote mea note and place them in my Problem Box soon to appearin The Pit. Let the doctor cure what ails you.

Dalhousie University

Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada

Faculty of Medicine Graduate Studies Entrance Scholarship/Studentship

Applications are invited from outstanding students for a limited number of internally- funded Research Committee Graduate Studies | Scholarships & Studentships, commencing September lst, 1992. Awards will be made only to full-time Ph.D. students registered in the Departments of Anatomy, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Pharmacology and Physiology &

a Graduate Studentship stipend of $16,000 annually for up to five years, including

applications is March Ist., 1992.

For further information contact:

Dr. D. Howard Dickinson, Associate Dean Research aculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia, CANADA B3H 4H7 Phone: (902) 494-3591 FAX: (902) 494-7119

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Biophysics in the Facuity of Medicine. Awards consist of a $10,000 Entrance Scholarship and

| demonstratorship earnings. First class honours (A average) is expected. Deadline for receipt of

JPEI X-P RESS — January 30, 1992

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