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Newspaper

Southern Illinoisan

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 23, 1976

Page

6

Lemming tale mirrors human drives in The Lemming Condition

NEA column discusses Alan Arkin's interpretation of lemmings in The Lemming Condition. Rubber the lemming senses urgent family activity and joins a mass movement toward the sea. Crow questions the plan as Rubber leads a westward march into the ocean, highlighting instinct versus understanding.

Alan Arkin Arkin Rubber Bubber Crow

Lemmings and conformity on campus lifeboat of souls

A fictional tale of Bubber the lemming who questions peers and elders about collective jump behavior. He discovers he cannot swim, debates personal action versus group pressure, and journeys through crisis with an elder’s warning that conformity fuels societal peril. The narrative links lemming fate to campus generation pressures and the pull toward stability amid chaos.

Bubber Crow

Chimes for a Christmas Gift of Love

A reflective Christmas piece recalling small handmade gifts from children that once rang like chimes when given with love. The narrator longs for the simple rituals of childhood gifts, family messes, and shared memories, hoping to hear those chimes again.

Plaster of Paris Pigey Bank

Sea Institute to be moved to Hawaii campus

The Law of the Sea Institute, now at the University of Rhode Island, will transfer to the University of Hawaii at Manoa early in 1977. Acting Chancellor Geoffrey Ashton quoted. The institute, founded in 1965, exchanges knowledge on the sea and its uses.

Honolulu Law of the Sea Institute University of Rhode Island University of Hawaii At Manoa Geoffrey Ashton

Parakeet Benji Feeds Quietly at Home in Martinsville

An 11-year-old Dan Jenkins of Martinsville New Jersey feeds his parakeet Benji at mealtime. The bird has lived with the family for about a year and is allowed to fly freely indoors. An Associated Press wirephoto accompanies the scene.

Benji Dan Jenkins Martinsville

New drug aids Parkinsons patients in trials

Boston AP reports a new drug shows promise against Parkinsons symptoms even in patients unresponsive to L-dopa. Bromocriptine may compensate for dopamine loss, with full use years away. Dr. Abraham Lieberman led NYU Medical School testing, published in NEJM.

Boston Sefors Abraham Lieberman Phen Nersone Lieberman New York University Medical School New England Journal of Medicine Donald Caine National Institutes of Health

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