2 UA students win Hearst poetry awards,1 captures American poet award

Several UA students were winners in the Fourth Annual Hearst Undergraduate Poetry Awards.

Jennifer Lee, creative writing senior, placed first in the populist poetry category.

Lee, whose poem is about a drunk woman reflecting on her life, said, "I was a little disappointed when they did not call my name in the runner-up category, because I never expected to place first."

She said she prayed to place at least in the runner-up category so she could pay her electric bill.

Jody Dito, creative writing senior, placed first in the lyrical poetry category. She said it is hard to sum up poetry in a sentence, but in the lyrical category the poem should be metaphorical.

Dito, who placed among the top four finalists in last year's contest, said her poem is about a humming bird who is consuming the nectar of a flower while the flower consumes the humming bird.

Both Dito and Lee received $300.

In a poetry contest sponsored by the Academy of American Poets, Anthony Madrid placed first, receiving $100.

Madrid, creative writing graduate student, said he wrote his poem, titled "I Took a Single Twig From the Tree of My Ignorance," in a timeless and mythological style.

The style is magical realism, he said. It takes real situations in which magic things happen.

UA journalism student finishes 17th in Hearst personality profile contest

A UA journalism student placed 17th in a national personality profile writing contest sponsored by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation.

Adam Djurdjulov, an Arizona Daily Wildcat columnist, received a certificate of merit for his profile of UA men's basketball coach Lute Olsen.

"This is the first time I've won a national award for writing," said Djurdjulov, journalism junior.

"I just missed the sweet sixteen of journalism awards," he said, "but I'm very pleased to have placed in a national competition."

The Hearst Journalism Awards Program consists of six monthly writing contests, three photojournalism competitions and two broadcast news competitions, with championship finals in all divisions.

The program awards $321,700 in scholarships and grants annually.

Deans send architecture head on fly fishing trip before start of sabbatical

The dean of the UA College of Architecture will be catching a few fish this summer before catching up on current architectural design technology.

Robert Hershberger was presented a fly fishing trip to Colorado by deans throughout the UA before he officially begins his sabbatical.

During the sabbatical, Hershberger will complete his book "Programming for Architecture," which is about finding out what problems architects face when designing buildings, Hershberger said.

He also plans to update his computer knowledge so he can better instruct students on computer design technology.

Hershberger is stepping down July 1 after eight years as dean of the College of Architecture.

"The deans on campus have a tradition of presenting a dean who is stepping down or retiring with a gift," Hershberger said. "The fly fishing trip is quite a unique gift considering how much I enjoy doing it."

Hershberger, who started at the University of Arizona in 1988, will go on sabbatical in the fall semester and will return in the spring of 1997.

"I am looking forward to the six-month sabbatical and then returning to teaching and practicing architecture," he said.

Chemistry club offers awards for research posters detailing projects

With support from Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society, the chemistry club is sponsoring a research poster session for undergraduate students with research projects related to the field of chemistry.

The posters are brief explanations of their research with explanations and results of the experiments, said Chantal Skinner, chemistry senior.

This event is a great opportunity for students to make money for their research efforts, Skinner said, and it encompasses many different kinds of majors.

The deadline for registration is April 18 and the poster projects will be displayed on April 19 in the courtyard of Old Chemistry between 3 and 5 p.m.

The poster projects must be in a 4-inch by 7.5-inch format. Applications can be picked up outside of Wayne Adickes' office in Old Chemistry Room 110.

The first place winner will receive $300, second place gets $200 and third place is $100.

Students can earn course credits as legistalive interns during summer

University students can earn three to six credit hours by working as interns with state legislators during the summer.

The internships offer experience in solving problems with federal agencies, tracking federal legislation for constituents and representing congressmen at community events, said Maura Saavedra, press person at Congressman Rep. Ed Pastor's, D-Ariz., office.

Students have until the last day grades are due for second summer session to complete 135 hours of interning for three hours of college credit.

An evaluation is submitted by the legislator's office to Phillip Chapman, associate professor of political science, who administers a pass or fail grade.

Internships are available anywhere in the United States, Chapman said, for up to six credit hours. Yet if students intern in Washington, D.C., they can earn between six and 12 credits.

"The value of an internship is the experience a student gains through the hands-on activities," he said.

For more summer internship information contact the Department of Political Science.