https://digitallis.isg.siue.edu/files/original/e768456a8f3c62e7b388e3a15d54c22e.pdf 464319d4ceb5f328ad240ad5f623b605 PDF Text Text Focus On Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville June, 1977 Number15 In this issue 2 Four lives: pictorial stories about the daily lives of SlUE students. 23 The art of pipe-smoking, a photographic series by Rick Stank oven. 24 Design on campus: a pictorial essay. 28 Kids on carhpus: a pictorial essay. 36 Five photographers interpret the new buildings on campus. 4 7 The directive photograph. Saleem Salaymeh: an international student This issue of Focus is produced by five students of photojouma~sm : junior Alan Schneider and Tim VIler, and seniors Cathy Cullem, Rick Stankoven, and Jim Wolfe. The concepts are theirs. They produced the photographs. They reported, wrote and edited the copy. They designed and layed out most of the magazine . . Theirs is a multimedia performance, the five working with both visual and verbal communications. Two of them are also experienced with television and radio. Focus is a pictorial quarterly magazine produced by journalism students at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. Now in its sixth year:. Focus is basically a laboratory publication, produced from journalism courses in reporting, photography and editing. Focus provides pictorial coverage of the campus as weN as occasional in-depth or investigative reports. The next issue of Focus is scheduled for 091iQber. 1977. FCa'ls is five times regional SOX "best college magazine." Once it has been named SOX " best in the nation." 2 Melody be\ls �Four lives: the daily stories of SlUE students George Hasenstab: a school-day, then a work-night Pat Dineff: after a workday, back to school 3 �Saleem Salaymeh: his day is organized It's quiet at Saleem Salaymeh's trailer at 5:30 this morning. Jan, his wife, is snuggled under the covers while Saleem sits up in bed to get in some study before an exam on this Friday. At 7:30, Jan prepares blueberry muffins for lunch later. Saleem loads up the car with books and other things needed today. After the cat is tossed outside and the dog tied up, the Salaymehs drive the short distance from their Edwardsville trailer to the campus. Jan goes to the library basement where she takes a shower. Saleem brushes his teeth in a University Center men's restroom. There hasn't been water at their trailer for six weeks because of the winter's hard freeze. Saleem copes with the problem the same way he copes with a busy day - with organization. Saleem, a biology-medical sciences major, finds this Friday busy with organic chemistry labs, his·job at the craft shop, a meeting of the International Students Council and a meeting of the vice presidental search committee. But Saleem has planned for everything. Story continued on page 22 �Photos and story by Rick Stankoven Saleem and Jan Sa!aymeh's day begins with a long walk to their car through the cold and snow. Left behind at their Edwardsville trailer are their cat and dog. At the University Center, Saleem spruces up in a men's restroom, a daily routine after water pipes at home froze during the winter. , ~· . At the edd of the day, the Salaymehs do their weekly shopping at an Edwardsville store. ~ ��Professor M. P. Bardolph monitors Saleem while performing an experiment in organic chemistry lab. Getting his point across as ahairman of the lnternationlJ/ Students Council, Saleem discusses up coming events at the Tosovsky center. A weekly chore, Saleem and Jan fill scores of gallon jugs with water at a local This gasoline station. lengthy task is necessary to get drinking and cooking water for their dry trailer. �George Hasenstab: the working student Apart from night students who work fulltime and attend classes, too, some of the busiest people on campus are those who hold down parttime jobs to support their education. Such is the lot of George Hasenstab, ·a 24-yearold senibr from Belleville. Hasenstab, a tel~v_ision­ radio major, has two part-time jobs, both related to his field of study. · · On campus, he does videotaping for the physics department. Off campus in Alton, he works at Cablevision, a cable television station. ·"The jobs aren't exceedingly difficult," Hasenstab says. "It's just that they take up a lot of time. There isn't always too much lift to spend with people you like." His day begins early, as he must drive to SIU from Belleville, about 25 miles away. Breakfast is consumed in whirlwind style in the utility room of Hasenstab's not-so-lavish basement apartment. It can consist of anything from coffee and doughnuts to Cold Duck and chocolate chip cookies. "I eat whatever is around that isn't rotten or stale. Sometimes I eat that too." .... �Story and photos by Jim Wolfe Above: Hasenstab has a lot of things to keep him occupied in-between physics department taping, in this case a flexible lens. Top: Breakfast can be anything from coffee and doughnuts to Cold Duck and chocolatechip cookies. �During Hasenstab's campus activities are pretty much like those of any SIU student: classes, tests, staying awake. Frequently, mornings are spent in and around the television studio in the communications building. Hasenstab has been spending a good deal of time in the film editing room, putting the finishing touches on a short film he helped produce. On many afternoons. he dwells in the basement of the sdience building operating the physics department's color video cassette system. Subjects are usually lectures by physics instructors about a variety of topics, like the operation of a computer terminal. After his on-campus day is complete, Hasenstab heads for Alton and Cablevision. There he performs a number of duties: operating cameras for the evening's newscast, assembling and tearing down sets, and running the switcher which is a video mixing consol. _.. �He likes working at the station. "I'm working with young, talented people. The program director is only 24, but he's really sharp. Working nights, I don't get to do a lot of production, but I do pick up a lot of things. My boss doesn't believe it, but I do." Often his shift at Cablevision extends into the early morning hours. Alone and somewhat weary, he monitors the equipment to make sure that something is being piped out to viewers. At times, his tight schedule can cause problems. "The girl I'm dating now works weekends, and I work nights. We don't get to see each other too much which is probably why the relationship is going so well." After Hasenstab tucks the cameras of Cablevision into bed for the night, he makes another journey to Belleville for a few hours rest . Clockwise from upper left: Hasenstab edits film in the television studio complex in the Communications Building, prepares the evening's newscast at Cablevision, rests a bit after a long day, and awaits quitting time at the Alton studio. • • • • �This quarter's clinic is a good hour's drive away. It's early, true, but Candie and her carpooler Pat always make the best of it talking with the sun rising behind them. ;;:;._ Candie leaves for clinic before the sun is up. At the hospital she takes a patient's blood pressure and makes notes from her patient's medical charts. 12 �Candie: a nurse. learning, caring, sharing '• Photos and story by Alan Schneider At 5:15 Tuesday morning in a modern townhouse complex in Belleville, a solitary light appeared from a second-story bedroom. It wasn't prowlers or a mother startled by her baby's cry, but an SIU nursing student starting a typical day of clinics. While music and anthropology and other students slept, Candice "Candie" Schwarz donned a white uniform, downed a quick breakfast and, after checking husba11d and baby, walked quietly through the morning darkness to her car. This quarter's assignment: a medical-surgical clinic at Christian Northeast Hospital in Spanish Lake, Mo., a good hour's drive away. She enjoys the trip. It's early, true, but she and her carpoolef, Pat, always make the best of it talking with the sun rising behind them. 13 �'I can't imagine just learning from books and then going out and being a nurse.' It was about 7:15 when the two girls walked through the lots to the hospital where, inside, their wide-awake-for-the-most-part fellow nurses gradually became a tight group of six plus instructor. At that point Candie already knew her patient to some extent. Though they had never met, Candie knew her patient's condition and how to administer treatment from research she had done the night before. The student nurses met with their instructor, Mrs. Ruth Gresley, in what is called "preconference." Here, questions of "what," "how" and "why" were posed to each student. ., "Nursing is pretty demanding," Candie said. "You can't just go to class once and show up for the tests. You have to be prepared in order to understand what's wrong and what the treatment is." With graduation and a career only a quarter away, Candie, 24 years old, takes the clinics seriously. "I can't imagine just learning from books and then going out and being a nurse," she said. "I'd need some experience in a hospital atmosphere to build confidence in myself and to learn how to relate to patients." 14 �A seemingly lifeless hand hung over a bedrail represents the less-than-pleasant conditions which often accompany life as a nurse. One of the more enjoyable daily moments includes browsing in the hospital gift shop on lunch break. 15 �'I let him scribble one day while I was reading, but (the pen) started going to his hair and his mouth and pretty soon he had little blue dots all over his head.' ., 16 �After checking the patient's charts, Candie proceeded down the long hallway to look in on her assigned patient, an elderly women with terminal cancer. " Hello, Mrs. . . . Can you hear me? .. . My. name is Candie " . . No use. The patient was in a semi-coma. Simple care could become a problem, but she began it, nevertheless. · · Giving insulin. ' Attempting orange juice tube feedings. Changing bedding, giving a bed bath, taking blood pressure and checking other vita l signs and dressing sores. s , ory continues on page 46 1 Candy and her carpooler walk through the lots after clinics. At home again Candy plays with herbab~Chad Then out of her uniform and into jeans, Candy studies. Later in the evening Candy and her husband find time to talk and relax. 17 �Night students live in a world devoid of the sights and sounds that "normal" daytime students are accustomed to. Besides coming to school at night, these students often have full-time jobs during the day which, as in the case of Pat Dineff, are hectic and keep them on.the move. Pat Dineff is an elementary music teacher at Logan and Niedringhaus schools in Granite City. She teaches 11 classes at Niedringhaus ·and 12 at Logan School. She takes night ~lasses in hope of getting her master's degree. Durtng winter quarter Pat had her night · classes on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Pat's typical day begins with a quick breakfast gulped down with briefcase in hand and a short two~ 18 �19 �Photos and story byTimVizer 20 �block drive to Niedringhaus School. With a different class coming every 25 mintues, a challenge confronts her daily. The classes are taught in the cafeteria "classroom" in the morning with an hour break for lunch and then back to more teaching. After a day of teaching Pat goes home for supper with her parents and then prepares notebooks for a night class, Co·mmunity Chorus. The twohour-long singing class is composed mainly of people who, like Pat, have demanding daytime jobs. The life of a night student is different. It has a touch of adventure to it, in an on-the-go world. • • • • 21 �Continued from page 17 Lunchtime came quickly. Giving a daughter time alone with her ailing mother, Candie descended nine floors, via elevator, to the snack bar. "After we eat, Pat and I always go across the hall to the gift shop," Candie said. "We find lots of goodies but we never buy a thing. And during the whole break we just talk, talk, talk." The break, of course, never seems long enough, but a patient's care isn't usually something that can wait. Therefore, back on floor nine Candie repositioned her patient to prevent bedsores. She attempted to feed her again. She supplied the woman with a new I.V. bottle and took her vital signs for the second time that day. When necessary, Candie and the other students asked for the assistance of their instructor and the ·staff nurses. "The staff nurses trust our judgment a lot," Candie said. "But they're also willing to help if something is new to us. They respect us." "And Mrs. Gresley is always around during the day to give her support. If you're doing something for the first time and you're already nervous, she doesn't make it seem like a big ordeal. She really has a calming air about her. She'll say 'Oh, relax. It'll come to you' or 'Oh, you can do it.' " "And besides that," she added, "I like her sense of humor.'' ~ At 1 p.m. Candie · and h~r fellow students checked into the nurses' station again, this time to chart ~ their patients' progress and the care administered. From there they gathered together for a postconference where each student riurse;'shared whatever information she could about her patients. A·nintern • • 1n nurs1ng. 46 Postconference ended a somewhat hectic Tuesday at clinic for Candie, but all was ready for the evening shift nurse to take over. One hour after postconference Candie was back home playing with Chad, her one-year-old boy. "I miss him so much when I' m gone," she said. "He's really fun - not a drag on me at all.'' "I can't wait until he's old enough to color because I used to just love it," she said. "I can see us now: 'Chad, let mommy do the last page,' and 'Mommy, why don't you outline your pictures?' and 'Mommy, you used up . all my black crayon.' " • ' Being a full-time student, wife and mother isn't easy for Candie. When she comes back from school or clinic her time is taken up with laundry and cleaning and trying.to be with Chad as much as possible. Then there is feeding time and bath time, and by then it's time to make supper. The schedule doesn't allow much time for homework before 8. "Chad starts chewing on my books if I don't pay attention to him while I'm studying," Candie· sa,id. "So I let him scribble one day while I was reading, and ~e just couldn't believe the thing in his hand was making designs. But the'n it started going to his hair and his mouth and pretty soon he had little blue dots all over his head.'' This night we(lt quickly after John came home from work. After a late supper, Chad, sluggish, was put to bed. John and Candie then had some time together. And, in a modern townhouse in Belleville a solitary light shone late. Two silhouetted figures had stories to tell and dreams to share. . • • • • � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Focus Magazine: Issue 15 Excerpt Subject The topic of the resource Focus Magazine Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 1977