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CHIPS LUTHER COLLEGE
“Let the chips fall where they may.”
December 6, 2012
Vol. 135, No. 12
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Luther student on the ‘Rhode’ to Oxford
Photo courtesy of Lori Stanley
Learning from locals. Rhodes Scholarship recipient Georgianna “Annie” Whiteley (‘13), Rachel Hodapp (‘13), translator Musa Kamaika and Noonkodin students interview an Eluwai expert about medicinal plants during her second trip to Tanzania to study medical anthropology in the summer of 2011.
Walker Nyenhuis
Staff Writer
Georgianna “Annie” Whiteley (‘13) was named a Rhodes Scholar elect on Saturday, Nov. 17. She is the only student from an Iowa school to receive the honor this year. “She’s an excellent student,” Whiteley’s academic advisor and Professor of Chemistry Carolyn Mottley said. “She works hard to understand what’s going on instead of just enough information to do well on the exam.” For over a century, Rhodes Scholarships have funded post-graduate degrees for select students at Oxford University in the United Kingdom. 32 American Rhodes Scholars are chosen yearly based on academic performance, commitment to others and strength of character.
Selected from a pool of 838 candidates with institutional endorsements in 16 national districts, Whiteley was chosen
and other Ivy League schools,” Whiteley said. “It was incredibly intimidating to be with that group, but at the same time everyone was super nice. It didn’t seem that competitive at the time because you just wanted to learn about everyone.” Whiteley is the eighth student from Luther to receive a Rhodes Scholarship. After she graduates this upcoming spring with a chemistry major and biology minor, she intends to pursue a two-year Master of Philosophy in Medical Anthropology at Oxford. “[Medical anthropology is] how different cultures
approach health care and medicine,” Whiteley said. “We think that bio-medicine is everything, but there are so many other cultures in the world who have different medical systems that can be just as effective,” she said, “We’re so quick as people in bio-medicine to disregard it as their ‘traditional medicine,’ but it’s real to them. It’s something to be valued.” Medical anthropology caught Whiteley’s attention early in her Luther career. She further explored it in Professor of Anthropology Lori Stanley’s (‘80) course Anthropology in East Africa, traveling to northern Tanzania over J-term of her sophomore year. “[We] were looking at culture change among the Maasai people in Tanzania,” Stanley said. “I found her in that Rhodes Scholar
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OWI offenses on the rise Brita Moore
Staff Writer
Campus has seen an increase in drunk driving reports this year. There have been four instances of operating while intoxicated (OWI) to date, including the most severe on Oct. 20, when former student Daniel Mendoza damaged six cars in the Regents parking lot. “We don’t have a category for OWI
On the campus crime statistics list on the Luther website, arrests for liquor law violations are listed as increasing since 2009. There were two arrests in that year, followed by three circumstances of these incidents are not listed. “I think maybe we had one or two all of “Certainly the accident in the Regents parking lot was the most severe in terms of risk to people’s safety. We are very fortunate that the Michael Crowe/Chips
Alcohol violations
as alcohol violations.”
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Dangerous driving. Police arrive outside Baker Village on Nov. 17 after a driver crashed into a light pole. He was arrested, and found to be intoxicated.