June 23, 1997
Volume 49, No. 34

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CAMPUS NEWS Emory and the United Methodist Church grapple with legal and traditional ties   Researcher assumes senior level post in Health Sciences   Think carpool, only cheaper-vanpools latest commuter option   Barkley Forum's Urban Debate League gets $600,000 grant Annual Writer's festival features four regional voices UNSHELVED a list of the top ten bestselling fiction and nonfiction The following lists give the 10 bestselling fiction and nonfiction books in the Emory Bookstores for June: Fiction: 1. Mason & Dixon by Thomas Pynchon 2. The Gospel According to the Son by Norman Mailer 3. The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield 4. A Book of Memories: A Novel by Peter Nadas 5. Out of Canaan by Jan Karon 6. Up Island: A Novel by Anne River Siddons 7. Lady of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley 8. Light of Common Day by John Herman 9. Five Women by Rona Jaffe 10. The Ranch by Danielle Steel Nonfiction: 1. Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil by John Berendt 2. Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer 3. Personal History by Katherine Graham 4. Virus Hunter by C.J. Peters 5. Just as I am by Billy Graham 6. Underboss: Sammy the Bull Gravano's Story by Peter Maas 7. Visual Explanations by Edward Tufte 8. News of a Kidnapping by Gabriel Garcia Marquez 9. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir by Frank McCort 10. Into the Storm by Tom Clancy Unshelved is compiled by Nowell Briscoe, trade book buyer in the Emory Bookstores.

PERSPECTIVES First Person: Michael Johns Emory finds itself at a crossroads with health care changes   Profile: Daiasy Machado Machado's career satisfies need to encourage others SCHOLARSHIP & RESEARCH Christians should risk relating to people of other faiths   Rich's students tackle real world welfare-to-work issues Cable Conference convenes on campus Emory hosted this year's University of Massachussetts' Annual Conference on Campus Cable Television. Attendees from universities across the country came to The Conference Center to attend various seminars and learn about new trends and equipment, as well as what their colleagues at other universities are doing. Speakers came from as far away as Maine, New Mexico and Wisconsin, but Emory staff provided some of the conference's most interesting information. Many members of Multimedia Communications delivered presentations or led discussions. There were presenters from other Emory departments as well. Benn Konsynski, a professor at the Goizuetta Business School, told a group attending the "Managing the Information Resource" presentation that the "model of a University will be challenged as we move into the next decade." He also talked about the patterns of electronic commerce and new market realities. Jim Johnson, vice provost for Information Technologies, was a keynote speaker. He discussed the changes in video and its related technology and talked about those who will benefit from the new technology. He also provided various possibilities and strategies to take advantage of the new technology. Professor's world law concept realized Woodruff Professor of Law Harold Berman is one of the leaders of the effort to establish the World Law Institute, a not-for-profit organization that will sponsor educational programs in fields of law relating to world economy, world organizations and the emerging common law of humankind. Berman has been a leading academic advocate of world law and a principal author of the world law concept. He will be joined by David Link, dean of the Notre Dame University Law School, who will serve as chairman of the new institute, Ohio trial lawyer Thomas Murray and Edward Mearns, professor of law at Case Western Reserve University. Primarily for practicing lawyers and global business and political leaders, the World LawInstitute will establish Academies of World Law in various countries-the first scheduled to open in Moscow and London in 1998. The institute will be officially launched at the Conference on World Law this fall. Peachtree racers will sport Emory t-shirts As an affiliate sponsor, Emory Healthcare will support the 1997 Peachtree Road Race in a number of ways. The popular annual event is scheduled for July 4 at 7:30 a.m. and starts at Lenox Square. Emory has been associated with the Atlanta Track Club, organizer of the race, for more than a decade and for the past five years has been a formal sponsor. The 1997 race will be the first with a large contingent of racers wearing Emory colors; more than 300 staff will race in complimentary Emory Healthcare t-shirts. "It was exciting being involved with the Peachtree registration (at Emory Hospital)-to see so many Emory runners," says Debbie Clegg of the Emory Running Club and dietetic internship director at Emory Hospital. "From the looks of the quality of runners we have, we have an awesome team. Go Emory!" Visitors to the Runners' Expo at Grand Hyatt Atlanta (formerly Hotel Nikko) scheduled July 2 and 3 may visit the Emory Healthcare exhibit for free body fat measurements and flexibility testing. A limited number of Emory Healthcare t-shirts are available for Emory staff who registered for the Peachtree on their own but still wish to represent Emory during the race. Call Gaye Humphrey at 778-7735 or send and e-mail to <Gaye_Humphrey@emory.org.> Emory staff who would like information about the Emory Running Club should contact Linda Napolitano at 712-7033.