October 6, 1997
Volume 50, No. 7

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CAMPUS NEWS Emory's Phoenix Plan for Greek Life has become a model for other institutions As 21st century approaches, so does Year2000 problem ABC correspondent Roberts livens up Alumni Weekend Goizueta School poised to train 'business thinkers' in new era Eight alumni receive Emory Medal Wellness Faculty Town Hall Thursday A faculty Town Hall Meeting will be held Thursday, Oct. 9, at 4 p.m. in the Cox Hall banquet room. The campus master plan will be discussed.   Sonnenfeld leaves for Georgia Tech Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, founder and director of the Center for Leadership & Career Studies at the Goizueta Business School, has resigned to become dean of the DuPree School of Management at Georgia Tech. "It's painful leaving Emory," said Sonnenfeld, who's been at Emory since 1989. "I've never had a better job." Sonnenfeld's departure comes at a time when the business school is conducting a search to replace Dean Ronald Frank, who will retire next year. Chancellor Billy Frye has forwarded a list of possible replacements for Frank to President Bill Chace. EmoryCard required for Library access With the completion of the addition to Woodruff Library, an EmoryCard (University identification card) is now necessary to access the library. The EmoryCard is available at no cost until Jan. 9, 1998. The normal cost of the card is $5. Only employees who have not previously received an EmoryCard are eligible for a free card. Both replacement cards and free cards are available at the EmoryCard Office in Room 270 of the Dobbs Center, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m..

PERSPECTIVES New technologies call for shift in health care paradigm Tillman looks back on 28 years of service to Emory athletics SCHOLARSHIP & RESEARCH Computer model points to causes of slipped disk New nursing school program trains high-risk practitioners UNSHELVED The following lists give the 10 bestselling fiction and nonfiction books in the Emory Bookstores for September:   Fiction: 1. Cold Mountain - Charles Frazier 2. If This World Were Mine - E. Lynn Harris 3. Underworld - Don Delillo 4. Unnatural Exposure - Patricia Cornwell 5. A Book of Memories - Peter Nadas 6. Angel of Darkness - Caleb Carr 7. The Partner - John Grisham 8. Special Delivery - Danielle Steele 9. London - Nicholas Sparks   Nonfiction: 1. Angela's Ashes - Frank McCourt 2. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - John Berendt 3. The Royals - Kitty Kelly 4. How Proust Can Change Your Life - Alain de Batton 5. Brain Droppings - George Carlin 6. The Secret Language of Birthdays - Gary Goldschneider 7. Into the Wild - Jon Krakauer 8. Babyhood - Paul Reiser 9. All Over But the Shoutin' - Rick Bragg 10.Into Thin Air - Jon Krakauer   Unshelved is compiled by Nowell Briscoe, trade book buyer in the Emory Bookstores. Emory Benefits Fair set for Oct. 14 & 15 This year's Emory Benefits Fair will allow employees to "Cruise the World of Benefits" at three different locations: Oct 14 at the Dobbs Center from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Oct. 15 at Decatur Plaza from 8:30 to 11 a.m.; and Oct. 15 at Crawford Long from 2 to 5 p.m. Visitors can enjoy refreshments, win door prizes, listen to music and test their knowledge of Emory benefits at the Trivial Pursuit booth. There will also be a free blood pressure check and stress indicator. Exhibitors include the Benefits and Training departments, the Well House, AIG, Fidelity Investments, MetPay, MetLife, Northwestern, Prudential Healthcare, TIAA-CREF, UNUM, VALIC, the Vanguard Group and Zurich American Insurance Co. For more information, check out the Human Resources website at <www.emory.edu/HR>.