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KU student is Rhodes Scholar
Lawrence woman ends University's 10-year drought
By Delin Cormeny Kansan staff writer
Pam McElwee's parents have more than one reason to be happy about their daughter winning the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship.
"They don't have to pay for graduate school," the Lawrence senior said, while laughing.
McEwle found out this weekend that she became the first KU woman and the first KU student in 10 years to win a Rhodes Scholarship, which will
pay for a two-year stint at Oxford University in England.
"It's just incredible," she said. "I'm incredibly excited."
She is one of 32 recipients chosen from among 100 national semi-finalists, which were chosen from among countless regional and state finalists.
"You've got to have a very clear sense of what you want to study," she said, "My interest is in developing countries and biology."
But McElwee considered luck to be an element.
"I'm not the best student to pass through in the past 10 years," she said. "It was just the right time."
The 21-year-old said she will graduate from KU in December with a bachelor's degree in political science and
environmental studies. At Oxford, she plans to complete a one-year master's degree program in forestry.
"I need to find something to do for another year," she said, because the scholarship will pay for two years of study. "I may study geography or biology. I'll just have to wait and see."
She said her goal was to work for a United Nations agency or an international development agency, possibly in Kenya, as an environmentalist.
McElwear has finished her course work for her degrees and is a research assistant to Vice President-elect Al Gore's environmental policy adviser in Washington.
She said that although she was pleased about winning the scholarship, she was also a bit nervous about
living up to the title of Rhodes Scholar.
"Obviously, I always put pressure on myself to do well," she said. "And now I have to prove that I deserve this scholarship, so it's going to be hard."
McElwee's mother, Margery McElwee,
said Pam was simply continuing a family tradition by studying science.
Both parents are scientists.
Margery McElwee teaches chemistry, math and physics at Eudora High School, and Carl McElwee is a professor of geophysics at KU.
"I'm overwhelmed she won," Margery McElwee said. "I'm still in a state of shock."
The Rhodes Scholarships are awarded annually in honor of Cecil Rhodes, a South African statesman.
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Popularity of wine increases as holiday season arrives
One particular type of holiday spirit seems to be on many people's lips this season, and it's warming the cockles of the heart and lending the cheeks a blushing glow.
Whence comes this spirit? It does not emanate from snow-covered, holly-laden city streets, nor does it spring from piped-in holiday music, though it may make some of us more musically uninhibited.
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In fact, this year's most popular spirit comes from the lowly grape.
Wine sales reflect that increase. "Business is better than ever for wine," said William Deutsch, president of W.J. Deutsch & Sons, an international liquor distributing company in New York.
Deutsch said that despite recent worries concerning high prices of imported wines, money seems to be no object for holiday wine consumers.
"Wine drinking is on the increase," said Mia Green, the executive secretary of the Wine & Spirits Guild of America. "There is a growing acceptance of wine as an adjunct and taste treat, especially at auspicious occasions."
Wine is the trendy libilation of the holiday season, says everyone from experts quoted on television news reports to the guy running the local lounge store.
Why the new popularity? It seems to be due to an increased awareness of wine's health benefits, a basic reaction against the pennypinning ways of the past couple of years and a growing domestic wine market that offers quality wines at affordable prices.
"That news report created a real interest in wines, 'Web said.' Because of it, I think we are going to see a lot of families who don't know how to drink wine. Thanksgiving and all through the holidays."
John Webb, owner of Webb's Liquor, 800 W. 23rd St, credits a "60 Minutes" report aired last spring as the reason behind the appeal of wine. Medical experts reported that a moderate intake of wine, one to two glasses a day, can help lower blood pressure and reduce the risk of heart problems.
"It is true that people are buying fewer durable goods," Glass said. "They are also paying down debt. This usually leads to an increase in immediate purchases, but there is no way to know if that is happening or will happen over this holiday season."
Bob Glass, research economist at the University of Kansas' Institute for Public Policy and Business Research, tends to agree, but warns that no economic theory is foolproof.
What types of wine will consumers purchase to satiate their "immediate pleasures"? Both Webb and Schwartz predicted that wines from Italy, France, and Spanish wines, mostly of the domestic variety.
Steve Schwartz, owner of Schwartz Retail Liquor, 1215 W. 6th St., said, "I think people are going to bust loose this holiday season. We're tired of being tightwads, of saving our money and paying off our credit cards, and we're just going to go for it."
Webb also said that the economy will probably "help us this year because people are spending less on big ticket items and more on affordable, immediate pleasures."
"The number one big seller will be $10 to $15 champagne for New Year's Eve," Schwartz said. "Then will come white and red California wines in the upper to middle price range — $10 to $20 bottles."
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