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SPORTS: This year's college football bowl matchups, finalized yesterday, have some teams upset. Page 7.
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOL.102, NO.73
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KU student is Rhodes Scholar
Lawrence woman ends University's 10-year drought
By Delin Cormeny Kansan staff writer
Pam McElwear'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.
McEwlee 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.
McEllwee 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 Cari 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.
'Blues' haunt holidays
Season brings anxiety depression for some
By Tim Beims
Special to the Kansan
Christmas isn't always merry. As pressure and stress increase, the holidays can become an emotional saboteur, silently stalking mental well-being.
Mental health care professionals say the "holiday blues" are not just a figment of the imagination.
"For a number of reasons, the holidays can get people down," said Arthur Thomas, associate director of KU's Counseling and Psychological Services, in Watkins Health Center.
Depression is characterized by two clinical types. Over 10 million suffer from the first type, major emotional depression. It has persistent symptoms, physiological causes and is usually treated with anti-depressant medication and therapy.
But nearly everyone has experienced the second type, minor depression. It is the common cold of mental health, an emotional response to disappointing external events, such as losing a job or failing a course. The holiday blues fit this category, said Rodge Moore, executive director of Christian Psychological Services. 944 Kentuckvst.
Ironically, perhaps the single greatest cause of holiday depression is the family. During a period that traditionally places a high premium on family togetherness, distressed or severed family ties can be painful to endure.
"It can be a very difficult time because not all families get along so well," Thomas said.
"There is a lot of stress and a lot of difficult relationship issues."
Expectations of family relationships are at the crux of what causes holiday depression. Moore explained that there were two types of family-generated depression. The first type afflicts those who anticipate troublesome relationships at holiday gatherings and suffer anxiety and depression in the weeks before the holidays.
The second type strikes those who ignore family histories and convince themselves that "this year will be different" only to crash head-long into reality and experience post holiday depression.
But even members of intimate families are not immune to holiday depression. Just deciding on a holiday travel itinerary can often be an arduous endeavor, particularly when traveling long distances. Financing expenses of travel and gift-purchasing can also lead to stress and anxiety.
A particular at-risk group is families that have experienced a recent death. Christmas and New Year's, which are closely bound to sentiment and retrospection, can evoke what amounts to an "emotional replay" of the initial feelings of grief and anguish.
"It is especially difficult if a death occurs near Christmas because then it is always associated with the holidays," he said.
Moore said the surest way to combat depression is to stay socially and physically active. He advised that students who are unable to spend the holidays with family should find others to celebrate with.
"It is not bad to spend time alone, it's another thing altogether to be lonely," he said. "Make active plans to get together and then spend the holidays with friends, other students or friends' families."
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