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by Arnold Werner, M.D.
Column No. 1, December 1970
QUESTION: How is a person's left-handedness or right handedness
determined? Both my fiance, 20, and I are left-handed and
I was wondering if there are probability ratios for our
children also being left-handed. What are the physical
characteristics or quirks known to be associated with
left-handed people?
ANSWER: Handedness is a fairly complex matter which probably has a
greater number of social determinants than genetic
determinants. Left-handedness does seem to run in families
to a mild degree but after extensive inquiry, including
consultation with a genetics expert, I was unable to turn up
any studies of the offspring of left-handed parentss.
If left-handedness were solely genetic, it would be
correlated with cerebral dominance which refers to the
phenomenon of one half of the brain controlling speech
and certain complex psychomotor activities. In the vast
majority of individuals only one half of the brain performs
these functions of "dominates". While 99 percent of
right-handed people have left hemisphere dominance, 90
per cent of left-handed people also have dominant left
hemispheres. Thus, it seems that in only a small percent of
left-handed people are the controlling factors based on
neurologic structure and therefore probably genetic.
In a world designed for right-handed people
sinistrodextrality can be inconvenient but so far as I know
does not carry with it any physical characteristics or quirks.
QUESTION: What are the hazards, if any, of oral-genital intercourse
between husband and wife?
ANSWER;,The/e are,no,,k,npwn.hazards,,Specifically, no.poisonings or
pregnancies have been reported. This form of sexual
activity is probably practiced to a much greater extent than
is commonly realized, but people are understandably
reluctant to discuss such activities. Most authorities in the
field of sexual behavior consider oral-genital intercourse as
part of the normative range of sexual expression. Philip
Roth's "Portnoy's Complaint" presents some humorous
vignettes on the subject.
^^QESTK)N: Why do I have tapeworms? I am 24 years old and a single
woman. I am extremely clean, and my diet is good; my
weight is iMrfoct. I've taken tapeworm tablets to get rid of
them which works just fine for about three months only
then they come back again. What can I do to gat rid of
them forever?
ANSWER: Tapeworm infections are not very common in the United
States although a variety of other types of intestinal
parasites peacefully make their home in the bowds of
millions of our fellow citizens. In some parts of the world,
intestinal parasites are found in nearly everyone.
Tapeworms usually come from infected beef, pork or fish.
Humans ingesting, infected food provide a place for the
embryonic worm to hatch. After setting up housekeeping in
the small intestine, the tapeworms can grow to a length of
thirty feet (in some species) but commonly are a more
reasonable size...such as nine or ten feet. Most of the
symptoms they produce are related to digestive tract
function and include diarrhea, cramps, bleeding, and a sense
of fullness. The person is often aware of the infection
because they excrete parts of the worm.
Many of the sources of tapeworms in this country have
been reduced or eliminated over a period of years. Fish
tapeworms were not uncommon in the Great Lakes region
but pollution and a declining interest in raw fish took care
of the problem. Inspection of beef and pork has greatly
reduced these sources, although raw beef fanciers (steak
tartars is great stuff) occasionally come down with a case. If
your eating habits run to the unusual, you may be
reinfecting yourself in spite of successful treatment.
Thorough evaluation by a gastroenterologist is
recommended for you and your helminthic friends.
THE CAROLINA JOURNAL
SGA president
speaks
1970 College Press
Service
48823^ letters to Dr. Arnold Werner, Box 974, East Lansing, Mi.
Continued from page 3
proposed a plan very similar to
our’s - unlimited hours for all
students, locking hours for
residence halls with someone
available to let students in, and a
voluntary sign-in, sign-out
program. I hope that the
Administrative Council will heed
this sound advice.
If you have wondered what
happened to 7-day visitation, the
hold up has been over a failure of
House Presidents to turn in
Housing Acts votes and
management procedures for
visitation. These votes and
procedure proposals are now
coming in, however, and Houses
that vote for 7-day visitation will
soon have it.
To the Students in Moore Hall
who have been forced into a lot of
unwanted exercise, this condition
was caused by one (or a few)
student (s) who decided they
could rewire the elevators. Their
attempt was a failure and the
repair bill will be costly. The
Housing Office has informed me
that unless the students involved
in this incident are identified, the
entire REsesidence Hall may be
assessed for the cost. Students
having any information
concerning this incident are
requested to report it to Attorney
General Wayne Stowe, 907 Moore
Hall, ext. 479.
Housing Act
Ratified
Continued from page 1
throughout the residence hall,
may be established in Official
House Meetings.
As stated in the executive
portion of the Housing Act, each
House shall elect a president and a
vice-president. Elections for these
officers shall be held within the
first two weeks of the semester.
The proposed powers and
duties of the House President
include calling and presiding at all
Official House Meetings, serving as
a liaison between his House and
the administration and his House
and the SGA, appointing House
committees, serving on the
Residence Hall Council, making
sure that his House’s rules are
enforced and reporting any
violations of these rules to the
Attorney General, and appointing
a House Secretary.
The vice-president shall assist
the president in alt House business
and shall assume the duties of the
president in his absence or
incapacity.
Any House Officer may be
impeached by a two-thirds
majority vote of the residents of
the House.
Finally, the proposed Housing
Act provides for a Residence Hall
Council, consisting of the House
Presidents and Chief Justice of
each Residence Hall Court. Each
residence hall will have its own
Residence Hall Council.
The purpose of the Council is
to meet to discuss the problems of
the Houses and to decide whether
or not certain proposed rules or
changes would necessitate
uniform throughout the residence
halls.
The Housing Act may be passed
.f it is ratified by a two-thirds
popular vote of each residence
liall. Further action will be taken
concerning the act by the Student
Legislature at its next meeting.
Until visitation times and rules
are changed according to the
provisions of the act, each House
shall keep its present system of
visitation.
Page 5
49ers sports car club
holds Gymkhana
Class
Driver
Car
Best result
trophy
I
Wally Overton
Comp. Sprite
52.91
yes
I
Robert Home
Mod. Farm Vehicle
57.51
yes
I
Paul Stafford
Mod. Farm Vehicle
1:02.2
yes
I
Charles Overton
Comp. Sprite
1:03.65
no
II
Mike Thompson
Triumph GT-6+
1:00.91
yes
II
Jim Comer
Porsche 91 IS
1:02.95
yes
II
Spencer Clendenin
A-H 3000
1:06.20
no
III
Pat Rothe
Sprite
59.62
yes
III
Bill Aldrin
Fiat 124S
59.67
yes
III
Lei^ Derby
MG Midget
60.20
yes
IV
. No Entires
V
Combined with Class VI
VI
Tom Swicegood
Fiat Sedan
1:00.00
yes
VI
Walter Dunlap
Mustang
1:06.40
yes
VI
• Glenn Kiser
Impala
1:07.44
yes
VII (Ladies)
VII
Mary Neal McQueen
Sprite
1:01.69
yes
VII
Jeannette Dunlap
Mustang
1:05.00
yes
VII
Debbie Thompson
Triumph GT-6+
1:05.71
yes
VII
Anne Nickell
Porsche 911 S
1:08.5
no
One mote Gymkhana will be held on December 13, 1970. Cold
weather prohibits holding events after this date..
*. ■ Walter M. Dunlap III . ■ ' ' , ■
President, 49ers SCC
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