Of Med Students and
meme
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Class of ’08
An Ironman Triathlete competitor and a financial analyst from Goldman
Sachs are among the 120 members of the School of Medicine’s incoming
class. Women make up 53 percent of the class; minorities, 10 percent.
Of the 68 colleges and universities represented, the schools with the
largest number of matriculants are JHU (13), Stanford (nine), Yale (seven)
and Harvard and MIT (five each). Students hail from 36 different states—topped
by California (17), Maryland (13) and New York (12)—and two foreign
countries, Canada and Kenya. Their ages range from 19 to 31, with an
average age of 22.
Med Mag
Medical students have produced a new literary magazine called
meme, which made its official debut in June. By turns witty,
irreverent and evocative—ever brainy—this little gem features
short fiction, essays, poetry, art and photography by more than two
dozen med-student contributors. Editors Felicia Chow and Lydia Gedmintas,
both SOM ’06, explain in an introductory note that the journal’s
title, meme (rhymes with “dream”) was coined by
biologist Richard Dawkins in his controversial book, The Selfish
Gene. It “refers to units of cultural information that spread
through a population, much like genes pass through a species.”
meme is published by the Office of Cultural Affairs. To get
a copy, contact Shannon Dunn, Cultural Affairs (410-955-3363). To see
meme online, go to www.jhoca.org.
At right, a sample of what’s inside.
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