Public Relations News Release — November 18, 1996

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1 Dealing with sexual harassment at the elementary school level Recent incidents involving six-year-old boys being suspended from school for kissing a female classmate have drawn national attention to the issue of sexual harassment.
1 Yep... Nope... Why midwesterners don't talk much Barbara Lounsberry discusses the reasons causing midwesterners to be more reserved.
1 Kicking the smoking habit for more than a day Kathy Gulick discusses quitting smoking for more than just during the Great American Smokeout.
1 TV dramas may create unrealistic expectations of emergency rooms Annette Elverum presented her paper "A Near Perfect World of Health Care: Chicago Hope and E. R." Her research showed success rates much higher on television than in real life, which may create unrealistic expectations.
1 Targeting young teen girls on the World Wide Web Barbara Weeg discusses the increasing number of teenage girls on the World Wide Web.
1 Teaching minority students about the opera Minority students from Iowa high schools participated in a master class taught by Metropolitan Opera star George Shirley.
1 Cancer research and computers to be discussed at University of Northern Iowa Biographical profiles of Robert McKinnel and Janet Drake.
1 American Association for Colleges of Teacher Education officer to conduct environmental scan of University of Northern Iowa Biographical profile of David Imig.