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  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1974-01-17_Vol39_No31_05

++♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦«>♦♦♦»♦+++.>++».>.> \THE iDOCTOR 9S THE WESTERN CAROLLNIAN THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1974 PAGE 5 l|||llllll)||llill||||lllll||||lllll!||||lll^ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ BAG QUESTION: A recipe on the back of a box of rye crisp recommended eating an open faced sandwich composed of raw hamburger and raw egg yolk. 1 wantto try it but 1 have uneasy thoughts about eating the raw hamburger. How safe is it? What is the chance of getting a tape worm or whatever else lurks in uncooked meat? ANSWER: You have touched on a weakness of mine. Well prepared steak tartare is quite delicious, but some people have a natural abhorence to eating uncooked meat or eggs. Fear not, I have not cast aside my usual cautions about high cholesterol intake, but 1 also believe there is no better reward for abstinence than indulgence. If you prefer your meat on the rare side, it is certainly not being cooked to a high enough temperature to get rid of tape worms if they are present. Nor does freezing meat kill worms. If eating it raw is the way you like it, you really arc placing jour confidence in the fact that you are purchasing inspected meat and that tape worms are rare in this country. In the matter of pork products, it remains essential that these be well cooked since trichinosis is a more common occurrence than tape worms and potentially a very dangerous disease. (iood steak tartare requires more than just a raw egg and run of the mill hamburger. One third to one half pound of top quality- ground beef fillet, round steak or sirloin should be used for each serving. The meat should be lean and well trimmed. The rest of my favorite recipe for this delicacy follows, the measurements are for two servings: Using the back of a spoon, smash four anchovie fillets. Into this mash two to four teaspoons of capers. Add two teaspoons of ground parsley. Stir all this into the meat. Add four tablespoons of finely chopped onions and finish up by seasoning to taste with salt, black pepper, lemon juice, dried mustard (a little) Worcestershire sauce (small amount) and some cognac or port (not essential). Mix well. Compress the meat into patties and place one egg yolk in an indentation formed in the center of each patty. Serve with a slice of toast. Before eating, blend the egg yolk into the meat. If you have second thoughts after you taste it, pop the patty into a pan and cook it, The recipe makes incredibly good, though expensive, hamburger. ***************** ************** QUESTION: Could you please give me some information about migraine headaches? For instance what is the cause and can going on the birth control pill six months ago have any effect upon the onset of my first migraine headache? I have heard that they are a sign of intelligence, is there any truth to this? Do they have to do with tension? Are there any hereditary- factors? ANSWER: Migraine headaches are caused by a disturbance of function of small arteries in and outside of the head which results in an unusual constriction followed by painful enlargement of the arteries. These headaches typically are preceeded by visual changes, including flashing lights and blind spots, as well as by certain sensory changes such as numbness in a hand or leg. The headache itself pulses and is usually restricted to one side of the head. Many of these headaches are extremely mild and easily stopped by aspirin or other medication at the first signs of the headache but, sometimes they are very severe and disabling. They are often associated with nausea and vomiting. There is a familial pattern and many sufferers have the headache when they are under pressure or when they arc tense. Migraine is an unlikely sign of intelligence but, one would expect them to be more common in striving, success-oriented people. There appears to be a fairly definite increase in incidence of migrainous headaches in women taking the birth control pill. Women with preexisting mild migraine have had severe attacks with the pill and the headache has appeared for the first time in many- women after they began the pill. Many physicians feel that the presence of migraine headache is a contraindication to the use of the birth control pill. ********************************** Address letters to Dr. Arnold Werner, Box 974, East lansing, Mi. 48823. . Wives Buy Toy Chest Many clubs and organizations participating in the Annual UCB Christmas Bazaar used the proceeds they received to help other organizations. One such organization was the Student Wives' Club of WCU. With one half of their proceeds, the wives' purchased toys and a toy chest for the Child Care Clinic of C. J. Harris Hospital "The Child Care clinic is a multiphasic clinic which administers preventative disease measures to children of Jackson County. U is a free out patient clinic offered to families of indigent circumstances. Children arc tested and diagnosed, then sent to a private physician for further treatment. Spin On It by h .11. Boutelle Rare is the individual who has the ability to absorb any given characterization and accurately transmit it through his medium. Jim Crocc was a man who had this talent, and his songs capture the essence of people and their often complex surroundings. Recently, his third and last album was released entitled, "I've Got A Name," and its contents decidedly prove the veracity of his sensitive gift. The eleven tracks on the album range musically from ballad-like love songs to thumping R & B in a pattern similar to that of his two previous albums. The difference lies in his lyrics, which are still consistently original on this record. Crocc was a storyteller, constantly aware of new situations and continually applying them to his music. The two outstanding songs on the recording are "Lover's Cross," a lyrical work of genius combined with a fitting melody, and "Workin' at the Car Wash Blues," a grinding rocker dealing with the labor plight, "Don't 'spect to sec me With no double martini In the high class society news. 'Cause I got them steadily depressin' low down mind messin' Workin' at the Car Wash Blues." "I've Got A Name." currently a hit on the Top 40 charts, is thought of by many as Jim Croce's theme song. This cut features the intricate and gliding acoustical guitar work of Maury Muchciscn, whose leads are evident throughout the album. "Salon and Saloon" is a clever and moody piece, recorded with only Croce's voice and the adept piano of session artist Tommy West. The song is reminiscent of Croce's high school days and dedicated to the forgotten friends of that time. '•Five Short Minutes" and "Top Hat Bar & Grille" are two descriptive R & B tunes, the first being analogous to the sound of "Rapid Hoy, That Stockcar Boy" from an earlier album. The latter is typical of Croce's awareness of atmosphere, and his ability to reproduce it. "I'll Have to Say 1 Live You in a Souk" contains probablv the best melodic line on the album, and is simply a new point of view dealing with a familiar subject. "The Hard Way Every Time" is another song of love, but in this instance concerns itself with one going rather than one coming. "Recently" is unusual. With backing from excellent bosa nova percussion, this track adds decent change of strong I.atin influence. The and Thursday" is a bit of a change too, with underlying country- western backing assistance. Farewell to Jim Croce, We will invariably feel empty in the future without his words and musical ambition. "I've (nit A Name" is the final token, the work of one of the most adroit local colorists of our time. remaining songs on the recording, "Age" "Thursday," are ballad material. "Thursd Brother, Can You Spare A Bowl Of Grain? Our Shrinking Food Reserve by Gary S. Richardson Uist week the cafeteria man- simistically communicated by lea must escape the role of agement requested meal ticket Lester Brown, "Projections being the bread basket of the holders not to ask lo be served for the coming year indicate world. Third World economic those items which they did not that, even with record crops und agricultural development plan to eat. The reason giv- of wheat and feedgrains in the must become a high priority en by Stedman Mitchell was I'nited Stales, a good lo very concern for the richer nations, thai, "America seems to be good grain harvest in the Soviet Hopefully this would allow their running out of every thing." This Union and the prospects of aver- rising economies to be more belated revelation paints a much age or better crops in India competitive In the world food bleaker picture when it is tin- and China that world grain re- market as well as increase their dersiood that the rest of the serves will be further depleted oWn agricultural yields in ur- world is waiting for us to share between now and the next har- d01' '" decrease their import with them a surplus we no vest m late 1974, With re- demands, longer possess. Our surplus serves depleted and idled crop- That is a long run solution. is on a slow boat to the USSR, land fast disappearing this '" develop the Tnird World leaves the world in an extreme- would probably take at least In the summer of 1972 the l.v vulnerable position," 20 to 25 years. This includes US sold to the USSR 440 mil- ;,n the overhead capital invest- lion bushels of wheal, This Vs the table indicates, be- im'nl as well »s the anthro - sale was equal Ui 30 percent tween the years of 1934-38 ev - pological and psychological en- of our average yearly wheal cry major region of the world cumbrances of cultural transi- production of the last five grow- exported grain except West Jj°n« f°V l>ic short run a ing seasons. The depletion of Europe. However, during the World food Reserve mst be our wheal surplus immediately interim period of 4(1 years the creaed, I.lis would entail plica used an increase in the price world population and consump- ing up a large surplus during of wheal in the IS which in lion have grown by two thirds. times of abundance and dis- tum brought about a rise in This is why the regions which tributing :t in a '.imr i>f famine cost of bread production, once exported foodstuffs are inc. The Food and Agricul- II also became mire expen- now importing them, Within tura! Organization erf the United she lo purchase feed for cat- the next thirty years our pre- Nations has proposed such a lie and poultry. Naturally. sent population on earth will plan to ils member nations. these costs were pissed onto multiply itself by two, The im- Secretary of State Henry Kis- the consumer, plications of an almost geome- singer has talked openly of In order to replenish our trie increase in population w ill calling a World Conference on surplus and abate the grow- mean a horrify ing ratio of buy- Food in 1974 to discuss ways in« scarcity of foodstuffs Ihe ers to sellers on the world to avert the imminent crisis of I'nited Stales Department of food market. ■ Fierce convie- famine xgriculture is allowing 50 mil- lition and even war may re- ';'" ' ' l th(> leaders of lion acres to be put to use for suit from the allocation of a tne world are sensing the need the first time in twelve years, truly scarce resource among to act now on the ma'.t^r strikes However, gi yen the ever mount- mi many alternative competing in optimisti-: i >'.e, However, inj,' world demand for grain, ends, it ' i'i hardly K dlsr.-med. f M' this increase in production will One thing we may readily con- [' 's *'^v •' P'c "lo i l mircVi- not be adequate. This is pes- elude here is thai North \mer- ing band, The Changing Pattern of World Grain Trade (Plus-Annual Net Exports; jVlinus-Annual Net Imports) Millions oj Metric Tons Region lDS',-38 30',8-iJ t060 r.» ■■; t97Sfa) North America +5 4-23 +33 -i o:> +84 Latin America -, ■ 9 0 -f. 5 Western Europe — 24 -22 -25 — 27 —21 East Europe & USSR |- 5 0 - ■ < —27 Africa -|-1 0 — 2 — V 5 ■Asia +^ -6 -17 24 33 Australia +3 +3 +6 +8 +8 (a; Preliminary

The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University's student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolinian in 1933.

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  • Western Carolina University
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• Date
  • Date original: 1974-01-17;
  • Date digitized: 2017-11-29
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  • Dimension: 15.75" x 11"
  • Pages: 8 pages
• Subject - Topic
  • College student newspapers and periodicals
  • Cullowhee (N.C.) -- Newspapers
  • Universities and colleges -- North Carolina -- Cullowhee -- Newspapers
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  • Jackson County (N.C.)
  • Cullowhee (N.C.)
• Source institution
  • Western Carolina University
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  • WCU Students Newspapers Collection
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  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1974-01-17_Vol39_No31
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  • Western Carolina University Hunter Library