Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine - Achilles Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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THE YEARS 1984 THROUGH 1988 ... AS WE SAW IT. Subject: The History Of The Class Place: Philadelphia, PA Setting: P.C.P.M. FIRST YEAR At orientation, the first assembly of white coats takes place. No one knew each other or who would eventually become their best friend. Some of us met during SARP and learned how to shade in the computer card. In the beginning we were 130 strong. First trimester was like boot camp with four exams on every other Friday This only left us four weekends to go to the shore. Our routine was simple: 1. Don’t study for the first week at all. 2. Beginning week 2, study Neuroanatomy Sunday through Wednesday. 3. Study Histology and Gross Anatomy on Thursday, and read Embryology twenty minutes before bedtime. We were warned about Ncuroanatomy ahead of time by our forebearers. In Neuro. the words decussate , laminate , pedunculate , caudate , and “masterbate all became indistinguishable. The only words we all became familiar with was SLIMMER SCHOOL . This particular word motivated us to work much harder so that we would never see it. For Embryology, we had Gibley’s Believe It Or Not . He was the first to discover the testicular problem we have here at PCPM. Now. we might not use the information learned in Embryology everyday, but we sure try to use our “JEWELS as often as possible. We have him to thank for that In cadaver lab, the bodies were intimidating from day one. Some of our classmates wore plastic aprons, some wore white coals, and one in particular wore a Mr. Goodwrench blue jumpsuit. (Bret, arc you going to check the oil and transmission fluid on your cadaver?) Mans wore gowns, gloves and even masks. One wondered if it was because of the formalin or because Ken Freedman was coming down to lab with either Mono. Strep, Pneumonia. Conjunctivitis or hepatitis. While we were being challenged by Dr Boyd in lab. he was being challenged on the 3rd floor by Jim Kuhn at “Donkey Kong”! Wc soon went to our assigned seats. The second row was a group of inquisitive, loud, hand-raising, debating and very cooperative guys. When lecturers told jokes, the back row did their walrus impersonations as taught by Steve Kushncr. In the back, Katrina would be sleeping on her arm when she wasn't solving Sanner's take-home quiz for the whole class. She is not the most famous narcoleptic in our class though. Many suffered from Gergen's disease” Car-rozzino and Tcsch kept right on talking through lectures like thc were sports

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 77----- - ACHILLES 1988 STAFF Editor: Gina Carlo Faculty Advisor: Bruce Hirsch, Ph.D. Typist: Bonnie Denmark 4th Year 3rd Year Wally Strash Maurice Aiken Eric Egelman 2nd Year Dave Perelstein Francis Derk Lori LaRue 1st Year Pam Gekas Roberto Avaujo Official Photographer Zamsky Studios Publisher Jostens Printing And Publishing 9

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caster for ESPN. Wc thought wc were going to win an argument with Dr. Assalita in Intro, to Pod. Jonathan was crying but putting up a good fight. But wait. Hosey may have blown it by getting into it. Andy Karpf interjected. After all. lunch is my favorite class. Dr. Pitkow taught us neurophysiology during the last half of the football season. This was capped off by his tenth annual Post Supcrbowl Examination . The date for this exam increased the spread on our test grades. Our attempted pass was stopped by his beta-blockers. “Biomagic began with Dr. Sanner. At first wc were spinning index cards on pencils and then wc were turning our fingers into Midtarsal Joint axes. Finally, we were given questions like....... When the STJ is pronated in midstancc on an incline of 45° and viewed from the frontal plane, the MTJ is then: A. maximally pronated B. supinating C. supinated D. none of the above E. a few of the above F. most of the above, including choice D In Lower Extremity Anatomy. Dr. Hirsch reaffirmed Darwin’s theory of natural selection. He kept the herd healthy by clipping off the weak. FIc gave us diagrams and labelled pictures on his tests. These were of thing that could have very well been a wedge of cheese, an Egyptian pyramid, a chewed piece of bubble gum or maybe a lateral cuneiform. After his exams, our once rational, diplomatic class transformed into an angry mob (like straight from a horror movie), complete with pitchforks, wooden stakes and burning torches out for blood. Biochemistry started out on a dark, cold winter morning. Early in the day the class was awakened by this big girl asking. Where's ma' notes? Emma June would traipse down the aisle, go to her row and use Tim Lynch’s body as an apical axis guide to get into her lecture scat. When she finally stopped coming to classes. Gina Carlo and Russ Pctranto stuck a picture of her to her desk so that she was still with us. not in body, but in soul. Mike Obrecht came to class with a knapsack that was bigger than Rodney Dangcrfield's golf bag in C'addyshack. He must have had his bone box in it at all times. When he came to school, he looked like Neil Armstrong on a 10 speed.