University of Southern California School of Dentistry - El Molaro (Los Angeles, CA)

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Checkmate Tasic, your turn to treat at Burger King. Ift. { -?sa ; «£- And it doesn ' t stick to dental work either. A.B. Psychobiology U.C.L.A; Psi Chi; Poet; Nitrovs and I.V. Pusher. Pong - Wooosh - ping ping ping - bong - ping ping - bong - Anybody got a cigarette? - ping ping ping - bong - Tasic, you f— head, haven ' t you got a cigarette? - bong - bong - ping. Ding Ding Ding I ' ve got to have a cigarette before I die! bong bong bong TILT. God, what ' ed I have to do that for? Son of a (2; !! . I ' ve got to see a patient in three minutes. Strathdee, you wanta ' play a fast game of chess? Craig Schlie is unique. All can remember his bottomless recital before a lecture in Rutherford Hall. I can remember how he dropped my first carnuba wax carved shovel; or was it a fish, the day before they were due in the second week of preclinical. But out of this tomfoolery has arisen a student who is often consulted by his peers on patient management when we have had a particularly hard white-knuckle case. Craig ' s uniqueness has often opened a new approach to the new concepts and the old dogma we ' ve received over the past four years. Craig has certainly demonstrated his uniqueness where he confronted the past Dean with the absurd waste of expensive analytical grade chemicals in the dispensary while the Dean was delivering a moving school-wide speech on how he ' s trying to keep costs and tuition down. Congratulations Craig on getting through these four years and on growing and sharing and I still resent having to recarve that damn tooth over again. Wayne Shepard H len are wise in proportion not to their experience but to their capacity for experience. George Bernard Shaw ' Damn, melted my forceps again! ' Doesn ' t anybody in this place have a cigarette.

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(MUJ c This place is really the pits. P I wonder if I should have an instructor look at this? O.K. you guys, where ' s my mobile cabinet? Eric came to USC by the way of West Covina and Cal State, L.A. He actually wanted to become a bush pilot but came to dental school because he was drafted . Early in his dental school career Eric became known for his cartoon drawings and for his sense of humor. Few people could tell whether he was joking or telling the truth. Eric had some unique problems in dental school. One problem was to determine which girlfriend to take to each football game - would it be A, B, C, D, all of the above or none of the above. Another was making sure that no two girlfriends showed up at Lab E at the same time. Also he had a tough time trying to explain why the student directory indicated that he was married. In his preclinical days Eric ' s pet parrot was very sick, making it necessary for Eric to leave school at a moments notice. One Thursday he left so quickly that he could not finish his TPE for Fixed Pros, However, to show his meaningful intentions, he turned in an I.O.U. Seriously, Eric is a fine human being and will be an asset to the dental profession. He has a deep concern for people and treats his patients with loving care. He is a true friends and like a brother to his lab partner. His future after dental school is uncertain, but one thing is for sure - anywhere he goes, everyone will love and laugh with Eric Sandoval. Good Luck Eric J.

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Damned bunsen burner. Wayne is the kind of guy one can only say good things about, I really mean ... if one doesn ' t say good things about him. one runs the risk of making him angry. Believe me. I KNOW. I probably made him angry at least once a day for the first year that we were together. Then a funny thing happened-we became friends. Once one is Wayne ' s friend, then he ' ll truly walk on hot coals to give help and encouragement. Some of Wayne ' s finest qualities are his complete lack of pretention and his sincerity which is honest and without selfish motive. One thing still puzzles me about Wayne. How does he get those big paws into anybodies ' mouth? I wish you a long and happy life, you lab partner, Craig. I was born in a small log cabin in Burbank, California. Life was gruelingly hard. Trudging through the snow in Gardena while going to high school was one of the brighter moments. After school I couldn ' t play but had to support my family by working from midnight to eight in a dairy. Hard work, perseverance and sweat has brought me to the pinnacle of my life today: forty thousand dollars in debt and no job! ' That ' II be 59c a pound. Why, you want this needle?