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

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rf,o The time: 1 p.m. The place: DH clinic. A near fatality. SH 26, afraid to get the floor wet with a stuck air water syringe, almost drowns her patient! A typical day in the life of this USC hygienist. This type of thing didn ' t just happen at school either. Beatriz ' first dinner party at our apartment complex included a main entree of burnt tacos! Her experiences as a patient were pretty funny too! In oral surgery she began telling all as soon as she went under IV vallum. B: Doctor? Doctor? Will this limit my activities? DR: Well, Bea, what are you use to doing? B: Some pretty wild things! The dental students watching the surgery wanted to know more, but the doctor didn ' t think that would be too ethical. Beatriz was always up for a good time. In our junior year, she organized an ice skating party in Santa Monica. And she never missed a TGIF party either! Where there was dancing, Beatriz was there! Her curriculum included two nights per week of ballet and jazz, and an occasional midnite skating party in the Valley. She also spent her summer between classes having fun! She took off for four weeks to the Yucatan Peninsula, and did everything from touring the IVIayan ruins to spending 20 hours on a broken-down boat in the Gulf of Mexico without food. She was even invited to help co-pilot the plane on the way home! Going through customs made her nervous though. It seems her socks held quite a stash of gold! Beatriz has been doing some pretty wild things since she came to USC: and with any luck, she ' ll keep right on doing them! Good Luck, Beatriz! Beatriz Maynez, RDH Sylmar, California Marian D. McKindlay, RDH Las Vegas, Nevada After only a few months at school, Marian was put through the pain and torture of the railroad tracks syndrome . Braces! But that didn ' t stop her because Marian is another one of those who decided that dental students weren ' t all that bad, especially the graduate oral surgeons! If she was lost, we could always find her, after hours, at lunch and in between and during patients, assisting(?) in the oral surgery department. And after the arrival of our new resident pathologist it was curious how Marian had a path consult every clinic afternoon-to this day, we ' ll never know whether those lesions were iatrogenic or not. In all sincerity, Marian has a truly professional altitude which went along with her set-up: starting with the mere basics in her junior year to the ultimate in dispensers and equipment. Enough kidding. Good luck lil ' friend, and to your medical school goal. But in the meantime, I know you ' ll be doing what you ' ve worked so hard for these past two years: sleeping in mornings, working from one to five and Fridays and Mondays off. 260

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Lucinda J. Lyon, RDH Stockton, California y md a tU MMU= it ' s 2 a.m. Monday morning, the blowdryer is going and the curling iron is heating up - Cindy Lyon is getting ready for school. Messing up her internal clock is just one of the many things DH school did to Cindy. Fortunately for us, she ' s no worse for the wear. We know she is rough and tough, because as she told Lee one night in her sleep, It ' s only because I ' m a wiz . Cindy maintains her sanity by taking leisurely walks along the shore in Long Beach with her close associate, Mike. She is not used to the L.A. hussle ' n ' bussle, who would be after being born and raised in the booming metropolis of Stockton, Calif. Her country upbringing has even shown itself in her driving - she ' s still not sure whether she should drive her little yellow bug on the freeway of on surface streets. You have probably not seen her out on the lawn during lunch lately - since Sr. Clinic came upon us she ' s been spending her lunch break preparing for her patient. Such devotion! Watch out Northern California Hygienists - here comes a hot one, fresh off the press. Jo Ann S. Maehara, RDH Los Angeles, Calif. There ' s just one word that could describe Jojo . . . just one word that could fully capture the essence of her inherent nature - generous. Whether she be at school, afwork or just out with friends, you could always catch Jojo lending a hand to someone in need. Always willing to give of herself, it was surprising that academically she was able to pull herself along with the rest of us. (Although before exams she ' d be the first we ' d see climbing the walls.) Jojo was to say the least, ACTIVE. It wasn ' t an uncommon site to see her in her tennies and shorts running the track or trying to get in a game of tennis . . . wildly cheering at football games . . . dancing at TGs ... or playing foosball. Whatever our schedule, she always managed to make time for FUN. Jojo ' s spirit can be infectious and we will always recall how she made life at school that much more enjoyable! TO LL W«0 MAO£ THIS P0SS 6l-e

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Xi ' - [ e, No one se emed to get quite as up for exams in our class as Jeri did. It probably was because she started preparing for them three weeks in advance. And by the time test day rolled around, she had already reviewed a whole volume of old tests. In fact, to keep from losing any precious studying time she would put on her make-up while fighting the morning rush hour traffic during her daily jaunt to school from far away Anaheim. It has been said that on test days Jeri arrived on campus even before the campus security guards were at their booths so as to secure preferential parking right in front of the dental school. However, there was more to Jen than strictly studying. She did have to allow some time to stuff all that flowing golden brown hair up into her cap. And we all know that she ' s compassionate. One time she actually drove all over town trying to return a set of dentures to her patient who had forgotten them in clinic. All kidding aside though, we all realize that Jeri is a serious, conscientious student and will be an eager, hardworking hygienist. Be it in the Inland Empire or along the coast may happiness and good fortune follow her everywhere in life. Jeri L. McLatcher, RDH Garden Groove, California Pamela A. Meaglia, RDH Alhambra, California Pam, also called Old Lefty by some, is known in our class as being so organized in everything she does. Because of this she is also a great student both academically and in the clinic; she was a natural. In fact, I have so much confidence in Pam ' s ability that 1 let her give me her 1st injection, and I was numb most of that day. Thank God for coffee, that was the only thing that kept us going during all those stimulating lectures. Pam could be seen each day in her shiny 1974 Firebird getting onto the Harbor Freeway, (only too bad you cant use all that power in bumper to bumper traffic). Pam is a very enthusiastic U.S.C. football fan, and attended nearly all the games, while her boyfriend Carlo of U.C.L.A., would cheer on the other team, |ust wait till the USC-UCLA gamell! Sailing is one of Pam ' s favorite hobbies and Histo exam or no Histo exam if Pam could go sailing she would. Pam ' s greatest asset is her humorous nature and her ability to cheer everybody up when it ' s needed most. But don ' t let her fool you, even though she jokes and kids she is very conscientious in everything she does. Pam will be an asset to the Dental Hygiene profession. i jM V7 wo a ad -fuoj uall oa out 261