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...Having one on campus would increase thetendency of students to join," Hammond said. "Asit is, it's a bit of a barrier. We would like tomake [ROTC] available to most students...
...little in this rapid life-style conspires to stretch them. In fact the reverse is true, as TV commercials shrink to 15- second flashes and popular novels contain paragraphs no longer than two sentences. "I do things in a lot of 3 1/2-minute segments," muses UCLA anthropologist Peter Hammond. "Experience just sort of rolls by me. I think it affects the quality of my work...
More ominous are the effects on children. "Making an appointment is one way to relate to your child," says UCLA anthropologist Hammond, "but it's pretty desiccated. You've got to hang around with your kids." Yet hanging-around time is the first thing to go. The very culture of children, of freedom and fantasy and kids teaching kids to play jacks, is collapsing under the weight of hectic family schedules. "Kids understand that they are being cheated out of childhood," says Edward Zigler at Yale. "Eight-year-olds are taking care of three-year-olds. We're seeing depression...
LETTERS: Amy Musher (Chief); Gloria J. Hammond (Deputy); Marian Powers (Administration...
LETTERS: Amy Musher (Chief); Gloria J. Hammond (Deputy); Marian Powers (Administration...