Changing medicine one hospital at a time

But Wang’s accomplishments demonstrate that he was anything but average. Currently, Wang is the Chief Medical Officer at Open Door Family Medical Centers. The mission of the organization, to provide quality healthcare and human service to the community, particularly the economically disadvantaged, is consistent with Wang’s own goals. Wang described his work as a contrast of both frustration and joy. “There are special frustrations that we experience because we are dealing with an under-served p

Club Focus-Amherst Ballroom

An instructor from the Paradise Dance School in Northampton demonstrates each week in the Mayo-Smith ballroom, and lessons alternate weekly between ballroom and swing. “The instructor comes and they just start teaching the basics,” Mocanu said. “Then we build on what we already know, and everybody gets to dance with everybody else.” Lessons have been known to attract crowds of up to 60 people. “It’s more of a sport than people give it credit for,” said Allison Campbell ’05, one of the dancing e

Cho '96, Fox '97: A dynamic Duet

The show, which ran last Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings, was performed in Studio 3 of Webster Hall. The packed audience was treated to an assortment of character pieces with such varying titles as Fox’s “The Man Who Didn’t Own a Hat Shop” and Cho’s “The Demon Lover.” In “The Man Who Didn’t Own a Hat Shop,” Katherine Duke ’05 and Philip J. Tucker ’03E portrayed strangers in a coffee shop attempting to figure out what constitutes truth and what constitutes fiction. “The Demon Lover” also

Club Focus: Outing Club

Although the ACOC has been around since the 1920s, it was somewhat defunct until three years ago, when Aron Boros ’00 built it back up to its former glory. ACOC leadership member Dave Reckess ’02 attributed the club’s current success to Boros’ efforts. “For the past three years, it has been a really involved and active club,” said Reckess. The ACOC has facilitated dozens of hiking, rock climbing, biking, kayaking and even sky diving trips. The length of their adventures ranges from a Saturday a