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VOL.116 ISSUE 60
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2005
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FOOTBALL
BOWL HOPES
Texas to host Kansas Saturday
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Marcus Henry, freshman wide receiver, fights off Phillip Geiggar, Texas senior safety. The Jayhawks visit the Longhorns tomorrow in hopes of scoring another victory and making it to the postseason.
Despite boasting the No. 1 rush defense in the country, Kansas will travel to Austin, Texas, this weekend as 34-point underdogs against Texas.
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With two games to play, Kansas needs one victory to become bowl eligible. The game will be televised on ABC. It is Kansas' first appearance on the network in 10 years. CHECK OUT THE CAMERA
GAME INFO
What: Kansas at No. 2 Texas
When: 2:30 p.m., Saturday
Where: Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium,
Austin, Texas
★ TV/Radio: ABC Channel 9/105.9
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TECHNOLOGY
- Series Records: Texas A-
kansas 5-2 all time and has
won the past five match-ups.
Source: Texas A&M Athleti-
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More computer upgrades
FCC requires universities to comply
BY STEVE LYNN
slynn@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Programs and resources available to KU students may become scarce if the University of Kansas is forced to comply with a federal mandate to upgrade its computer networks.
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The mandate could cost the University several million dollars or much less, said Denise Stephens, vice provost for Information Services and Chief Information Officer for the Lawrence Campus.
"We would have to find the money, like everyone else, because it's an unfunded mandate," Stephens said. "We would have to drop other programs because resources are limited."
The University is one out of hundreds that have to upgrade their computer systems to make it easier for law enforcement to monitor communication over the Internet. In August, the Federal Communications Commission expanded the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to include Internet communications in addition to telephone wiretaps. Officials said the University already complied with court orders for access and that the mandate would be a waste of money.
Allison Lopez, spokeswoman and marketing manager for Information Services, said the mandate would make it easier for federal investigative agencies who had obtained a lawful court order to monitor communications of students and faculty. The University does not monitor the Internet or computer usage of its students, faculty and staff, she said.
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Any upgrade would not enhance the University's teaching research or service, she said. The only effect of the upgrade would be to bring the University into compliance with CALEA. The University recently completed a
$1.5 million network equipment upgrade, which spanned several years. The University received the grant from the federal government with the help of Rep. Dennis Moore.
The University may have to upgrade the network's switches and routing equipment in every building on all four campuses by July 2007, Lopez said. The upgrades would identify the name of the user and his or her Internet provider address. This information could be viewed beyond campus by law enforcement agencies authorized by a court order.
Every computer connected to the network on all four of the University's campuses would be affected, although users would
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Chris Farris, Topeka senior and bartender at Fatso's, 1016 Massachusetts St. sorts through bar tabs for a patron's credit card Wednesday night after last call. Like Fatso's, many bars in Lawrence will keep an open tab for customers wanting to pay with a credit or debit card at the end of the night.
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All tabbed
Searching through alphabetized tabs, Chris Farris, Fatso's bartender, finds the card he's looking for Wednesday night after last call
last call.
BY ALY BARLAND
abarland@kansan.com ♥ KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Opening up tabs at bars can seem convenient, but students often end up spending more than they intend to.
Patrons can easily lose track of how many drinks they are buying for themselves and for friends, and as the effects of alcohol set in they
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Students spend more when using cards
are more likely to spend freely on open tabs.
"I have noticed that when people do run tabs it is a lot higher tab than if they were paying cash," said Trina Baker, manager of Red Lyon Tavern, 944 Massachusetts St.
Baker said alcohol was a factor in students spending more once they started tabs with a credit card.
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Old blood saves lives; Med Center to test recycled hemoglobin
BY TRAVIS ROBINETT trobinett@kansan.com KANSAN STAFF WRITER
The University of Kansas Medical Center is preparing for a clinical trial of PolyHeme, an emergency substitute for red blood cells, to evaluate its efficiency and safety.
PolyHeme comes from expired blood that is ready to be discarded from the blood bank, said Suzanne Porras, research coordinator in the trauma department at the Med Center.
See page 3A to find out what some Kansas City metro area residents are doing to keep PolyHome out of their veins.
Bob Hallinan, media relations coordinator at the Med Center, said PolyHeme was a good use of the expired blood that would otherwise be thrown out.
Porras said that to make Poly-
Heme, its developers at North-
Currently, paramedics give intravenous fluids, such as saline solution, to trauma patients who lose large amounts of blood, Porras said. The intravenous fluids replace the lost blood, adding volume to a patient's blood stream to keep blood pressure at a normal level.
field Laboratories in Evanston Ill., broke down the outer cellular membrane of red blood cells to extract hemoglobin, the molecule which holds the oxygen inside the cell.
When a patient is given intravenous fluid at the trauma scene, sometimes multiple organs fail because the fluids don't contain the oxygen the organs need to function.
She said the trial hoped to prove that when a patient was given PolyHeme instead of intravenous fluid, organ failure would be prevented because the patient would receive oxygen as well as volume.
"The hope is to prevent them from having to receive so much blood later," Porras said. "Poly-
Heme is just like getting a unit of blood because it takes the hemoglobin up one gram, just like blood."
She said more than 500 patients had received PolyHeme with no serious side effects. Because PolyHeme is derived from blood, the patient has a minimal chance of contracting a disease — the same as with blood transfusions. But the old blood has already been screened and filtered, then is filtered again to make PolyHeme, so that risk is low.
The Med Center was chosen to test PolyHeme because it is a level-one trauma center, a title given by the American College of Surgeons. According to www.facs.org, a levelone trauma center should provide total care for all aspects of injury and leadership in education and research.
Porras said the trial would start as soon as all EMS personnel were trained, hopefully in the first part of December.
- Edited by Becca Evanhoe
Today's weather
Bowl-bound?
Wonder what bowl Kansas could play in? Several bowls have confirmed Kansas is among the finalists for their games. All the Jayhawks need is six victories. PAGE 11A
Med Center makes top 10 Hispanic schools Hispanic Business magazine recently named the University of Kansas Medical Center in its top 10 schools for Hispanic students. Several Med Center programs focus on diversity. PAGE 2A
'Hawks pick up speed
Hawks pick up speed The women's basketball team is already making strides this season with the addition of new players such as freshman guard Ivana Catic. Kansas plays against Emporia State Sunday in Allen Fieldhouse. PAGE 11A
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