FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 2005 NEWS THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN MED CENTER 3A ON CAMPUS Residencies match students to schools By TY BEAVER theaver@hansan.com KANSAN STAFF WRITER His plastic pointy ears and fake red beard wobbled back and forth as he opened the envelope. The beard prevented Dodge City medical student Brandon Cunningham from showing much facial expression when he announced he was accepted at the University of Kansas Medical Center for a general surgery residency. But his delight was obvious in the spring in his step as he stepped off the stage. More than 125 fourth-year medical students were formally placed in residency programs yesterday at Battenfeld Auditorium in the Student Center at the Med Center campus. gainst post. The until student for live for meeting, Union. While not all students were as festively dressed as the uts- ace, 119 ring the holidays. through KS 68045 Cunningham, the auditorium was a sea of green. The day is known as Match Day and is a tradition at the Med Center. This day is more important than graduation, Heather Male, Yukon, Okla., medical student said. She applied to 16 programs, but she said that some students applied to as many as 90. 90. Male was accepted as an internal medicine resident at the Med Center. Erin Droste/KANSAN Med Center. "I'm glad, because I want to stay here and KU likes to keep their own," she said. After applying to 50 programs and interviewing at 13 nationwide, Jay Sheperd, Roeland Park medical student, was more concerned about where he would be living in the fall than about winning the pool. "It would be nice to be drawn in the middle, just to find out," Brandon Cunningham dresses as a leprechaun for Match Day 2005 at the University of Kansas Medical Center yesterday morning. Cunningham will graduate from the school in May and was matched to the medical center as a resident in general surgery. He met his family and friends after the matches were announced to celebrate with his class. Sheperd was accepted to the University of Hawaii for a transitional year and would then go to the University of Florida for a residency in radiology. he said. While Sheperd and other students will leave the University to pursue their careers, nearly half the students will stay at the Med Center. Med Center All but two of the residency programs at the Med Center filled with primary applicants. Most students get their first or second choice of residency, said Glen Cox, vice dean of medicine. Glenn Cox, vice chairman "Traditionally, we have very strong students and they'll do well no matter where they go," Cox said. Cox said. A reception for students and their families followed the ceremony in the lobby of the student center. Edited by Jesse Truesdale Man at work NATION Aviators plan for more air traffic Danny Mayeux, Facilities Operations construction employee, works on Woodyard Memorial yesterday. The memorial, which is between Wescoe Hall and Budig Hall, is undergoing construction. The memorial will be a plaza with benches and a honorary plaque. More than 1 billion people a year will be boarding planes in the United States within a decade, nearly half again as many as those now using an aviation system showing signs of being overburdened. The Federal Aviation Administration faces spending cuts for aviation equipment. But the agency's administrator, said she was confident there would be enough money to accommodate the growth. "We are redesigning airspace, deploying new software that will help increase capacity, and putting new procedures in place," Marion Blakey said. "We will be ready." 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