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2 • THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 2003
Campus Briefs
Blood donations needed during summer shortage
Zach Straus/Kansan
The Community Blood Center will be sponsoring a blood drive today from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Kansas Union in the Kansas Room.
Donors must be at least 17 years old, weigh at least 110 pounds and be in good health. Donors are asked to bring identification.
Individuals who donate will receive cholesterol results four to six weeks after in the mail.
The Community Blood Center supplies blood to 73 hospitals in 70 counties within Missouri and Kansas.
Summer is a difficult time for the blood center, said Cindy Schmiedeler, recruitment representative for the Community Blood Center. Summer vacations keep regular donors away and increased summer traffic accidents produce a higher need for blood donations.
Incoming freshmen Katherine Blaise, Overland Park, and Robert Berger, Olathe receive free T-shirts from Nick Lambert, Minneapolis junior as part of orientation activities at the Kansas Union. Blaise and Berger attended orientation yesterday although the program runs throughout the entire summer.
Fresh look
A person in an auto accident could use up to 50 units of blood.
The center has set a goal of 50 pints of blood for this summer's campus drive. Last summer, the drive only produced 46 donors compared with 79 in 2001, Schmiedeler said.
— Annie Bernethy
A person within the area that Community Blood Center serves needs a blood transfusion every four minutes. In order to meet that demand, the center must collect 550 pints of blood each day.
University receives grant for genome research
The grant will fund the beginning stages of research on disability perspectives in the Human Genome Project. The project has explored medical options for people predisposed to disorders such as mental retardation and Alzheimer's disease.
Opponents of genome research claim scientists have crossed ethical boundaries and devalue disabled individuals.
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Resources and the National Human Genome Research Institute have awarded the University of Kansas $300,000 for human genome research, U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback announced on July 11.
The 15-year Human Genome Project reached its original goal of mapping the complete human genetic code in April 2003.
— Amy Kelly
New hospital to provide care for heart patients
The University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan., has announced its plans to build a new $72 million hospital. The hospital will treat patients with heart, lung and vascular problems.
The 153,000-square-foot facility will also include an expanded emergency department and additional operating rooms.
Heart surgeries at the Med Center increased 44 percent since last year. Catherization and electrophysiology procedures increased 45 percent from over a year ago. Overall,Med Center surgery has increased 10 percent this year.
The decision to build the new hospital came in response to the increase in patients.
The Med Center will break ground for the facility on Nov. 1 at the northeast corner of the main hospital, 39th Street and Rainbow Boulevard.
Baltimore-headquartered firm RTKL designed the building and J.E. Dunn Construction will build the structure.
Jennifer Wellington
ON THE RECORD
Operation funds and borrowed funds will cover the cost. The Med Center receives no federal, state or local tax money.
A University employee at Tower D of Jayhawker Towers told police that an unknown person kicked and damaged a door sometime between Saturday and Monday. Damage was estimated at $75.
CORRECTIONS
Last week's University Daily Kansan contained an error. The article, "Oread house could live on," stated that University officials plan to build a scholarship hall. A scholarship hall is scheduled for construction during the fall 2005 semester, but officials plan to build a second hall as well.
The July 2 University Daily Kansan also contained an error. The article, "Local fireworks ban burns students," identified a source as Ben Price, KU graduate. His name is Billy Price.
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