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Readying for Christmas
By Aaron Passman
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Kansas staff writer
Students wanting to get into the Christmas spirit need look no further than campus Christian organizations who have planned holiday activities.
Ecumenical Christian Ministries will host two events Sunday in conjunction with several other campus Christian groups.
"Candles and Carols," a vespers service, will take place Sunday night at 7 p.m. Thad Holcombe, ECM pastor, said the event was sponsored by ECM, University Christian Fellowship, Canterbury House, Lutheran Campus Ministry, United Methodist Campus Ministry and the Catholic Apostolic Church.
After "Candles and Carols," ECM will host its traditional pancake supper at 8 p.m., sponsored by ECM, United Methodist Campus Ministry and the Catholic Apostolic Church.
"We do the pancake supper every semester on the night before finals start, but this year, since Christmas is so close, we decided to make it a part of that, too." Holcombe said.
Holcombe said he expected the event to draw about 80 people. For more information, call ECM at 843-4933.
The St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center will hold a Christmas party tomorrow at 7 p.m. at Mormon Ranch Mormon Ranch is named after the owners, not the Mormon religion.
"They always donate the ranch
for us to come out and use at our disposal," said John Schmeidler, assistant director for the center. "We'll be playing games, having a campfire, and it's just a nice time to relax and enjoy one another."
Schneidler said he expected the party to draw anywhere between 50 people and 100 people.
Because most students will be gone the center will cut back its Mass schedule during the winter break.
It will continue regular Sunday liturgies, but other than that will have only 4:30 p.m. Masses in addition to masses on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, Schmeidler said.
For more information, call the center at 843-0357.
'ER' hospital gets new digs
Edited by Chris Wintering
The Associated Press
CHICAGO — Cook County Hospital, the sprawling institution that inspired TV's ER and provided first-class care under Third World conditions for much of the last century, is shutting its doors.
At 7 a.m. today, patients will start moving from the old building into a sleek new one nearby. While the distance between the two can be measured in yards, the difference is immeasurable.
Dr. David Soglin pointed at an elevator in the new building and said: "You can actually push a button and go where you want, which is an incredible experience for us at County."
The public hospital has provided care to everyone, regardless of ability to pay, since 1914. The centerpiece was a trauma unit—the nation's first—with a training program that attracted doctors from around the world.
Ask any Chicago cop where he'd want to be taken if shot and the answer will invariably be "County." In fact, 98 percent of patients who arrive alive at the trauma center survive.
ER was set at County General by its Chicago-born creator, Michael Crichton, who was a student at Harvard Medical School. The show debuted in September 1994.
While many doctors and staff members admit to a sense of nostalgia for the old building, it's the kind
of nostalgia World War I veterans might muster for trench warfare.
With its intermittently operating elevators, funky smells, shortage of bathrooms, lack of sunlight, vast distances between wards and other nuisances, the building was declared too decrepit for modern surgery by the American College of Surgeons in the 1930s.
Yet its doctors pioneered the trauma center and the blood bank and made internationally recognized advances in prenatal care.
"I think we'll all miss that building at some ridiculous emotional level," said Soglin, the chairman of pediatrics. "There is apverse pride in working under these conditions."
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