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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2008
quote of the day
"Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy"
Frank Sinatra
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Many high school cafeterias in Europe serve alcohol to students who choose to drink.
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ODD NEWS Hospital charges $162, doesn't provide treatment
DALLAS — A woman says she waited 19 hours at Parkland Memorial Hospital's emergency department for treatment of a broken leg and never did get to see a doctor — but still got a bill for $162.
Amber Joy Milbrodt, who said she broke a bone in her leg while playing volleyball, received the bill two weeks after her Sept. 24 visit.
Parkland officials say the bill was appropriate because a nurse spent time checking her vital signs to assess her level of need.
But that's not how Milbrodt sees it. "It should have been more like them paying me for having to sit in the emergency room for 19 hours," she told The Dallas Morning News.
The assessment by the nurse, which lasted a few minutes, established her place in line that night. By that time, Milbrodt said she had already been waiting about 3½ hours.
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Milbrodt, 29, who has no insurance, said she does not plan to pay. After leaving the ER, she rested at home for a few days and then put her leg in a brace, which she still wears. It seems to be healing, she said.
She still had not been called more than 15 hours later, so she gave up and went home. She had an X-ray taken at a chiropractic school where she is a student, which confirmed that she had a fracture.
"She's not paying for waiting," says Rick Rhine, the hospital's vice president in charge of billing. "She's paying for the assessment she received."
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Hospital officials say they need more beds to handle the excessive number of patients who need care. A bond measure on the Nov. 4 ballot would provide funds for a new, larger hospital.
A few days before Milbrodt's visit, a 58-year-old man who went to the ER with stomach pains also waited 19 hours — and then suffered cardiac arrest and died.
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Fort Worth's large public hospital, John Peter Smith, shares Parkland's policy of charging for a triage assessment. But other hospitals in Dallas, such as Baylor University Medical Center, don't charge if the person never sees a doctor.
Christopher Hendry, the school's vice president of college advancement, told the MetroWest Daily News of Framingham he approved the letter, which he said was written in a marketing style expected to appeal to younger donors.
"With the recent economic downturn and loan crisis, it has become even more important for Framingham State College to receive your support. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah," one part of the letter read.
University appeals to donors with 'blah' letter
After several complaints,
Hendry sent a letter of apology
a month later in which he called
the first letter a "misguided and
embarrassing attempt to connect
with alumni in a different way"
The Sept. 5 letter, signed by the president of the school's alumni association, was sent to about 6,000 recent graduates who hadn't donated to the school. It used standard fundraisers pitches, interspersed with sentences of nothing but "blah."
Alumnus Ken Shifman, a 2003 graduate, said the letter 'insults
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. — An attempt to reach younger donors with a breezily written letter that uses the word "blah" 137 times has some Framingham State College alumni questioning the school's professionalism, judgment and ... blah, blah, blah,
the intelligence" of alumni.
However, Hendry notes that after the "blah" letter was sent, the school collected about $2,000 from nearly 40 alumni who had never previously given money.
"It just doesn't seem like something from a legitimate university." Shifman said.
Johnson County, Iowa, Judge Stephen Gerard ordered 23-year old Rucha A. Patel on Monday not to have contact with the man after she was charged with domestic abuse causing injury.
judge orders bride-to-be to stay away from fiance
IOWA CITY, Iowa — A judge has ordered an suburban Chicago woman to stay away from her fiance — two weeks before their wedding.
Her fiance's name was not released.
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Police said Patel drove over the man's foot and then bit his hand when he took away her keys to prevent her from driving Monday in Iowa City. It was not known why he tried to stop Patel.
Patel told the judge the marriage was scheduled in two weeks.
A call left for Rucha Patel was not returned.
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The workshop "Conducting Unclassified & USS Searches" will begin at 9 a.m. in Room 103B in Carruth-O'Leary Hall.
The lecture "University Forum: Presidential and Congressional Election 2008" will begin at noon in the ECM center.
The public event "Physical Therapy — It's All About Move ment" will begin at 9 a.m. in front of the Kansas Union.
The seminar "African Immigrants in Italy" will begin at 11:30 a.m. in Alcove J in the Kansas Union.
The seminar"Papyrus, Parchment, Paper: A Brief History of Map-Making" will begin at 2 p.m. in the Spencer Research Library.
"Flu Immunization Clinic" will begin at 10 a.m. in Mrs. E's.
The Homecoming event "Jayhawk Renaissance Festival" will begin at 10 a.m. in Strong Hall.
The workshop "Research Administration 101: Guide to the Administration of Sponsored Projects at KU" will begin at 2:30 p.m. in the Apollo Room in Nichols Hall.
The meeting "Introduction to Research for New Faculty" will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Governors Room in the Kansas Union.
The seminar "Should Student Health be a Public School Imperative? A Research Agenda and a Policy Debate" will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Seminar Room in the Hall Center.
The lecture "Political Communications: The Art of the Science or the Science of the Art?" will begin at 4 p.m. in the Dole Institute of Politics.
"Latinos, Immigration, Politics:
A Panel Discussion" will begin
at 5:30 p.m. in the Big 12
Boom in the Kansas Union.
"Media Coverage of Campaign 2008: Magic or Misguided" will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Dole Institute of Politics.
The film "Tournees French Film Festival" will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
The concert "Visiting Artist Brian Gnojek, clarinet" will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Park.
As a part of a very full week of Homecoming activities, today's KU Renaissance Festival has been moved inside to the KS Union, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Check out www.homecoming.ku.edu.
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