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NEWS IN BRIEF
Journal delves into military medicine
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
not survived in the past," said Dr. Atul Gawande, a surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston who researched military medicine and wrote about it in today's New England Journal of Medicine.
For every American soldier killed in Iraq, nine others have been wounded and survived — the highest rate of any war in U.S. history. They have survived thanks, in part, to armor-like vests and fast treatment from doctors on the move with surgical kits in backpacks.
"This is unprecedented. People who lose not just one but two or three extremities are people who just have
face. "How he and others like him will be able to live and function remains an open question." Gawande writes.
The journal also published a fivepage spread of 21 military photographs that depict the injuries and conditions under which MASH surgeons operate.
Kevlar helmets and vests are reasons for the high survival rate.
Gawande tells of an airman who lost both legs, his right hand and part of his
The critical core, your chest and your abdomen, are protected," said Dr. George Peoples, a Walter Reed Army Medical Center surgeon. "Paradoxically, what we've seen is devastating extremity injuries because people are surviving wounds they otherwise wouldn't have."
Signs of the holidays
Brian Lewis/KANSAN
Christmas lights shine at the Sioma Phi Epsilon fraternity at 17th and Tennessee streets. The house is the brightest on the street.
CAMPUS
Center accepting event dates for Women's Month calendar
The Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center encourages students to celebrate Women's History Month in March. This is the second year the center will release an events calendar for the month.
The center is still looking for events hosted by students and community members to go into the calendar. The deadline to submit events is 5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 15, to the Student Involvement and Leadership Center in the Kansas Union.
"We want to coordinate the efforts of all groups commemorating Women's History Month and spread the word about their efforts to the campus community," said Shannon Portillo, program coordinator for the center.
The center wants to circulate the calendar earlier this year than last in order to reach more people. The calendar will come out in early February.
The calendar will list all the events related to Women's History Month, "so that students can easily find programs that suit their interests," Portillo said.
Women's History Month is a time to celebrate women's achievements in American history. It began as just a week in 1978 and grew into a month in 1987 through the efforts of the National Women's History Project.
For more information about Women's History Month and the calendar, contact the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center at 864-3552.
NATION
Intelligence restructuring ordered to prevent holy war
WASHINGTON — Congress yesterday ordered the biggest overhaul of U.S. intelligence in a half-century, replacing a network geared to the Cold War fight against communism with a post-Sept. 11 structure requiring military and civilian spy agencies to work together against terrorists intent on holy war.
Nikola Rowe
The Senate overwhelmingly passed the legislation 89-2, one day after the House easily pushed through the compromise strongly endorsed by President Bush.
Bush praised what he called "historic legislation that will better protect
the american people and help defend against ongoing terrorist threats."
Lawmakers said the legislation was essential.
WORLD
The Associated Press
Ukrainian opposition happy after parliament decision
KIEV, Ukraine — Tens of thousands of opposition supporters, many of them haggard and shivering after 17 days of round-the-clock street protests, chanted and danced in triumph after parliament approved reforms yesterday to ensure a fair ballot in Ukraine's repeat presidential election.
The surprise vote in parliament was part of a compromise package that also included constitutional amendments to transfer some presidential powers to parliament after parliamentary elections in 2006.
Yushchenko had earlier denounced the amendments, but he appeared to have ended up strengthening his political standing by demonstrating an ability to find common ground with his opponents and solve a crisis that could easily have turned violent.
The Associated Press
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ON THE RECORD
A 19-year-old KU student reported to Lawrence police that she was the victim of domestic violence about 11:45 a.m. Tuesday in the 1400 block of Seventh Street.
Syndicated show waits for Stewart after prison
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NATION
NEW YORK — Martha Stewart will revive her daily homemaking show next September, this time with a live audience, celebrity guests and the help of The Apprentice producer Mark Burnett, it was announced yesterday.
Stewart, in prison
Stewart, in prison and not allowed to conduct business, was not involved in the deal with NBC Universal to syndicate the show but is "very pleased," said Susan Lyne, president of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia.
NBC-owned stations in 14 major
STEWART
cities have already agreed to air the daytime show, and deals will be sought in other cities.
"Millions of people feel that Martha got a raw deal," Burnett said. "America loves comeback stories."
Stewart and her former stockbroker were convicted in March of lying to investigators about why she sold ImClone Systems Inc. stock in 2001.
Stewart, who's appealing her conviction, is serving a five-month sentence at a minimum-security federal prison for women in Alderson, W.Va.
She will be released next March.
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