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HEALTH
Nurses give shots through car doors
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Gayle Shumate of Blue Summit, Mo., gets a flu shot from Elizabeth Spence, Wichita junior nursing student, Saturday morning at the University of Kansas Medical Center drive-through flu shot program on West 39th Avenue and Rainbow Boulevard. About 3,000 people received flu shots from their vehicles. The program wasn't held the past two years due to flu vaccine shortage and construction around the hospital.
Med Center flu shot event draws 3,000
BY ANNA FALTERMEIER
Drive-throughs aren't just for French fries anymore.
People getting the free shot pulled up to one of four nurses stations Saturday, rolled down their windows and pulled up their sleeves.
The University of Kansas Hospital held its 12th annual drive-through flu shot program Saturday morning at the University of Kansas Medical Center on West 39th Avenue and Rainbow Boulevard in Kansas City, Kan.
. "It gives us great practice," said Elizabeth Spence, Wichita junior nursing student.
Nurses and nursing students giving the injection stood waiting for cars to pull forward, with cotton swabs, Band-Aids, and the needle in-hand.
Gayle Shumate of Blue Summit,
Gayle Shumate Mo, drove to get the shot with her husband and brother. Shumate, who works in a nursing home, was afraid of spreading the flu to elderly people she cared for on a daily basis.
"My company doesn't provide us with any assistance
for insurance or health care or anything at all," she said. "I just figure we're protecting ourselves and other people by getting a flu shot."
drive-through program was a wonderful way for people who couldn't afford to go to the doctor's office to get a flu shot.
Shumate said she thought the
Bob Page, hospital senior vice president and chief operating officer, estimated about 3,000 people got the shot in the drive-through program. He said they started administering shots an hour earlier than planned because of a line across the front of the hospital, down West 39th Avenue and around Rainbow Boulevard.
Anyone wanting to get the shot had to fill out a one-page consent form.
"It's a way to give back to the community and provide a service that's really needed," said Page.
Sally Whitaker, director of clinical skills, said with the drive-through program they aren't able to monitor patients as closely, which was why the consent form was
"I think the whole concept of a drive-through flu shot is one of the most professional things I've heard in my life, but at the same time I think it's a really cool idea."
required.
JEFFREY PARSONS Kansas Art Institute sophomore
People under the age of 18 couldn't get the shot, and neither could people with a sensitivity to eggs or thimerosal, people with a history of Guillain-Barre' Syndrome, people who were pregnant or who were
A doctor was on hand for people who had questions about a recent illness or an allergy.
currently sick or running a fever.
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Bush supports Kansans
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President George W. Bush speaks to Republican Party supporters Sunday night at the ExpoCenter in Topeka. The President's visit was primarily bid as a show of support for the reelection of 2nd District Congressman Jim Rinn, although Bush also asked those in attendance to support other Republicans on Tuesday's ballot, and to urge their friends and neighbors to turn out to vote as well.
BY NATE MCGINNIS
President George W. Bush focused on staying the course in Iraq and tax cuts in a speech to an enthusiastic crowd at the Topeka Exposcentre Sunday night.
Bush, dressed casually in a blue button-up shirt without a tie and black slacks, took the stage to the sound of Van Halen's "Right Now" and thunderous applause from the audience.
The president's visit came at a time when several Kansas Republican candidates are locked in tight races for state and national offices. Candidates seated behind him during his speech included Rep. Jim Ryun, Attorney General Phill Kline and gubernatorial candidate lim Barnett.
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Bush defended his tactics in the war on terror, saying they were necessary to fight terrorism and keep the country safe.
"One of the lessons of September the 11th is that when we see a threat overseas, we must take each threat seriously before it comes to
Turn to pages 6A and 7A for The Kansan's endorsements and a map of local polling sites.
hurt us," he said.
"We were not in Iraq when they bombed the World Trade Center in 1993," he said. "We were not in Iraq when the blew up the embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. We were not in Iraq when they bombed the USS Cole and we were not in Iraq when they attacked us September the 11th, 2001."
He said Iraq is the central front in the war on terror. He pointed to the recent sentencing of Saddam Hussein as a major victory and said the war in Iraq was not the reason terrorists were targeting America.
Bush said the only way the United States would not win the war in Iraq was if troops left before
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countdown to election day
A number of candidates made stops in Lawrence as they criss-crossed the state in an effort to win over still-undecided voters. Attorney General Phill Kline and gubernatorial candidate Jim Barnett joined Lawrence native and Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger, all Republicans, at a rally in Lawrence on Saturday afternoon. About 40 people attended the rally.
While President Bush was appearing for Republicans, Democratic U.S. House candidate Nancy Boyda held a rally of her own on the steps of the Statehouse. About 500 people attended the event, which analysts said was a sign of how close the 2nd District race has been. Boyda has said her polling indicated she had a slight lead, while most independent analysts have termed the race a toss-up.
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius spent many hours Saturday stumping in Wichita for Democratic state house candidates. As of late October, Sebelius led her opponent, Jim Barnett, by nearly 20 percentage points, according to some polls. Barnett ended a three-day, 20-city tour on Saturday.
Paul Morrison, the Democratic candidate for attorney general, spent his weekend on a four-day campaign trip across Kansas. The Salina Journal reported Sunday afternoon that Morrison predicted he would unseat Kline at a Sunday rally attended by about 50 people.
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Indian Cultural Club celebrates Diwali festival
BY COURTNEY HAGEN
Set to the thumping beat of the Indian drum, the KU Cultural India Club hosted its Diwali celebration. A standing room only crowd of people of many ethnicities and backgrounds crammed into Woodruff Auditorium to celebrate the Hindu holiday known as a festival of lights.
Part of the University of Kansas was transported in spirit thousands of miles to India Sunday night, in a flurry of glittering fabrics and flickering lights.
The event is one effort the University is making this year to
open the door to increased study and appreciation of the Indian culture, said Diana Carlin, dean of the Graduate School and Office of International Programs, as she helped open the screen with the lighting of the ceremonial lamp.
Swetha Maganti, Cultural India Club president and Kano, Nigeria, doctoral student, said that although the holiday of Diwali, which is celebrated annually in the fall, is of Hindu tradition, its message of hope unites cultures of India.
"We're about spreading cultural tolerance and acceptance," she said.
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Knowledge exercised with Bowl questions
The audience was silent as moderator, Keyarash Jahanian, read a toss-up question from a small white card.
"Now in its third century, this second state to enter the union is the No. 1 chocolate-producing state in the U.S. For 10 points, name this eastern state."
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"Correct," Jahanian said.
Correct, jahman said.
The College Knowledge Bowl.
Jahanian, Kansas City, Kan., senior, recognized the first group to buzz in.
sample question
"Pennsylvania" said one of the members of "Juggle Time," clad in a green College Bowt t-shirt.
Q: Though its slang meaning is "plain, boring, and lacking excitement," it is also intoxicating to those who extract it from its pods. Name this flavoring, extracted from a tropical vine and much used in cakes and ice cream.
A: Vanilla.
Visit kansan.com for more questions from the College Knowledge Bowl.
an event open to any student who wished to form a team, took up most of the rooms on the fifth and sixth floors of the Kansas Memorial Union Saturday morning.
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Groups with such names as "The Derok Setter Experience, Featuring Luke," "The One-eyed Wonder
Weasels" "Dolphins Are Cute" and the returning champions "The Sects Defenders," butted brains in teams of four answering questions about history, science, sports, literature, current events and more.
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