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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY DECEMBER 10, 2009
I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam! looked into the soul of another boy.
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FACT OF THE DAY Reindeer like to eat bananas.
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1. Debate gets heated at U.N. climate conference
COPENHAGEN — Developing nations who face huge climate change burdens are demanding that wealthy nations shoulder more of the costs, as a leaked Danish document and fresh evidence of a hotter planet raised temperatures at the U.N. climate conference.
Negotiators on Wednesday were trying to bridge the difficult gaps among 192 nations and stem a growing chasm between rich and poor on the third day of the U.N. climate conference.
A key speaker will be U.S. Environmental Protection Agency head Lisa Jackson, whose agency just gave President Barack Obama a new way to cut back on greenhouse gas emissions. Obama will join more than 100 national leaders converging on Copenhagen for the final days of bargaining late next week.
2. Suspects identified in Philippines massacre MANILA. Philippines —
Philippine police on Wednesday named 161 suspects in the massacre of 57 people last month in the country's worst election violence, including government militiamen led by members of a powerful clan facing murder and rebellion charges.
Police said the militiamen, all but two at large, were identified by witnesses. Their names will be submitted to prosecutors to be included in the charge sheet and warrants of arrest.
3. US, Russia to agree on new nuclear arms deal
MOSCOW — Russia's foreign minister says Moscow and Washington will sign a new nuclear arms deal shortly.
Sergey Lavrov sounded upbeat Wednesday when asked about the prospects for a quick successor deal to the 1991 START I treaty that expired Friday. He told reporters the agreement will be signed soon, but gave no details.
The agreement obliged each country to cut nuclear warheads by at least a quarter, to about 6,000 and included detailed verification procedures.
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4.Kasim Reed wins bid for Atlanta mavorship
ATLANTA — Former Georgia state Sen. Kasim Reed will be sworn in as Atlanta's next mayor after a recount of his slim margin of victory over opponent Mary Norwood was confirmed Wednesday in a recount.
His election to succeed current Mayor Shirley Franklin extends a decades-long line of African-American mayors in the mostly black city.
Norwood ran a strong grass- roots campaign but fell short of becoming the city's first white mayor since 1973.
MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota man whose tip helped the FBI catch Sept. 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui has finally received a $100,000 reward — while another man credited as a taster still has received nothing.
5. Sept. 11 tipster finally receives $100,000 reward
Tim Nelson said Wednesday that he collected the reward a week ago. Nelson was an
instructor at the Pan Am International Flight Academy who called the FBI to report his suspicions about Moussaoui, who was seeking training at the flight school outside Minneapolis in the days before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
Hugh Sims of Fort Myers, Fla., another former instructor also credited with tipping the FBI, says he still has received nothing. Sims says he's 'flarbegasted.'
6. Man sentenced to death for slaving prison guard
CENTERVILLE, Texas — A Texas prison inmate convicted of killing a corrections officer during a September 2007 escape is headed to death row.
A jury decided Tuesday that 39-year-old Jerry Martin should die for the death of 59-year-old guard Susan Canfield.
Martin already had been serving 50-year sentence for attempted murder.
Falk is awaiting trial on similar charges related to the guard's death. He'd been serving life for a 1986 murder.
Students still seeking med school
Many KU undergrads apply despite hefty tuition price tags
BY JESSE BROWN
jbrown@kansan.com
Despite increased tuition costs and a slumping economy, the number of students applying for medical school is holding more steady compared with other graduate programs.
Only 20 percent of medical school admissions officers reported that more applicants declined admission in 2009 because of financial hardships than they did in 2008, according to a national Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions survey. This is compared to the 28 percent of applicants in MBA programs and
39 percent of law school applicants who declined admission.
Blake Phipps, Lawrence senior and the president of the PreMedical Club at KU, has been accepted to KU Medical Center and will start classes in August. Phipps said he only had one concern with the financial aspect of going to medical school.
"I think something is going through legislature that ends subsidized loans for students," Phipp said. "It would add a much more financial burden."
Phipps said increasing costs did not concern him because, the way he saw it, he would already be spending nearly $200,000 to finish medical school. A slight increase would only be a small percentage of that large amount. Phipps said,
According to Kaplan Inc., a company that serves students in learning, the University of Kansas has a high number of undergraduates who apply to medical school every year. The University had 188 applicants last year according to the Association of American Medical Colleges Web site.
Jeff Koetje, director of Pre- Health Programs for Kaplan, said the information in the survey was helpful and interesting for pre-med students.
The survey provides insight to
Shawn Lillig, Basehor medical student and 2007 KU graduate, said he has seen an increase in class sizes for the last two years.
students who are looking to apply to medical programs offered by different universities around the country.
Lillig said. "So it's just more people getting accepted now."
Lillig said he believed the rise in the number of applicants was because of the growing need to provide medical care to rural and
"It's one of those jobs that don't go out of style. I think there'll be plenty of job opportunities still."
"They've actually increased the number of people they accept."
underserved areas.
"If you come from a rural area and plan to practice primary care, they're going to find someone who will work there," Lillig said.
The faltering economy and the loss of jobs don't concern him much, Lillig said.
He also said the medical school was trying to increase its minority population.
"It's one of those jobs that don't go out of style," Lillig said. "I think there'll be plenty of job opportunities still."
Edited by Sarah Kelly
CORRECTION
In Wednesday's story "Over There, Back Here" by Anna Archibald, the timeline of Felix Zacharias' internship and lobbying was incorrect. During the summer of 2008, Zacharias lobbed on behalf of the 21st Century Gl Bill and the following summer, he interned in Washington D.C. for Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.).
ON THE RECORD
About 3 p.m. Monday near 12th and Louisiana streets, a KU student reported an auto burglar, criminal damage and the theft of a CD player and other items, at a loss of $1,000.
ACCIDENT Injured student returns home from hospital
A student who injured her hand last Thursday evening while working in the Marvin Hall craft shop has been released from the hospital and returned to her hometown, according to friends.
The student, who friends say is a female junior in the School of Architecture, Design and Planning, suffered non-life threatening injuries and was transported by the ambulance to Lawrence Memorial Hospital, and later to the University of Kansas Hospital, for treatment. A police dispatch indicated, on the evening of the accident, that the student said she had suffered the injuries to a hand, and may have severed three or more fingers.
"Our hopes and prayers are with the student and family." John Gaunt, dean of Architecture, Design and Planning, said in a statement released by the University.
Friends said the student returned to her hometown for further treatment after being released from the hospital this week. They said the student planned to return to the University for the spring semester.
"Students who use the shop are advised of proper procedures in use of equipment in the shop area and are supervised at all times," said Jill Jess, University spokeswoman.
The Web site for the school says the main architecture shop is in 109 Marvin Hall and houses "large tools, table saws, welding and other large items."
The University statement said administrators plan to review the incident and determine whether any additional safety measures are needed.
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