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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2009
— Luke Skywalker,
"Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back"
FACT OF THE DAY
The principal photography for "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back" lasted more than 170 days, the longest shoot of any of the "Star Wars" movies.
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1. Italy to consider taking more from Guantanamo
ROME — Italy is considering taking in other prisoners from Guantanamo to help President Barack Obama close down the prison, the country's foreign minister said Tuesday, a day after Italy accepted two former detainees.
Premier Silvio Berlusconi promised Obama at a White House meeting in June that Italy would accept three people as part of the U.S. administration's bid to close down Guantanamo.
Italy took in two Tunisian inmates Monday as a "concrete political sign" of the country's commitment to help Washington close Guantanamo, Justice Minister Angelino Alfano said in a statement late Monday.
Obama said last month that he would miss his January deadline to close the prison, partly because he cannot persuade other nations to take the detainees.
Two other inmates from Guantanamo were sent to France and Hungary also on Monday, U.S. officials said.
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cars tortured in Mexico TUJANA, Mexico — Tijuana's public security spokesman says a fleet of brand new patrol cars has been burned in a Molotov cocktail attack.
Ernesto Alvarez says the 28 vehicles were hit in the predawn attack at a Mazda dealership. Six were destroyed, the rest damaged but possibly reparable.
Like other border communities, Tijuana has faced an upsurge in violence in recent years associated with drug cartels.
3. Favor returned to shootthrowing Iraqi journalist
PARIS — The traiq journalist who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush in Baghdad last year had a taste of his own medicine Tuesday when he nearly got beamed by a shoe thrower at a news conference in Paris.
Muntadhar al-Zeidi ducked and the shoe hit the wall behind him.
"He stole my technique," al-Zeidi later quipped.
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4. Dying person robbed in emergency waiting room
PHILADELPHIA — Police say three people who noticed a Philadelphia school counselor unconscious and dying in an emergency waiting room robbed him instead of going for help.
Police say 63-year-old Joaquin Rivera spent nearly 80 minutes waiting in an emergency room after complaining of pain down his side. But they say he died of an apparent heart attack at Aria Health's Frankford Campus before seeing a triage nurse.
Surveillance video shows three people talking with Rivera before he passed out and then taking his wristwatch.
Police arrested 44-year-old Richard Alten at the hospital and are seeking his companions, whom Capt. John McGinnis described as homeless addicts.
5. Father to stand trial in death of 15-year-old son
man will stand trial on allegations that he forced his naked 15-year-old son into a vacant lot, then shot him to death as the boy and family members pleaded for mercy.
HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. — A judge has ruled that a Michigan
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Jamar Pinkney Sr. of Detroit is charged with first-degree murder in the Nov. 16 killing of Jamar Pinkney Jr. in nearby Highland Park.
6. LA hospital agrees to new MLK medical center
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County supervisors have approved a deal to create a new Martin Luther King Jr. Medical Center on the site of an inner-city public hospital that was closed after a series of patient deaths blamed on shoddy care.
The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously ratified an agreement with the University of California for a 120-bed facility on the site of the old hospital that served a large low-income community in the South Los Angeles area.
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Better know a major | Health information management
BY STEFANIE PENN
Major: Health information management
College: School of Allied Health
grade point average throughout all four years.
Required Credit Hours: A Bachelor of Science in health information management requires two years of preparatory college course work, which totals 63 hours, and two years of professional course work at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Before entering into the professional program, students must complete various prerequisite courses, such as introduction to biology, anatomy and physiology courses. The professional aspect is completed during junior and senior years, and a four-week internship is required at the end of senior year. Students must maintain a 2.5
Sample of Major Courses: "Introduction to Health Care," "Legal Aspects to Health Care," "Pharmacology," "Medical Terminology" and "Introduction to Information Systems."
Career Opportunities: According to the University's undergraduate catalog, a health information management degree prepares students for being a health information manager who works with professionals in allied health, nursing, medicine, hospital administration, law, business and education. One goal is to become a registered health information administrator and assume professional responsibilities in many health and information service industries.
WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO PURSUE THIS MAJOR?
Edited by Jacob Muselmann
KARI HARRINGTON Overland Park sophomore
"I was originally a pre-business administration major but I wanted to work in the medical field. I switched to Health Information Management, which combines elements of business, as well as healthcare."
ON CAMPUS
The Kansas Union Art Fundraiser,"Ceramics, Metals, and Textiles"will begin at 10 a.m. in the lobby in the Kansas Union.
The "Green Burial: With Dignity university-community forum will begin at noon in the ECM Center.
The Professional Edge Fall 2009 Breakfast Series will begin at 8 a.m. in Regnier Hall Auditorium on the Edwards Campus.
"Naturally Obsessed: The Making of a Scientist" will begin at 6 p.m. in 2023 Haworth Hall.
"Wild Science: What Lives in Our Oceans and Where?" will begin at 7 p.m. in Dyche Hall.
ON THE RECORD
About 1 a.m. Saturday near the Daisy Hill residence halls, someone reported criminal damage to his or her vehicle, at a loss of $1,000.
About 7 a.m. Saturday near the Lied Center, someone reported criminal damage to his or her vehicle, at a loss of $200.
About 4 a.m. Monday near the Daisy Hill residence halls, someone reported the theft of a motorcycle, at a loss of $5,500.
About 4 p.m. Monday at the Kansas Union, someone reported the theft of an iPhone, at a loss of $200.
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Wilton Norman Chamberlain scored 52 points, 53 years ago today, in his regular season debut in Allen Fieldhouse. It is a single game KU record that still stands today.
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