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"It is how people respond to stress that determines whether they will profit from misfortune or be miserable."
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009
In more than 22 years of research at the International Society for Music Medicine, studies of over 80,000 surgical patients have unequivocally demonstrated music's capacity to reduce anxiety and pain.
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INTERNATIONAL
1. Jewish group feuding with Holocaust institute
VIENNA — A dispute between an Austrian Holocaust research center and an organization representing Vienna's Jewish committee over access to a vast archive has prompted a group of academics to withdraw support for the center, saying independent research is no longer possible, according to a letter obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press.
The Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies began provisional operations in January. Its purpose is to give researchers access to roughly 8,000 files of the late Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal and to parts of a vast archive belonging to Jewish Community Vienna, which represents the city's Jewish Community.
But officials at the institute say Jewish Community Vienna is limiting access to the archive.
2. Israel approves more housing in disputed area
JERUSALEM — Israel moved Tuesday to approve a plan to build 900 more housing units in a Jewish neighborhood in the part of Jerusalem claimed by Palestinians, drawing harsh criticism from
the United States.
The Jerusalem district planning commission officially deposited the plan, opening it to comments, objections and appeals from the public. Jerusalem city spokesman Gidi Schmerling said final approval was "many months" away.
Palestinians and Britain denounced the plan, but reaction from the U.S. was especially sharp.
3. E-mails alert officials to French terror suspect
PARIS — A French nuclear physicist discussed possible terrorist attacks targeting France's army in e-mail exchanges with North Africa's al-Qaida branch before his arrest last month, the Paris prosecutor's office said Tuesday.
Adlene Hicheur, a 32-yearold Frenchman of Algerian origin, had worked on the Large Hadron Collider — the world's largest atom smasher — as well as at a technology institute in neighboring Switzerland before he was taken into custody at his home in Vienne, France, on Oct. 8.
His alleged e-mail conversations discussed no concrete plans for an operation but cited examples of possible targets, the prosecutor's office said.
NATIONAL 4. Family faces 15 more charges in sex abuse case
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Five men accused of sexually abusing children at their rural Missouri home two decades ago were charged with 15 additional counts after a woman told investigators she was twice raped as a child, according to court filings.
The woman said she was 6 when she was raped in a chicken coop at the rural property where Burrell Mohler Sr. and his adult sons lived in the 1980s, and was attacked again when she was 7, the Kansas City Star reported.
Mohler and his sons already were charged with numerous felonies. Mohler, 77, of Independence, and his sons — Burrell E. Mohler Jr., 53; Jared Mohler, 48; Roland Mohler, 47; and David Mohler, 52 — were scheduled to appear in court Tuesday.
5. Jury links five people to international scam
Burrell Mohler Sr.s brother, Darrel Mohler, 72, of Silver Springs. Fla., was arrested in Florida. He also faces charges.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A federal grand jury in West Virginia has linked five more people to an international scam that allegedly tricked government agencies in
several states into paying at least $3.3 million to bogus companies with names that sounded like legitimate firms.
The charges unsealed Tuesday implicate Minnesota residents Michael M. "Mikie" Ochenge, 33; Robert M. "Robe" Otiso, 36; Paramena J. "Joseph" Shikanda, 35; Albert E. Gunga, 30; and Collins A. Masese, 20.
6. Reporter can't escape spousal abuse allegation
POMONA, N.Y. — A local political reporter with influence well beyond New York has taken a far, fast fall in a bizarre cascade of events.
Dominic Carter went on leave last month from the cable channel New York 1 after allegations that he beat his wife.
She soon recanted, saying a day laborer had beaten her. She and her husband then traveled to Kansas City, Mo., where a caller to their hotel said Carter was considering suicide.
Carter told police he was fine but said his wife was missing. She turned up at the airport.
Station general manager Steve Paulus said Tuesday that "we're awaiting a final resolution." Carter couldn't be reached for comment.
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Better know a major Film
BY BRENDAN ALLEN ballen@kansan.com
Major: Film
College: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Degrees offered: Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of General Studies, minor
Required Credit Hours:
Bachelor of Arts — 124 hours total: 40 major hours, 45 junior/ senior hours
■ Bachelor of General Studies — 124 hours total: 42 major hours, 45 junior/senior hours
LOOSE CHANGE CHALLENGE to benefit United Way november 18th & 19th
Winner will be announced at the Rivalry Football Game in KC on Nov. 28th.
Bring your loose change to our collection points at Wescoe Beach and the Unions.
United Way
Minor — 18 hours total: 15 junior/senior hours
--see the Office of Study Abroad in 108 Lippincott Hall.
Resources:
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START HERE. REACH OUT.
Sample of Major Courses:
"History of the Silent Film," "Classical Film/Media Theory," "Documentary Film and Video," "Experimental Film and Video," "History of the International Sound Film to 1950," "American Popular Culture," "Film Criticism."
There is a catalog of film and video equipment available for checkout at Oldfather.
Oldfather Studios, 1621 W. Ninth St., features an audio editing studio, recording studio, three HD-capable screening rooms and the Herk Harvey sound stage. The building was originally designed for the Centron Corporation in 1955 and was the first film studio built in the Midwest.
Art director, casting director,
location scout, camera operator,
property master, screenwriter,
actor/actress, choreographer, film
commissioner.
A student exchange program is available with The University of Stirling, located in Stirling, Scotland. For more information,
Additional Opportunities:
Sample Career Possibilities:
WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO PURSUE THIS MAJOR?
NATE SELEE
Garden City juni
"My favorite part of being a film major is the knowledge that I will only accomplish an education in this field if I put effort into it. It would be really easy to slip through without acquiring real training, so it's a very self-motivated major."
- To graduate with honors, a student must have a 3.25 GPA overall and a 3.5 GPA in film classes, taking six to eight hours in a film honors seminar and a satisfactory performance in a final oral exam.
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ODD NEWS
'Unfriend' beats 'sexting'
for Oxford's word of year
NEW YORK — What word sums up 2009? How about unfriend?
That's the New Oxford American Dictionary's 2009 Word of the Year. It means to remove someone as a friend on a social networking Web site such as Facebook.
Each year Oxford University Press tracks how the English language is changing and chooses a word that best reflects the mood of the year.
Oxford lexicographer Christine Lindberg says unfriend has "real lex appeal."
Finalists for 2009 also included netbook, which is a small laptop, and sexting, which is sending sexually explicit texts and pictures by cell phone.
Man posts joy ride in stolen van on YouTube
MORRISVILLE, Vt. — What possesses a man to steal his ex-employer's bus, take it for a three-state joy ride and then post a video of the lark on YouTube?
"It was inspired" Jacob Rehm, 38, said outside court Tuesday. "I felt inspired."
The vehicle's owner, Lamoille Valley Transportation, was not amused. Neither were authorities, who charged Rehm with theft of services, operating a vehicle without owner consent and trespassing. Neither was a judge, who ordered a competency evaluation for him.
Rehm, a former bus driver for Lamoille Valley, took the bus from the company's depot Nov. 2.
Accompanied by friend Natalie Page, 38, he headed south toward Allentown, Pa., but turned around somewhere in Connecticut after he realized the $200 worth of diesel he had bought wouldn't get them to Pennsylvania and back.
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ON CAMPUS
The "Are State Universities Worth Saving?" university-community forum will begin at noon in the ECM Center.
The Internship & Summer Camp Fair will begin at 3:30 p.m. on the fifth floor in the Kansas Union.
Voices Unheard will begin at 7 p.m. in the Big XII Room in the Kansas Union.
ON THE RECORD
The KU School of Music Visiting Artist Series will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall.
"Cowboy del Amor" will be shown at 7 p.m. in Room 4012 in Wesco Hall.
About 3 p.m. Monday near 11th and Mississippi streets, someone reported the theft of a crossbar used to direct traffic, at a loss of $85.
About 6:30 p.m. Sunday near 16th and Tennessee streets, a University student reported the theft of two video game systems and games, at a loss of $720.
About 4:30 p.m. Monday at a University parking lot near 21st and Iowa streets, someone reported criminal damage to his or her vehicle, at a loss of $200.
About 11 p.m. Monday near the Chi Omega fountain, someone reported the theft of two crossbars used to direct traffic, at a loss of $170.
CAMPUS Mountain climber to speak at Dole Institute
The lecture is a part of the Institute's "Leadership and Globalization in Sports" series that began last year with a visit from Paul Taglalbe, former commissioner of the NEL.
Bill Lacy, director of the Dole Institute, went on a climb led by Link in Mexico nine years ago. He said mountain climbing 'lad an interesting place in the world.
"The highest mountains in the world are in developing nations,"Lacy said, "We'll be talking about the impact of mountainering in places like Nepal and Tibet."
Robert Link has scaled the world's tallest peaks, gasping the thin air through some of the worst conditions on the planet. Tonight he'll be speaking at the Dole Institute of Politics at 7:30 p.m.
One of the Himalayan climbs was up Mt. Everest in 1990 with climbers from Russia and China as a part of an International Peace Climb.
This is the second lecture in the series, which the Institute plans to continue annually.
Lacy said the Institute started the series because sports have an ability to transcend politics.
"We have disagreements with various nations over many things," Lacy said, "but nations always get together for the Olympics. Sports are kind of a common denominator."
— Zach White
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