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Top Story:
AWA Investigated for
Hazing
 After weeks of accusations and denials,
Interfraternity Council president Mitch Morgan announced Monday that the
MU chapter of AWA (AOA) is under
investigation for hazing practices. The chapter in question is part
of a well-recognized and highly esteemed national fraternity that honors
the efforts of the top medical students in the country. It has been
rumored for years that this highly prestigious organization engaged in
high-risk rituals that endangered its new members.
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Investigative
report:
Former
Child Star Beuckeís New Growth Cause for
Concern
Nate Beucke, immortalized
as the ten year old tow headed mischief-maker Tom Sawyer on a billboard
along interstate 70 between Columbia and St. Louis, has for years been
trying to show the world that he is a grown up. Now heís got the beard to
prove it.
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Psychosocial
Shit:
New
DSM-IV Final Revision simplified to "Crazy/Not
Crazy"
 The American
Psychiatric Association announced Friday that it has updated its current
recommendations for diagnosis of mental disorders in the new DSM-IV-FR
(Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Final
Revision). The manual has undergone numerous revisions through the
years to reflect the trends and new insight into psychiatric
problems.
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Science:
Dr.
Everett to be Cryogenically
Preserved
 Dr. Ronald Swinford, Chairman of the Department of Internal
Medicine, announced Friday that one of the department's most highly
esteemed physicians, Dr. E. Dale Everett, will be cryogenically preserved
after his imminent retirement.
"The department has been grappling with the news that Dr. Everett
will be retiring. His
clinical skills and knowledge are beyond reproach, he is a master teacher,
and he is the consummate ambassador for his school, his department, and
his profession. We really
weren't sure what we'd do without him. In the end, the decision to freeze
him was a no-brainer."
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Editorial
page:
This month's letters to the
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Society:
Dr.
Blake Stepping on Toes, Squelching Spirits in New Role as Student
 After a lifetime of advising patients and
educating medical students, Dr. Robert Blake has taken on a new role, as a
student in undergraduate English courses at the
University of
Missouri .
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Curriculum:
Study
Released:
Administration of Profanity as Adjunct to Surgical
Treatment
 The results of a recent study published in
JAMA support the use of operative as well as perioperative
profanity as adjuncts to surgical treatment. Although the practice has been
well established as a routine aspect of surgical management, this is the
first study to analyze patient outcomes.
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Entertainment:
After six months on the bargaining table and
rejections from all three major networks, FOX, the WB and Columbia Public
Access, ìHanginí in Lab E,î the new sitcom from
Dr. Michael Hosokawa received a deathblow yesterday, when executives at
UPN rejected Hosokawaís offer of $2,000 per episode for an early morning
time slot to follow reruns of ìFamily Matters.î
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Class of 2004: The Dating Game
As you may know, a good portion of the M2 class has found companionship
and loveÖ with each other. Seeing that 10% of the class is dating
amongst themselves, we decided to take a hard look at these relationships
to find out what the benefits and drawbacks are in seeing a fellow medical
student.
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