K-Staters in the news-December 2004

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K-State, "New Year's Eve in the Little Apple," 12/31/04 Kansas.com

Agricultural research, "Plant a seed," editorial in the 12/30/04 Lawrence Journal-World

Veterinary medicine, Sanjay Kapil, "Human interference may have caused SARS to jump species," 12/04 Science Blog

Political science, Joe Aistrup, "Two Kansas counties stand alone in election," 12/31/04 Topeka Capital-Journal

Animal sciences, Janice Swanson, "Some things tell you as an observer of horses that they have certain needs ...," 12/29/04 TheHorse.com, Lexington, Ky.

National Agriculture Biosecurity Center, "State better prepared for bio-emergencies," 12/29/04 Manhattan Mercury

English, Phil Nel, Nel was on the radio program "Talking History" on Public Radio Saatellite System and Voice of America, airing the week of 12/27/04

Gamma Sigma Delta, "K-State agriculture honor society inducts new members, awards scholarships to students," 12/04 DodgeGlobe.com (Dodge City Globe), http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/aghonor122304.html

Pecan experiment field, Bill Reid, "featured on the cover of 12/27/04 issue of High Plains Journal. Article on his work on northern pecan cultivar development, crop load regulation and pecan weevil management.

K-State at Salina, "KSU student prepares for GlobalFlyer takeoff," 12/27/04 Lawrence Journal-World; "KSU students to help with flight," 12/27/04 WIBW 13 News, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/Globalflyer120904.html

Wildcat Information Network, "New info network aimed at K-Staters," 12/27/04 Manhattan Mercury

English, Jonathan Holden, "State lines: Rhyme on one side, no reason on the other," 12/26/04 Kansas City Star and KansasCity.com

Research, "Disease prevention: Physical activity benefits women at or near menopause," 12/25/04 Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week; 12/23/04 Women's Health Weekly; 12/21/04 Science Letter; 12/20/04 OBGYN & Reproduction Week

Management, Diane Swanson, "Firn earns $2,000 as consultant," 12/24/04 Connecticut Post

Mathematics, Marianne Korten, "A window into her home," 12/24/04 Manhattan Mercury

History, Bob Linder, "Brownback key to anti-abortion strategy," 12/22/04 Kansas.com

Agriculture, Fred Cholick, "New ag dean reinforces commitment at K-State," 12/22/04 Midwest Messenger

Agronomy Club, "K-State Agronomy Club takes national honors," 12/22/04 DodgeGlobe.com, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/agronomyclub121704.html

Management, Diane Swanson, "Ethics education," Fall 2004 Beta Gamma Sigma International Exchange, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/swanson72104.html

Architecture, David Sachs, "Sachs to head KSU's architecture department," 12/20/04 Manhattan Mercury, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/sachs122004.html

Veterinary medicine, Dr. Howard Erickson, "Team up with Fido for fitness: How your dog can help you keep your New Year's resolutions," 12/20/04 MSNBC.com

College Bowl teams, "Kansas State College Bowl Teams," 12/19/04 Manhattan Mercury

Family studies and human services, Bronwyn Fees, "Santa: The man, the myth," 12/19/04 Manhattan Mercury, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/santa121704.html

Entomology, Jim Campbell, "Area young research award winner is chosen," 12/19/04 Manhattan Mercury, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/Campbell121704.html

Biology, Terry C. Johnson Center for Basic Cancer Research, Rob Denell, "K-State students win research awards," 12/19/04 Manhattan Mercury, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/canawards121704.html

K-State at Salina, "Global flight delayed: Record-setting attempt now will take place in February," 12/20/04 saljournal.com and 12/18/04 Salina Journal, 12/21/04 USA Today; "Prep work: Officials expect the unexpected," 12/21/04 Salina Journal, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/delayglobalflyer122004.html

Facilities maintenance, Mark Loberg, "K-State crumbling: Campus needs the most help of the Regents schools," 12/20/04 Topeka Capital-Journal; "Falling limestone," 12/19/04 WIBW 13 News; "Facilities: Playing Catch-up on maintenance," 1/7/05 Chronicle of Higher Education; "Deferred maintenance woes adding up at Kansas State University," January 2005 Building Services Management

Biology, Judith Roe, "Doing math, telling time and surviving," 12/19/04 Star-Telegram.com (Texas)

Anthropology, Mike Finnegan, "Discovery of burial sites can provide window into the past," 12/18/04 Kansas City infoZine

Family studies and human services, Bronwyn Fees, "Tough question: What to tell kids about Santa Claus," 12/17/04 Pratt Tribune online at pratttribune.com, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/santa121704.html

Journalism and mass communications, Tom Grimes, "TV audience hits the 'off' switch," 12/17/04 Business Journal (Milwaukee)

Plant pathology, Akiko Sugio, "Sarachek Fellowship awarded to plant pathologist," 12/17/04 Topeka Capital-Journal

Civil engineering, Mustaque Hossain, "KSU civil engineering to receive federal funds," 12/17/04 Manhattan Mercury, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/shoppers121304.html

Institute for Military History, president's office, Chuck Reagan, "$500,000 grant awarded to KSU institute," 12/17/04 Manhattan Mercury

Ag economics, David Darling, "Small towns must work to keep holiday shoppers home," 12/17/04 Manhattan Mercury, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/shoppers121304.html

Veterinary medicine, Dr. Susan Nelson, "KSU vet: Think carefully about new puppy," 12/17/04 Fort Riley Post

K-State, "State appropriations for higher education, 2004-5," 12/17/04 Chronicle of Higher Education

K-State at Salina, Kenneth Barnard, "No parking? No problem," 12/17/04 Chronicle of Higher Education

Physiology, C.K. Ganti, M.J. Kenney, "Hyperthermia-enhanced splenic cytokine gene expression may be mediated by SNS," 12/19/04 Health Insurance Week; 12/18/04 Law & Health Weekly, Mental Health Business Week and Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week; 12/18/04 Health; 12/17/04 Drug Week and Genomics & Genetics Weekly; 12/15/04 Biotech Week and Genetics & Environmental Health Week; 12/15/04 Immunotherapy Weekly; 12/14/04 Pharma Law Weekly, Life Science Weekly, Pharma Law Weekly, and Science Letter; 12/13/04 Health & Medicine Week, Pain & Central Nervous System Week, and Proteomics Weekly

K-State student Lauren Phillips, "Home for the holidays," photo and cutline, 12/16/04 Manhattan Mercury

Animal sciences, Michael Dikeman, "Study shows MAP extends shelf life of beef products," 12/16/04 High Plains Journal

Commencement, "Nearly 1,400 students candidates for December graduation from K-State," 12/15/04 Dodge City Globe; "KSU grads," 12/17/04 Fort Riley Post, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/fall04grads120804.html

English, Jonathan Holden, "Laureate laurel accorded Holden," 12/14/04 Manhattan Mercury

Rice research, "USDA awards rice research grant," 12/14/04 High Plains Journal

Scholarships, "Kansas State University students earn more than $6 million in scholarships," 12/14/04 Manhattan Mercury, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/0405scholarships.html

K-State Medal of Excellence, president's office, Jon Wefald, "Lawrence couple honored to receive K-State alumni group's top citation," 12/14/04 Lawrence Journal-World, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/Beach112304.html

Baking science, C.E. Walker, "Baker's delight: True aficionados of homemade goodies all hail King Arthur Flour," 12/14/04 USA Today

Food Safety Consortium, food science, Daniel Fung, "KSU Process protects ready-to-eat beef from pathogen," 12/13/04 Farmer Stockman

Research, "Thompson right about risk," 12/13/04 Kansas.com and Wichita Eagle

Alumni, athletics, "Clay Center honors hometown hero Ohlde," 12/13/04 Topeka Capital-Journal

Geography, Kevin Blake, "Lewis and Clark Trail interpretation sites overly simplistic, K-State professor says," 12/13/04 Kansas City infoZine; "Professor stunned by trail findings," 12/19/04 Topeka Capital-Journal, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/generalnews.html

Biology, Dave Rintoul, "When endangered whooping cranes are mistakenly shot, questions arise about Kansas sandhill hunting season," 12/12/04 Kansas City Star

K-State graduate Heather Berry, "Having licked school, she'll carry on CF fight," 12/12/04 Manhattan Mercury

Ag research, "Canola a new plant under research by ag experts," 12/12/04 Enid News and Eagle (Okla.)

Architecture, Madlen Simon, Susanne Siepl-Coates, "Nicer sidewalks as fat fighters," 12/12/04 Manhattan Mercury, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/sunflowerfound120904.html

K-State student Kari Hanson, "Battling anorexia," 12/12/04 Minot Daily News

K-State student Joseph Clark, "K-State senior takes on comedian's one-man Christmas show," 12/12/04 Manhattan Mercury

Political science, Joe Aistrup, "Reducing government: Population declines raise interest in government consolidation in Kansas," 12/12/04 Salina Journal; "Kansas likes little governments, but a lot of it," 12/19/04 Wichita Eagle

Journalism and mass communications, Fred Brock, "National Perspectives: For New Yorkers, housing profits enable retirement," 12/12/04 New York Times

Family studies and human services, Charlotte Shoup Olsen, "'Mixed' families need extra communication at the holidays," 12/12/04 Kansas City infoZine

Young Republicans, "After election, college political groups scramble to keep members," 12/11/04 KansasCity.com, Macon Telegraph (Ga.), philly.com (Pa.), Tallahassee.com (Fla.), The State (S.C.), Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, San Jose Mercury News, Kansas.com; "College political groups scramble to keep members," 12/13/04 Salina Journal; "College political groups seeking members," 12/16/04 New York Times

Kinesiology, Stewart Trost, "Physical activity should be a vital component of adolescents' routines," 12/10/04 Kansas City infoZine, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/listactivity101403.html

Veterinary medicine, Dr. Jim Carpenter, "Wounded crane dies in Maryland," 12/10/04 Manhattan Mercury; "Whooping crane shot in Kansas dies," 12/10/04 Kansas City infoZine and Topeka Capital-Journal' Wounded whooping crane not looking good right now," 12/9/04 KansasCity.com

Counseling services, "Reaching out to students: At colleges, mental health goes to head of the class," 12/7/04 USA Today; "The mental-health crisis: What colleges must do," 12/10/04 Chronicle of Higher Education; "At colleges, mental health goes to head of the class," 12/10/04 eDiets.com

Commencement, "Degrees for 1,400 at KSU this weekend," 12/9/04 Manhattan Mercury, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/commencement112904.html

Modern languages, Thuria Mossa, "Iraqi-American teaches Fort Riley Soldiers," 12/8/04 Fort Riley Post

Dance program, "WinterDance offers variety of works at Nichols," 12/8/04 Manhattan Mercury, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/winterdance120104.html

Entomology, "K-State entomology students win awards at annual meeting," 12/7/04 DodgeGlobe.com, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/entomology113004.html

McCain Auditorium, "Dallas Brass provides a good time for all," 12/6/04 Manhattan Mercury, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/dallasbrass111804.html

Entomology, Jim Nechols, "K-State studying alternatives to pesticides," 12/6/04 Manhattan Mercury

Crops team, "KSU crop team wins sixth straight title," 12/6/04, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/cropsteam120604.html

Alumnus Keen Umbehr, "Tale of trashman detailed by wife in manuscript," 12/6/04 Topeka Capital-Journal

Alumnus Pete Goering, "Columnist Goering tapped to lead C-J newsroom," 12/5/04 Topeka Capital-Journa

Human ecology, Lea Steele, "Commentary: Scaring veterans with tales of Gulf War disease," 12/5/04 New Hampshire Union Leader

K-State student Jamie Morales, "Children around the world share life as AIDS orphans," 12/5/04 Chicago Tribune

Veterinary medicine, Dr. Susan Nelson, "Guard your pet against the dangers of winter," 12/5/04 Kansas.com, Wichita Eagle, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/listwintertips111104.html

Biology, "State of the Birds" finds hundreds of U.S. species in peril," 12/3/04 The Christian Science Monitor

Management, Diane Swanson, "Correlation between values and salary preferences," 12/3/04 applesforhealth.com, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/businessresearch101204.html

Native American Student Association, "A tribal touch for dance and sport," 12/3/04 Manhattan Mercury

Physics, Eckhard von Toerne, "Professor wins $1.2 million research prize," 12/2/04 Manhattan Mercury, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/Toerne120204.html

K-State at Salina, "Daring air voyage aims to begin, end in Salina," 12/2/04 Kansas City Star, Associated Press, USA Today, MSNBC, Lawrence Journal-World, St. Lois Post Dispatch, Grand Forks Herald (N.D.), CNETNews.com (calif.), Slashdot, Salina Journal, Topeka Capital-Journal, Wichita Eagle, mysan.de (Germany), KWQC-TV (Iowa), KBSD-TV (Kan.), WIBW-TV Topeka; "The world will be watching," editorial in the 12/2/04 Salina Journal; "Salina goes Global: City to be base for 80-hour flight," 12/2/04 Salina Journal and Wichita Eagle; ""Global Mission: Students named to support teams," 12/9/04 Salina Journal; "Arrival date unknown," 12/13/04 Salina Journal; "Update on GlobalFlyer," 12/9/04 Technocrat.net, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/globalflyer120104.html

President's office, Chuck Reagan, "Friendship sends KSU official to D.C.," 12/1/04 Manhattan Mercury, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/reagan120104.html

Agriculture, "Kansas State University and Sandia National Labs teaming up to try and detect cattle diseases before they spread," 12/1/04 The Osgood File, on CBS at various times

Veterinary medicine, animal sciences, "A stem cell Christmas Miracle? Not bloody likely, alas," 12/1/04 reasonline, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/stemcells101104.html

Veterinary medicine, Dr. Thomas Schermerhorn, "Kansas State University veterinarian comments on low-carb diets for pets," 12/1/04 RedNova, http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/lowcarbpets112304.html

KSU Police, Troy Lane, "Blue rings rising: Campus emergency blue phone usage increases despite cellular phone use," 12/1/04 Kansas.com and University Daily Kansan online

K-State at Salina, "Historic flight may base in Salina," 12/1/04 Kansas.com and Wichita Eagle

Research, "Physical activity and obesity among premenopausal women," 12/1/04 Medical News Today at www.medicalnewstoday.com