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ISSUE 34
 Dec. 15-21, 2006
[Past Issues]
 
FRONT PAGE  LOCAL NEWS

FRONT PAGE

CAMPUS NEWS:
  HOUSING
  PREMIERE
  BANNED
  HEADING HOME
  
LOCAL NEWS:
 
SPORTS:
  B-BALL
  RED SOX

 SLIDE SHOW:
 
PROFS:
  STONE

BLOGS:
  CRISTAL
  PATRICIA

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS NATIONAL NEWS
Circumcision in Africa found to reduce HIV infection-Two medical studies released on Wednesday, December 13 confirm that widespread circumcision of adult men can fight against HIV infections in sub-Saharan Africa.
     The results of these studies may impact the AIDS prevention strategies of the region.
    The Bush administration is now considering the use of circumcision as a prevention method.  Fifteen billion dollars has been committed to treating and preventing AIDS in developing countries.
    Thousands of uncircumcised men were part of the two studies in Kenya and Uganda. In order to determine if the surgery could reduce HIV transmission among heterosexuals.  The foreskin of some men were removed while others remained intact.  Circumcision was offered to all men after US health authorities that were overseeing the project felt ethically obligated to stop the trials since the preliminary results favored circumcision.
    The research results come after a South African study reached similar conclusions.
    The biological reasons for the conclusions are a result of the penis of circumcised men having thicker skin that is less prone to penetration by HIV.
    The research findings are not a welcoming to stop using condoms, increase sexual partners, or halt all other methods of HIV and AIDS prevention according to research specialists.  There has been no evidence of this happening they reported.
 

President Bush isn't rushing on Iraq strategy-
President Bush admits to being open to ideas towards the strategy in Iraq.  However; Bush is strongly rejecting the ideas such as leaving before the job is done, and not helping the Iraqi government. 
     Bush is currently in the midst of working out his Iraq War Policy.
      President Bush is working with the nation's top military commanders to come up with a plan for securing the country and "winning a war that we now find ourselves in."  
      Throughout the time that troops have been in Iraq there has been a lot of unnecessary violence.  The White House has previously stated that President Bush was to deliver a speech on the Iraq Strategy before Christmas but the speech has recently been moved to the beginning of next year.
     During the meetings with the top military commanders, Vice President Dick Cheney, incoming Defense Secretary Robert Gates and outgoing Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfield there were discussions about more US trainers and equipment for beleaguered Iraq forces.
     President Bush said that he is grateful for the 140,000 troops stationed in Iraq and is very, focused on trying to develop a strategy to get them out of there.

SPORTS STUFF

     After signing Daisuke Matsuzaka, Tony Catinella writes why the Red Sox will be heading back to the World Series in 2007.

 
CAMPUS NEWS

Read about what's happening on campus

BLOGGING

      Cristal's Blog:  Giving more than just presents during the holiday season
   
     Patricia's Blog: Holiday mayhem
VIDEOS
 
HEALTH AWARENESS

     A recent study shows that drinking wine can help a person's health.  Research shows that antioxidants and proteins in wine can help with many illnesses.

For more information visit here.
 
FOOD FOR THOUGHT

The science behind Santa Claus 

      Ever wonder how Santa Claus is able to deliver presents to millions of children and homes in one night?

      A professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, Dr. Larry Silverberg, from North Carolina State University believes he can explain this phenomenon with plausible science and engineering principles that could allow St. Nick to pull off his Christmas adventure every year.
      Silverberg says Santa and his elves have an advanced knowledge of   electromagnetic waves, nanotechnology, genetic engineering, the space/time continuum and computer science which helps in delivering toys in time for Christmas day.
      According to the report released by the NC State News Services, Silverberg says that Santa has "a pipeline to children's thoughts- via a listening antenna that combines technologies currently used in cell phones and EKG's..." this allows him to know automatically want a person wants for Christmas.
      Silverberg also mentions that Santa uses the space/time continuum to form "relativity clouds."
      "Based on his advanced knowledge of the theory of relativity, Santa recognizes that time can be stretched like a rubber band, that space can be squeezed like an orange and that light can be bent," Silverberg says. 
     "Relativity clouds are controllable domains – rips in time – that allow him months to deliver presents while only a few minutes pass on Earth. The presents are truly delivered in a wink of an eye." 

        For more information about this story visit: http://news.ncsu.edu/releases/2006/dec/212.html. 
 
PROFS INTO PEOPLE
   
     Robert Panza interviews Professor Nancy Stone.
 
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