H1N1 VACCINES WILL BE AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS TODAY IN THE K-STATE UNION FORUM HALL FROM 9:30 TO 1:30. THE PEOPLE ELIGIBLE FOR THE SHOT ARE, K-STATE STUDENTS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 AND 24, STUDENTS WHO ARE HEALTHCARE WORKERS OR FIRST RESPONDERS, STUDENTS WHO LIVE WITH OR CARE FOR AN INFANT UNDER 6 MONTHS OLD, AND STUDENTS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 25 AND 64 WHO HAVE UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS. TO GET YOUR SHOT YOU MUST BRING WITH YOU YOUR CURRENT WILDCAT ID CARD, YOUR HEALTH INSURANE CARD, A CHECK OR CREDIT CARD TO PAY THE FEE, AND THE COMPLETED VACCINE CONSENT FORM WHICH YOU CAN FIND ON K-STATE’S WEBISTE. OTHER DATES FOR H1N1 CLINICS ARE DECEMBER 7TH AND DECEMBER 10TH. THEY WILL ALSO BE IN THE UNION’S FORUM HALL AT THE SAME TIME.
THE KANSAS NATIONAL GUARD WILL GET A NEW SERGEANT MAJOR THIS WEEKEND. THE CURRENT ONE, STEVE RODINA, IS RETIRING AFTER NINE YEARS. COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR SCOTT HAWORTH, WHO IS THE TOP ENLISTED SOLDIER WITH THE KANSAS ARMY NATIONAL GUARD, WILL TAKE OVER THE DUTIES SATURDAY. THE CHANGE OF COMMAND CEREMONY WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE NICKELL ARMORY IN TOPEKA.
A WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY WOMAN WHO WAS MURDERED WILL STILL GET HER DEGREE. THE UNIVERSITY SAYS 25-YEAR OLD JESSIE FOUST WAS SET TO GRADUATE IN DECEMBER WITH A SOCIAL WORK DEGREE WHEN SHE WAS KILLED THE NIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING. 26-YEAR OLD ADRIAN JACKSON WAS ALSO KILLED IN THEIR HOME BUT THEIR CHILDREN WERE UNHARMED. DURING GRADUATION THEY WILL HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR FOUST. A GROUP AT THE UNIVERSITY IS RAISING MONEY TO HELP CARE FOR THE COUPLE’S CHILDREN.
A MAIL ORDER PHARMACY IN OVERLAND PARK HAS DONATED NEARLY 150,000 UNITS OF UNUSED MEDICATION TO KANSANS IN NEED. PRESCRIPTION SOLUTIONS SAYS THAT AMOUNT TRANSLATES TO NEARLY 18,000 PERSCRIPTIONS. THE DONATIONS WERE THROUGH A PROGRAM APPROVED BY LEGISLATURE IN 2008 TO ALLOW ADULT CARE HOMES, MAIL SERVICE PHARMACIES, AND MEDICAL CARE FACILITIES TO DONATE UNUSED PRESCRIPTIONS TO CLINICS AND HEALTH CENTERS THAT SERVE THE UNISURED OR POOR. BEFORE THE LAW ALL THE UNUSED MEDICATION HAD TO BE DESTROYED.
INSTEAD OF BIG SHOES TO FILL THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HAS SOME BIG PANTS TO FILL BECAUSE MARK MANGINO HAS RESIGNED FROM HIS POSITION AS HEAD COACH. AFTER A TWO AND A HALF WEEK INTERNAL INVESTIGATION STEMMING FROM ALLEGED PHYSICAL AND VERBAL ABUSE OF THE PLAYERS AND A 5-7 SEASON, A SETTLEMENT WAS REACHED BETWEEN THE SCHOOL AND COACH. JUST TWO YEARS AGO HE WAS COACH OF THE YEAR AND LED THE JAYHAWKS TO A 12-1 SEASON AND AN ORANGE BOWL VICTORY.
DESPITE THE LOSS OF SEVERAL SOLDIERS LAST MONTH DURING THE FORT HOOD SHOOTING RAMPAGE, THEY ARE SET TO DEPLOY TO AFGHANISTAN. THE 467TH MEDICAL DETACHMENT WHO LOST THREE OF ITS SOLDIERS IS SCHEDULED TO LEAVE EARLY TODAY. CHARGES AGAINSTTHE ACCUSED GUNMAN MAJOR NIDAL HASAN INCLUDE 13 COUNTS OF PREMEDITATED MURDER. IT IS STILL UNCLEAR WHETHER HE WAS TARGETING ANYONE IN THE UNIT.
ABC IS STILL NOT OVER ADAM LAMBERT’S PERFORMANCE AT THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS.THEY HAVE NOW DROPPED HIM FROM TWO APPERANCES ON THE CHANNEL. HE WAS DROPPED FROM GOOD MORNING AMERICAN QUICKLY AFTER THE AWARDS AND ABC HAS ANNOUNCED HE WON’T BE APPEARING ON JIMMY KIMMEL’S NEW YEARS EVE SPECIAL EITHER. HOWEVER, HE WILL BE ON JAY LENO ON THE 21ST AND BARBARA WALTERS WILL INTERVIEW HIM ON HER MOST FASCINATING PEOPLE OF 2009 SPECIAL THAT WILL AIR WEDNESDAY ON ABC.
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