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By Kim Vogol
Stafl' Writer

Four years of long hours and hard work came
down to just a moment on stage yesterday at Two
Keys Tavern.

More than 80 fourth—year UK College of
Medicine students learned what programs they will
join for their residency specialty training.

UK medical students were among thousands of
students across the United States who participated in
the 1996 Match Day pro ram.

“I think everyone who is finding out today is
excited and nervous,” said Lanie Stephens, who plans
to do her residency in Australia.

Tradition calls for the UK medical class to gather
at a local watering hole where envelopes containing
each student’s residency assignment are drawn at
random. Each anxious student steps forward, opens
the envelo e, and announces where he or she will be
going for t e next three to five years.

“ his is a good supportive time for students to be
with their class,” said Sue Fosson, assistant dean of
Student Affairs for the the UK College of Medicine.

Fosson said students started the process last April
throu h information sessions, months of applica—
, tions, etters of recommendation and interviews.

In February, fourth-year students submitted a
i rank-ordered list of preferred medical specialties and
, locations of residency programs.

' “It was such hard work getting all of that togeth-
er,” said Natalie Shrestha, a fourth-year medical stu-
dent from Hopkinsw'lle, Ky. “Now it‘s to see if all
that hard work paid off.”

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\Vashington, D.C., uses a computer to match stu-
dents and residencies. All students across the country
are notified on the same day about their position,
and students must agree in advance to accept the res-
idency chosen for them.

“For the most part, everything ends up working
out for students,” Fosson said. “Our students do very
well and tend to not have just one choice, but a few
programs in mind.”

The NRMP was established in 1952 to provide a
mechanism that would end the chaotic state ofappli-
cants and programs being forced to make commit—
merits before all options could be considered.

Of the 80 UK students participating in the Match
Day program, 63 percent received their first choice

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and 9 were unmatched. Those students who did not
match were notified in advance and given the names
of progi‘aiiis that did not llll their available positions.

“This is probably a bigger day than graduation for
all of us,” said Tim Carroll, a fourth—year student
from Frankfort, Ky. “It’s both excitin r and sad. \\'e
have all gone through so much antf you develop
some of the deepest friendships you could make."

For the second year in a row, more than half of
the graduating medical school seniors will pursue
training in one of the generalist disciplines of family
practice, internal medicine or pediatrics.

The number of students entering such specialties
as ai‘iesthesiology and diagnostic radiology dropped
significantly. After graduating in May, the students
will begin their residencies at the beginning of’luly.

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The weather caused problems around the state.

Associated Press

Most of western Kentucky spent the first day of
spring shoveling from under up to 10 inches of snow
and waiting for emergency crews to restore electrici-

Some roads remained impassable yesterday ~—
even to National Guard troops ordered to help in
Humvees — due to tall drifts up to 12 feet in places.

The worst news was, it was still snowing.

The heavy late-season snowfall that began Tues-
day paralyzed a band roughly 75 miles wide from
Henderson to Hopkinsville, knocking out power to
tens of thousands of homes. At least 22 counties and
three cities declared emergencies and ordered resi-
dents to stay off slush—covered roads.

State disaster officials estimated 37,100 customers

 

By Kathy finding
Staff Writer

Research on Parkinson’s disease conducted at UK
may lead to a more effective and permanent treat-
ment for Parkinson’s patients.

, The new treatment, proven effective on monkeys,
. was discovered by Dr. Don Gash, professor and
chairman of anatomy and neurobiology; and col-
leagues after three cars of research. Gas ’5 findings
are published in t ay’s issue of the scientific journal
Nature.

”WWW-MW” Gosh has found that a brain trophic factor known
as GDNF helps dopamine neurons in the brain to
survive and increases dopamine levels. It is the
degeneration of do mine neurons in the brain that
results in Parkinson s ' .

Without dopamine, a neurotransmitter, present
in the brain, atients lose control of movement and
- psychologica processes, classic Parkinson’s symp-

' toms

in'Gash't study, with GDNF injections, the mon-
keys with Parkinson’s showed marked improvement

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SPRWETME? Yesterday didn ’t 100/: like the first day of spring as the Bluegrass was hit with afresh layer of snow.

still without power yesterday. Don Armstrong, a
spokesman for the Kentucky Division of Disaster
and Emergency Services, said it may take “several
days and some melting” before electricity and heat
were restored statewide.

Kentucky State Police blamed four deaths on slick
highways since Tuesday, and told motorists to stay
home. Only one lane was open each direction on
both the Pennyrile and Audubon parkways in west—
ern Kentucky.

Snow also prevented rescuers from approaching a
burning trailer in Woodburn, south of Bowling
Green. Authorities said a Z-year-old girl burned to
death Tuesday ni ht, and part of the burning trailer
collapsed on her gather as he tried unsuccessfully to
rescue her. He was critically burned.

The National Weather Service said 10 inches fell

in four of the five disease symptoms: slowness in
movement, ri 'dity, poor posture, and lack of bal-
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at Hardinsburg through early yesterday. Henderson
reported 8 inches, and () inches fell near Louisville
and Fort Knox.

The weather service said 2 to 3 additional inches
were expected through last night. Temperatures
were to dip below freezing —— making roads more
treacherous with ice for this morning’s commuters
— then begin warming through the weekend, when
highs should reach the mid-50s.

“The initial melting (Tuesday) was due to the fact
that the ground was above freezing. But with the
snow pack and low temperatures, what slush is there
is likely going to freeze,” said weather service fore-
caster Dennis Sleighter.

The state ordered 185 National Guard troops
into the affected area to help police, doctors and road
crews.

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and have the same effects.

Gash said the potential for GDNF treatment of
Parkinson’s is a great improvement over current
treatments.

“Previous treatments for Parkinson’s disease deal
only with the symptoms, but they don’t deal with the
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tremoring experienced by Parkinson’s

the disease is killing.”

patients. . Because Parkinson’s disease is progres—
The benefiCial effects from GDNF sive, atients find themselves in a con—

lasted about four weeks, longer than
effects of current treatments.

stant attle against it. Current treatments
are not as effective and some, such as fetal

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and their processes,” Gash said.

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monkeys. their symptgnts and disease ....., ”Elma" , slow down the pgfigression of the dis-
grogresflon are ycry Slmllll’ to that Of . on 0 case,” Gash said. “It affects the symptoms

umans. Gash said they also respond to the We”. as the same time as it increases
existing Parkinson’s treatments in the - ’ y do amine.”
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Gash said as of now it can only be pre-
dicted whether GDNF will have the
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the human tests are done, but “all the indicators now
are very positive.”

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Clinton, Iloie
agree to work together

\VASHING'I‘UN »— In a delicate dance of
rivals, President Clinton agreed yesterday to work
with Senate Majority Leader Iiob Dole and other
lawmakers to pass several important bills while
combat is deferred on a balanced budget.

“\Ve laid out our priorities. The president laid
out his priorities. And hopefully together we can
lay out America’s priorities," Dole, the Republi—
can presidential iioiiiiiiee~to--be, said at a news
conference after the 70-minute Oval Office meet-
in I.

“hire House spokesman Mike .\Ic( Iurry said
Republicans seemed to want legislation “that
would advance the cause of the nation. The presi—
dent appreciated that."

The meeting was the first since the presidential
primaries ratified Dole as the all—but—certain (i( )l’
candidate against (Ilinton this fall. That will put
the president and his rival at close quarters over
the next several months as they joust over elec-
tion—year legislation on spending, taxes, welfare,
crime and other topics.

 

Jury iinds Menendez hrothers guilty

LUS ANGELFS v In a decisive rejection of
the abuse defense that nearly succeeded the first
titiie, Erik and Lyle Mciiendez were convicted of
first—degree murder yesterday in the shotgun slay—
iiigs oftheir millionaire parents and could be sen—
teiiced to death.

Lyle, 28, and l‘irik, 3i, appeared extremely pale
but showed no emotion upon hearing the jury’s
verdict, reached after four days of deliberations in
the brothers' retrial. lirik’s lawyer, Leslie Abram-
son, shook her head.

“I feel great," prosecutor David Conn declared
as he left the courtroom with a broad smile.

Two years ago. the brothers’ first trial ended in
a mistrial when jurors couldn’t decide whether the
1989 slayings of entertainment executive josc
Menendez and his wife. Kitty, at their Beverly
Hills mansion were premeditated murder or self
defense.

This time, the jury rejected the defense claim
that the brothers murdered their parents after
years of sexual abuse. Instead, it embraced the
prosecution theory that the killings were planned
and that the brothers were greedy, spoiled brats
who murdered to get their parents’ $14 million
fortune.

Thousands ”'8“ to let ‘grflen cal‘ils'
\VASHINGTON —~ Thousands of legal

immigrants, some responding to rumors of mass
deportations, rushed to federal offices nationwide
yesterday to renew expiring “green cards."

Immigration officials said there was no threat
of penalties against those with expired cards.

Since late 1993, the Immigration and Natural-
ization Service has asked those with permanent
resident alien permits issued before 1979 to renew
their green cards.

But word ap )arcntly failed to reach many.

“I heard not ing whatsoever, not until (i a.m.
on the radio," Larry Healy. a (17-year—old retired
railroad worker originally from Ireland, said as he
waited in line at the Los Angeles INS office.

The INS began the card—replacement effort in
November 1993 in an attem )[ to deter counter-
feiting of the green card, w ich is the agency’s
most counterfeited document.

Supreme Court upholds 1990 census

\VASHING'II )N ..- The Supreme Court
unanimously upheld the 1990 census results yes-
terday despite an admitted undercount of minori—
ties, a decision that will cost big cities huge
amounts offederal aid.

The government made an “extraordinary
effort" to include minorities in the census count,
and the secretary of commerce was authorized to
decide not to adjust the figures, the court said.

Cities includin New York City, Los Angeles
and Chica 0 said tie undercount de irives minori-
ties of po itical representation and government
money.

New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said the
decision will cost his city hundreds of millions of
dollars in federal aid.

Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan estimated
more than 100,000 people in his city were
uncounted and as a result, the city lost more than
$150 million in federal aid.

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80cm Service calls the plays

LOS ANGELES — A Secret Service agent
sounded like an NFL play-by—play announcer try—
ing to follow President Clinton's moves during a
recent visit to the Malibu home of
entertainment mogul David Gef-
fen.

The commentary went like
this, according to esterday's Los
Angeles Times: “ K, it looks like
he (Clinton) is ettin up to leave
now. Oh, he’s ack own on the
couch. Oh, no! S ielberg’s putting
another video imp Looks like we’re cum
goin to be here until midnight.”

The unidentified agent was relaying the details
to colleagues March 8 at a command center set up
at Pepperdine University.

Conpilrdfi'oni wire reports.

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