ARIZONA DAILY WILDCATwildcat.arizona.edu The University of Arizona, TucsonThursday, December 2, 2004
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UMC buysnew cancerradiationtechnology
When David Horner found out he had testicu-lar cancer last year, he braced himself for theworst.
“I thought, ‘I’m going to die — am I ready todie?’” Horner said. “Everything came to a stand-still.”
But after two surgeries, a month of chemother-apy and a state-of-the-art radiosurgery treatment,Horner, a 25-year-old doctoral student of pharma-cology, is on the road to recovery.
Horner was the fourth patient in Tucson toreceive treatment from a new shaped-beam radio-surgery system purchased by University MedicalCenter last month.
The $3 million Novalis Shaped Beam Surgerysystem, manufactured by the medical technologycompany BrainLAB, uses computer-generatedimages to get an accurate depiction of thepatient’s tumor. It then delivers radiation whichconforms to the exact shape and size of the tumor.
Dr. Baldassarre Stea, head of the radiationoncology department and a clinical medical direc-tor for radiation oncology at the UA, said sincethe radiation is delivered at angles to preciselytarget the tumor, healthy tissues surrounding thetumor are not damaged, minimizing the chance ofside effects.
“We are able to treat patients that otherwisewould be difficult to help because it would be toorisky,” Stea said. “You need a stable machine withprecision to the thickness of a paper.”
Horner said he opted for the shaped-beam
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ASUA toinvite TVcomediansto campus
Four comedians from the NBCreality television show “Last ComicStanding” will be invited to UA toperform a comedy show on campusaimed to promote sexual responsibil-ity, ASUA leaders announced lastnight.
The Associated Students of theUniversity of Arizona Senateapproved offering a bid of $27,000 toThe Last Comic Standing Tour to per-form Feb. 9 at Centennial Hall duringNational Sexual Education week.
Second City, a group of comedi-ans that do theatrical improvisations,will be offered $9,100 to open for TheLast Comic Standing Tour, saidFernando Ascencio, ASUA SpeakersBoard director.
The Last Comic Standing Tourand Second City have until Dec. 9 toaccept the bid.
Ascencio said he is confident TheLast Comic Standing Tour will acceptthe bid.
“We feel the offer is substantial,”Ascencio said.
Other comedians consideredbringing to campus included RobinWilliams, Dave Chappelle, ChrisRock, Adam Sandler, Tina Faye andEllen DeGeneres. They weren’t cho-sen because they were either tooexpensive or unavailable, Ascenciosaid.
Although the ASUA Senateapproved submitting bids to TheLast Comic Standing Tour and
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CASSIE TOMLIN/Arizona Daily WildcatMusic senior Helene Grotans practices on a violin in a Music building practice room yesterday afternoon. See UMC/8See COMEDY/22
Clinton Library designer to help design UA Science Center
The exhibit designer of the newly-opened Clinton Presidential Center willcreate the exhibits for the upcoming UAScience Center, which will includeFlandrau Science Center as part of theRio Nuevo downtown revitalizationproject.
Debra Colodner, associate director ofthe Flandrau Science Center, said RalphAppelbaum was chosen for his “criticalacclaim” in addition to his “grandvision” of building the UA ScienceCenter along a bridge over Interstate 10and the Santa Cruz River.
“It revolutionized everybody’s wayof thinking,” Colodner said.
Earlier this semester, the UAannounced that internationallyrenowned architect Rafael Viñoly,whose design was the runner-up in theWorld Trade Center memorial contest,will design a rainbow arch above the
UA Science Center, which would sup-port the bridge with cables.
Colodner said with Viñoly workingon the outside and Appelbaum devel-oping the inside, the UA Science Centeris a creative collaboration between twogreat visionaries.
“They are not in conflict with eachother,” Colodner said. “They comple-ment each other.”
In designing the UA Science Center,Colodner said Appelbaum’s firm is cre-ating stages where science learning canoccur through interaction with people,along with physical and digital exhibits.
Exhibits include a butterfly garden, amedical research center and aUnispherium for digital explorationfrom the inside of a cell to the outskirtsof the universe.
“Although Appelbaum did initiallycome up with the concept of the bridgeand he often strongly influenced thearchitecture of museums and centersaround the world, his genius is what heis able to accomplish inside of these
structures,” said Alexis Faust, executivedirector of Flandrau.
The Clinton Presidential Center andPark, which opened Nov. 18, is locatedon the banks of the Arkansas River inLittle Rock, Ark., and houses the largestarchival collection in presidential histo-ry, according to the Center’s official Website.
Exhibits in the library, which weredesigned by Ralph AppelbaumAssociates, include alcoves depictingmilestones in the Clinton presidency,such as the economic boom and MonicaLewinsky scandal. In addition, the20,000-square-foot structure features atimeline of world events between 1993and 2001, a full-scale replica of the OvalOffice and Cabinet Room, and exhibitsthat detail life in the White House.
Besides working on the Clintonlibrary, Appelbaum Associates has alsodesigned exhibits at the Holocaust
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Visitors tourexhibitsinside theClintonPresidentialLibrary, onthe first daythe museumopened itsdoors to thepublic Nov.19, in LittleRock, Ark.The designer,RalphAppelbaum,will createthe exhibitsfor the UA’snew ScienceCenter.
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