2 - Tuesday, November 24, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom MONDAY: I WEDNESDAY: THURSDAY: FRIDAY: MONDA:TEDAY: WEDNESDAY: THURSDAY: FRIDAY: In Other Ivory Towers OfteBenPh Campus Clubs Before You Were Here Photos of the Week Bodies preserved in plastic Tucked away on the third floor of the Medical Science II building sits a supply of painted skulls and silicone-hardened lungs. The Plastination Lab, which houses bodies preserved in plas- tic, features shelves full of plas- tinated body parts and gurneys covered with white sheets pok- ing out of different rooms. Plastination is the preserva- tion process by which water and fat are replaced by certain types of plastics. Ameed Raoof, the lab's direc- tor, said the lab gives medical and dental students the chance to learn how to perform various procedures before operating on a live human being. "It provides plastinated human anatomical specimens to facilitate anatomical teaching to medical, dental, undergrads and residents," he said. The lab receives about 10 to 20 donated bodies per year, Raoof said. Once the body is plastinated, it is preserved per- manently, though donor fami- lies can request the body to be returned. The plastination process can take as little as two weeks for only one organ, but it can take up to six weeks to plastinate an entire body. To start the plastination pro- cess, the body is first immersed in acetone and then water is removed from the body, Raoof said. The body is then placed in a silicone tank, which also serves as a vacuum chamber. The ace- tone bubbles out as a result of a pressure change and the sili- cone is absorbed. The tissue is then removed and replaced with a catalyst, which in turn, hardens the organs. The lab was created and functions solely for educational purposes. "The three-dimensional aspect makes anatomy much easier to learn," Raoof said. University and high school students are welcome to come to the lab, but Raoof said he recommends they make an appointment first. 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The Mchigan Dlis a: inemer, ef The Asocated Presed The t , - i Corruption trial wrapping up for ex-NY politician Election massacre in the Philippines leaves 24 killede Jury will decide on Senate Republican leader Joseph Bruno ALBANY,N.Y.(AP)-Thecorrup- tion case of former New York Senate Republican leader Joseph Bruno has gone to the jury, which will decide whether he used his power to line his pockets and deprive New York- ers of honest government. U.S. District Judge Gary Sharpe instructed jurors late yesterday on the eight fraud counts, saying they must determine whether or not Bruno schemed to defraud New Yorkers and misrepresented or con- cealed his sideline business dealings. Deliberationsbegin today. Prosecutors allege the longtime Senate GOP majority leader - once a top power broker in New York - used his state influence to enrich himself by $3.2 million over 13 years. He solicited union pension fund business for two investment companies and helped three private businessmen with technology and construction businesses who paid him as a consultant. "Conflicts of interest resulted from a scheme by Senator Bruno to exploit his position for his personal compensation and enrichment," Assistant U.S. Attorney William Pericak said in closing arguments yesterday. "He was one of the three most powerful men in New York state. He knew that everyone knew that. They knew he had the power to make things happen in New York." Pericak argued that Bruno was required to clearly and publicly disclose his business interests and associates, who benefited from posi- tions Bruno took on legislation and grants. "Probably much of what he did was good," the prosecutor said. But he added that the public has a right to a public official's disinterested decision-making or else full knowl- edge of his conflicts of interest. Bruno, 80, retired last year after 32 years in the Senate and more than 13 years as the leader of its Republican majority. Like most of the state's legislators, who are con- sidered part time and earn at least $79,500 annually, he had other income. Gunman ambushes caravan of political supporters, journalists MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Gunmen ambushed a caravan of political supporters and journalists on their way to file election papers, killing at least 24 people in a mas- sacre considered shocking even for a region notorious for violence between rival clans. The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines said at least10 local reporters were part of yesterday's convoy, but police spokesman Leon- ardo Espina said today that authori- ties had identified the remains of only one so far. Their newspapers and radio sta- tions have not been able to reach any of the journalists, raising fears that they were killed. If confirmed, it would be the "largest single massacre of journalists ever," according to Par- is-based Reporters Without Borders. "Covering the news has always been dangerous in the Philippines, but the wanton killing of so many people makes this an assault on the very fabric of the country's democ- racy," said Bob Dietz, Asia program coordinator for the Committee to Protect Journalists in New York. The president's office termed yes- terday's attackthe worstpolitical vio- lence in recent history. Many among the 24 dead were women, including two lawyers, Espinasaid. Police said the convoy of 40people was going to register Ismael Mangu- dadatu to run for provincial governor when they were stoppedby some 100 gunmen andtakento aremote moun- tainous area. Soldiers and police later found 21 bodies, includingthose of Manguda- datu's wife, Genalyn, and his two sis- ters, sprawled on the ground or shot in their vehicles about three miles (five kilometers) from where they were ambushed, military spokesman Lt. Col. Romeo Brawner said. Mangudadatu, deputy mayor of the town of Buluan and a fierce politi- cal rival of the current governor Maguindanao province, said his wi Pe called him by mobile phone shortly before she and her entourage were abducted. "She said ... they were stopped by 100uniformed armed men...thenher line gotcut off," he said. The five vans being used by the group were found abandoned. The armyandpoliceweresearchingforthe 16 people who were missing, Brawner said, adding that troops were looking for more bodiesin areas that appeared to have been recently dugup. A backhoe was apparently used to bury the bodies, said army com- mander Lt. Col. Rolando Nerona. 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