Site Updates and Announcements

Oct. 14, (Tues):

• Just thought I'd say hi and mention that I updated the indoor soccer link on the front page so people can access updated scores for our three indoor soccer teams representing Western U!

May 13, (Tues):

• Hi folks.  Sorry to say I haven't updated in awhile.  I'll let you know if there are any updates in the future via an e-mail or something... in case someone wants to post up pics or any other sort of fun information.  Good luck on Boards!

Apr. 29, (Tues):

• Posted GI practice questions for the final.

Apr. 28, (Mon):

• Posted Medical Jurisprudence questions for your perusal.

Apr. 6, (Sun):

• Posted old questions for GI in study aids.

Apr. 3, (Thurs):

• Posted histo slide ppt for GI.  That sure took a long time.

Apr. 2, (Wed):

• Our last outdoor soccer game will be between the two Western U. teams on Friday, Apr. 4 @ 6:30pm at Grand Ave. Park in Chino Hills.  You can find directions here.

Mar. 27, (Thurs):

• Posted Susana's notes for Gaddis.

Mar. 17, (Mon):

• Added Phoebe's pharm chart of estrogens for Walters to study aids.

Mar. 3, (Mon):

• Added the female repro. system histo lab slides to the study aids section.

Feb. 27, (Thurs):

• Added the OMM review sheet given by Becky to the study aids section.  I'll leave it in the repro system for now since that's what we're currently on.

• Added study questions from 1996-1998.

Feb. 24, (Mon):

• Added the male repro. system histo lab slides to study aids.  Hopefully I'll do female next week.  You can thank your curriculum rep, Steph, for trying to get me to do the histo lab slides again.  Since I temporarily figured out how to make them without crashing my computer (which is why I didn't bother doing the slides for Endocrine), I may keep on doing them in the future...

• Added 62 photos from this year's Cultural Night in Downtown Pomona.  You can find a link to them in the Photos and Galleries section.

Feb. 21, (Fri):

• Updated Tim's Murdoch Q's study guide.

Feb. 20, (Thurs):

• Added a hopefully helpful list of Murdoch study Q's to the study aids section.

• Added Tighe's notes for Dr. Clark.

• Added Kim's study guide for Murdoch.

Feb. 17, (Mon):

• Not sure what happened to 1996 Exam 1 for Endocrine but I'll have it fixed soon...

Feb. 11, (Tues):

• Added the old endocrine questions in PDF format to the study aids section as well as the histo lab in Word format.  Thanks to Sam and Brennan!

Jan. 31, (Fri):

• Don't forget the soccer games in Chino Hills tonight starting at 6:30pm!

Jan. 25, (Sat):

• Added Adriana's notes from Packer's lectures for disorders of calcium and nephrotic syndrome.

• Added Kim's study guide for Hadley.

Jan. 24, (Fri):

• Added Kim Arsi's study guide for Ruckle.

• Don't forget the soccer game tonight between the two Western U. teams at 6:30pm!!!!!!

Jan. 21, (Tues):

• Finally updated and opened the outdoor soccer page for Western U.  You can find a link for it on the front page!

Jan. 17, (Fri):

• Added Angie's Webpath study aid as well as Eddie's nephron physiology table.

• Our first soccer games are today!  Games start at 6:30pm and are at Grand Park in Chino Hills off Grand Ave.  Information is available on the corkboard next to our MS-II printer.

Jan. 9, (Thurs):

• Added some possible renal test q's from Angie for pathology.

Jan. 6, (Mon):

• Added histology slides in powerpoint format for Renal. Click here--> Histology Slides in PPT format

Jan. 4, (Sat):

• Since I keep on forgetting the link myself, I've added our COMP rotations website to the "Links" section.  I haven't included the login name and password for security purposes, but you can ask one of the class officers or myself if you forget what it is.

Dec. 23, (Mon):

• Hope everyone's having a good break.  Hopefully I'll update the photos section with pics from the last part of the semester.  As my roommate will be snapping more pics for the yearbook, we may have even more pics to post up here for the future!

Dec. 17, (Tues):

• Updated with more of the study aids that were e-mailed out lately to our class.

Dec. 12, (Thurs):

• More study aids (that were e-mailed) have been posted now.  Keep 'em coming!

Dec. 9, (Mon):

• Updated study aids section with the latest respiratory exam aids.

Dec. 6, Fri:

• Hopefully fixed the SGA Minutes page.

Dec. 5, Thurs:

• Updated Minutes with minutes from Dean's meetings as well as our class visions for 2002-2003.

Nov. 24, Sun:

• Western Select beats Western United by a close score of 2-1!

• Added Soroosh's microbiology table study aid.

Nov. 20, Wed:

• Our last soccer game with the two Western U. teams will be this Friday (11/22/02) at 7pm at the Arena Complex in Upland!

• Added the antihistamine ppt study aid from Kim to the study aids section.

Nov. 17, Sun:

• Updated calendar quotes and fantasy basketball page under entertainment link.

• Updated list of SGA Agenda/Minutes.

Nov. 16, Sat:

• Updated final indoor soccer schedule I believe.  Our last game will be between our two Western U. teams this coming Friday night.. more news to be e-mailed to the classes.

Nov. 15, Fri:

• Added a fantasy basketball page under the entertainment link.

Nov. 11, Mon:

• Added Histo slides for Respiratory System to study aids section.

Nov. 8, Fri:

• Added "Mr. Basildere" Powerpoint courtesy of Victor.  You can find it under the Entertainment link.

• Added more calendar entries to the jokes, quotes, and anecdotes section under the Entertainment link.

• Added old soccer pics to the photo gallery.

• Come on out to our indoor soccer games tonight! (Friday night)  Games are at 7pm and 8pm!  No exams to study for this weekend!

Nov. 5, Tues:

• Updated schedule as well as soccer scores/standings.

Oct. 30, Wed:

• Don't forget to come out for the Primary Health Care Week as well as Halloween day/night festivities! (Buy your burgers for lunch that day and stop by Robbie's at night for the party!)

Oct. 21, Mon:

• Tried to update the events calendar up until the end of the semester with exam and holiday dates.

• Western U. Select beats Western U. United 4-1.  Come back for our exciting games every Friday night!

Oct. 13, Sun:

• Updated study aids, schedule, and soccer stats. 

• Note: School is closed on Monday for Columbus Day.  Go study somewhere else!

• Our Cardio exam is at 9am!!!!!!!!

Oct. 9, Wed:

• Updated scores/stats to reflect last Friday's soccer games.  Next games are Friday, Oct. 11 at 7pm and 8pm in Upland.

Oct. 3, Thurs:

• Started up information page for the Western U. Soccer teams.  Includes location info, stats, links, etc.

Oct. 1, Tues:

• Updated study notes for Lazik and Duber.

• Updated SGA Agenda.

• Updated Events Schedule

• Put soccer pics up from the first indoor soccer games

Sept. 14, Sat:

• Added study aids (recently e-mailed out) for Physio, EKG, Embryology, and Histology. 

• Posted the Montclair schedule for Fall/Winter 2002.

• Added the club/organizations roster for 2002-2003.

• Updated the SGA Meeting Minutes.

Sept. 1, Sun:

• Added Ligorsky's stuff from Friday lecture compliments of Brennan.

Aug. 31, Sat:

• Added Ligorsky notes from Micah and Curtis (the ones e-mailed out earlier).

• Edited a few points in the notes for Howard.

Aug. 29, Thurs:

• Added Q's given by Dr. Wong for Pharm during end of lecture.

Aug. 27, Tues:

• Added points of emphasis for Dr. Howard's lecture (emailed out by MJ).

• Added a powerpoint of handouts from Dr. Berezniak's first rotations information session.  You can find it in the "misc. information" section here.

• Finally put up 59 pictures from the Pimp and Ho party in Claremont on Aug. 16th (Friday night).  Check it out! (Link is also available in the photos and galleries section)

• Updated quotes/anecdotes page in entertainment section.

• Foosball anyone?  Anyone interested in starting a tournament sometime.. let us know!

Aug. 26, (Mon):

• Added the drawings for classical pathway from Jenni to the study aids section under Immuno.

Aug. 25, Sun:

• Added the study aid compilation of highly testable Q's for the first exam (biochem, histo, and micro) emailed out by Angie.  Thanks!

Aug. 23, Fri:

• A little late, but luckily Tighe has supplied us with some notes from the reviews for immuno, Parsa, and Gilbert.  Find them in the study aids section.

• Going to be putting up pics from the party last Friday soon!

Aug. 19, Mon:

• Added SGA agenda for Tuesday's meeting.

• Anyone thinking about doing a foosball tournament?

• I'd like to get a collection of photos from anyone who got married over the summer so we can get a few photos for everyone to enjoy!

• Pictures from last Friday's bash at Azmi's would be much appreciated!

• Added selections from my 2002 calendar of "Doctors: Jokes, Quotes, and Anecdotes" to the Entertainment link.

• Updated our class/sga officers page.

Aug. 15, Thurs:

• The events calendar should now be updated with a few things from the upcoming months.

Aug. 14, Wed:

• Added Histo PPTs for Blood and Lympathics system thanks to SL!

• Added old cell diagram for histology.

Aug. 12, Mon:

• Welcome back! 

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June 1, Sat:

• Sorry I've been on a little hiatus ever since the last exam.  I'm still on a slow dial-up connection in Houston, but I'll be back in Pomona June 5th and I'll have more updates.

• Montclair Clinic Info can be found off the link from the front page or by going under the "Misc Information" link on the left sidebar.

May 16, Thurs:

• I have started the John Merrill dedication page on our website in his memory.  You can access it by simply clicking on his picture on the front/main page of our website.  You can submit anything you'd like to any of the class officers or John Yasmer or me (Lanny).  Please bear with me as this is a work in progress.  Thank you for your support.

May 10, Fri :

• I promise I'll put up more after this exam.

Apr. 19, Fri   :

• Neuro's over!  In the meantime, a few new developments on the official Western U website.  You can now access your grades and other information through the registrars link on the main western U website.  They also have a new link for prospective students and even though it's still being developed, it will hopefully give future applicants more info about our school. 

• If you're wondering what's going on for next week with Behavioral Science, I still have no clue and haven't read any of the e-mails or packets yet.. sigh.  I can't believe there's a quiz on Tuesday....

• Anyone still interested in getting a TON of experience doing physicals and wanting to take a road trip to AZ to have some fun and meet some AZCOM students as well as other Western U. PA's and PT's should come to the Sports Med Physicals Workshop this Wednesday (Apr. 24) at 5pm in the OMM lab.  People will be going to AZ Friday morning/afternoon.. physicals will be Saturday followed by partying Saturday night and the ride back home on Sunday.

Apr. 16, Tues:

• If you didn't note already regarding the neuro final breakdown of questions, Jones cancelled his lecture so those questions probably won't be on the exam.  There are eight questions from Walters and only four from Docherty.  There are a total of four anatomy lab questions which includes one neuroscience lab question.

Apr. 13, Sat  :

• Added two sets of notes for Atkinson's Path lecture (From Antony and Lizander) to the study aids section.

• Added NSAIDS and Opioids drugs lists from Colleen to the study aids section.

Apr. 11, Thurs:

• Sorry, been having some technical difficulties with the web site, but I am getting them resolved this afternoon.. more pics on the way!

• Added two new "morph" pictures in the entertainments section. 

Apr. 8, Mon:

• After a slight hiatus I am back and with a picture of my fridge.  Updated the schedules link for ER, sports med, and UAAO as well as exam dates and little things like that to give you a perspective for how the next few weeks are gonna go.

Apr. 2, Tues:

• Added four sets of PPT slides from Eddie Choung for Central and Secondary Visual Systems, Hypothalamus, Thalamus, and Central Autonomic Systems.

• Updated Hypothalamus one with the one Eddie sent out this afternoon.

• Tried to put up all the study aids e-mailed to our class the last week or two.

Apr. 1, Mon:

• In the process of putting up a couple study aids including a study aid outline for Ch. 8 (Vision) for Dr. Martin.

Mar. 28, Thurs:

• Printer Paper: We went through our first two cases of printer paper (5000 sheets each) from Feb. 22 to about Mar. 15.. approximately 21 days or 3 weeks.  I have bought two more cases of paper, but hopefully it will last a bit longer this time with some help from judicious use of printing.  Remember that the class is paying for this and it is a privilege, not a given.  Thanks!

Mar. 27, Wed:

• UAAO has to reschedule the clinician originally coming this Sat. and Sunday.  Will update later with new date.

• Added a link to a website that has videos you can watch for physical examinations (for ICM for fun)

• Added a new picture for "What if" under the Entertainment link.

• Updated some of the pictures for class officers as well as some pics on the main page.

Mar. 19, Tues:

• Added Angie's ppt for Microbiology of the Ear to the study aids.

• Don't forget to return your microscopes between Tuesday and Friday of next week (Mar. 26-29) at the bookstore.

Mar. 17, Sun:

• Added the anatomy and neuro lab quiz questions and answers starting from labs 14, 15 and ending with the Neuro labs 5 and 6.  Thanks to Ray Jones and Jerry Lin for the work.

• Put up a weather banner (from www.weather.com) for Pomona so you guys and gals can see what the weather is like back here when you are home and it is snowing over there.. heh heh.

Mar. 15, Fri:

• The neurosensory lab will be open Mon-Fri from 8am-5pm.  If you take out any brain specimens, please be sure to wrap them in wet paper towel or keep them in water (or else you-know-who will not be so pleased).  Remember that since not all the colleges have spring break this coming week, the school should be open normal hours.

• I added some notes from Dr. Schermerhorn's lectures in the study aids section under Neuro clinicians.  If someone can clarify any questionables or add more questions and/or answers, please feel free to e-mail me.

• *I've finally put up a page with some downloadable recorded lectures to help out for this exam. (Thanks to the guys who helped make this possible)  You can find the link by going to the study aids section and clicking on "Recorded lectures".

• I will try to keep posting various study aids as I receive them over this week so check in every now and then!

• 11:04am - I updated my version of Schermerhorn's questions after looking at Micah's version, but a few of the answers don't quite correspond, so you might want to compare the two sets and go over the notes and tables.

• If you didn't check your e-mail, Joe Brown will be holding a neuro review on Mar. 23 (Saturday) 4-7pm in the MS-I Lecture Hall.

Mar. 14, Thurs:

• Added Eddie's slide PPT's for Corticobulbar Tract and Central Auditory Pathways to the study aids section under neuro-anatomy.

• Added "What if?" page to the Entertainment links. (Compliments of Greg)  Check it out for a laugh or two!

Mar. 13, Wed:

• Thanks to Phoebe, histo slides for eye and ear are now available in the study aids section. 

Mar. 12, Tues:

• Here is the course schedule for the behavioral science substance abuse course.  You can also find this on Blackboard under "Calendar 2005" under Course Information.

• There are a few changes to this week and the week we come back from Spring Break in the Neurosensory schedule.  You can always download the most updated version from the "Events and MS-I Schedule" section here or off Blackboard.

Mar. 6, Wed:

• Don't forget to stop by the Family Med. dept. on Thursday to see Rich Hirsch and pick up your grades for ICM.  If you can, try to go in small groups to avoid bottlenecking the office... thanks!  The workbooks will be out in our lecture hall stage Friday morning.  If you can't pick up grades on Thursday, he'll be around next Tuesday, Mar. 12.

• Added minutes from our class meeting (2/28/02) as well as some more SGA minutes.

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Mar. 5, Tues:

• Sorry for not updating anything lately.  I had some technical difficulties with my laptop (not being able to run Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, or FrontPage.. ugh), but now everything seems fine, so keep on sending in those pictures!

• There will be OMM reviews in the lab Wednesday and Thursday @ noon in addition to the OMM Review Session hosted by the wonderful MS-II's Thursday evening from 5-7pm.  **Don't forget to look at your schedule and grouping for the OMM practical posted outside the OMM lab.

Mar. 4, Mon:

• I'm uploading the updated version of Vestibular Centers PPT from Eddie.  It should be done by noon, but I'll e-mail y'all to let you know.

Mar. 2, Sat  :

• Decided to finally put up the old "Pictures of the Week/Moment/whatever".  You can find them by going to the Photo Galleries section and clicking on the "DO 2005 Photo Galleries on Yahoo Geocities" link.  From there, you can find the corresponding folder.

Mar. 1, Fri   :

• Added three more "tract" slide shows in ppt format from Eddie in the study aids section.

Feb. 27, Wed:

• Class meeting this Thursday at lunch in the MS-I lecture hall.

• Added the "Corticospinal Tract" PPT slides from Eddie in the Study Aids section.  Enjoy!

Feb. 25, Mon:

• Changed "Picture of the Moment".

• Dazed from Neurosensory Exam I.  

• Bowling Tonight!  Brunswick Lanes in Upland on Foothill Blvd.  Address should be: 451 W. Foothill Blvd. (west of Euclid St.)  We have ten lanes from 7:30-11pm and after 9pm it seems like we get to take over more of the place.

Feb. 22, Fri   :

• Changed to a better "Picture of the Moment".

• We now have more printer paper available as of Friday mid-afternoon! 

• Added a PDF file of a plate that helps in explaining the endorphin system pathways to the study aids section.

Feb. 21, Thurs:

• I've put up three sets of PPT's contributed by a classmate where our slides are organized by tracts in ascending-descending order and the tracts are outlined so you can scroll through and study their paths more efficiently on your computer.  (These are in the study aids section under neuroanatomy.  There are three relatively large files)

• Joe Brown's Neurosensory Review will be today from 5-7pm in our lecture hall.

• Don't forget to pay Nancy Said $10 for the Medical Spanish class.  She will be capping our class at the first 40 people to pay her (up until Friday) in order to give the dedicated people a first-come-first-served opportunity.  

• Printer and Toner: I'm working on getting a ton more paper for us and I will contact IT to get us a new toner cartridge.

• Added the vocab. list of Spanish medical terms that was e-mailed to our class by one of our friendly PA students (Adam).  In addition to this list, I included the web resources he listed and I have placed these in the "Misc. Information" area of our website.

Feb. 19, Tues :

• Don't forget to sign up today with Nancy Said for the Medical Spanish class which will have its first session February 26 (Tuesday) at 6pm in Bartlett Theatre.

• Sign-ups for the Montclair Clinic can be done today upstairs in the MS-II classroom at 12:30pm with Gina Cruz.

• Added "Intro to CNS Infections" Powerpoint presentation to the Study Aids section.

Feb. 14, Thurs:

• I'll add Micah's neuroanatomy slides to the site when they finally download (sorry the site is kind of slow right now).  That being said, from what I saw, Micah accidentally attached the file to the e-mail he sent everyone so in the meantime you can download it from there (and if not, then you can grab it from here when I finally get it up around lunch time).

• I'll be cycling through various pictures sent to me and John on the front page.  In the near future, I will keep the old pics around in the photo gallery section so you can browse through them and show your friends!

Feb. 13, Wed:

• Added link in study aids section to UMDNJ's Neuroanatomy website which includes some decent outlines/notes and old exams/practicals, some of which have pictures to look at.

Feb. 12, Tues:

• Added notes for physiology (Dr. Martin) as well as histology slides for Dr. May.

Feb. 11, Mon:

• Dr. Roth's noontime lecture on the Arrowhead FP Residency was cancelled due to an emergency.  It will be rescheduled at a later time.

Feb. 8, Fri   :

• Neurosensory lab groups are up!  Click here to see what group you're in!

• Sounds like we will be starting up that medical Spanish class soon!  The first session is scheduled to be Tuesday, Feb. 19 @ 6pm (location TBD).  

• Opened up the "entertainment" section on the class webpage for time-spending purposes.  Currently, I only have a page up for Snood, a cute little computer game you can play on your laptop and I have a high scores list there for those who are more competitively-inclined.  Enjoy!

Feb. 5, Tues:

• Asian Week celebrating Chinese New Year (sponsored by AAHPSA) will be selling tickets from Feb. 6 (Wed) to Feb. 12 (Tues) at lunch in front of the student commons for upcoming Thai and Chinese meals Feb. 13 (Wed) and Feb. 15 (Fri) respectively.  Boba tapioca drinks will also be sold on Friday.. a tasty drink!

• If you didn't check your e-mail, the anatomy department has set a deadline for Feb. 15 to return our bone boxes (in the stock room where you initially picked up the boxes) and clean out our drawers in the anatomy lab.  This ICM week from Wed-Friday, they will be accepting bone boxes after noon/lunch.  Other times for returning bone boxes include Feb. 12 (Tues) 12-1pm, Feb. 14 (Thurs) 12-1pm, and Feb. 15 (Fri) 11am-noon.  Failure to return bone boxes by this time will result in your account being charged $2500 or $1000 based on your bones being human or plastic.  Also, extra items not cleaned out of the drawers will be placed in a box in the cloak room.

• Made some additions to the Class Officers page and updated the events schedule some.  Hopefully I will be making some additions to our entertainment and pictures sections.

Feb. 4, Mon:

• Hopefully I'll be getting some more updates on the site this week.  For the time being, I've added the class officer meeting minutes from Jan. 25th for those of you wondering what ideas and concerns were discussed at the last meeting.

Jan. 30, Wed:

• Posted up the Surface Anatomy for Head sheet in the Study Aids section as there might be a few questions from there on the Head and Neck test.

Jan. 29, Tues:

• Sorry for that little hiatus. I posted the anatomy lab handout for Monday (Orbit) and Tuesday (Ears) as I didn't see many handouts left after the day was over.

• If you didn't get the e-mail, Richard Winn announced that the labs will be open LATE Wednesday and Thursday night till 1am.  Also, certain rooms in the HPC building will also be open for more studying space (the faculty lounge being the only one I remember off the top of my head).

Jan. 24, Thurs:

• Our class printer works!  I e-mailed out a powerpoint presentation that should help people get their computers set up for printing on this network printer.  If you missed it or accidentally deleted it, you can find it here.

Jan. 23, Wed:

• Added anatomy lab handout: Mandibular N. & Maxillary A.. (Tuesday's lab) and Dr. Woll's Q's for Tuesday's lecture.

• Don't forget that our "gripe" session for Genetics will be this Thursday, Jan. 24 at noon in our lecture hall.  (Remember, Dr. Gilbert don't necessarily want to give us a sizeable curve so it would be to our benefit to find a couple of answers to contest.)

• On Thursday, there will be a Dean's listening hour from 11am-noon with Richard Wynn, Director of Academic Research, who will be here to listen to our concerns and ideas that need to be addressed.

• There will be a class OFFICER meeting at 9am this Friday in our lecture hall. 

• Referring to our last schedule on BB, Bales' lecture on Thursday will be staying from 1-2pm.

Jan. 18, Fri  :

• As far as schedule changes go, Dr. Choctaw's lecture is definitely on Jan. 24, from 10-11am.  Stella is working to move our Bales' lecture that day to 11-12pm so we can have the rest of the afternoon off.

• Added Dr. Woll's Q&A to study aids as well as a powerpoint format of the facial nerve diagram handout simplfied by Rob Castro.  Let me know if the printout doesn't come out clear enough. (Besides, you should be drawing this from memory in the future!)

• Added scans of the last two lab handouts: 1) Superficial Face & Eye and 2) TMJ and Muscles of Mastication.

Jan 17, Thurs:

• Thanks to everyone who participated in our class officer voting and in the officer elections.  It shows that people really care about the well-being of our class.

• Congratulations to our new class officers for the Spring semester of 2002!  I know we will do a great job representing and supporting our class... pics coming up soon!

Jan 16, Wed :

• According to Stella, switch Bales' lecture on Jan. 24, Thursday from 1pm to 10am.(This is in week 3)  That means there should be no classes left on schedule for the day after our 10-11am anatomy lecture.  Woohoo!

• Regarding schedule change: Seems like there's a conflict for the new anatomy lecture time slot on Jan. 24 after I looked at BB and the note left by Dr. Yang states that Dr. Choctaw's lecture on Jan. 23 has been moved into that same time slot as Bales' new lecture for Jan. 24. 

Jan. 15, Tues:

• Azmi would like some extras for our class skit.  Anyone interested should stick around our lecture hall this Wednesday (Jan. 16) after Bales' lecture.  

• Added today's lab handouts (Pharynx/Larynx) to study aids.

Jan. 14, Mon :

• Tried to revamp the events section a bit (Actually, I got tired of studying and looked wistfully at the holidays coming up the next few months.. then decided it would be helpful to put them on our events calendar).  

• If you haven't already, might be worth going up to get your genetics exam grade back.  I don't promise anything good will come of it though...

• Change to our schedule: Move Dr. Trenkle's Clinical Derm lecture on Jan. 18 (Fri) at 10-12pm to Jan. 25 (Fri) at 10-12pm.

Jan. 10, Thurs:

• Don't forget to pick up those Diff Dx handouts from the Dept. of Family Medicine upstairs.  Friday will be the last day to get a hard copy of it.  Have it ready for Monday, Jan. 14 when we have our first clinical skills lab.

• That pathology gripe session will be at lunch today in our lecture hall.

• A required meeting for those who wish to run for class officer will be held in the SGA room upstairs on Tuesday, Jan.15 @ 12:15pm.  Don't forget to fill out the application included in the recent e-mail from Charlie Sauer.  (I placed a link to the document in our "Class Officers" section on the website).  Class speeches will be done the following day, Wednesday, and voting will take place on Thursday.

Jan. 9, Wed    :

• Posted the anatomy lab handouts for subocc. joints and scalp/cranial cavity/meninges.

• Posted integument histology slides in powerpoint format.

Jan. 7, Mon    :

• Path exam contests to be addressed at 12:30pm, Thursday, Jan. 10 in the MS-I Lecture Hall by Dr. Gilbert.

• Schedule changes to weeks 2,3.

• Don't forget to pick up your exams upstairs.

Dec. 31, Mon :

• Happy New Year's Eve!  I finished the rest of the Head and Neck Powerpoint presentations so you can now download them all from our study aids section.  There should be 15 presentations in all including the two that were required over the holidays (that I haven't quite gotten to yet).  Don't forget Dr. Kuehn has the radiological self-study presentation as well which you can snag off BB.  If you find any errors in the presentations, please let me know so I can make the appropriate changes.  (Thanks to Kirk for showing me the smooth way of converting these slides to ppt).

Dec. 27, Thurs:

• I went ahead and posted up 1) cranial osteology, 2) cranial nerves and bone relationships, and 3) suboccipital joints presentations in Powerpoint format and put them in the Study Aids section.  I'll get around to the other presentations in the next few days.  

Dec. 26, Wed:

• Due to increasing demand, I've posted the cranial osteology slides converted to an MS Word document for easier viewing and posted it in the study aids section.  Thanks to Az for doing the work.  I will hopefully get the rest of the lectures up as time allows in the next few days.

Dec. 19, Wed:

• Last day of finals for us.  Have a safe, fun, and relaxing holiday break!  Don't forget to look over Bales' packets and Netter before you get back.  (Try copying the first couple of pages out of Netter instead of bringing the whole thing home)

• In case anyone was wondering: All school buildings will be closed from Dec. 22-Jan. 6.  

Dec. 16, Sun  :

• Hopefully fixed the problems people were having after downloading the Neoplasia ppt from Rob.  

• Added three study aids for the various pathology labs from Phoebe!

• Added some more micro study aids (some of them you have received from Arnold in your e-mail box already)

Dec. 15, Sat   :

• Added Dr. Gilbert's Neoplasia powerpoint presentation with captions/summaries to "study aids".  Thanks to Rob Castro for the notes.

Dec. 14, Fri    :

• Added the new schedules for next semester onto the site under "Events & MS-I Schedule".  

Dec. 13, Thurs:

• Even though it is late, I posted the pharm study aids that were e-mailed out to everyone in case someone lost their copy.

• I received some study aid tables from Dave Hess (one of our microbio TA's) for our upcoming microbiology exam.  You can find them all in the study aids section.

Dec. 7, Fri       :

• Put up a ton of biochem study aids, including scans of handouts from Joey Brown's last review session, study questions, and study aid outlines/charts.  Thanks to the people who took the time to write them up!  (PS - Anyone have any genetics or path study aids?)

Dec. 3, Mon    :

• One minor change was made to our schedule for week 17 (I had this change already for some reason).  The pharm. lecture originally at 1pm on Friday (12/7/01) was moved to 2pm.

• Pathology midterm grades are out and the test is posted.  The professors will be available for challenges @ noon, Dec. 5 in the MS-I Lecture Hall.

Nov. 30, Fri     :

• I updated the first slide/handout from Joe Brown's 10-25-01 review session because I received a handout from him with the answers filled out.  You can re-download the file in the study aids section.

• I've also put up a powerpoint presentation (dated 11-30-01) that is a collection of the biochemistry review handouts (including answers) from Joe Brown's last two review sessions.  I have included tips on printing the slides out in the powerpoint presentation itself.

Nov. 20, Tues  :

• I have corrected the slight errors regarding the section on the "Kirksville Crunch" in the OMM technique guide in the study aids section. (After Tuesday evening's OMM review with the TA's.)  Please feel free to thank them again for putting on a comprehensive and helpful review session for us!

• The HPC and HSC buildings (HSC building is where the anatomy/OMM labs are located) will be open this weekend from 10am-7pm.  Please bring your ID badges!

Nov. 19, Mon  :

• Arnold has given me the updated version of his OMM technique guide and I have subsequently posted that up on the study aids section.  Enjoy!

Nov. 15, Thurs:

• Next week's biochemistry review on Wednesday (11/21/01) will be moved to 11:30am in order to get us out of school for the holidays faster.  

Nov. 14, Wed:

• The IT department has finally given me some server space to host our web page.. thanks a lot guys!  Hopefully, the site will be much faster now and there won't be any trouble accessing the page in the future.

• I am posting an OMM study aid/technique guide as well as several genetics study aids contributed by Arnold Cuenca, President of the MS-II class.  Give him a pat on the back (or an HVLA thrust) for his continued help!

Nov. 13, Tues:

• Finally put up a small photo gallery of pictures snapped from last Saturday's paintball foray at Tombstone Paintball Park.  You can view the pictures by clicking here. You can also find the gallery by accessing http://photos.yahoo.com/compdo2005/ and finding the relevant folder of photos.

Nov. 12, Mon:

• Friday Night Salsa Dancing - Fri., Nov. 16 at the Rumba Room (linked to website) located at the Universal City Walk at Universal Studios in LA.  Come early at 7:30pm to grab a table, get in for cheaper, and get a Salsa lesson or two!  (Click here for a short review and map of the club)

• Tickets are on sale for SANUS' (Western U's student drama club) production of "You Can't Take It With You" which will be performed on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 15 and 16 @ 7:30pm.  Tickets are $6.00 and are sold at lunch in the Student Commons.  Leftover tickets will be sold at the door for $8.00.  Check out the commercial/advertisement for the production.

• Special Student Santas needed for Santa's Workshop, a party for 100 Pomona-area children from underserved backgrounds.  The party will be held on campus on Sunday, Dec. 9 @ 3-6pm.  Anyone interested in volunteering should contact Gisele Tackoor Wilcox (Director of COMP Student Services) at gtackoor@westernu.edu or ext. 5616.

• ** Some of you may have experienced difficulties while trying to access this website.  Unfortunately, we are still waiting to get space on the Western U servers and with the free service provided by Yahoo Geocities, they limit how much data can be transferred per hour to/from this website.  If you get a message denying access, just come back in an hour and hopefully it should be cleared up.  Thanks for your patience.. this will hopefully be cleared up ASAP! 

Nov. 8, Thurs:

• Added a new section to the table of contents for "miscellaneous information" which will include class and review session hours.  Notably, I added the OMM review session hours for the upcoming final.

• Lizander Pandy's website now has the scanned answer keys for the old Pharmacology exams.  

Nov. 7, Wed :

• I put up a microbiology powerpoint presentation for mycobacteria that Stella compiled from Dr. Khan's slides.  You can find them in the study aids section.

Nov. 6, Tues :

• Posted pictures from the AOA Convention, Halloween party, and random ones from Casa de Salsa and Bucca de Beppo in the photo galleries section.

Nov. 3, Sat    :

• Due to regulations, our microbiology exam this Monday will stay at the original time of 8 am.

Oct. 30, Mon :

• Added Genevieve's condensed notes for staphylococcus and streptococcus to the Study Aids.

Oct. 27, Sat    :

• I scanned this past Thursday's biochemistry review handouts and put them in the Study Aids section.

Oct. 26, Fri     :

• A link to some anatomy study aids has been added to the "Study Aids" section.  (Once you get to the page, click on "My Files" and you'll find a number of helpful slides)  Thanks goes to Ray Zhao for doing the work!

Oct. 25, Thurs:

• Gretchen Thiemecke will be holding a Gross Anatomy Review session this Friday, Oct. 26 @ Barrett Theatre.   She will be providing a few small snacks as this is cutting into dinner time.  All are welcome to attend.

• I put up information and directions to Gordon Biersch Brewing Co. where some of us will be hanging out after the Gross Anatomy exam this Monday, Oct. 29 @ 7:30 pm in Old Towne Pasadena.

Oct. 24, Wed  :

• Due to space conflicts, we moved our class meeting to this Friday, Oct. 26 @ MS-I Lecture Hall.

Oct. 20, Sat     :

• Kyle Homertgen will be giving a tour of the Osteopathic Center for Children in San Diego  on Oct. 23, Tuesday at 5:15 pm.  Those of you are still in SD Tuesday afternoon might want to check it out.  You can find directions on the website at: www.osteopathiccenter.org .

Oct. 19, Fri      :

• There will be an Anthrax Seminar presented by Drs. Khan, Felton and Oglesby in the MS-II Amphitheatre on the 2nd floor of the HPC building at noon, Oct. 25 (Thursday)  

• I have added Kirk Myers' Microbiology Lab Practice Exercise to the Study Aids section.

Oct. 18, Thurs :

• Changes made to schedule on weeks 11, 13, 16, and 17.  Most apparent was the change to have all Monday and Tuesday off.  As a result, there was some shuffling of microbio and biochem classes in the following weeks.

• If you are planning to attend the COMP alumni reception on Monday night down in San Diego (at the AOA Convention), be sure to pick up an admission ticket and information from the rotations office upstairs in the HPC building.

• Anyone interested in subscribing to the Medical Letter mentioned by Dr. Wong should contact Heather Vernon (hvernon@westernu.edu) by this Friday.  She will need your name, ID#, locker #, and a check (payable to Dr. Wong) or $6.50 in cash.

• Added some new helpful links and a sheet for normal blood panel ranges in the Study Aids section.

• * Added scanned copy of the handouts from Joey Brown's biochemistry review in PowerPoint format.  (Note: I scanned it sideways in order to maximize the print-out space on the page.  Select "landscape" rather than "portrait" under "Page Setup" under the "File" menu in order to get the page to fit properly when printed out.

Oct. 17, Wed.  :

• A new updated schedule has been posted!  A few minor changes were made to week 16, mainly shuffling of a few microbiology lectures.

• The new class minutes from Tuesday's SGA meeting and our recent class officer meeting have been posted on here and Bb.  

• The upcoming Halloween party will be on Oct. 31st at Robbie's (the bar on campus connected to the SSC building) starting at 9 pm.  Anyone interested in helping to decorate for the party can contact John Lynam, our social rep. (jlynam@westernu.edu)

Oct. 16, Tues.  :

• We will be having surface anatomy along with gross lab this Thursday, Oct. 18th.  Group B will be going first with Group A following in the latter half of the afternoon lab session.

• There will be a book fair/sale for review books at the Western U. bookstore going on from Oct. 17-19.  Might be a good time to buy a pharmacology or board review book.

Oct. 15, Mon.  :

• Anyone that has suggestions regarding the consequences of mismarking ID numbers on the Biochem exam can e-mail Kirk Myers at kmyers@westernu.edu.  The deadline for submission is Oct. 22nd at midnight.

Oct. 12, Fri.  :

• The Physiology exam has been moved from 8 am to 9 am, Monday morning.

• Changes have been made to Week 10 of the updated Fall schedule.  This mostly includes shifting of some Pharmacology classes around.  I'll always try to download the most updated schedule off BlackBoard and have it available in the "Events & MS-I Schedule" section for download/viewing.

Oct. 11, Thurs.  :

• Lizander Pandy has made available his homepage on which he will post his personal review notes.  Currently, he will be posting his Physiology notes for the upcoming exam.

Oct. 9, Tues.    :

• Everyone should come to class before going to microbio lab this Wednesday.

Oct. 8, Mon.    :

• Posted pictures from the 70's Party in Claremont.

Oct. 5, Fri.    : 

• You can now find the biochemistry review notes for Joey Brown's first two sessions on BlackBoard under "Calendar DO2005" and "Course Documents."

(Note: You might need the updated version of Adobe Acrobat to open the file.  You can download it at the following link:     http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html)