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Surgeon blasts rock music in operating room

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- The patient is stretched out on the operating table. But before Dr. Don Penny performs a rare brain surgery, he cranks up the volume on his stereo until the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil" fills the operating room. \nThe louder the music, the better. Penny says it allows him to concentrate.\nThe music has aided Penny through other successful procedures. \nAfter 38-year-old Munaf Ramjohn suffered a massive stroke six months ago, he was rushed to the Gwinnett Medical Center where Penny removed a piece of Ramjohn's skull to create more room for his swelling brain to expand. Penny performed the routine procedure with Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" playing in the background.

London's soup kitchens serve \nwell-off patrons

LONDON -- More than 80 percent of the people flocking to London's mobile soup kitchens are not homeless, according to research gathered by the Westminster Council. \nThe London Times recently reported that the city's 65 mobile soup kitchens, which hand out sandwiches among other kinds of food, are being used by the public as free and convenient catering services. \nOne man, council researchers said, was saving all his pennies to buy season football tickets, so he frequently took the free sandwiches to his apartment to eat while watching television.

IU football team steps on the scale

They're heavy -- 5,371 pounds to be exact. \nThe combined weight of the 22 IU starters who played in Saturday's game against Nicholls State exceeded two tons, with the heaviest player, senior offensive lineman Isaac Sowells, weighing 330 pounds and the lightest, sophomore cornerback Leslie Majors, weighing 170 pounds. Together, they're almost as heavy as a 2005 Hummer.

\nThey're heavy -- 5,371 pounds to be exact. \nThe combined weight of the 22 IU starters who played in Saturday's game against Nicholls State exceeded two tons, with the heaviest player, senior offensive lineman Isaac Sowells, weighing 330 pounds and the lightest, sophomore cornerback Leslie Majors, weighing 170 pounds. Together, they're almost as heavy as a 2005 Hummer. \nIf you have something to submit to Bottom Corner, please contact Features editor Lindsay Lyon at lrlyon@indiana.edu

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