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News Buzz: Cyclones at the Sweet 16

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Iowa State Cyclone Melvin Ejim defending Kansas Jayhawk forward Kevin Young in Ames, Jaunary 28, 2012. Ejim was chosen as Big 12 Player of the Year earlier this month.

Host Ben Kieffer talks with Iowa Public Radio's Des Moines correspondent Rick Fredricksen about how lobotomies became common practice for curing PTSD in Iowa veterans after WWII.  Also, the Des Moines Register's Bryce Miller discusses the Cyclones in the Sweet 16, and the University of Iowa turns down HBO's "Girls" request to film on campus.

Ben Kieffer is the host of IPR's River to River
Katherine Perkins is IPR's Program Director for News and Talk