function loadMenu() {
// document.writeln('loadMenu<br>');
if (window.my_menu) return;
 window.my_menu=new Menu();

 my_menu.addMenuItem("Prospective Student Info"
          ,"prospective.html"); 

 my_menu.addMenuItem("Faculty"
          ,"list_faculty.php"); 

 my_menu.addMenuItem("Current Students"
          ,"current_student.html"); 

 my_menu.addMenuItem("Staff"
          ,"list_staff.php"); 

 my_menu.addMenuItem("Alumni"
          ,"alumni.html"); 

 my_menu.addMenuItem("Courses"
          ,"courses.html"); 

 my_menu.addMenuItem("Minor Degree Requirements"
          ,"minor_requirements.html"); 

 my_menu.addMenuItem("Seminars"
          ,"seminars.html"); 

 my_menu.addMenuItem("Research/Research Reports"
          ,"research.html"); 

 my_menu.addMenuItem("Consulting Lab"
          ,"http://www.ctsi.umn.edu/resources/platform/biostatistics/bdac/home.html"); 

 my_menu.addMenuItem("Internal Website"
          ,"https://www.ccbr.umn.edu/"); 

 my_menu.addMenuItem("Web Mail"
          ,"http://webmail.ccbr.umn.edu"); 

 my_menu.addMenuItem("Download"
          ,"download"); 

 my_menu.addMenuItem("Donating to Biostatistics"
          ,"donations.html"); 


 my_menu.writeMenuItem();

}

function Menu(name) {

// document.writeln('Menu<br>');
  this.name=name;
  this.items = new Array();
  this.actions = new Array();
  this.addMenuItem = addMenuItem;
  this.writeMenuItem = writeMenuItem;

} 

function addMenuItem(label,action) {
//  document.writeln('addMenuItem: '+ label+ '  <br>');
  this.items[this.items.length]=label;
  this.actions[this.actions.length]=action;
}

function writeMenuItem() {

  for (var i=0; i<this.items.length; i++) {
    document.write('<A class="leftnav" href="'
       +this.actions[i]+'">'
       +this.items[i]+'</A><p>'
     );
  }
              

}