Outbreak of flu-like sickness
linked to bacteria in raw milk
Here's sickening news for busy students:
there's a new disease on campus - new, that is,
to the University, and to other college
campuses
Campylobacter bacteria — which forced
the shut-down of a Corvallis dairy last spring —
appears to be on the increase in Oregon,
according to University physician Jim
Jackson
Sixteen University students have come down
with the disease in the past six months — one of
them since the beginning of fall term, Jackson
says Although most of the students recovered
within a few days, Jackson says some students
had to go to the hospital for several days
"It can be relatively serious, he says
Symptoms of the disease closely resemble
those of the flu, but students experiencing
fairly significant stomach cramps and diar
reah should be checked for Campylobacter, he
says adding that the diarrhea may be watery
and contain blood
All cases of the disease must be reported to
the health department, and students living in
cooperatives, dormitories, fraternities or sor
orities should see a doctor and notify the
health department if they think they have the
disease. Jackson says
The illness is something new to college
campuses, and there seem to be more cases in
Oregon than in other states
But Dr Elizabeth Sazie at Oregon State
University's student health center says
Campylobacter has been around since the
1940s More cases are being reported because
of the availability of a culture in which the
bacteria can be grown, she says
An outbreak of cases at OSU last spring was
traced to raw milk drunk by the students The
bacteria, which is transmitted by oral con
tamination may be passed on by handling sick
animals, drinking contaminated water or
drinking raw milk
Antibiotics can treat the disease within about
24 hours. Jackson says, adding that the best
prevention is good hygiene washing hands
after handling animals and avoiding raw milk
IFC covers gays’ film rental
Promising her organization
would turn themselves
around Gay People s Alliance
representative Marsha Skudla
rek yesterday persuaded the In
cidental Fee Committee to pay
for a film rented during last
year s Gay Pride Week
Citing GPA's willingness to
volunarily r^t $1,000 from its
original 1 I-82 budget of
$3183 — in spite of deficits the
previous year — Skudlarek
asked the committee to stick
it's neck out" for the $225 rental
charge
She said that making GPA pay
the $255 would "tie her hands"
with respect to a comprehen
sive outreach program
The committee accepted a
recommendation by Alan Con
treras ASUO budget director, to
grant the film payment request
but place GPA's entire budget
on Executive Reserve ASUO
approval is required for all ex
penditures over $25 from a
budget on reserve
IFC Chairer Karsten Rasmus
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Pam Jordon supported the
request while Xavier Romano
and David Gibson voted against
it
The committee also un
animously granted the Survival
center S440 to cover half the
cost of replacing a typewriter
stolen from Suite One this sum
mer
Citing the loss of six type
writers from the site in the last
three years, IFC members said
the five organizations sharing
the suite should be responsible
for the other half of the cost The
committee further specified that
the new typewriter be bolted to
the wall
In other business, the com
mittee unanimously approved a
S440 payment tor legal services
incurred on an appeal by a
student the ASUO concluded
was improperly dismissed from
the University
Finally, the committee voted
to alter the method of informing
students about IFC budget ex
penditures and revenues
Students no longer will
receive explanatory cards with
their registration packets
"which too often wound up on
the Mac Court floor," according
to Contrefas
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Is PNRC move
already a ‘deal’?
By DEBBIE HOWLETT
Of th« Emerald
Serious questions involving
the plans for possible relocation
of the Pacific Northwest Re
source Center are surfacing,
and students and public figures
are beginning to wonder just
how much influence in the
decision-making process the
students have
Monday, Russell Sadler, a
syndicated political columnist,
lambasted Olum over a
handwritten note that Curt
Simic, vice president of public
relations, had attached to a
draft of the revised agreement
between the University and the
National Wildlife Federation
Last week State Rep Margie
Hendriksen, D-Dist 40, predict
ed that University Pres Paul
Olum's decision will be the
product of political and busi
ness pressure
Simic mailed the draft and
letter to Bill Barrows, deputy
legislative fiscal officer for the
House Ways and Means Com
mittee The draft is dated March
19
The draft plans for the wildlife
federation to pay a rental fee to
the University for office space in
the Law Center while the
University pays for the services
of the wildlife federation's clin
ical instructor.
In his letter attached to the
draft, Simic wrote," It does
not go as far as Paul Olum and I
want it to, but we are in discus
sion with Dean Bell to include, at
least, the possibility of mov
ing the operation off-campus
Everyone is not convinced but
we will persevere ”
That note was dated March
30
Wednesday, law clinic
students will meet with Olum to
discuss the Environmental Law
Clinic, but they are questioning
how much good the meeting will
accomplish
According to Sadler and law
school students, the note im
plies that Olum already has
decided the fate of the PNRC
and they say it implies that the
forum Wednesday is merely a
facade
Simic’s response to the
allegations is that in the letter he
meant only that the draft was
not as complete as he and Olum
would have liked Simic also
says there was no crusade to
remove the PNRC from campus
But law school students say
there is more to it than that
"If you can't see the deal in it
then you're blind," says Holly
Hummel, one of the organizers
of the forum
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