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k the clackamas print ng Wednesday, Oct. 14. 2009 H1N1 not as deadly as it seem People need to know that sir has immunity to this strand widespread.” Strickland sai Strickland suggests bei nated when the H1N1 vaj available, however, she pod might not be possible for eJ “They’re not getting as q out of each egg as initially] Strickland explains refend way vaccinations are prodJ A common misconcd flu shots is that they wii infect the user with the illnd trying to prevent; this is nl according to Strickland. VJ do not cany a ‘live” sta virus, but an inactive vers ion body identifies and builds I against. Aside from being vaccil Strickland and the coll J a few ways to. stay heal! season. Avoid close contact ] infected and when sick stay! Cover your mouth whJ or sneezing with a cloth o| upper sleeve.— I Avoid touching your a andnose. I Wash your hands frequfl Practice a healthy lifestl ing eat right, get enough] exercise. | In order to help prevent! on campus, Clackamas’! Student Government (AS| out five hundred bottles of I ASG members Jennifer Borowczak and Lydia Burris pass out hand sanitzer to Daniel Birch and Jennifer Rodríguez during the community fair Oct. 7. By John Hurlburt Co-Editor In Cheif Summer this year was birthed with portends of doom. As months of warm and dry days were approaching, thoughts of what would happen in the cold, wet months following turned into a full fledged panic. Swine flu had come and media coverage of the new influenza strain made it seem like the world was going to be shattered by a modem day equivalent of bubonic plague. ENROLL: Over the summer microbiolo gists discovered that the H1N1 virus was not going to kill off a third of the world’s population. In fact, the symptoms of swine flu are no worse than that of the ordinary flu, accord ing to Microbiology Instructor Chris Strickland. Regardless Clackamas. officials have decided to take preventative steps to ward off widespread illness. “The planning on (swine flu) was going on over the summer,” said Bill Leach, dean of campus services and incident commander. “We deal with swine flu like we do with any other emergency. We have a plan for it,” Leach explained. Leach says right now we are in stage one of a three stage “Pandemic Influenza Plan.” Stage one, Standard Surveillance, means no flu activity has been found in the community and the college is studying daily attendance, watch ing for trends that might suggest an unusual amount of students absent due to influenza. disease spread when sonl in close proximity to pil it passed from a pig to ■ human could not spread the] another human. ] However, fee strand wl facing was a combination oi mixed wife seasonal influeil will pass between humansi influenza strands mixed ■ that person’s cells and M bom. J NAMI: First one of its kind opens up to Clacka Continued from ENROLL, Page 1 Chris Morgan explained as he waited in line Sept 29, “Right now it’s going pretty quick cause they have five workers. Usually it’s pretty slow.” Jenkerson believes fee enrollment increase is caused by a mixture of things; gradu ating high school, losing a job, being retrained or getting skills and because a community col lege is a cheaper alternative to a four year college. Bello explained that a lot of students who were waitlisted have to have teachers sign off on registration and bring it in physically in order to officially join fee class. Other community colleges are having similar problems, some even more extreme. Central Oregon Community College, located in Bend, had completely stopped accepting applications for fall term Sept 3, more than two weeks before the term would start With 6,000 plus students on COCC’s waiting list, clos ing registration seemed fee best way to service those already enrolled. Although preventative measures are a smart decision, Strickland believes this will not be a flu season that people will have to fear breath ing in. “It is no more severe than any influenza ... in terms of symptoms, in terms of death rate.” Strickland said regarding the H1N1 strain. According to her, the reason that H1N1 is getting so much attention is mostly because it is di fferent. “It’s a new virus and for the most part humans have no resistance to it tizer to students at the Cl Fair, Wednesday, Oct 7. I “We want to make sJ don’t miss classes and J wife fee flu,” ASG Presid] Fava said. I Swine flu was previoil Robert Crawford Clackamas Print Dale Chambers, Krrstiejohhson and Kathy Fredrickson talk to students during mental health awareness week Oct. 5. Continued from NAMI, Page 1 However, only those wife men tal illness; spouses, boyfriends, and friends are not allowed. As Vice President Dale Chambers stated, “It has to be only fee person wife mental illness so that we can focus on them alone.” Chambers is also fee President of NAMI for Clackamas County. After hearing about Fredrickson starting NAMI On Campus at Clackamas, he decided to join for support and says their first week wife students being back has been going well. Chambers also added, “NAMI. Connection is a recovery support for adults with mental illness. Led by trained individuals who understand fee challenges we free.” Students are encouraged to attend these group sessions, because there is “no one who is not welcome.” This includes students wife minor illnesses such as ADHD, ADD, and anxiety. . During Mental Health Awareness Week (October 4-10), NAMI spon sored several speakers and even had a music/craft fair which featured crafts made by people wife mental illness. All donations went to NAMI on Campus. However, since fee event took place in fee Community Center and a majority of fee students continued to talk during the presentation, a sched uled speaker left fee event because he was upset about students ignoring speakers and not listening. Fredrickson remained upbeat, one of fee qualities that has taken her this far and allowed her to create this club onbampus. During her presentation, Fredrickson said that her coping skills were her grandchildren and NAME She also went on to say that she felt her main successes were keeping her children and husband through hard times, going to college' and getting good grades. When asked if it was hard to see people in low points Fredrickson answered “The lows don’t bring me down, and it is so rewarding to see people recover.” NAMI is currently trying to reach out any way they can to fee press, stu dents, and fee psychology department to get more involved wife I Community College. NAMI offers the I things: Classes about mel & Treatment, ‘From Difl Recovery” on Thursday nl Oct 1 through Oct 29.6:3(1 The meetings will take plaol Lutheran Church in Hapl Call 503-723-4989 to reg] are also NAMI Connect] Meetings (part of NAMI oi| beginning Oct 12, ran by] Kathy Fredrickson and Vicefl Dale Chambers. The meeffl be 4-5:30 p.m. every Monffl community center, room 1] NAMI also offers 11 Campus meetings which al Friday of every month froifl in fee Fireside Lounge in Col Center. If you’re looking to cofl one by phone there is ■ Warm Line; where apersonl another person about their ■ rience wife mental health fl concerns. Call 1-800-698] addition there is the N Ml | 1-800-950-6264. For finfl mation on any of the abofl Kathy at Clackasmascollfl yahoo.com or Dale ate® dale@yahoo.com or online! nami.org.
