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Enrollment surge
partly responsible
for housing crunch

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If Justin Welch hadn't been as-
signed a dorm. he wouldn‘t be at UK
right now.

“To be honest. if I couldn't get
housing. I was in the process of
looking for another college." the mu-
sic education freshman said.

The record number of incoming
freshmen has intensified the hous-
ing office's normal crunch for beds.
said Brenda Stamper. director of
housing.

Last year. there were
586 first- year black appli
cants out of 9 .424 total ap-
plications.

Final enrollment for
the freshman class will
not be released until Sept.
9. but Witt said he is com-
fortable in asserting that
the number hits at least
4,000. Last year‘s freshman
class held the previous
record at 3.696.

“We’ve had enhanced
efforts with recruiting."
Witt said. “We visit more
high schools and have pre-
view nights around the
state.

try to impress you." she the standards than ever

record number of black students apply

ar and valedictorian of reflected the numbers. ad-

tracting the record num- brightest, most academi- them valedictorians or

1y didn‘t consider apply-

cards as well as thank-you Donald Witt. director of school grade point aver-

largest incoming fresh-

went through the UK ViSi' tr ar. The 10,606 applications

swore I was going out-of-

the center. torians and Governor’s fice this year came from

“But UK really wanted

‘ ‘ Witt said his goal isn’t
spondence from UK saved record in students show- the largest number of

they don‘t contact you un-

. . have to impress UK; they cause more students met
At least 4,000 register in 2008 class;
said. before."
As a Singletary Schol- The Honors Program
m Recruiting was one Of her high school class. mitting 348 students this
the main factors 1“ at- Grossi is also among the year a record 82 of
Amanda Gros51 1n1t1al- ber 0f freshmen. cally talented incoming salutatorians. and a
ing to UK. Hand-written post- freshman class ever. said record 103 with 4.0 high
Now, she 5 part Of the letters were sent to 8.818 undergraduate admis- ages, said David Durant.
man class in UK's history prospective students who sions and university regis- director of the program.
“My junior year. I _ ,
tor Center this year, said This fall brings a that flooded the under—
state." the biology and Rebecca Craft. director 0f record number of valedic- graduate admissions of-
chemistry freshman said.

Grossi, from Lexing- SChOlaI‘S T0 campus. the most diverse group of
me. Other schools might ton. has all of her corre- “We set an all~time students ever as well. with
send one or two letters. or

in a file that includes more ing interest." Witt said. black applicants in history
til you contact them." than 40 letters. “You don‘t “We‘re very excited be- at 765.

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Student dies
after being
hit by semi

By Steve lvey
mi KENTUCKY KENNEL

An incoming UK student died early
Tuesday morning after being hit by a trac-
tor-trailer on New Circle Road.

Brian Anthony Muth. 19. of Louisville.
who would have begun his first semester at
UK today. was arrested and charged with al-
cohol intoxication on Gibson Avenue just af-
ter 1 am. Tuesday. said Lexington Police Lt.
Mario Russo. Russo said Muth was released

into the custody of a friend.

Russo then responded to a
call just after 2 am. that a
pedestrian had been hit by a
semi on the outer loop of
New Circle Road near the on-
ramp of Old Frankfort Pike.
he said.

Russo said Muth had been
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more realized her Dodge Intrepid was on fire as she waited at the stop sign on the corner of Montmullin and Limestone streets. See story on page A7

Administrator hits the beeks

Siemer trades role in UK administration
for a seat in the classroom as a student

gyl Adam Sichlto

In 1969. Dick Siemer
began considering a doc-
toral degree in education
policy

Now. the former UK
administrator will be en-
tering the Graduate
School to finally start that
process

“I just started pursu-
ing this. but l've been
thinking about it for 30.
35 years now." Siemer
said.

"We been at four dif-
ferent institutions now.
and We learned that you
can't get this degree on a
part-time basis."

To go after the degree.
Siemer resigned from his
position as executive vice
president for finance and
administration. one of
the few positions that an
swers directly to Presi-
dent Lee 'llodd.

NOW. Todd is looking
for his third such admin—
istrator in four school
years.

“I thought i had my
team in place for the long-
term. but things do
change." Todd said. "Be-

ing from a business back-
ground. l'm used to that,"

Siemer said that he
and Todd engaged in
“mutual conversations"
several months before the
retirement announce»
in e n I
came on
Aug. 5.

" l ’ in
57 years
old. and I
just want-
ed to re-
t i r e .
S i e m e 1'
said

“l'd have to take some
sort of sabbatical to get
this degree if i still held
that job.

“l want to get this de-
gree now, when it means
something to me. rather
than wait until l'm 70
years old." he said

His service as a heli-
copter pilot in the Viet-
nam War for 10 years
stalled his progress to
ward a higher degree.

Siemer managed UK‘s
budget and oversaw nine
departments. including
the Office of the Treasur
er. Planning and Budget.

Human Resources and
Facilities.
“it's important even
in times when you have
money because you use
that position to lead the
conversation across catn-
pus about. ‘Where are we
going to put our invest-
ments’."" Todd said.

“Unfominately; on the
other side of it. when we
don't have money. you use
it to lead the conversation
about where we will
make the cuts and make
investments."

UK has seen its state
funding decrease iti each
of the past four years. in
that time. two people have
held the job .lack Blane
ton. who served until
May 2003. and Siemer.
who held the spot for
about one year.

For the moment. Todd
has tapped Frank Butler
for the position.

Butler. who also
serves as the vice presi-
dent for the UK (Thandler
Medical (‘enter opera-
tions. couldn't be reach
for comment after numer
ous phone calls and a vis-
it to his office.

“We're fortunate to
have Frank Butler in this
position because he has
tremendous institutional
knowledge." Todd said.

Siemer said the other
staff within the office
will also help smooth the
transition. Siemer will
also serve as an adviser
for Butler.

“This really is a Won-
derfully talented team."
he said.

“At my other jobs.
there were people that
were misplaced, but that
is not the case here.” he
said.

“l'm not even sure
that they need me any-
more."

Todd said that he has
not begun a search for a
full-time administrator
to replace Siemer.

“l’m not going to
start for a while." Todd
said.

“1 want to let Frank
settle in. and we'll see
from there "

in the meantime.
Siemer is hoping to settle
in to his new mle as a UK
student.

“l hope l'm as good a
listener as i am a talker.“
he said with a laugh.

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I want to
get this
degree now,
when it
means
something to
me, rather
than wait
until I’m 70
years old.”

- Dick Slemer.

former executive vice
president for finance and
administration on his
decision to go back to
school.

at the scene.

Muth had transferred to
UK after one year at St. Louis University
UK spokesman Chuck Ham said Muth was
listed as a sophomore in the Gatton School
of Business and was to pursue a bachelor of
science degree in accounting.

Muth graduated third in his class from
Trinity High School in Louisville. He was a
Governor‘s Scholar

Bars Will wait
to see effects
of later hours

By Cara Blevins
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For some Lexington bars. later hours
haven‘t equated to better business,

Bar hours were extended from 1 am. to
2:30 am by the Lexingtonl’ayette Urban
(‘ounty (‘ouncil after businesses said the
later hours would help make up for busi»
ness lost because of the smoking ban. The
later hours began July :11

Fish Tank owner .lohn Tresaloni said
the extra time has been great for the em-
ployees and business so far,

"We‘ve been really busy.” he said. “Now
that everyone is back for school. we are ex-
pecting even more business."

Nicola Ryan. a bartender at Kitty
()‘Shea's. said extending hours hasn't re—
sulted in tnore business.

High on Rose co-owner Yuka Swonke
also said that business has been average.

“We don‘t know what‘s going to happen
with the extended hours; it's still too early
to tell.” she said.

Swonke said employers are worried
about the effects the later hours will have
on their employees.

"While bartenders are getting a little bit
more money than they were used to. they
are also very tired by the end of the night."
she said. “They leave around 4 am. to 5
am.

Police are still monitoring how the later
hours may affect crime. said Lexington p0
lice Lt. William Henderson.

“There are still some bar owners that
are not aware they can stay open until 2:30.”
Henderson said. “We have a shift to deal
with the bar hours. and as incidents arise
we‘ll take it on a casebycase basis."

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to be narrow in recruiting.
but to have a wider and more
inclusive focus.

“I want to move ahead.“
he said. “We must be aggres~
sive in recruiting diversity.“

Every county in Ken-
tucky. every state and 100
countries are currently rep-
resented in the student body

Witt said plans for re-
cruiting an even larger class
are not in the works.

“Where we are with
things. in fall ‘05 we are
recommending the freshman
class not grow." he said.

Actual class sizes had no
choice but to increase along
with the freshman class size.
said John I’ica. assistant
dean for enrollment manage
ment.

Seating capacity grew by
8 percent in some classes. he
said. referring to the (‘ollege
of Arts and Sciences. “We
asked all departments that
had University Studies Pro
gram courses to add eight to
10 more seats to each sec
tion."

Sections of chemistry. ge-
ography and psychology
were also created as avail
ability of open classes be-

came tight near the end of

summer adyising confer

(:‘X‘ICQS.

“They're taking a lot of

science classes." l’ica said
about the incoming fresh

 

Biology sophomore Urooj
Yazdani isn't thrilled about
expanded seating capacity in
her USP courses

“I would prefer to have
smaller class sizes to receive
more individual attention."
she said. "All of my classes
are already huge,"

There might be an upside
to it for lazy students.

"With larger classes
though. it won't be as easy to
take attendance. so more stu-
dents inight skip class. and it
will even out.” she said.

Dan Sliisher. an agricul-
tiiral biotechnology sopho-

more. doesn‘t mind any of

the expansions in seating ca
pacity. and said he might
even look into any added sec
{ions of organic chemistry.
“Most of the USP classes
are very large anyway. so it
probably won't bother me."
he said
Both the biology and gen-
eral and organic chemistry
labs were expanded this year
in anticipation of more stu—
dents. saloon was spent on
biology and 3400.000 on
cheiiiisti'y
Although the expansions
needed to be done prior to en
l‘iilllllt‘lll. l’ica said the
record number of incoming
freshmen was a factor in the
renovations
”It obviously prompted it.
made it a higher priority and
put an emphasis on getting it
done." he said.
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Marketing freshman Nick Kemper waits in the rain Friday outside Kirwan
Tower to move into his dorm room. A record number oi freshmen en-
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“I very much attribute
the large class of freshmen
students as contribtiting to
the housing shortage." she
said. “No doubt about it."

As of yesterday. 113 UK
and Iexington (‘ommunity
(‘ollege students. all men.
were still on a waiting list
for a bed assignment; as
many as 700 were on the
list in mid-June. Stamper
said.

“The housing office did
its best to assign every ap
plicant a place to stay" she
said. "But with more than
4.000 incoming freshmen.
there simply weren‘t
enough beds for them all."

'elch called every
week to see if he had been
assignml. “Last week. they
told me if a male didn't
cancel. I Wouldn't get hous-
ing.” he said.

Because more men ap-
plied for housing than
women. there was difticul~
ty in placing them evenly
in available dorms. Stam-
per said.

(‘ommuting to UK from
his hometown of Manches-
ter. ()hio. wasn't an option
for Welch. who began look-
ing at Morehead State lini-
yersity and Miami l':niver~
sity of Ohio as alterna-
tiyes.

He was finally assigned
a room in Haggin Hall
Aug. 16 four days before
movein began.

Including returning
and Iexington Community
College students. 5.386
housing applications were
turned in for the fall se-
mester.

Stamper said she had
slightly more than 5.100
beds. with a significant
number of them already
reseiyed for programs
such as athletics. engineer
ing. Greek anti honors.

"A lot of out-ofstate
parents were fearful of the
situation it‘s unnerving
to be ready to come and
not have a bed." she said.

"Someone who doesn‘t
know anyone and barely
knows Lexington it's
hard on them.“

All students that ap-
plied by May 1 got a room.
Stamper said.

Students still on wait-
ing lists at the beginning of
classes have a few options:
find friends or relatives in
Lexington to move in with
or find their own oifcam-
pus housing.

Students who live far-
ther away and are on their
ovm won't be as lucky

“If they hang in with
us and want to stay on
campus. we'll find them a
bed." Stamper said.

Any students who
don't check in at their
dorms by 6 pm. today are
considered no—shows. and
their beds will no longer
be reserved. she said.

In the past. Stamper
said anywhere from 50 to
100 students neglected to
check in.

“I'd be surprised if we
had the same number this
year. because it‘s been
such an intensity of stu.
dents wanting beds." she
said. “So many people
have been so grateful to get
one."

Residence Life is re»
quired to turn in a list of
noshows Sept. 3. after
which those on the waiting
list have a higher chance
of being contacted with a
room assignment.

The housing office will
turn the halls over to Resi-
dence Life no later than
the third week of Septem-
ber. Stamper said.

“Anyone wanting to
change room assignments
or apply for a dorm will
have to go to them (Resi-
dence Lifei." she said.

There shouldn‘t be a
housing crunch at all next
year with four new
dorms set to open in the
fall of 2005. there will be
684 more beds available.
she said.

“Hopefully. we won‘t
have to turn anyone away."
Stamper said.

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U.S. prison an ‘Am'mal House’

Report on Abu Ghraib prison
describes ‘deviant behavior'

By Elise Acumen
and Warren Strobel
7 tiicm’nom variant

WASHINGTON The
abuse of prisoners by US.
soldiers abroad. first depict-
ed in hundreds of graphic
photographs from Abu
Ghraib prison in Iraq. was
"widespread" and responsi-
bility for it extended from
commanders on the ground
all the way to Defense Secre-
tary Donald Rumsfeld him-
self. an independent panel
concluded Tuesday

The fiiiditigs are in
sharp contrast to how mili-
tary officials first sought to
minimize the prisoner
abuse in Iraq However the
panel did not seek the resig-
nation of any top-level De-
fense Department officials.
nor did it recommend disci-
plinary action against them

Rather. the panel found
that US. forces were unpre»
pared for the “chaos" that
followed the war in Iraq and
for handling the large num.
bers of people soldiers.
terrorists and criminals
who were detained In Iraq
and Afghanistan.

Since November Boot.
the panel found. the Amerr
can military has imprisoned
50.000 people in 43 separate
facilities.

“We believe there is pet“
sonal and institutional re—
sponsibility right up the
chain of command as far as
Washington Is concerned."
former llel‘t‘ ‘is'e Secretary
.lames Schlesinger. chair-
man of the foiirmeniber
panel. said Tuesday at a

Pentagon briefing.

The report represents
the first in-depth account-
itig of the roles senior Pen»
tagon officials played in fos-
tering what critics have
called a “climate of abuse"
at Abu tlhraib and else-
where.

However. the report
omits any examination of
the role played by personnel
froin the t‘entral Intelli-
gence Agency. even though
(‘IA personnel have been
linked to at least two deaths
iii Iraq and one death in
Afghanistan.

The report found that
abuse was neither confined
to Abu (ihraib. nor to a
small group of rogue mili-
tary police officers who
were photographed tor-
menting detainees at the no-
torious Iraqi prison.

Out of 66 cases of con»
firmed abuse. eight oc-
curred in Guantanamo.
three in Afghanistan and 55
in Iraq. the report stated.

Another HS cases of al—
leged abuse are under inves—
tigation.

Riimsfeld. who asked
the panel to conduct its re.
view on May 12 about two
weeks after pictures taken
at Abu (lhraib were aired
on television. did not re-
spond directly to the panel's
criticism of himself.

In a written statement.
Rumsfeld said: “The panel
has provided important in-
formation and recommenda
tions that will be of assis-
tance in our on-going efforts
to improve detention opera-
tions.”

The panel recommend-
ed that the Pentagon reform
its policies on detention and
interrogation. including the
way it defines detainees and
the relationship between
military police and military
intelligence.

It also called for clear
guidelines for the interac-
tion of the (‘IA and the De»
fense Department.

The panel included for
mer Defense Secretary
Harold Brown. former ILS.
Rep. Tillie K Fowler and
Air Force (leneral (‘harles
Horner.

Schlesinger said the "iii-
sufficient response“ from
senior leadership to chaos
at Abu (lhraib and confu-
sion over interrogation po»
lices in Iraq and elsewhere
did not warrant senior res-
ignations
“At various levels there

some dereliction of
duty. at other levels there
were mistakes." Horner
said. "A lot of careers are
going to be ruined over
this."

The report said that
“dozens" of non-Judicial
punishments have been giv-
en to abusers. information
the Pentagon had largely de-
clined to make public.

A second report by two
army generals. scheduled to
be released today. is expect-
ed to recommend discipli-
nary procedures against
more than lwtirtltilt‘ll mili-
tary personnel.

(,‘riminal charges are
being pressed in only a
handful of cases. Including
the seven members of a mil-
itary police company that
served at Abu (ihraib and :1
(.‘IA contractor who was
charged with the death of a
prisoner in .-\fglianistaii.

The report provided an

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explanation for the paucity
of criminal prosecutions.
investigations are complete
in just 15.3 of the 300 inci-
dents of alleged detainee
abuse.

Some of the incidents
are already nearly two years
old. The report confirmed
that both military police of
ficers and military inter
i‘ogatoi‘s have been involved
in abuses.

It said one Ill three of

all cases of confirmed abuse
were linked to Interroga-
tioiis and one in five are al
leged to involve Special ()p-
erations Forces.

Special forces in
Afghanistan adopted ag-
gressive interrogation tech
niques that were inconsis-
tent with Arrny policy and
later those practices were
copied by the officer in
charge of interrogations at
Abu (lhraib. Capt. Carolyn
Wood of the 5l9th Military
Intelligence Battalion.

However. the report
stressed that the abuses
photographed at Abu
Ghraib. which triggered the
panel‘s review and the other
investigations. were not
part of authorized interro-
gations but represented "de-
viant behavior" and “pur~
poseless sadism."

Schlesinger said the
Abu (lliraib abuse was in«
flicted by "freelancers" en-
gaging in “Animal House be-
havior" on the night shift on
(‘ell Block I.

Schlesinger and other
panel members emphasized
that there was no official
policy permitting the abuse
and that the allegations in-
volve only a small fraction
of the 30.000 people detained
by US. forces. but they
stressed that a failure in
leadership led to the abuses

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UK Police are also preparing to
deal with the hours. Public Informa-
tion Officer Travis Manley said it is
difficult to predict what will happen
since most of campus was empty
when the extended hours began.

“It has very little effect here to be.

gin with," Manley said. “For the most
part, students stay off campus to
drink and typically don‘t come back
to campus drunk."

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extended hours;
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Milling
said he
has seen
a change
in their busiest hours.

“Between 6 pm. and midnight.
our numbers have gone down. but we
get slammed at 2:30 am." Milling
said. “The non-smoking has definite-
ly hurt us but we are doing well and
leveling off."

UK students differ about the ex-
tended hours.

“I don't know if it's the best idea.
because it gives more time for people
to get drunk,“ said Melanie Clark. 1m
undeclared sophomore. "That could
be dangerous."

Others think the later hours tit
students' schedules better.

“Nobody goes out until 11 pm. or
midnight anyway." said (.‘atliryne
Dennison. a recent UK graduate and
student teacher. “1 think everyone is
excited because they'll have that ex-
tra time.“

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Maj or crimes hit area
during summer break

Campus area store robbed;
employee dies, owner shot

By Dariush Shala
1111 KENTUCKY 111111111

Several noteworthy crimes inr
parted UK this summer. including
killings in (‘hicago and Lexington
and two sexual assaults 1111 campus

(‘hicago Police charged UK stu
dent Dong Zhang. 21. with murder
in the death of his girlfriend. an
Eastern Kentucky University grad-
uate. Zhang later hanged himself
with 11 telephone cord in the hex
ington-Fayette (‘ouiity Detention
(‘enter and died at the UK (Than-
dler Medical (‘enter after 10 days
on life support

Zhang, of (‘l1ina. was charged
June 20 with murdering Yan (ill.
21. also 11f (‘hina After reporting
her missing. police said Zhang
eventually confessed to filing a
false report and placing evidence
to mislead police. Zhang led police
to her body in a shallow grave near
Seymour. Ind.

()11 June 21. Zhang was taken
out of his cell at the detention cen-
ter for recreation and was later
found hanging by the telephone
cord.

The Kentucky State Depart-
ment 11f (‘orrections' regulations
dictate that prisoners on suicide
watch. which Zhang was. are not to
be left unsupervised for more than
211 minutes. Zhang had been left
alone for six minutes when he was
found.

The other murder occurred 1111
July 3. The owner 11f Sami's Music
was seriously injured and one of
his employees was killed in a rob.
bery at the store.

lexington Police spokesman
It James (‘11111-ss said Sami Haji-
brahim owner and manager of
Sami s Music. 3113 S. Limestone St..
was shot seVeral times in the arms
and back but escaped t0 get help.
His employee. Derek Elam. was
shot in the head and later died‘at
the ITK (‘handler Medical Center.

’l‘aquan (7 Neblett 26. of
louisville was '11rest111l and
charged w ith muider two counts of
first de gree robbery. one count 11f
first- d11gre1 assault and possession
of 11 firearm by 11om11ted felon

Nehlett was previously convict»
11d in the 199:1 murder (if 11
Louisville cab driver and sen
tenced to 211 years in prison. He
was paroled in December 2003.

Poli1e have not established a
motive behind the robbery but they
h1 1d (onlirmed that Hajibrahim
and Neblett were acquaintances.

If convicted. Neblett could face
the death penalty

()11.luly21.a 15-year-old girl re-
pOrted to UK Police that she had
been raped in one of the stairwells
of P111king Structure N11. 4 the
l'K ( handler Medical (enter park-
ing garage between 2: :10 a. hi and
‘:l it) a. 111. The victim was unable to
provide police with any physical
description and told police she had
been attacked from behind.

UK Police Public Information
Officer Travis Manley said that af
ter repeated questioning the girl
told them she had consensual sex
with the man. who she met in the
Intensive Care Unit waiting room.

()11 July 30. Daniel K. Bone. 25.
of Pine Knot. Ky. turned himself
in to authorities and was taken to
the McCreary (‘ounty Jail. He was
charged with first-degree statutory
rape because the girl is a minor
Her name was not released because
of her age.

On July 27. a woman filed a re»
port of sexual abuse at the UK
Medical Center. According to the
report. at 12:40 pm. a known male
kissed and groped the woman in a
Medical Center elevator. She filed
the report the same day and a war-
rant was issued for the man‘s ar1
rest. UK Police have not yet made
an arrest.

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A UK student's diagnosis
of bacterial meningitis has
raised awareness of the dis-
ease but not the risk
for those on campus.
said Dr. Gregory
Moore. director of
University Health
Service.

As of noon
Tuesday. 95 UK stu-
dents had received a

vaccination from

health services

since Charles .
“Tripp" Eckerline Eckerlme

was diagnosed with
bacterial meningitis Aug. 16.
He has since been dis-
charged from UK Chandler
Medical Center.

“I was worried about the
risk of meningitis while liv-
ing in the dorms. and my
parents made me (get vacci-
nated)." said Kristie Barley. a
physical therapy freshman.

Freshman Jen Hudson's
parents also encouraged her
to get the immunization.

“My parents work in a
hospital." she said. “I didn‘t
know exactly what meningi
tis was. but they made me
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Student with meningitis
released from hospital

Students learning about vaccination,
risk of disease from living in dorms

ty Health Service costs $75.
Students can call 323-APP’I‘
to schedule a vaccination.

Eckerline had received a
vaccination. but Moore said

the vaccine does not
immunize against
all types of meningi
tis.

Meningitis is an
infection of spinal
cord fluid and the
fluid that surrounds
the brain. according
to the Centers for
Disease Control and
Prevention.

Moore said
meningitis is a com-
mon bacteria and 10 to 20
percent of people always car-
ry the bacteria without dis-
playing any symptoms.

An infection occurs
when someone‘s body is sen-
sitive to the bacteria. which
travels into the blood stream
and then into the spinal
cord.

Moore said the disease is
spread through drops of sali-
va on shared cups or spoons
and by kissing

Symptoms include high
fever. severe headache. pain
with neck movement. sensi-
tivity to light and a rash.

Students living in cam-

piratory problems and gas—
trointestinal illnesses." said
Cicely Jenkins. who's been
the director of nursing at the
University of South Carolina
for