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Measley Super Bowl for UA BY TERRIE BRIANNA The Daily Wildcat
Kristen Pogreba-Brown, an assistant professor of epidemiology at the UA, and a team of six others attended Sunday’s Super Bowl XLIX in Glendale, Ariz. The Student Aid for Field Epidemiology Response Team took to the Super Bowl to conduct syndromic surveillance. The team consisted of three students
from the UA’s Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. Kristen Woodruff and Steve Barnes, a pair of public health graduate students, were among those on the team who attended the Super Bowl with the purpose of collecting data for the Maricopa County Department of Public Health. With the outbreak of measles in the state of Arizona, public health specialists are taking
preventative measures and attempting to inform the public of vaccinations. “We are not too much more worried about measles at the Super Bowl really than anything else,” Pogreba said. Measles is a disease whose symptoms are subtle and progressive. The symptoms and signs of measles include a fever around 101 degrees Fahrenheit, blurry or sore eyes, runny nose and a progressive rash.
Barnes added that those who are vaccinated “have almost nothing to worry about.” “Most of the measles cases that we’ve identified thus far have been proceeded with,” Progreba said. “Measles is not community-wide at this point; it shouldn’t be any more of an issue, but that being said, we are still asking specifically about it.” Pogreba also said that the students “have had
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ANDREW GRAY dejectedly watches the final 18 seconds of Super Bowl XLIX trickle by as the New England Patriots celebrate their 28-24 win over the Seattle Seahawks on Feb. 1 at Gentle Ben’s Brewing Company. Gray, a Green Bay Packers fan, chose to root for the Seahawks after being impressed by their win against the Packers on Jan. 18.
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QUOTE TO NOTE “...[T]he idea that Christian students on college campuses are experiencing more discrimination than Muslim students is, quite frankly, laughable.” —Maddie Pickens
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semesters’ worth of training on how to investigate outbreaks [and] how to conduct interviews, so they have quite a bit of experience under their belts already.” The data collected by Pogreba and her team on tablets was monitored in real time by the Maricopa Department of Public Health, in order to detect possible infectious diseases. “Kristen [Pogreba] has
Students and volunteers are invited to participate in the first citrus harvest of the semester today at Slonaker House from 2-4 p.m. “We take food that is naturally grown on campus and make sure it doesn’t all go to waste,” said Erana Loveless, graduate event coordinator. Both UA Linking Edible Arizona Forests and Iskashitaa Refugee Network are working together to harvest citrus fruit grown on campus. “The purpose of the harvest is to educate the community about the different edible fruits there are and hopefully promote them to start taking advantage of all the wonderful produce we have on campus,” LEAF member Alyssa Los said. Loveless said that everyone has their own “inner motivation” for what they want to do. For some individuals, that motivation is to prevent the waste of food, while others are interested in creating a more sustainable campus. “We will be harvesting lots of citrus, specifically sour seville oranges, sweet oranges and calamondin limes,” Los said. “They are perfectly ripened, and we can’t wait to take advantage of all the beautiful citrus on campus.” The main recipients of the harvested fruit will be the Iskashitaa Refugee Network. “Iskashitaa Refugee Network is an amazing organization we have been partnering with where lots of refugees from all over the country come to America to start new,” Los said. “Our harvests give them fresh fruit to help make their transition easier.” Los added that the partnership is important, because they teach us about their native fruit and how to harvest it. In return, she said they try to introduce them to elements of American culture in hopes of them learning more about the U.S. Iskashitaa Refugee Network, according to its website, is an organization that works to rebuild the lives of refugees through “unique programs designed to empower the refugees.” These programs emphasize sharing and practice of the English language. “LEAF … is a program that allows the
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High numbers spring to rush BY BRANDI WALKER The Daily Wildcat
The spring recruitment process, which gives students an opportunity to learn more about greek chapters and potentially join through a less formal process, started Jan. 25 and concluded Saturday. “It was an extremely successful week on both the Interfraternity Council side as well as the different chapters,” said Brian Kewin, president of the Interfraternity Council and prebusiness sophomore. He added that registration numbers were high this semester with 594 men registered for the 2015 IFC spring recruitment. Kewin explained that the spring recruitment process is more informal compared to the fall. In the fall, potential new members must visit all 17 chapters during the recruitment process.
“The potential new members have the option to go to whatever house they would like to visit,” Kewin said. “They are not mandated to visit every single house and hear a presentation from each chapter.” Daniel Rojas, Delta Sigma Phi president and a junior studying molecular and cellular biology, said he prefers the formal fall recruitment process to the more casual spring rush. “I was a much bigger fan of the way rush was ran in the fall, not only because we are a more recent fraternity but also because I feel like it eliminates the common practice of ‘suicide rushing’ or just picking one house for rush week and ignoring all the others,” Rojas said. “Maybe the house you are a legacy of isn’t truly the best for you as an individual, and as a young freshman, that might not be something you consider going into
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ACTIVE MEMBERS of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, Colter Kilgour and Alexander McQueen, get to know potential new members during one of the casual rush events they hosted. SAE is one of the 17 Interfraternity Council-affiliated chapters participating in 2015 spring recruitment.
rush week.” Zack Erlick, a pre-business sophomore, said he is not a member of Greek Life, because his parents wanted him to focus on his studies
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during the fall semester of his freshman year. “I found other clubs I became
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