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Late flu season comes in time for finals By Samantha Munsey DAILY WILDCAT
Late flu season in Arizona has the potential to last until the end of the semester and into finals. In the past month, Campus Health Service has recorded 23 cases of the flu, only a fraction of the more than 77 cases reported last week in Pima County, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services. “Because it is hitting late, it might get people towards the end of the semester,” said Lee Ann Hamilton, assistant director of Health Promotion
and Preventative Services at Campus Health. “And that can pose some major challenges in classes if they are out of school.” Hamilton said that while these reported cases are a good indicator, it only represents the number of people who were given flu tests at Campus Health and tested positive. Because about 50 percent of students use Campus Health, there could be more students with the flu symptoms that have not been recorded. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has listed flu trends in Arizona as moderate with a slight increase
of activity in March. “When people get the flu, they feel like they have gotten hit with a ton of bricks,” Hamilton said. “We’re talking having a high fever, sweats, chills, coughing and extreme fatigue.” With flu season peaking late this year, some students are concerned it might affect their studying for finals. Lauren Pierce, an elementary education sophomore, said she has been avoiding visits to her parents’ house in Oro Valley because her family has contracted the flu in the past two weeks and she does not want to get sick during the last month of classes.
“I have been very paranoid about getting the flu,” Pierce said. “When I’m sick, I am not a happy person because it prevents me from being able to do so many things.” Faculty and staff also think this late flu season might interfere with students’ studies and class participation. Monte Ralstin, musical director and vocal coach for the School of Theater, Film and Television said three years ago a late flu season resulted in a fair number of his students getting sick during their final theater performances of the year.
“Last fall we had a performance of the ‘Secret Garden’ and during our last show, the main performer got sick and in between breaks had to run off stage to a little bucket,” Ralstin said. “And as we always say, the show must go on.” Some of the things the Theater Arts program does to prevent sending sick students on stage is enlisting the help of understudies and encouraging students to be healthy, Ralstin said. “This a big concern because our
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LIGHTS OUT FOR UA
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Elemental Artistry fire dancers and Planet Djembe drumming will return to this year’s Earth Hour celebration on the UA Mall, hosted by Residence Life Eco-Reps. Event planners expect to see around 250 attendees at the fifth annual celebration, which has grown considerably since its inception.
Res Life Eco-Reps host fifth annual Earth Hour event By Kyle Mittan DAILY WILDCAT
Eco-Reps in Residence Life will take a stand this weekend against climate change. The UA’s fifth annual Earth Hour will take place on the UA Mall from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday. Participants will actively work to save energy on campus and show their support for the environment. Earth Hour is a worldwide movement that originated in
Sydney in March 2007, according to EarthHour.org. More than 2 million Sydney residents and more than 2,000 businesses turned off their lights for one hour to “take a stand against climate change.” Five years later, the movement is being followed by people across the globe, and occurs annually on the final Saturday in March. The UA’s Earth Hour celebration continues to grow after it began as a gathering of around 20 people on the UA Mall, according to Jill Ramirez, sustainability education coordinator
for residence education. While Earth Hour itself is only one hour long from 8:30 to 9:30, events will last two hours. Since the first celebration, a lineup of electricity-free performances has been added. Turnout has grown and last year about 200 people attended the events on the Mall. Ramirez said 250 people are expected to attend this year’s celebration. Returning performers will include Planet Djembe drumming, the Charles Darwin Experience comedy troupe and Elemental Artistry fire
dancing. New to this year’s lineup is Noteriety, an a capella singing group. While the idea behind Earth Hour is to entirely avoid using electricity for an hour, electricity has to be used in order to provide certain services for the event, Ramirez said. Papa John’s will provide free pizza for the event, and has agreed to purchase “carbon offsets” to make up for the electricity they will use. Offsetting the electricity essentially
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The economy is looking up as more U.S. employers expect to grow this year. One in three companies predict renewed growth and increased hiring in 2012, according to a survey done by Right Management. This is a large increase from last year, when only one in five U.S. employers reported feeling confident about growth or hiring. Right Management surveyed senior executives at 631 organizations across the U.S. representing the government, nonprofit, public and private sectors. Thirty-six percent of these companies said 2012 will be a year of growth and recovery, marked by increased hiring and new talent development initiatives; 55 percent said it will be similar to 2011 with sluggish hiring and postponed HR initiatives and 11 percent said it will be a year of stagnation with more cutbacks and restructurings.
“(Hiring is increasing) because the economy is improving,” said Marshall J. Vest, UA Economic and Business Research Center director. “When the economy wasn’t doing well, companies had been cautious to control their costs and of course they ended up laying off a lot of people and reducing hours.” Vest said that in recent months, more companies are increasing hours. There are only a limited number of hours an employee can work and this means companies need to hire if they want to expand. Vest also said demand in all industries is going up with the economy. More income means more demand. “It would appear at this point that economic recovery is well in place,” Vest said. At the end of 2011, Arizona had 2,415,000 nonfarm jobs. This was up 1.1 percent from December 2010, when there were 2,387,800 jobs, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor
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Study: Hiring may increase in 2012 By Rachel Gottfried
Arizona head softball coach Mike Candrea is feeling just a little bit wiser after spending three nights in the hospital as a result of chest pains. He will return to coach against Stanford this weekend. “I’m feeling great,” Candrea said. “I’m on the right side of the grass so things are good, but definitely a little wake-up call.” Candrea’s body needed a break after a long career of nonstop coaching, he explained. “Stress is kind of a real thing in coaching and I’ve been very blessed over the years,” Candrea Mike Candrea said. “Look- softball head ing back at the coach 1,600 games or whatever it may be, you don’t really think about it but this past weekend it really caught up to me. Hopefully I was able to get it taken care of.” Candrea said he did not get enough sleep, eat properly or stay hydrated leading up to game three of the ASU series on Saturday night in Tempe, Ariz., last weekend. It all led to a “foggy” feeling and a heavy pressure on his chest that forced Candrea to step out of the dugout. “I came back and it was just like, ‘Something’s wrong.’ So I just
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Results of a survey released by Right Management show that one in three companies expect an increase in hiring from 2011 due to an improving economy.
hospitals and other providers feel Statistics. However, there are still some the effects of recent cuts to Arizona’s industries that continue to suffer. Medicare system, or Arizona Health The pace of hiring for some health care-related jobs is slowing because HIRING, 2
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