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Homecoming king and queen crowned
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Prayer service to focus on dream LMU’s annual celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. will take place on campus today. Zaneta Pereira
Incoming Editor in Chief @zanyzaneta
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Senior political science major Michael Hanover and senior marketing major Sammie Branman were crowned Homecoming King and Queen Saturday afternoon at halftime in the homecoming basketball game. They were each awarded $100 for their respective organizations.
Meningitis spreads at nearby university The disease can spread through contact; schools consider importing a European vaccine. Carly Barnhill Copy Editor
@carlybarnhill
It’s flu season, and as college students, our lives consist of constant late nights and early mornings that put us at increased risk for infection. The flu, though, isn’t the only illness that’s hitting some universities this winter. The University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) experienced a meningitis outbreak in December that sparked a lot of conversation about the dangerous disease and how it should be prevented, especially on college campuses. Four different infections were documented during November and December at UCSB, one of which left a student with a permanent disability. Serious measures were taken to prevent the disease from spreading to other students on campus. According to Ryan Jaslow’s early December article on CBS News’ website titled “Meningitis outbreak at UC Santa Barbara Infects 4 Since November,” UCSB social events were restricted to prevent the disease from spreading, and “the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department [provided] preventative antibiotics to about 500 students who were in close contact”
with the infected students. After the outbreak at UCSB came an outbreak at Princeton University, where eight people contracted the disease. Princeton then launched a preventative campaign and worked with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to “import thousands of vaccines from Europe that targeted the specific strain of meningitis implicated in the outbreak that tends to be more common overseas,” according to Jaslow’s article. The regular meningitis vaccine offered in the United States does not fully protect against the strain that has infected students at UCSB and Princeton, and California health services are contemplating the installation of these European vaccines here to prevent further infection, according to Elizabeth Landau and Ben Brumfield’s article on CNN’s website titled “Meningitis outbreak: California students may get Princeton vaccine.” As students on a college campus, we are in constant contact with numerous people, putting us at risk for illness. So, what are the symptoms of meningitis? How can it be prevented? The bacteria that is found in the disease can be spread through contact with another infected person, just as any other illness is spread. From kissing and sharing drinks to coughing and sneezing, it’s possible for anyone to catch it. One infected with the disease will first notice flu or cold-like symptoms that can often lead to blood and organ damage and even permanent disability See Meningitis | Page 3
“I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.’” On Aug. 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered this message as part of his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech. Thursday at 12:15 p.m. in Sacred Heart Chapel, the department of Ethnic and Intercultural Services and Campus Ministry will put on an interfaith prayer service focused on the theme of this historic speech. The service is an annual campus tradition that was initially started by John Flaherty, associate director of Campus Ministry, and various campus groups play a role in planning and running the event. Every year, one of King’s speeches is chosen as the event’s theme and, according to Melvin Robert, the interim director of the Office of Black Student Services and See MLK Jr. | Page 3
‘Icarus’ soars onto stage
via. Radan Popovich
“The Icarus Project” is playing at the Strub Theatre every night at 8 p.m. until Jan. 25. Directed by theatre arts professor Katharine Noon, the play was created in workshop with the ensemble. Tickets can be purchased at the LMU Central Ticketing Agency.