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Volume 99, Number 15
Thursday, October 23, 2014
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Men’s soccer draws PC
Editorial
Effects of Humphrey Hall switch must be considered
Taylor’s second-half goal keeps No. 12 Golden Eagles unbeaten in last 10 home games. PAGE 12
2010, 2011, 2012, 2014 SPJ Award-Winning Newspaper
Legal clinic honored
MU Law School’s mobile legal clinic given Wisconsin Innovation Award PAGE 4
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MU reacts to Ebola epidemic
DPS set to keep eye on anonymous Yik Yak app
Spain
Cases: 1 Deaths: 0
USA
Cases: 3 Deaths: 1
By Andrew Dawson
Senegal
andrew.dawson@marquette.edu
Cases: 1 Deaths: 0
Guinea
Cases: 1,519 Deaths: 862
Sierra Leone Cases: 3,401 Deaths: 1,259
Liberia
Marquette banned study abroad for all students, faculty, and staff traveling to the following countries due to Ebola:
Cases: 4,262 Deaths: 2,705
Nigeria Cases: 20 Deaths: 8
Guinea - Liberia Sierra Leone - Nigeria Source: World Health Organization and Center for Disease Control
University prohibits travel to virus-stricken African countries
Infographic by Amy Elliot-Meisel/amy.elliot-meisel@marquette.edu
Source: World Health Organization and CDC
By Devi Shastri
devi.shastri@marquette.edu
Marquette recently issued a travel warning that prohibits students, faculty and staff from traveling to countries affected by Ebola until the disease is brought under control. This means students or faculty participating in international educational activities are not allowed to travel to countries issued a travel warning or alert by the Centers for Disease Control. That includes Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Although the World Health Organization officially reported about 5,000 deaths as a result of the outbreak in Western Africa — with real numbers believed to be closer to 15,000 — healthcare professionals across the country are reminding Americans that the threat of an outbreak at home is unlikely.
INDEX
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Photo via Associated Press
The World Health Organization officially reported 5,000 deaths due to Ebola in West African countries.
Concerns about the disease have been fueled by the media covering the outbreak in Africa and recent cases in the U.S. Two nurses from Dallas tested positive for the disease while caring for a man who was infected while in Liberia and who died on Oct. 8 as a result. One nurse, Nina Pham, was upgraded to good condition Tuesday, NBC News reported. The other nurse, Amber
Vinson, has been declared free of the Ebola virus as of Wednesday evening, according to multiple media sources. In response, politicians, including Speaker of the House John Boehner, have called for travel bans to affected areas. According to the CDC, the virus is spread primarily through direct contact with bodily fluids, like blood. It cannot be spread through the air, water or food,
but can be contracted by touching objects contaminated by bodily fluids, like needles. Still, it is always better to be safe than sorry. Plans have been put in place on both a state and university level to ensure the proper response to a case on Marquette’s campus. In the highly unlikely situation that Ebola were to come to Marquette, the person would be isolated and transported
MARQUEE
VIEWPOINTS
After national incidents and arrests, the social media app Yik Yak remains on Marquette’s radar in case it causes problems on campus. The app is gaining increasing popularity on Marquette’s campus, and is similar to Twitter, but is anonymous and hyper-location based, meaning the posts seen on Yik Yak are all from people within a five-mile radius. Acting as an outlet for students to post their feelings about campus-related matters, Yik Yak also created some problems. Pennsylvania State University had the most recent national scandal surrounding Yik Yak. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, in a post to the school’s Yik Yak page, a student threatened to bring an assault rifle to campus and “kill everyone.” Police found and arrested the student, who claimed that the stunt was just a “prank.” Similar incidents occurred at other campuses, but the app remains a gray area for users. There are those who enjoy the application, but others frown upon it. At Marquette, it received mixed reviews. “I’m not opposed to Yik Yak, but I’m not a fan of when it singles people out,” Pat Dimond, a junior in the College of Communication, said. “I think it’s horrible when people are called out by name. So in that regard I don’t like when it’s used to defame people.” “People are able to say what they want with no repercussions,” Juliena Herritz, a sophomore in the College of Education, said. “You can hear all the campus gossip, and sometimes the posts are pretty funny or relatable. It could be dangerous and there is potential for bullying. I know sometimes it targets fraternities, or other groups on campus.” The university monitors all See Yik Yak, Page 4
See Ebola, Page 4
SPORTS
Fransen: Evolution of HBO
Proposed online service can offer subscribers significant benefits.
MU ready for Providence
Golden Eagles searching for first road victory of conference play.
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Rhey to perform at Pabst
Michael Milosh’s band will play in Milwaukee for the first time Friday. PAGE 6
Gozun: Causes of poverty
People of various racial backgrounds face the same economic struggles. PAGE 9
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