John Carroll University Carroll Collected The aC rroll News Student 12-2-1993 The aC rroll News - Vol. 85, No. 11 John Carroll University Follow this and additional works at: http://collected.jcu.edu/carrollnews Recommended Citation John Carroll University, "The aC rroll News - Vol. 85, No. 11" (1993). The Carroll News. 1071. http://collected.jcu.edu/carrollnews/1071 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student at Carroll Collected. It has been accepted for inclusion in The aC rroll News by an authorized administrator of Carroll Collected. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Medical ethics in the 90's Trying to balance the costs NEWS ...... .. ................... 5 All about alternative The CN explores the new age of rock. ENTERTAINMENT...... .... 11 Hit the ground running \t.arJ. ko~kn~.: Women·s basketba ll team Bad to the bane: Profs take to the highways starts season strong john Carroll University, University Heights, Ohio 44118 FEATURES ... .. ................. 6 SPORTS .......................... 10 Food Specific Attack Rates Report cites possible E2.ru! ill NQt Ill I2W Sausage Sand. 11 4 15 Ling. - Clam sauce 8 3 11 causes of illness Garden Burger 0 1 1 perek Diaz illness, a Norwalk virus and£. coli diagnostic of a single source Carrotts 0 5 5 News Editor bacteria. Board of Health investi­ transmittal. Similar graphs are Beef Sandwich 28 12 40 A food borne Norwalk virus gators dismissed the possibility of commonly depicted in outbreaks Chicken Dump. 18 3 21 probably triggered the sudden ill­ an E. coli infection on campus of a food borne nature." ness that struck John Carroll because of "negative bacterial Information obtained from Stuffed Pepper 1 3 4 University November 4 and 5, results," the report said. computer data bases targeted three Steak Fries 36 16 52 claims a report released last The report stated, "Examina­ foods with a high probability of Stir Fry 7 3 10 Tuesday by the Cuyahoga County tion of the frequency ofsymptoms causing the illness. Pappy Parker District Board of Health. exhibited by the ill individuals fried chicken, Philly steak sand­ Chicken Nuggets 34 22 56 Meanwhile, University ad­ show that nausea, vomiting, diar­ wich and whipped potatoes with Beef Ndle. Soup 2 4 6 ministrators and Marriott officials rhea and abdominal cramps were gravy all showed a strong asso­ Vegetable Sub 7 2 9 made moves this week to aid stu­ experienced by 96 percent, 92 ciation with the illness, the report dents with some of the medical percent. 84 percent and 76 percent noted. In spite of the strong asso­ Chili 1 1 2 costs associated with the illness. ofthecases respectively. The mean ciation, however, test results were Vegetable Trio 2 6 8 According to the report, test duration of the illness was calcu­ inconclusive because Marriott Fried Chicken 41 14 55 results from laboratory specimens lated to be 26.2 hours. Finally, the workers had mistakenly discarded and stool samples suggest two graphs representing the onset and samples of the fried chicken and Beef Rice 7 4 11 possible pathogens for the Carroll duration of illness were highly whipped potatoes. Thus only one Potato Gravy 37 15 52 sample of a suspected food was Cheese Torte 10 8 18 sent to Columbus for testing by the Ohio ~oard of HeaJth's Epi­ Macaroni & Cheese 11 15 26 demiology Division Philly Steak 38 ~~!~~~~.. il~~~-·~---~,.~~~mv~g~ uncovered several factors which nnr 0 Michael James _ _ _ _ by Birt on July 7, 1993. may have contributed to the out­ Spa g. w I Marinara 26 13 39 Special Projects Editor Hughey said that Birt's bond break of the illness, the report said. Source: Cuyahoga County District Board of Health Rodrick Birt, 21, of East has been set at one million dollars; First. investigators found that Cleveland was charged last week $500,000 for the aggravated mur­ several food service workers had w1th the aggravated murder ofJohn der charge and $500,000 for the been ill with similar symptoms JCU Sailing tealll Carroll University freshman felonious assault charge. prior to November 4. Sharika Pitts, 18. If Birt is convicted of aggra­ "Two out of the five known ill According to East Cleveland vated murder he will face either employees stated that they had colllpetes nationally Police Sergeant James Hughey, life._jmprisonment or the death handled one or more of the sus­ Derek Diaz Birt appeared before Municipal sentence, according to Hughey. pect foods on Tuesday or News Editor Annual Timme Angston Memo­ Court Judge Keenon where he was He could also face 3-15 years for Wednesday [November 2 and 3] "It's not just a sport, it's a strat­ rial Regatta in Chicago, Illinois. charged with aggravated murder the felonious assault charge. in some way. Since Norwalk virus egy," senior Bonnie Heaton ex­ The regatta, a national-level tour­ and felonious assault. Hughey said that Birt turned iscommunicableforupto48hours plained. "Sai I ing's about going out nament, hosted sailing clubs from Birt was charged with aggra­ himself in to the East Cleveland after symptoms subside, the out­ into the elements and making na­ colleges around Am..:rica includ­ vated murder for allegedly stab­ Police Department and had no break may have been transmitted ture do what you want it to." ing such schools as Harvard, bing Pitts seven times in the back, prior convictions before he was per an ill or recently ill employee," Heaton and her sailing team­ Stanford, New York Maritime and neck and upper torso on Nov. II. charged with aggravated murder the report said. mates controlled nature adeptly Western Michigan. The regatta The felonious assault charge and felonious assault. Also the report cited the possi­ last weekend as the four person lasted for two and a half days, was a result of an altercation in Birl will now be tried in a case bility that an ill student may have crew from John Carroll's Sailing sending each team through a large which Pitts and an unidentified that will go before a grand jury in transmitted the illness. Dispensary Club finished 13th at the 47th See SAILING, page 5 relative were allegedly stabbed Cleveland's Common Pleas Court. See REPORT, page 5 John Carroll students reach out to needy during holiday Joseph M. Guay 20. The food delivery was the "We couldn't Assistant News Editor- final step in project F.O.C.U.S., have done it with­ Fifty needy Cleveland families [Families of Cleveland United by out the dedicated received over $200 worth of food Students), a semester-long service support of stu­ and grocery items in time for project sponsored and organized dents," said SU Thanksgiving, thanks to efforts by the Student Union. President Phil made by the John Carroll Student "We had so much food, we Kangas. "The vol­ Union. couldn't even fit people in all the unteers made the "It was so great seeing the end cars," said Maureen McGuinness. drive a success." result to all our work," said fresh­ SU vice president. "The whole According to man Mollie Young. "It was all experience was really touching for Kangas, every worth it when you saw the happy me and a lot of other students." family received a families and grateful faces when The Union began planning the 12-pound turkey, 3 they opened the door." project in July, and launched the boxes of cereal, I Student volunteers loaded ap­ school-wide effort to raise food gallon of milk, proximately twenty cars with the and money in October. Over 100 bread, rice, onions, donated food, which was deliv­ members of the Carroll commu­ See_!~~S, Carroll students wade in a sea of food for the needy. Counay Sludenl Union ered to families on Saturday, Nov. nity contributed to the project. 2 The Carroll News, December 2, 1993 [ilditorial Edilor~ Meghan Gourley WE WILL N6\tJ 4(0\l:> Managing Editor Jonathon Hofley Busnlss Manager Jen ru fer Mllsos VoTt o~ w~r·~ Advisor Marianne Salcetti, Ph.D. ~Advisor Alan Stephenson, Ph.D. NOT To voT~ Accounts Manager Michael Covey Sports Colleen Creamer Ad Designer Joanne Mosser Todd Conrad 0~ VoTI~. Ad Representatives Kelly 8anl<s jude Killy Tony Hill Profiles Nathabe Lacouture jerry Rudowski Photography Dan S.rch Don Palmieri Michael James News Derek Oia:t Glen Morse }oeGuay Graphics Mark Rakocy Editorial Nora Madan Copy M•chelle Macaluso Forum Elizabeth McDonald ScottEmpric Mary Anne Soltis }aclci Uautaud World View ]clf Walker jason Row Kevm Bachman Chen Widowsi<J En1ertainment Mlcsha Wilson Special Projoc1s Michael James Features Melissa Till< Crime lnvestigatol" John R. Thome l \1 The Omo/1 Nr.os IS flblished weekly during each semester by the students of John Carroll Uruve-rsity mions expresse-d in the editorials and cartoons are those ofT~ O.rro/1 NtwS editoria board and do not necess<lrily reflect the opinions of the JCU adm~nistration, faculty,orstudents Signed material androm•csaresolely the v•ewof the author Home subscriptions of the CN for one semester can be obtained for $10. Please contact the CN office. Office phone numbers are 216-397-4479, 216-397-1711, and 216-397-4398. The Carroll News lS produced on Apple M;1dntosh® computers using Aldus Pagem~"', Aldus Freehand"', Pr~l Design Image Studio"', Hewlett Packard ~n"', Microsoft® Word and Quari<Xpres:l®. The CarroU News is printed on 70% recyded paper. "Union" means togetherness, remember? [lommentary It seems as though the Student Union has recently been struggling to determine its role within the John Carroll cosmos. Debate at this week's meeting, for example, considered the Our page, your views Union's ability to "require" students to sign roommate contracts.