Funnelle Struck by Theft Meningitis Reported 8 Residents Report Stolen Possessions During Early Morning of Feb
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presents 3 Gone fishing BRIAN BROOKS MOVING COMPANY A Applications Due: March 8th BIG CITY Students form club wed, feb 27 • 7:30 PM for angling enthusiasts waterman theatre, tyler hall more at oswego.edu/arts Friday, Feb. 22, 2013 • THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF OSWEGO STATE UNIVERSITY • www.oswegonian.com VOLUME LXXVIII ISSUE III On the Web Case of bacterial Funnelle struck by theft meningitis reported 8 residents report stolen possessions during early morning of Feb. 12 at Oswego State Seamus Lyman Asst. News Editor [email protected] An Oswego State student has con- tracted bacterial meningitis and, as of Wednesday, is recovering at SUNY Up- state Medical University in Syracuse. On Monday, it was announced that the Oswego County Health Department had Seamus Lyman| The Oswegonian begun investigating a suspected case of The ‘Badham Brigade’ wants students to dig the rare type of meningitis. deep for enthusiasm as Lakers head into playoffs. The student is an 18-year-old female and is “responding well to treatment,” according to Diane Oldenburg, senior public health educator at OCHD. UPDATES ALL Elizabeth Burns, director of student WEEK AT: health services at Mary Walker Health oswegonian.com Center said through email that no other students have been diagnosed at this time. According to a press release on Tues- FRIEND OR LIKE US AT day from the OCHD, “bacterial men- facebook.com/oswegonian ingitis is a relatively rare but serious acute illness in which bacteria infect the covering of the brain and the spi- FOLLOW OUR TWEETS nal cord. A vaccine protects against the most common strains of meningococ- twitter.com/TheOswegonian cal bacteria, and the student had been vaccinated. The New York State Public Health Law (Section 2167) requires col- Laker Review lege students to obtain the vaccine or sign a waiver.” According to a press release from ‘DIE HARD’ CONTINUES OCHD, several close acquaintances were treated with preventative medication at Luke Parsnow | The Oswegonian Mary Walker Health Center. Funnelle Hall experienced at least eight thefts in the early morning hours of Tuesday, Feb. 12 as residents reported stolen cell phones, cash and various electronics. “Approximately 20 students and medical staff [including ambulance staff] Luke Parsnow to have occurred between the hours of 3 iPhone 4s, Samsung Galaxy S3s and a single were treated,” Oldenburg said. Staff Writer a.m. and 6 a.m. Samsung Galaxy Note 2. Some people re- Neither Mary Walker Health Center [email protected] “I ended up falling asleep at about two, ported phones and multiple electronics, in- nor OCHD were allowed to share infor- and woke up again at 6:45 a.m,” senior cluding cash, taken from them. One student mation regarding the on-campus resi- Funnelle Hall residents have been on Christina Grehlinger said. “I noticed that had a wireless computer keyboard, wireless dency of the student, both citing health high alert lately due to a streak of night- my phone was off the charger and thought mouse, and $30 from his wallet stolen. privacy laws. C2 time burglaries, in which people’s elec- maybe it had just fallen, but I was too tired “My phone was at my feet, along with According to the Centers for Disease Photo provided by wegotthiscovered.com tronics were taken from their bedsides to get up and look for it. I woke up at 10 my friend’s phone, which was also stolen,” Control, bacterial meningitis is usually while they slept. a.m. to start looking for it again and was freshman Melinda Fatiga said. “They left severe. KidsHealth.org defines menin- According to the University Police ripping my room apart. I asked to borrow my wallet that was sitting next to my phone gitis as the inflammation of the menin- Sports blotter, eight residents of Funnelle Hall someone’s phone to call it, and it went and left my computer, although he or she ges (the membranes that cover the brain reported stolen possessions, mainly cell straight to voicemail. That’s when I got the moved it.” and spinal cord). The CDC said that most LAKERS GET PLAYOFF WIN phones, in the early morning hours of feeling that it was stolen.” Tuesday, Feb. 12. All of the incidents appear The cellphones taken were iPhone 5s, See FUNNELLE, Page A6 See MENINGITIS, Page A6 Women’s rights activist Lily Ledbetter to come to Oswego Advocate earned national fame in fight for equal pay against Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. Ryan Deffenbaugh B1 Copy Editor Gadsden, Ala., for paying her lower wages into law during the his presidency. The Nick Graziano | The Oswegonian [email protected] than her male co-workers in similar po- law allows victims of unequal pay to chal- sitions. Ledbetter was initially awarded lenge the discrimination within 180 days about $3.3 million, which was later re- of any paycheck, not only the first. Opinion Lilly Ledbetter, a women’s rights ac- duced to about $300,000. Goodyear later Obama announced during his 2013 State tivist famous for standing up to her for- appealed the decision to the Supreme of the Union address that he wants to take BACON OVERRATED mer employer for her right to equal pay, Court, who ruled in a 5-4 decision that the act further by passing the Paycheck Fair- will be speaking on campus next Thurs- Ledbetter was not entitled to compensa- ness Act, an act that would require employ- day, Feb. 28, as headliner of the Ernst & tion because she filed her claim more than ers to prove that pay disparity is related to Young Lecture series. 180 days after receiving her first discrimi- job-performance and prohibit employers Ledbetter’s talk, “Equal Pay, Equal natory paycheck, even though the dis- from retaliating when an employee shares Work,” will be the second of five lectures criminatory nature of her pay had not been their salary information. Obama also said in this school year in Oswego State’s Ernst revealed to her at any point during her first his State of the Union address that closing & Young lecture series. The talk will take 20 years at the company. the pay gap between men and women is a place at 6 p.m in the Sheldon Hall ballroom. In January 2009, President Barack priority of his second term. Photo provided by Public Affairs In 1998, Ledbetter sued her former em- Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair B6 Lily Ledbetter will speak at Oswego on Feb. 28. ployer, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. in Pay Act into law, the first bill he signed See LEDBETTER, Page A5 Photo provided by buhbyebacon.wordpress.com more tness for info! 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Todd is attending the Aqua wego State’s ski club not a registered sex offender, nor is he Sav- Zumba class in Lee Hall rail jam, Saturday at age’s brother or in any way affiliated with today. 12 p.m. D&M Taxi. The company being referred to was intended to be Lake City Taxi, which is managed by Savage. We regret the error Off-Street Parking Show your Laker pride Listen to Lilly Ledbetter and apologize to both Todd and D&M Taxi.