Blood Sample Helps Uncover Cause of Local Deer Deaths Scientists Suspect Mosquitoes Or Ticks Transmit Viral Disease

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Volume 81, No.44 One Section, 8 Pages Blood Sample Helps Uncover Cause of Local Deer Deaths Scientists Suspect Mosquitoes or Ticks Transmit Viral Disease

By Yasmine A bbaso v foothills of the Santa Ynez unable to struggle or run — a Reporter Mountains. When the deaths lucky find for biologists. began two months ago, a Animals tend to hide any hint number of potential causes of injury or illness because Deer, know your enemy: besides a virus were put for predators read any sign of Epizootic Hemorrhagic ward, including humans poi weakness as an invitation to Disease. soning the deer. Scientists dinner. The deer’s condition The virus has already have now narrowed their sus made the sample especially killed more than half of the pect list to mosquitoes or useful because it meant the 300 blacktailed deer in ticks wielding Epizootic blood was more likely to con UCSB’s Sedgwick Reserve. Hemorrhagic Disease. tain the lethal virus. The deer at the 6,000-acre “Two weeks ago, we took Diane McClure, the cam natural research pus veterinarian, center developed he de§r had a temperature of 106 said the deer’s high fevers, brain blood sample hemorrhaging, ¡lIMlt had lost all abilities of hearing was tested .for blindness, deaf and sight. “virus isolation.” ness and erratic - Michael Willi, The blood was behavior before Sedgwick Resei sent to UC dying. The virus, ______Davis, and however, only schools as far seems to infect away as Iowa deer, which is good news for our first good blood sample; and Michigan, for testing. the reserve’s California con the deer had a temperature of Blood cultures determined dors and human caretakers. 106 degrees, which is some of that the virus killing the deer The two-month-old out the highest recorded for is likely Epizootic JASON SC H O C K / DAILY NEXUS break initially appeared to ungulates,” Sedgwick Reserve Hemorrhagic Disease. Physics on his Fingers affect only deer at Sedgwick Director Michael Williams “If it’s that disease, which Physics Nobel Laureate Professor Herbert Kroemer speaks to an audience Reserve, though deer car said. “It had lost all abilities of they’re almost certain now, it in Corwin Pavilion about the applications of his achievements during a joint casses have been recovered hearing and sight.” only affects deer,” Williams lecture Tuesday night with Chemistry Nobel Laureate Professor Alan Heeger. from the Woodstock and The deer was discovered Rancho Siswoq Areas in the just before it died, feeble and See DEER, p.6 Online Company Closes as New State Law Bans Unauthorized Use of Notes B y C hristine Bai student note-takers for as much as Companies that sell lecture Reporter $30 per lecture, then posted free notes without consent of university notes on its web page for students, administration and faculty are now while pulling in advertising money subject to civil penalty. EDITOR'S NOTE — This is the sec to stay afloat. Campus note-taking services, ond in a two-part series examining The site did not require students such as Associated Students Notes, the recent closure o f two online services to receive permission from the pro are still legal because they use pro targeting the student market. Today’s fessor whose notes were being sold, fessional graduate students as note- article looks at the legislation that and used amateur note-takers. takers. forced Versity.com, an Faculty also had no way to “We have a service contract online note-taking ser check the accuracy of the ahead of time with the professor, vice, to stop offering notes posted on the which gives us permission to send Internet lecture notes. Web. out students to take notes for us,” In early fall, State A.S. Notes Manager Chuck Wilson The California Assembly member said. “ Versity.com does not hire qual legislature has decided Gloria Romero ified grad students. They take pro that lectures are the authored a bill prohi fessors’ notes without permission property of the professors biting the unauthorized and void the professor’s patent. It is who give them, putting an end to recording and publication good that this bill was passed.” the attempts of some online compa of professors’ lecture notes at any John Chapman, an associate nies to offer students class notes. UC, Cal State University, commu professor of the dramatic art divi Versity.com, which supplied lec nity college and private university in sion of dance, said students lose out ture notes for over 150 universities the state. Previously, the UC Code on their education once they resort across the country, ended its service of Conduct banned such activities, to going online for lecture notes in the midst of accusations that it yet no inclusive law for all state instead of actually attending lecture. Seeing the Light did not protect professors’ intellec institutions of higher education Sophomore guard B.J. Ward makes a jump shot during the tual property. The company hired existed. men’s basketball season opener against the USF Dons. See VERSITY, p.3 ______See Sports p.8 2 Wednesday, November 22,2000 Daiiy Nexus

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o t t c m Stories from the files of Isla Vista Foot Patrol Get mere music Up in Smoke tion, the officers recovered a clear Goodness Gracious, Great Ball of At approximately 1:15 a.m. on plastic baggie of marijuana from the Fire I Saturday, Nov. 18, Isla Vista Foot suspect’s left-side jacket pocket. At approximately 1:50 a.m. on Patrol officers patrolling Camino The suspect was issued a citation Saturday, Nov. 18, IVFP officers for less money! Pescadero observed a large cloud of for fueling a fire and possession of patrolling the 6500 block of Pardall smoke coming from the vicinity of less than one ounce of marijuana. Road observed a ball 8 inches in the 900 block of Camino Pescadero. He was cited and released; the mar diameter, made of a metal frame morninglory According to IVFP reports, the ijuana was taken as evidence. covered in cloth, on fire in the mid officers saw what appeared to be dle of the road. — music- two parts of a futon frame burning Close Only Counts in Horseshoes Reports state the officers saw a More music for in the middle of the street. While and Hand Grenades 21-year-old male walk up to the less money. watching the fire, the officers At approximately 12:05 a.m. on ball, grab it, spin it in a circle sever observed an unidentified male Friday, Nov. 17, IVFP officers al times and throw it, flinging flam Isla Vista Santa Barbara Lompoc approach and kick the frame, caus patrolling the intersection of ing cloth and debris into the street. 910 Emb. del Norte 1014 State St. 697 North H St ing half of it to fall away from the C amino del Sur and Sabado Tarde When confronted, the suspect 968-4665 966-0266 736-7676 fire and continue smoking. Road observed a 19-year-old male said, “I was just moving it out of the The officers then observed a 24- staggering westbound on Sabado street.” The ball was still in the year-old male walk up, lift up part Tarde. middle of the street and was no IHX^ 3E SILVER GREENS S 1ÎU X % of the frame and throw it back onto According to IVFP reports, as closer to being out of the road. the fire. The officers contacted the the suspect was walking, he picked The fire department responded suspect and placed him under arrest up a plastic cup in the roadway and and put out the fire. When the offi for fueling a fire. threw it at the vehicle driving on cers asked the suspect why, if he While returning to the IVFP Camino del Sur, just missing it. wanted to help, he did not call the station, the suspect apologized for When the officers contacted the fire department, the suspect said, fueling the fire and told the officers, suspect, they noticed he had red “I’m not obligated to.” “This was a stupid thing to do,” and watery eyes, an unsteady gait and a The suspect had red watery eyes, “I was trying to impress a girl.” strong odor of alcoholic beverage and was confused when given sim When the officers told the suspect emitting from his person. ple instructions. m they were going to be completely The suspect was arrested for honest with him, he said, “Since you The suspect was arrested for public intoxication, transported to are being honest with me, I want to public intoxication and transported the Santa Barbara County Jail and . be honest with you; I have some to the Santa Barbara County Jail, housed pending sobriety. marijuana in my jacket pocket.” where he was housed pending — Compiled from the Isla