University of Missouri, St. Louis IRL @ UMSL Current (1990s) Student Newspapers 2-15-1993 Current, February 15, 1993 University of Missouri-St. Louis Follow this and additional works at: http://irl.umsl.edu/current1990s Recommended Citation University of Missouri-St. Louis, "Current, February 15, 1993" (1993). Current (1990s). 104. http://irl.umsl.edu/current1990s/104 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Newspapers at IRL @ UMSL. It has been accepted for inclusion in Current (1990s) by an authorized administrator of IRL @ UMSL. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Issue 754 UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS February 15, 1993 Hepatitis Reported In Campus cafeteria Happy Valentine's Day The contagious period begins two weeks before virus was contracted outside the work place. by Clint ZWeifel symptoms start and lasts one week after the appear­ Acwrding to Fisher, the situation was reported Current news reporter ance of jaundice. Ifjaundice is not present the person by UM- SL Louis to the health department on Jan. 6. should be considered contagious for two weeks aflt7 the health department investigated the situation im­ HepatitisAhasleftit'smarkontheUM-StLouis symptoms begin to show. mediately. After an investigative nurse who works campus. An ARA food service employee in the There are no vaccines for for the health department spoke Underground cafeteria has controcted the virus. the virus, but Pbyllis Lee, coor- with ARA and the infected in­ The unidentified employee was a busboy and did dinator of the Swdent Health liThe employee did dividual, she was able to con­ not handle any food. according to Joe Lutgen, food Center at UM- St Louis, said "It clude that the cafeteria was safe. service manager. can be prevented by good hand not handle food, so The health department will According to the Stlouis County Departnlentof washing technique after using · we believe that this continue to monitor the situa­ Health Hepatitis A Fact Sheet. the Hepatitis A virus toilet facilities or changing ilia- person did not tion and if changes occur ARA enters the body through the mouth and is passed pers." will be notified and the appr0- through the feces. It can spread by consuming food or If exposed to the virus, Dr. present a health risk priate moves will be made drink handled by an infected individual. It can also be Linda Fisher ,chief medical offi­ to those who eat at Fisher said it is important to trnnsmitted through imJXUlX7ly treated sewage. Cases . cer of the St. Louis County recognize 'The employee did have also been reported in drug abusers, possibly Health Department, said that a the cafeteria." not handle food, so we [StLouis resulting from close personal contact or contami- shot of immune globulin can be -Joe Lutgen County Health Department] nated drugs. given within two weeks of ex- Food Service Manager believe that this person did not Symptoms that may appear include fatigue, poor posure, but not after the two present a health risk to those appetite and vomiting. Jaundice, which is a yellow- weeks because the drug's effec- who eat at the cafeteria [and] ing of the skin or whites of the eyes, may develop. It tivenessis void. Lutgen said, 'The infected employee that it would not be necessary for those to receive is possible that urine becomes darker in color. The has notworlced sinceJan. 29,andcannotreturnunless shots." symptoms usually appear two to seven weeks after authorized by a physician or the St Louis County But Lutgen said all of the ARA employees exposure, although not everyone will exhibit all of Health Department" Lutgen said the sanitary safe­ recieved immune globulin shots on Feb. 11, in thesymptoms. A blood testis necessary todetennine guards have always been in place and the employee if the virus is present did not contract the virus through the CafeterilL The See VIRUS, page 4 Patterson Resigns osition As Student Curator by Krista Goodin at UM-Columbia. ginning with UM-Columbia. Rolla fol­ , - associate news editor Patlt7son was nominated with two lows, then UM-Kansas City, and UM­ / ' othe7' students from UM-Columbia to St Louis. Last year, Paul Matteucci, of Student Curator Stephanie represent the student b<xly on the Board UM-S t Louis, finished his term on the Patterson has resigned from her posi­ of Curators. The nomi.'1ations were board. Photo : Jeff Parker tion on the UM Board of Curators. submitted to former Gov. John The position involves a two-year A wooden idol behind the window of the Buzzard's Nest antique At the last meeting of the Board of Ashcroft, who appoinli'.d Pat:ersoo. term. The student must attend all meet­ store on Cherokee offers a gift to window-shopper Mary Curators, held Jan. 28-29 on the UM­ "She was an effective '.'Dice for the ings and participate in all deliberations. Westermann. St Louis campus, Patterson turned in entire student body, not just Colum­ However, he or she does not have the her letter of resignation. bia," Lichtenegger said. "It's a job she power to vote with the board. The . BoardPresidentJohn Lichtenegger loved and I know this is a tough deci­ student must be enrolled full-time and Senate Passes New General explainedPatterson'sreasoos. '<JIerfirst sion for her." only receives expenses for the office. It obligation was to her duties as Miss Manring agreed. "She engaged is not a paid position. Education Requirements Missomi," he said. herself in the issues," he said. "She had 'The student perspective is really Stephanie Patterson . Maurice Manring, manager of a lot of responsibility." important," Gillespie said. also explained the student is an advo­ by Thomas J. Kovac h elude: media relations at UM-Columbia, said Mary Gillespie, recently appointed Lichtenegger outlined the respon­ cate for student involvement In addi­ Current news reporter • Nine hours in writing/critical in her letter Patterson indicated that she to the Board of Curators, feels a loss in sibilities of the student representative. tion, the student serves as a member of analysis and a class in oral argumenta­ had already or was planning to drop out Patterson's resignation. "I was really "The most important responsibil­ the academic affairs committee. They The University Senate has passed a tion/speech. the of school. Sheis afirst-year law student looking forward to working with her," ity is to serve as a liason between make decisions that affect th~ students. new slate of genexal education require­ • One course in mathe:uaticslsym­ she said. board and the student body," he ex­ These include major policy decisions ments th at could be implemented as bolic/logical rea<>oning. Sr .rents would The student representative is cho­ plained. "'The student represents the early as 1994. need to take college algebra as a re­ sen on a campus rotation system, be- interests and concerns to the board. He See CURATOR, page 4 The requirements, approved last quirement Inside week, will be sent to Chancellor • Three classes in a foreign lan­ Students Soon Able To Register By Telephone Blanche M. Touhill. She will then guage and/or culture. forward them to the Universi ty of Mis­ • One class in computer and infor­ by Krista Goodin campus number for course infonnation. They have been Features souri Board of Curators, who may vote mation technology. associate news editor able to find out the time, roo~ number and building for any on the issue at the May meeting. • Two of three courses must come class offered that semester. This past December, a new Senate officials say the new re­ from natural sciences. One of those Check out page 5 for Editor's note : Last week, half of this story was printed, system started that also notified students whether a class was quirements will start before 1997, when must be a "significant" laboratory ex­ stories about two photo the second half was inadvertently omittedfrom page 4. The open or elosed. new admission standards take effect perience. entire story appears this week. And now, with modern technological advances, stu­ exhibits on campus. But officials say they don't know yet • A senior seminar course in the Telephone registration is coming to the UM-St Louis dents will even be able to register by phone. how tr.~ requirements will be funded. student's major. campus. "We're in the planning stage ... and have been for the Touhill and Vice Chancellor for Senate Chairman Joe Martinich Brigham Young University was the first school to past six months," said Glenn Allen, director of records, Academic Affairs Roosevelt Wright said that students should check with implement telephone registration in 1985. Georgia State registration and student information systems for UM-St will sit down with deans of each depart­ their advisors or the departtnent in University, in Atlanta, started using the system in 1986. By Louis. ment to work: out funding plans. which they are enrolled to see if these 1990, 10 or 12 schools across the nation had moved into He explained that the system used for COID"Se informa­ .. [The implementation] might be in requirements, if passed by the Cura- telephone registration systems. Since 1990, more than 200 tion was originally purchased for telephone registration. stages," Touhill said. additional institutions have moved in that direction. As proposed, the requirements in- For almost a year now, students have been able to call a See PHONE, page 4 See SENATE, page 4 Doris Wesley and Schriro Appointed To Head Cedric Anderson Missouri Corrections System University Center Expansion Planned by Amy M. Allman Sports .. by Michelle McMurray Current news reporter editor Two former a M-St. In the coming months, a com­ Louts.soccerpla.yers are A formcr UM-St Louis criminol­ mittee will be meeting periodically now St Louis Ambush ogy teaCher was appointed to the posi­ to discuss preliminary plans for the tion ofDirector of Department Correc­ expansion of the UM-StLouis Uni­ players, see page 7.