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September 30, 2003

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W. Tennis Struggles at Maryland Invitational

By wpengine | September 30, 2003

Despite not winning any titles in this past weekend’s Maryland Invitational, the women’s tennis team emerged from the weekend claiming a modest success, as seven of the Red’s eight singles entrants advanced to the final day of competition in the annual event.

Leading the way for Cornell was junior Akane Kokubo, who beat Syracuse’s Ashley Lipton, 5-7, 7-5, 6-3 on Sunday. Nisha Suda and Kara Malloy, who won their “C” flight singles match, joined Kokubo as the only Cornellians to win their Sunday matches.

On the doubles side, the pair of Malloy and Kasia Preneta fell to the Richmond duo of Klein and Carter, 8-5.

Senior Laura Leigh-Tallent and junior Melissa Tu both lost in their singles consolation bracket matches, in flights “A” and “B,” respectively, Sunday. In addition, Preneta lost, 7-6(1), 6-4 in “B” flight singles to Emily Applegate of Richmond.

Freshman Melanie Tu lost to Ashley constantine of West Virginia, 6-0, 4-6, 6-1, on Sunday in flight “C” singles.

Sunday’s results belied what was otherwise a strong performance by the Red in a tournament that was much more of a challenge last year.

All together, Cornell’s entrants went 20-21 over the tournament, a vast improvement over last year’s 12 total wins.

The tournament served as the Red’s final tuneup before the ECAC tournament, which will take place Oct. 11-13. This tournament is the highlight of the fall season and will be a test of where the Red stands heading into the spring.

Archived article by Owen Bochner

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Cigs at the Campus Store? No More.

By wpengine October 1, 2003

Students seeking to CornellCard cigarettes at the expense of those paying their bursar bill have found themselves out of luck this year. Unlike last year, cigarettes are no longer sold in any of the stores that fall under the jurisdiction of the university. According to Ken Eustice, manager of the Cornell Store, the university decided to stop selling cigarettes for the “overall health and safety” of Cornell students. An added benefit to the discontinuation of cigarette sales was the hope that such a move would “reduce mess on campus,” according to Eustice. Eustice was supportive of the university’s decision, stating “Kids would buy two or three packs at a time with their CornellCard. I would kill my daughter if she did that.” Susan Murphy, vice President for student and academic services, agreed with Eustice. “Personal opinion — I’d say good,” Murphy said. Cornell students had varying reactions to the university’s decision. “It’s easy to find other places to buy them,” said one anonymous smoker. Another student, non-smoker Elizabeth Davies ’07, was critical of the university’s decision to stop selling cigarettes. “It doesn’t allow people to practice a legal activity. They are a widely used item, and obviously there’s a need for them that the university isn’t meeting.” While students may not be able to buy their cigarettes at campus stores, the product is widely available in Collegetown convenience stores and at Louie’s Lunch. International Tobacco & News, located on Dryden Rd. in Collegetown, carries a wide variety of cigarettes, but has not noticed any change in sales. “We’re mainly getting the same people coming in,” a salesperson told The Sun. Similarly, a vendor at Louie’s Lunch noted that sales were “no more then normal.” As for Eustice at the Campus Store, he said, “It’s not going to stop the problem, but it helps.” Archived article by Sarah Van Duyn
Read The E-mail: Meningitis Warning

By wpengine October 1, 2003

If you have not yet received an e-mail with the subject line “State-Mandated Student Health Requirement,” you will by early next week, and when you do, don’t hit delete. Unlike other unwanted e-mail that clogs your inbox daily, choosing not to respond to this state-mandated health requirement by Oct. 31 will lead to a hold on your spring registration and financial penalties. The e-mail, from Gannett: Cornell University Health Services, describes a new New York State law that requires every college student over the age of 18 to fill out a form stating that he or she has read (or has had read to them) information on meningococcal disease and has received the vaccine against the disease, plans to receive the vaccine or does not wish to receive the vaccine. To date, 3,500 students have handed in completed forms to Gannett, according to Sharon Dittman, associate director for community relations at Gannett. “It’s an important law because college age individuals are statistically at greatest risk for meningococcal meningitis, so it provides information about the vaccination and its potential benefits, and leaves it to the individual himself to make an informed decision,” said Kristine Smith, spokesperson for the New York State Department of Health (DOH). Meningococcal meningitis — not to be confused with viral meningitis — is a rare severe bacterial infection of the bloodstream that affects between 100 and 125 individuals on college campuses each year. Between five and 15 college students die each year as a result of infection. “We think it’s really important for people to have knowledge of the disease and to know what they can do to reduce their risk,” Dittman said. Meningococcal disease is spread through direct contact with infected persons, such as kissing, sneezing or coughing on someone, or oral contact with shared items such as eating and drinking utensils. Dittman explained that 10 percent of individuals carry the meningococcal bacteria harmlessly in their mucus membranes at any given time. “That’s how people develop such effective immunity against the bacteria,” she said. “But medical science doesn’t yet know why every year that small percent of the population goes on to develop the disease.” While there is no conclusive evidence as to why people living together as in a college setting are at greater risk, there is a theory. “When you bring together a group of people from diverse geographical areas, they have perhaps each been exposed to subtle variations of the bacteria that they have developed defenses against. But when you are living in a residence hall with people from Texas, Montreal, China … they may also have these defenses, but they may have a slightly different strain floating through their immune system,” Dittman explained. Living in close quarters and sharing bathrooms and showers may put students at higher risk, but having a compromised immune system increases vulnerability. “Students’ immune systems are under assault,” Dittman said. “For a freshman who is away from home for the first time, there are a lot of stresses. They are probably not exercising as much as they used to, not eating right, and not getting enough sleep. Most people who get this disease are people who are already fighting some other illness.” One hundred and twenty-five cases of meningococcal disease on college campuses each year is actually a very small number, considering the number of colleges and college students in the U.S, according to Dittman. “People think that because it’s spread like a cold or flu, it must be more common than it is,” she added. Dittman is concerned though that students will get the wrong message from the e-mail and will think that meningococcal disease is a greater threat to their health than other diseases or behaviors. “When you get this information from the state that says, ‘this is the most important thing we are going to communicate to you,’ we’re concerned about what message that sends college students. While we agree it’s a health condition people ought to know about, we are also very concerned about mental health and students’ sexual health, their eating habits, and students’ relationships with alcohol, tobacco or other substances.” Of the reason New York State’s DOH is emphasizing meningococcal disease to college students as opposed to other infectious diseases, Smith, DOH spokesperson said, “In terms of other recommended immunizations, you hear about most of them before you enter kindergarten. This is new so it’s important that the people who are most affected by the law are informed of it.” The legislation emphasizes vaccination against the disease. The vaccine is 85 percent effective against four subtypes of the disease. It is available at Gannett for $80. Students can additionally reduce their risk by protecting themselves from other people’s saliva and mucus and maintaining overall health. Over the last five years, there have three cases of meningococcal disease at Cornell, none of which were fatal. The most recent case occurred in 2002 in a twenty-one year old female student. Archived article by Stacey Delikat