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FRONT Antibiotic-resistant staph infections on the increase NEWS Student Health Center screens forpre-diabetic syndrome page 7 ART & LIFE Seattle's Minus the Bear returns to Western page 8 "Honky" author visits Western page 10 Western bicyclist wins national title page 11 Men's, women's basketball entertain fans at Viking Jam page 11 COLUMNIST: Dining halls are delish page14 WEATHER FRIDAY MONDAY 48° HIGH 39° 10W Source: National Weather Service Isabelle Dills THE WESTERN FRONT What started as a pimple turned into a nightmare for Western junior Keiosha Williams, who suffered from a staph infection this past summer. During the end of June, Williams noticed a small pimple on the top of her forehead. Then, she hit her head on her car door. A week after the car incident, the pimple increased so much in. size Williams said she decided to pop it. That night, she realized something was wrong. "My whole head swelled up," Williams said. "I looked like a totally different person." A different strain of staph than Williams caught, called methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), made recent news due to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) press release. According to the press release, MRS A caused more than 94,000 infections and approximately 19,000 deaths in the United States in 2005. After her head swelled, Williams said her dad decided to take her to the emergency room. The doctors could not identify what type of infection it was at first, but recommended Williams stay in the hospital overnight. A culture, taken from the infected area on Williams' head, allowed the doctors to identify the infection as staphylococcus aureus, Williams said. According to the CDC Web site, staphylococcus aureus, or staph, is a bacteria often found on the skin and in the nose. Occasionally, staphylococci can enter the body, causing an infection. Dr. Emily Gibson, director of Western's Student Health Center, said the Student Health Center has seen an increasing number of MRSA cases in the last three years. More than 50 percent of the Student Health Center's staph cultures are now MRSA and at least three to four new MRSA infections are diagnosed per week, Gibson said. Some of the earliest cases were from students returning from vacation in Mexico who were exposed to MRSA while foam dancing, Gibson said. MRSA then became more common in athletes, who experienced regular skin abrasions due to injury, she said. Last spring quarter, a Western student got a staph infection from an injury she received when playing soccer on Western's see STAPH page 16 • Western honors veterans photos by Mark Malijan THE WESTERN FRONT Above: Veterans (from left) jefferey L. Wier, Ken Eiriksson, AI Shaulis and Cordon Anthony listen to veteran Dr. Michael A. Colson speak during the Veterans Day ceremony Thursday in the Viking Union Multipurpose Room. Below: Veteran Ron Clapp holds the American flag during the Veterans Day ceremony Thursday afternoon. Allison Nilton THE WESTERN FRONT Four men in bifocals wearing blue uniforms and hats decorated with medals and-pins sat in the front row of the Viking Union Multipurpose Room in complete silence as they listened to the Western Brass Trio play American ballads at Western's Veterans Day celebration Thursday. The men were sitting as still as statues, but from close up a smile appeared on their faces'as they listened to the melody of "The Star-Spangled Banner." "We shall not forget what they have done," said Robert Marshall, coordinator of Western's Veteran's Outreach Center, which hosted the event. "These men deserve our gratitude." On stage behind the podium, the veterans stood at parade rest, with one hand behind their back and one grasping a flag or a weapon. The men of the Bellingham American Legion Post 7 presented the colors at the beginning of the ceremony. The men of the legion carried flags as they marched onto the stage in a single-file line. As they passed by audience members, the veterans in the crowd sharply put their right hand to their forehead, see VETERANS page 6 • Holocaust survivor shares memories Sarah Gordon THE WESTERN FRONT Holocaust survivor Noemi Ban said she remembers looking into her mother's eyes for the last time as she was separated from her and the rest of her family at the Auschwitz concentration camp in the mid-1940s. An SS Nazi officer carrying a horse whip sent her mother, grandmother and young siblings to the gas chambers, as Ban, from Budapest, Hungary, was sent to the camp, she said. Despite the tragedies Ban faced as a young woman, she said she has reasons to continue telling her story, as she did Thursday to a full room of Western students, faculty and Bellingham community members in Fraser Hall Room 2. One of these reasons is personal to her, she said. "I don't know where the ashes are scattered in that huge, huge camp," said Ban, now 85 years old. "The ashes of my dear ones. I don't have a grave to go to: So whenever I speak of them, I feel I give my love in honoring them." Ban said she hopes her story will lead audience members to see what prejudice, bigotry and hate can do when it continues uncontrolled as it did during the Holocaust. "It's so inspiring to hear someone who's been through hell to be so vivacious and loving about life," said Western junior Julie Miller. "I cried only twice." Ban has spoken in more than 300 different classrooms within the past couple years, said Ray Wolpow, The Northwest Center for Holocaust, Genocide and see BAN page 5 •
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Rating | |
Title | Western Front - 2007 November 9 |
Volume and Number | Vol. 143, no. 13 |
Date Published (machine-readable) | 2007-11-09 |
Year Published | 2007 |
Original Publisher | Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA |
Publisher (Digital Object) | Digital resource made available by Special Collections, Western Libraries Heritage Resources, Western Washington University. |
Editor |
Matt Gagne, editor-in-chief Brady Henderson, managing editor Justin Steyer, photo editor Jon Sayer, online editor Kristi Pihl, new editor Katie Regan, news editor Kevin Diers, art editor Alissa VanderBerghe, life editor Paul Moore, sports editor Maureen Tinney, opinion editor Molly Maloney, copy editor Michael Harthorne, copy editor |
Staff |
Michele Anderson, advertising manager Alethea Macomber, business manager |
Photographer |
Mark Malijan Jon Bergman Mary Truman |
Faculty Advisor | Carolyn Nielsen |
Article Titles | Antibiotic-resistant staph infections on the increase / by Isabelle Dills (p.1) -- Western honors veterans / by Allison Milton (p.1) -- Holocaust survivor shares memories / by Sarah Gordon (p.1) -- News briefs (p.2) -- Cops box (p.2) -- Official announcements (p.2) -- Legislation may affect birth control prices / by Sharon Savage (p.3) -- Play highlights banned books / by Steven Chea (p.4) - Students discuss gender issues / by Anna Renzetti (p.4) -- What's happening (p.5) -- Journalist spreads news of Iraq problem / by Ben Jones (p.6) -- Health center tests for metabolic syndrome / by Amanda Winters (p.7) -- Art & life (p.8-9) -- Back for more / by Colin Simpson (p.8-9) -- Growing up honky / by Isabelle Dills (p.10) -- Five questions with Jennifer Richardson (p.10) -- Sports (p.11) -- Slammin' at the jam / by Daniel Balabanis (p.11) -- Western mountain biker rides to nationals victor / by Sarah Cannard (p.11) -- Last home game marks end of career for Western seniors / by Justin Morrow (p.12) - Sideline chat (p.13) -- Opinion (p.14) -- Viking voices (p.14) -- Frontline (p.14) -- Day worth celebrating / by Benjamin Nelson (p.15) -- Letters to the editor (p.15) -- Classifieds (p.15) |
Photographs | Jeffrey L. Wier, Ken Eiriksson, Al Shaulis, Gordon Anthony (p.1) -- Ron Clapp (p.1) -- John Ulman, Hilary Pickles, Jose Abaoag, Kelly Kitchens (p.4) -- Noemi Ban (p.5) -- Karen Button (p.6) -- Dave Knudson / courtesy of Matt Kenny (p.8) -- Alex Rose, Dave Knudson, Erin Tate, Cory Murchy, Jake Snide / courtesy of Suicide Squeeze Records (p.8-9) -- Dalton Conley (p.10) -- Jennifer Richardson (p.10) -- Jason Pegues (p.11) -- Leana Gerrard (p.11) -- Ryan Conwell, Shane Simmons (p.12) -- Claire Pallansch (p.13) -- Andy Andrewson (p.14) -- Steve Walker (p.14) -- Paul Neiland (p.14) -- Kamuran Chabuk (p.14) |
Cartoons | [Poisoned by his own cooking] / by Caleb Long (p.14) |
Subjects - Names (LCNAF) | Western Washington University--Students--Newspapers |
Subjects - Topical (LCSH) | College newspapers--Washington (State)--Bellingham |
Related Collection | Campus History Collection |
Program | Special Collections |
Geographic Coverage | Bellingham (Wash.) |
Object Type | Text |
Original Format Size | 45 x 29 cm. |
Genre/Form | Newspapers |
Digital Reproduction Information | Bitone scan from 35 mm silver halide, 1-up negative film at 600 dpi. 2011 |
Contributor | The digitized WWU student newspapers are made possible by the generous support of Don Hacherl and Cindy Hacherl (Class of 1984) and Bert Halprin (Class of 1971). |
Rights | This resource is displayed for educational purposes only and may be subject to U.S. and international copyright laws. For more information about rights or obtaining copies of this resource, please contact Special Collections, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225-9103. USA (360-650-7534; heritage.resources@wwu.edu) and refer to the collection name and identifier. Any materials cited must be attributed to Western Front Historical Collection, Special Collections, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University. |
Language | English |
Language Code | Eng |
Description
Title | Page 1 |
Publisher (Digital Object) | Digital resource made available by Special Collections, Western Libraries Heritage Resources, Western Washington University. |
Subjects - Names (LCNAF) | Western Washington University--Students--Newspapers |
Subjects - Topical (LCSH) | College newspapers--Washington (State)--Bellingham |
Program | Special Collections |
Geographic Coverage | Bellingham (Wash.) |
Genre/Form | Newspapers |
Rights | This resource is displayed for educational purposes only and may be subject to U.S. and international copyright laws. For more information about rights or obtaining copies of this resource, please contact Special Collections, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225-9103. USA (360-650-7534; heritage.resources@wwu.edu) and refer to the collection name and identifier. Any materials cited must be attributed to Western Front Historical Collection, Special Collections, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University. |
Full Text | FRONT Antibiotic-resistant staph infections on the increase NEWS Student Health Center screens forpre-diabetic syndrome page 7 ART & LIFE Seattle's Minus the Bear returns to Western page 8 "Honky" author visits Western page 10 Western bicyclist wins national title page 11 Men's, women's basketball entertain fans at Viking Jam page 11 COLUMNIST: Dining halls are delish page14 WEATHER FRIDAY MONDAY 48° HIGH 39° 10W Source: National Weather Service Isabelle Dills THE WESTERN FRONT What started as a pimple turned into a nightmare for Western junior Keiosha Williams, who suffered from a staph infection this past summer. During the end of June, Williams noticed a small pimple on the top of her forehead. Then, she hit her head on her car door. A week after the car incident, the pimple increased so much in. size Williams said she decided to pop it. That night, she realized something was wrong. "My whole head swelled up," Williams said. "I looked like a totally different person." A different strain of staph than Williams caught, called methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), made recent news due to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) press release. According to the press release, MRS A caused more than 94,000 infections and approximately 19,000 deaths in the United States in 2005. After her head swelled, Williams said her dad decided to take her to the emergency room. The doctors could not identify what type of infection it was at first, but recommended Williams stay in the hospital overnight. A culture, taken from the infected area on Williams' head, allowed the doctors to identify the infection as staphylococcus aureus, Williams said. According to the CDC Web site, staphylococcus aureus, or staph, is a bacteria often found on the skin and in the nose. Occasionally, staphylococci can enter the body, causing an infection. Dr. Emily Gibson, director of Western's Student Health Center, said the Student Health Center has seen an increasing number of MRSA cases in the last three years. More than 50 percent of the Student Health Center's staph cultures are now MRSA and at least three to four new MRSA infections are diagnosed per week, Gibson said. Some of the earliest cases were from students returning from vacation in Mexico who were exposed to MRSA while foam dancing, Gibson said. MRSA then became more common in athletes, who experienced regular skin abrasions due to injury, she said. Last spring quarter, a Western student got a staph infection from an injury she received when playing soccer on Western's see STAPH page 16 • Western honors veterans photos by Mark Malijan THE WESTERN FRONT Above: Veterans (from left) jefferey L. Wier, Ken Eiriksson, AI Shaulis and Cordon Anthony listen to veteran Dr. Michael A. Colson speak during the Veterans Day ceremony Thursday in the Viking Union Multipurpose Room. Below: Veteran Ron Clapp holds the American flag during the Veterans Day ceremony Thursday afternoon. Allison Nilton THE WESTERN FRONT Four men in bifocals wearing blue uniforms and hats decorated with medals and-pins sat in the front row of the Viking Union Multipurpose Room in complete silence as they listened to the Western Brass Trio play American ballads at Western's Veterans Day celebration Thursday. The men were sitting as still as statues, but from close up a smile appeared on their faces'as they listened to the melody of "The Star-Spangled Banner." "We shall not forget what they have done," said Robert Marshall, coordinator of Western's Veteran's Outreach Center, which hosted the event. "These men deserve our gratitude." On stage behind the podium, the veterans stood at parade rest, with one hand behind their back and one grasping a flag or a weapon. The men of the Bellingham American Legion Post 7 presented the colors at the beginning of the ceremony. The men of the legion carried flags as they marched onto the stage in a single-file line. As they passed by audience members, the veterans in the crowd sharply put their right hand to their forehead, see VETERANS page 6 • Holocaust survivor shares memories Sarah Gordon THE WESTERN FRONT Holocaust survivor Noemi Ban said she remembers looking into her mother's eyes for the last time as she was separated from her and the rest of her family at the Auschwitz concentration camp in the mid-1940s. An SS Nazi officer carrying a horse whip sent her mother, grandmother and young siblings to the gas chambers, as Ban, from Budapest, Hungary, was sent to the camp, she said. Despite the tragedies Ban faced as a young woman, she said she has reasons to continue telling her story, as she did Thursday to a full room of Western students, faculty and Bellingham community members in Fraser Hall Room 2. One of these reasons is personal to her, she said. "I don't know where the ashes are scattered in that huge, huge camp," said Ban, now 85 years old. "The ashes of my dear ones. I don't have a grave to go to: So whenever I speak of them, I feel I give my love in honoring them." Ban said she hopes her story will lead audience members to see what prejudice, bigotry and hate can do when it continues uncontrolled as it did during the Holocaust. "It's so inspiring to hear someone who's been through hell to be so vivacious and loving about life," said Western junior Julie Miller. "I cried only twice." Ban has spoken in more than 300 different classrooms within the past couple years, said Ray Wolpow, The Northwest Center for Holocaust, Genocide and see BAN page 5 • |
Language | English |
Language Code | Eng |
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