HEALTH AND WELLNESS
Four students test positive lor HI N 1
BY CONNOR SATTELY
editor-in-chief
Two more Penn State Behrend stu
dents have tested positively for Swine
Flu, bringing the college's total to four.
According to a Penn State Behrend
press release on Thursday, the two
students were both tested at the col
lege's Health and Wellness Center.
Seven students in total tested posi
tive for the Type A influenza; three
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tion gets funds for it’s student
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were tested off-campus while four
were tested in the Health and Wellness
Center. All students have gone home
to recover. FUrther testing for the
HINI virus returned positive for the
four tested at Behrend; the school
does not know the results of the other
three students' tests.
No additional students have re
turned tests positive for Type A in
fluenza; as of press time, the total
remains at seven. Many students,
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though, have inundated the Health
and Wellness Center with complaints
of flu-like symptoms.
Students who have influenza-like ill
ness (ILF) symptoms are being ad
vised to follow self-isolation
guidelines, as well as fight the illness
through “bed rest, fluid intake, and the
use of over-the-counter medications to
reduce pain, fever, coughs and other
symptoms.”
When students complain of ILF
Behrend Sports
symptoms, they are tested for Type A
influenza, which can either be sea
sonal flu or the HIN 1 virus, otherwise
known as “Swine Flu.”
If students test positive for Type A
influenza at this point in the year, Erie
County Department of Health esti
mates they have about a 90% chance
of having the HINI strain, because
usually the seasonal influenza will not
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INTERNET
Price of Piracy
Campus cracks down
on downloaders
Students coming to Penn State
Behrend have to sign an Internet pol
icy agreement that specifically pro
hibits the illegal downloading of
copyrighted materials. That doesn’t
stop all students from trying their
luck. Some aren’t aware of the possi
ble punishments for stealing movies or
music off of the Internet
Jamie Boorman-Padgett, a Behrend
freshman, brought his laptop with him
to the Hammermill labs while waiting
for class to begin on Friday. While
there, he decided to illegally download
two of the newest episodes of HBO’s
True Blood.
After his downloads completed, he
closed his laptop and went to class.
Two hours later he returned to the
Hammermill labs and tried to connect
to the Virtual Private Network (VPN).
It didn’t connect.
“I wonder if I’ve been caught,” he
says was his first thought. Upon re
turning to his room, Boorman-Padgett
says he received an e-mail from Uni
versity Park security.
“Due to a complaint, your VPN access
is being temporarily disabled in accor
dance with University Policy AD 20,”
it read.
“I knew I was doing something
wrong, so you know, I can’t complain,
but it’s frustrating,” he says. “It’s like
the first time you get a speeding ticket;
you were doing something wrong, so
SCHOLARSHIPS
Behrendto
expand leadership
scholarship
Frequently, students at Penn State
Behrend have to choose between
being active in student organizations
and working a job. Dr. Ken Miller, Di
rector of Student Affairs, is hoping to
change that by offering leadership
scholarships.
“Currently, there are 45 students re
ceiving a $lOOO per year scholarship
for leadership,” said Miller “15 fresh
man, sophomores, and juniors. Next
year we will include seniors as well.”
Miller said that students often don’t
participate in student activities as
much as they want to because they
often have to work.
Miller hopes that by offering leader
ship scholarships to reduce the need
for money, Behrend can get more stu
dents to participate in organizations
on campus.
Miller acknowledged that $lOOO was
“a drop in the bucket” of a student's fi
nancial obligations. “We’re working
hard to create leadership scholar
ships,” continued Miller.
These scholarships are meant to be
for students of all walks, said Miller,
not just those with a perfect GPA.
Anyone can apply for the scholar
ships via an online application, al
though incoming freshman must do so
earlier than current students.
To raise money for the scholarships,
Miller has approached former student
leaders who are now alumni, but the
sluggish economy has made it harder
to get donations.
Miller was confident, however, that
things would turn around in the future
for the scholarships.
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