PSU BRANDYWINE The Lion’s Eyes: September 23, 2009 CENTER SPREAD _ INSIDE Teavel at Vol. 111, Issue 1. Penn State Brandywine Media, Pennsylvania Look Snazzy In a Suit: Career Fair this October Special to the Lions Eye - Courtesy of Career Services It’s time to get out your professional attire and start preparing your resume! The Career/Internship Fair will take place on October 15th. In this economy, it’s more important than ever to take the initiative to land an internship or job. Where else can you network with 40 potential employers in the same place? Organizations such as TD Bank, Kids Connections, Adventure Aquarium, the Department of Labor, Vanguard, Remed and the Office of the Attorney General are scheduled to attend, with more being added daily. Join the Career Services Angel group for an up-to-date list of registered employers. Here is a Pre-Fair Checklist: a Register for the fair by Salli the Career Services Angel Group and check out the prep materials there, including Tips for Success. To self-enroll, login to Angel, Find a Group “Career Services” and enter pin psubw. Once enrolled, complete the registra- tion form and you’ll be able to access the Employer Participant Booklet and other useful information. Come to 112 Main for detailed instructions. 1. While you’re at your computer, “Become a Fan” of Advising and Career Ser- 0 have your resume cri- tiqued. Your resume is the bro- chure you use to sell yourself to employers, vices on Facebook for additional updates (Search Brandywine Career Services). 0 Create a resume- Excellent instructions and samples are available at http:// www.sa.psu.edu/career/pdf/CG_resume.pdf 0 Follow up by mpeg with a career coach in Advising and Case Services to Photo courtesy of icnaconvention.org so you want it to look the best it can! Stop by 112 Main or call (610) 892-1390 to schedule an appointment. You can also par- ticipate in Resumania (walk-in resume reviews), 11:30 — 1:30pm from October 6th to October 14th. Come to a Career Fair Prep workshop —choose one to attend: 0 October 7th, 216 Main from 12:30 — 1:15 pm October 8th, 205 Main from 11:30 — 12:30 pm Research companies and positions, get your professional attire ready, and come to the Career Fair in the Gym, October 15th from 11:30 — 1:30. Hope to see you there! . Infected Pieces of Bacon Or Just a Virus? H1N1-101 By Nancy Perone - Lion's Eye Campus/World & Local News Editor- nip5014@psu.edu The Swine Flu. Our imaginations can make us conjure up all kinds of images (flying pigs, infected pieces of bacon, pigs with thermometers in their mouths, etc) but they are not always accurate. 5 2009 HIN1 Flu is a new influenza virus found in the United States as of April 2009. This flu virus was de- clared a pandemic on June 11, 2009 by the World Health Organization. : According to the Centers for Disease Control the name, “swine flu”, comes from lab tests that have similar genes to a form of the virus that “swines” or pigs actually get. Ee You can contract the virus the same way that you can get the regular, seasonal flu virus, such as cough- ing, sneezing, or touching surfaces contaminated by someone with the virus can spread the illness. Philadelphia’s NBC 10 recently held a special on the HINI1 flu virus where news anchor Renee Chenault Fattah hosted and made clear, “No one is immune; ev- eryone is at risk.” Doctors and nurses from Mercy Health System held a phone bank during the newscast. The good news that they reported was that the flu virus hadn’t gotten any stronger since the last time school was in session. With that statement, they also reported that over 1600 college students reported having the HINI1 strain. NBC 10 also reported that this isn’t the first outbreak of the swine flu. In'1957, 70, 000 people died of the flu. Earlier this year, 36 children died of the HIN1 influenza virus. Pregnant mothers and those with asthma may be at more risk, they cautioned. Dr. Bob Beyer of Nazareth Hospital ao cautioned that “two shots may be better than one.” This means that getting your regular seasonal flu shot and the swine flu shot may be necessary. The INSIDE THE LION’S EYE swine flu vaccine is free- all you have to pay is administrative costs at your doc- 90 ® o an oP 9 available by mid-October. Flu.gov reports on symptoms that we should all observe including flu like symptoms accompanied by cough and S eo 4 4 ; hd ~ fever, shortness of breath, dizziness, pain in your chest or abdomen, vomiting, : : : and confusion. To prevent the flu, the Campus News............ English Professors Published | center for Disease Control and Preven- tion (CDC) recommends using alcohol Campus News............ 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Director of Student Affairs, Matthew Shupp, Ed.D., NCC, DCC says, “My hope is that we are pre- paring for Y2K and that there is going to be Very little fallout” . ~ The weekly email announcements might just be working. The two students with unconfirmed cases contacted their instructors to let them know the situation. “One of the hardest things for me is that I'm stubborn. You have to realize that you are sick, when you are sick and just go home to recover,” says Dr. Shupp. ~ Associate Professor of Biology, Elizabeth Dudkin, Ph.D., teaches cell biology and anatomy here at Penn State Brandywine. She says, “The virus is spread by coughing or sneezing versus just touching a sick person. I know that we have all heard to cover your face when you cough or sneeze, so instead of your hands use your shoulder or elbow.” She continued to explain “with the HIN1 virus, a person is sick for 2-3 days and usually only has a fever for 24 hours, but with the seasonal flu virus you’re actu- ally sicker.” The people that Dr. Dudkin definitely recom- mends to get vaccinated are medical first responders, pregnant women, young children, and people whose im- mune systems have been compromised or have asthma. Dr. Dudkin also strongly cautions that college students eat well, stay healthy, don’t stress, and get plenty of sleep. These are hard things to do when you are a student, but still a good preventative to try. An instructor of Biology and Microbiology at Penn State Brandywine, Dr. Adam Heinze is skeptical of the people’s use of the word pandemic. “This is not going to be the next major global pandemic, I think, that it’s be- ing made out to be. Many of the people who’ve died from the virus had pre-existing medical conditions.” To get more information on the seasonal flu or HINI1, please visit the news and events section of Penn State Brandywine’s website http://brandywine.psu.edu. You can also visit the CDC’s website for updated national information at http://cdc.gov/hinlflu/qa.htm or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services flu website http://flu.gov/. If you would like to speak with someone on campus concerning any questions you might have con- tact, Director of Student Affairs, Matthew Shupp, Ed.D., - NCC, DCC at mrs32@psu.edu. Hb FES EA oF FW belt HA & $e & RP 4 na EXC bord. ¥.4 oy NE fy 2 £# Py 5 & A SF Fre gk AE Ei £55 a A EAE SAKES ESA, HAH FIR ERAN
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