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April 1887 •April 1987
Cockroaches found in HUB eatery
By PAT ALMONY
Collegian Staff Writer
Cockroaches are getting in the
food and drinks at one of the HUB
Eateries, and students who work
there say the roaches may be living
in other restaurants in the building
as well.
, According to several workers at
Dough-to-Go who asked not to be
identified for fear of losing their
jobs, cockroaches can be found "ev
erywhere", including the ice ma
chine.
Other students have reported see
ing cockroaches in the Cellar and in
the Greenhouse.
Jack Donahue, manager of the
eateries, said the HUB has "high
sanitation standards, the same as
any dining hall," but said additional
spraying for cockroaches would be
done because of the complaints.
One student worker at Dough-to-
Go said he saw cockroaches around
the drains in the floor, in the ice
machine, around the cash register,
in the doughnut cases and in the
doughnuts themselves.
"If I'm not looking for them, I
don't see them, but ifJ move things I
see them," said another worker.
About two weeks ago, workers
said, they looked inside the ice ma
chine and saw at least 10 cock
roaches there. One worker
approached Scott Page, food service
supervisor, with the problem, but he
told them they should continue to
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Roaches have been spotted in Dough•To•Go, one of the HUB Eateries, by student workers and a Collegian reporter
HUB managers have denied the report,
use the machine, they said. chine, several cockroaches were worker had warned him to watch for
Page would not comment on the found in drinks, and workers began body parts.
matter and referred all questions to looking for them before serving cus- State College Borough's health
Donahue. tomers. Another worker said he had technician, Jeff Bridi, said that al-
One of the students said that after not heard of whole cockroaches be- though his department has no juris
spotting the roaches in the ice ma- ing found in drinks, but that another diction over the University,
Former nursing student sues University
By LAURA MAHONEY
Collegian Staff Writer
A former Uniyersity master's de
gree candidate in nursing has filed
suit against the University in federal
district court, saying the nursing
faculty conspired to deny her a de
gree.
Marjorie Milanak of Greenville
filed a suit March 11 seeking unspeci
fied compensatory and punitive dam
ages from the University and seven
current and one former faculty mem
ber, according the U.S. District Court
clerk in Williamsport.
The defendants named in the
. case
are: the University; nursing depart
ment head Marion Gooding; Annette
Ezell, former department head; Jor
20 percent of college students not vaccinated
ATLANTA (AP) Although vacci
nation requirements are now wide
spread for most of America's
schoolchildren, thousands or even
millions of their brothers and sis
ters at college still don't have their
proper shots.
The national Centers for Disease
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gie Grimes, associate professor of
nursing; Lucy Yu, associate profes
sor of health planning and adminis
tration; Patricia Koch, assistant
professor of nursing; Elaine Young,
assistant professor of nursing; Janet
Williamson, associate professor of
nursing; and Phyllis Mansfield, as
sistant professor of nursing.
Milanak also alleges in the suit that
she lost a nursing job in Dußois
because of problems with the Univer
sity, the Williamsport Grit has re
ported.
Milanak, whose phone number is
not published, could not be reached
for comment. Additionally, five of the
nursing faculty contacted yesterday
refused to comment on the case.
Gooding said the events of the case
Control reported Thursday that be
tween 5 percent and 20 percent of U.S.
college students do not have docu
mented immunity against measles
and rubella. That means between
640,000 and 2.6 million college stu
dents are presumed susceptible.
Measles, a common childhood ill-
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occurred before she joined the Uni
versity faculty in 1985 and would not
comment. Carol Cartwright, dean for
undergraduate programs and asso
ciate provost, said the University will
not, discuss the matter, and lawyers
for the plaintiff and the defendants
could not be reached for comment.
According to the Grit article, the
following events led to the case:
Milanak enrolled at the University
in August 1983, taking 17 credits. In
November, Ezell recommended that
she withdraw from the University
because of her grades and because
she was not cut out for graduate
school. Milanak was failing one
course, but had A's and B's in four of
her courses. Mansfield had previous
ly advised Milanak not to be con
ness in the pre-vaccine era, has been
drastically reduced in this country;
just 838 cases have been reported
thus far this year. Rubella is even
less common.
But measles reporting has in
creased somewhat in recent years,
partly because of outbreaks on col-
cockroaches found in ice machines
or other food machines in public
establishments violate state health
regulations and are considered con
taminated.
One worker said he sees an aver
age of four to five cockroaches in
Dough-to-Go a day.
Two student workers said a cus
tomer recently returned a doughnut
containing a cockroach. The work
ers directed the customer to the
management, who compensated for
the incident by giving the customer
a free meal pass, one student said.
Donahue denied that the incident
occurred and also 'denied that a
sanitation problem exists.
Donahue said there has been only
one incident, when a customer found
a' fruit fly on the frosting of one of
the doughnuts, but the insect did not
necessarily come from the eatery.
"This is an attempt by an unhap
py student employee to get back at
his employer," Donahue said. "He
has no foundation to give the public
a perception that we have an un
clean operation here."
When questioned about cock
roaches in the ice machine, Dona
hue said the Collegian had received
incorrect information, and that any
existing problem had been cor
rected.
Later in the day, however, a Colle
gian reporter visited Dough-to-Go
and saw about three coachroaches
in the ice machine. The machine
was in use at the time.
cerned about the failing grade.
Evan G. Pattishall Jr., dean of• the
College of Human Development, and
William K. Ulrich, a University trust
ee, told Milanak that the nursing
department did not follow normal
procedures and that faculty members
should not ask her to withdraw in
mid-semester.
In February 1984, Milanak was
accused of plagiarizing an article and
having a instructor ghost write a
paper for her. She told the newspaper
she was charged with academic dis
honesty in March.
A hearing was held in September
1984, and the charges were upheld.
Milanak received two F's and was
suspended for the spring semester.
lege campuses, the CDC noted.
In recent years, serious measles
outbreaks have been reported among
students at Principia College in Illi
nois; Boston University, the Massa-.
chusetts Institute of Technology,
Northeastern University and Villano
va University in the Northeast; and
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When requestioned, Donahue said
he would examine the situation him=
self and then said he had seen noth
ing, but that the machine had been
turned off.
"We have turned off the ice ma
chine, and it will not be in use until
the dispenser is treated by Nittany
Pest Control," Donahue said.
Donahue said the ice for Dough-to-
Go will come out of a different ice
machine from the main kitchen un
til the problem is resolved. He said
he believes the cockroaches are
coming from the basement, where
the ice is carried up in a bin.
William McKinnon, assistant vice
president of the University's De
partment of Housing and Food Serv
ices, said the area will be sprayed
but that he does not see the situation
as a frequent problem. He said the
HUB is a large building, and only
the food areas are sprayed. Two
solutions he sees to the problem are
proper cleaning and more frequent
spraying.
Donahue said the eateries are
normally sprayed twice a month.
State College Borough Health Of
ficer Mark Henry said cockroaches
are "capable of carrying disease
causing organisms by mechanical
transmission." One type of disease
known to be carried by cockroaches
is salmonella.
University entomology Professor
Robert Snetsinger said the presence
of one cockroach often indicates
that a considerable number are also
present.
Milanak re-enrolled for summer
and fall 1985, and said she completed
her thesis work in February 198 G. She
was hired at Christ the King Manor
Nursing Home in Dußois in lieu of
graduating in May.
Her employer received a call from
the University in April, saying Mila
nak would probably not graduate and
could lose her nursing license.
Milanak said Gooding told her she
would not graduate because she
failed Nursing 511, had two F's on her
transcript altered, was guilty of pla
giarism, and her scores were too low,
the article said. Also, Gooding con
tended that her re-admittance was
the result of outside pressure and that
she had disregarded the chain of
command in making complaints.
Indiana University.
"Despite nearly two decades of
intensive public health efforts to im
munize all school children, many
students reach college age still sus
ceptible" to measles and rubella, the
CDC said in its weekly report.
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