THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Peter Tesonero , Helen Pu (senior-communication sciences and disorder) recieves a nasal spray vaccine for the HINI virus flu vaccines destroyed One year after the HI N I scare. local medical facil ities are disposing of extra swine flu vaccines. By Megan Rogers COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Last July. swine flu hit Penn State and one year later. local health services say they have had to destroy hundreds of vaccines because the anticipated epidemic never reached its projected peak. All of the university's vaccines expired before the end of the spring semester and have since been disposed of, said Kathy Spout, an administrative assis tant for University Health Services (UHS). The Pennsylvania Department of Health provided swine flu vac cines to UHS during the Fall 2009 semester. UHS Marketing Manager Beth Collitt said. `Underground anomalies' cause street By Zach Geiger COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER A pair of "underground anom alies'. closed part of Fischer Road Wednesday night, forcing Office of Physical Plant (OPP) crews to place a temporary fix on the prob lem ahead of Monday's final repairs. "We're not completely sure that they're sinkholes we're calling them small underground anom alies," OPP spokesman Paul Ruskin said. The "anomalies" in the roadway each 4 ft. deep and 5 ft. wide did not result in any car accidents, Rusldn said. Hershey Medical Center wins award By Anita Modi COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Sweeping glass arcs and sky bridges overlooking lush, green court yards aren't exclusive to Penn State's main campus. They're also architectural intrica cies of the Penn State University Hershey Medical Center, Cancer Institutein Hershey, Pa., which was awarded the First Annual Generative Space Health Improvement Award last week. The award program was estab lished by the CARITAS Project to rec ognize healthcare settings committed to improving patient care by improv ing their environments. The CARITAS Project specifically encourages the integration of two dis tinct fields academic research and clinical practice to pursue new dis- THE DNILI Collegian ONLINE COUPONS, CHEAP TEXTBOOKS, JOB LISTINGS, AND MORE. ONLY AT psucollegian.com She said she was not aware of how many vaccines were given, used or ultimately disposed of. Collitt said not as many vac cines were given as were expect ed mostly because of the time it took for the vaccines to arrive. When swine flu first arrived on campus, there was more interest from students in getting the vac cines, but vaccines available did not meet the demand, she said. Priority was given to at-risk groups. and then as vaccines slowly became•available, appoint ments to get the shot were offered to all students. In the end, not as many people were reported to be affected by the flu as was anticipated. "The slow release of vaccine dissipated the interest," Collitt said. "The timing of everything was such that when people were most concerned about it we just did not have the vaccine available vet.- But that was the situation all A sinkhole occurs when water collects underground and slowly deteriorates the land above it. "Sinkholes are like deer in [Pennsylvania]," Ruskin said. "When you see them on the road you try to avoid them." Part of Fischer Road was closed Wednesday while crews investi gated the anomalies. Access to the Nittany Parking Deck remained open by turning right onto Fischer Road from Park Ave. Wednesday's original plan for the repairs called for OPP crews to investigate the cause of the anomalies and repair the roadway with gravel and then compact it, re-opening Fischer Road and coveries for both prevention and treatment. Dr. Thomas Loughran. the insti tute's director, said the building took two years to design. Architects incor porated input from patients and patient advocate groups in their plans to create a place of beauty and light, he said. - The whole concept was to bring the outside environment into the building," Loughran said. It's cheer ful and bright and really lifts your spir its up." The building was designed, he said, to facilitate the interactions between the scientists who develop treatments for cancer and the doctors who treat cancer patients directly. The institute epitomizes collaboration, placing lab oratory research bench space just a floor above outpatient clinics, Loughran said. Do the crossword yet? over the country she said Other local health services said they experienced the same thing. - We anticipated more need than actually occurred," said Marlene Stetson, infection pre vention and control coordinator at Mt. Nittany Medical Center. The center's vaccines expired in February and the center destroyed several hundred vac cines on-site. Stetson said the center has already placed their order for this year's seasonal flu vaccine and the 11.1N1 vaccine is a part of the flu package for the upcoming year. Collitt said it is not set yet whether the health services will provide the swine flu vaccine for the upcoming flu season. CVS Pharmacy, 116 We .it College Ave., which also providet vaccines last year. declined com ment. To e-mail reporter: mers2oo@psu.edu restoring full access to the Nittany Parking Deck. "It turned out to be not as easy and quick to repair as expected," Ruskin said. In preparation for the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts last weekend, OPP placed heavy duty steel plating over the area of the sinkholes and reopened all of Fischer Road, Ruskin said. OPP crews closed Fischer Road at 6 a.m. Monday to complete the final repairs, Ruskin said. The repairs were completed before noon Monday and area is open to traffic. Ruskin said. Another sinkhole developed along Fischer Road in June, which Dr. Wafik El-Deiry, chief of the institute's hematolouioncology divi sion and associate director of transla tional research the application of basic research to clinical practice is responsible for bridging the gap between researchers and physi cians. He said although patients might not fully recognize it yet, discussion amongst members of the institute take place in various forms from research seminars to patient rounds and is especially useful when iden tifying biomarkers and coming up with strategies to prevent cancer. "Patients will soon come to appreci ate the cancer institute as a place where new discoveries are made in the lab and brought to the clinic," Dr. El-Deiry said. To e-mail reporter: arms373@psu.edu UPUA reaches out to freshmen By Zach Geiger COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Aspiring student leaders, take notice: The student body presi dent and other members of 'Penn State's student government are hosting an informational meeting tonight to inform and inspire freshmen to get involved in stu dent politics - Summertime is always a great opportunity to reach out to first-year students," University Park Undergraduate Association President (UPUA) Christian Ragland said. Ragland (senior-political sci ence) and other members of the general assembly will speak to students at the UPUA informa tion session attendance is open to all second summer ses sion students. "It's almost as if Barack Obama was hanging out with nor mal American citizens," Learning Edge Academic Program (LEAP) mentor Rebecca Alt said. There is no formal agenda for the meeting, Alt (sophomore communication arts and sci- ences) said Instead, the purpose of the meeting will explain Ragland's role as UPUA president, what the executive board does, discuss things the freshman class wants to see accomplished and explain how new students can get involved in UPUA. The meeting is a good opportu nity for students who are interested in joining student gov ernment or just want to know more about how the process works to hear about it first-hand from their student leaders, Ragland said. "They see the articles I'm in, and then they actually see me getting involved." Ragland said. "This is the way to get UPUA out there more than it has ever been." The idea for the meeting origi nated with Alt and Ragland want ing to get incoming freshmen involved in student government at Penn State, Alt said. OPP crews repaired in similar fashion. OPP will continue to monitor the road, Ruskin said. Penn State is located in the mid dle of carst topography, where underground voids of water dis solve the limestone and cause sinkholes, Ruskin said. The Fischer Road anomalies are not the first of these types of problems OPP has dealt with. "OPP has dealt with sinkholes for 50 years, on Curtin, Old Main Lawn, [Electrical Engineering] West, and the old Creamery build ing," Ruskin said. To e-mail reporter: zjgsol2@psu.edu C THE DA ILY • ales an 4 1 t 11 ‘ .1 • r;:r.' The De , a-pv hydration hip pack by Camelbak is a comfy ar con ..en'e— water bottle carrier that is ideal for long roads or trails. This pack features an air mesh and s , ce cinch fit system belt with dual adjust for addec comfort front and back reflectivity for safer ru , n nc n darker conditions, and 100 cu in of space to stow away keys and other essentials. The pack includes a Cametak 24 oz Podium water bottle and a gel pocket. Valid Tuesday, July 13th through Sunday, July 18th or while supplies last. 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