Brown and White Vol. 105 no. 9

              the brown and white lehigh university's student newspaper founded in 1894 vol 105 no 9 all the lehigh news first friday october 10 1997 meningitis claims the life of freshman friends and family mourn death of freshman at home for pacing break by lynn windley news writer on the morning of oct 5 allyson r shumway 01 died of meningococcal meningitis in a hospital bed surrounded by fami ly in her hometown of south natick mass meningococcal meningitis is an infectious disease not transmit ted through casual contact such as a hug or a handshake it is trans mitted through the saliva such as drinking out of the same glass or close personal contact the symptoms of meningitis consist of fever severe headache stiff neck nausea vomiting and lethargy some people can be carri ers and never develop the disease dean john smeaton said it is always a shock to the student body when a student passes away ally was a bright young tal ented woman smeaton said smeaton said every precaution is being taken to prevent the dis ease from spreading marisa eisenman 00 shumway's roommate and close friend said shumway was always fun to be around she made an impact on every one she met eisenman said kristen pohl 99 shumway's gryphon said everyone could photo courtesy of student affairs a hyson r shumway 1979-1997 university responds to campus community's concerns by david butler managing editor the death of allyson r shumway 01 oct 5 while at home in massachusetts has both saddened the university and sparked concern about the spread of meningococcal meningitis shumway went home to south natick mass last thursday for pacing break according to uni versity officials she started to feel ill some time saturday sunday her parents took her to a nearby hospital where she died of meningococcal meningitis meningitis is an infection of the fluid of a person's spinal cord and the fluid that surrounds the brain caused by a viral or bacterial infection bacterial meningitis is generally more serious than viral meningitis but it is treatable with antibiotics the bacteria that cause menin gitis enter the body through the upper respiratory tract and can be passed from person to person by respiratory contact such as kiss ing coughing or sneezing meningitis can also be transmitted by articles such as a toothbrush or drinking glass that have been con taminated with secretions from the respiratory tract according to dr susan kitei director of lehigh's health center the bacteria are contained in droplets which quickly become non-infectious outside the human body prolonged exposure to a carri er of the bacteria in a poorly ven tilated location such a long car ride or sleeping in the same room poses a risk of transmission attending the same recitation or lecture does not pose any risk of airborne transmission bacterial meningitis the type of meningitis that shumway suf fered from can be quite severe the symptoms are flu-like at first but quickly worsen a key indica tion of bacterial meningitis is a severe debilitating headache people with bacterial meningitis need medical attention immediate ly as the bacteria progresses through the bloodstream and into the organs the patient may devel op a rash seizures and decreased alertness ending in coma about 5 to 15 percent of all people who contract bacterial meningitis die and others may suf fer long-term neurological prob lems including hearing loss the health center and dean of students staff have worked hard to contact students who may have been exposed to the bacteria anyone who had extended close contact with shumway during the week before pacing break should visit the health center in johnson hall ■ a vaccine exists for bacteria that cause meningitis but because the disease is considered uncommon it is not widely recommended the american college health association is planning to recom mend pre-exposure vaccinations budget committee plans for 97 9b school year by kevin schregel news writer the new university planning and budgeting working group discussed the structure of the budget for the 1997-98 aca demic year at a brown bag luncheon on wednesday in rauch business center interim president william c hittinger started the meeting by outlining the basic goals of the group the group will be charged with col lecting input on priorities and trade-offs hittinger said once we do the collection we have to evaluate these inputs the last thing is we have to come to decisions about what to do the buck stops with me i guess it's fair to say provost nelson markley discussed the composition of the group the budget group is composed of 12 members includ ing the deans of the colleges hittinger provost nelson markley and several vice presidents of the university afterwards markley listed important dates for the group in addition to the gen eral information meeting on wednesday there are three important budget meetings at the first meeting on nov 7 each group will present a written report on the various input collected we will have another chance for a brown bag luncheon so the faculty and staff can be updated on the progress of the group and have a chance to express their views on what they hear markley said regarding the meeting on dec 11 a general budget session will be held on jan 12 jim tiefenbrunn assistant vice presi dent of resource management then broke down the budget numbers and percentages tiefenbrunn analyzed how the universi ty's net revenue of 172.2 million came in he said that undergraduate tuition and fees at 44.8 percent and room and board at 8.9 percent accounted for nearly 54 per cent of the total by far the largest part of the university's income tiefenbrunn went over how the univer sity spends its money and pointed out that more than half of all money spent 53.5 percent was spent on academic costs at the end of the meeting the group answered questions and concerns of the faculty in attendance hittinger responded to questions on how a projected increase in revenue would be spent in light of the across-the-board cuts the past few academic years ideally what i'd like to see is that whatever surplus we can generate from our base budget can be applied in a priority way to help this university hittinger said vice president of finance and administration rhonda gross discussed the importance of fundraising it has become clear to me that after talking to faculty over the past six months that we have to start looking at priorities in terms of fund raising for the academic core gross said prosposed budget proposal for 1997-1998 academic term at wednesday's brown bag luncheon net revenue 172 million 8.9 44.8 3 3 _*^^^^ ife tuition & fees 44.8 11.3 room & board 8.9 jh auxilliary other 5.8 jh a endowment 11.7 fl h gifts/grants 5.4 fl b research grants v • km v 11.3 \ / lm indirect cost recovery 11.7 vi tap 1 3.3 5-8 a.9 expenditures 1.6 academic 53.3 147 —^^ student services administration 7.5 6 - 5/o m a physical plant 9.2 j*^hß__s ■ financial aid 9.2 _^"____ i 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