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PAG! 8
The Red and Black
Tuesday, February 3, 1970
Mild Epidemic Hits Area;
Virus Cause of Illnesses
By Cee Howe
Assistant Feature Editor
Have you noticed that your
roommate has a sore throat 7 Is
it difficult to hear the profes
sor over all the coughing in
class ()r maybe your first pen
od teacher didn't make it to
class because he is sick It
seems as if everyone is sick
Actually, not everyone is
si<* but enough people are sick
to say that there is an epidemic
going through this area Ac
cording to Dr Walter Brown
associate direc tor of the Uni
versity Health Services, the
University is experiencing a
mild epidemic of upper respira
lory problems The translation
a k>t o people will be suffering
trom a stully nose a cough
sore throat muscle aches,
headache runny nose, or any
combination of these
These problems are not. as
one might think caused by the
cold weather, but rather bv a
virus, Dr Brown m)
THE EPIDEMIC is a result
in the season rise in upper re
spiratory problems Dr Brown
theorized about this rise he
said during Fall quarter there
were quite a few students with
these problems, but the number
fell off as the quarter prog
ressed The number of reported
cases rose against this quarter
and is still rising
When students are home in
the* summer they pick up dif
ferent viruses but because
they are healthy the viruses do
not do any harm When they
return in the* fall in one way or
the other, they share their vi
ruses with fellow students
Being away from home and
well-balanced meals, a stu
dent's resistence begins to
wear down Students tend to
stay up late* partying or study
ing and eat out of vending
machines or surviving on ham
burgers and such Now these
viruses begin to raise* their ugly
heads and make their presence
known and we have a small epi
demic
THE BEST preventive of the
virus is plenty of rest, well-bal
anced nutritious meals and
avoidance of crowds The
avoidance of crowds does not
mean to cut your lecture class
Dr Brown said if students
don't feel well they should seek
medical attention at the infir
mary Because there are so
many seeking medical alien
lion, the nurses are seeing pa
tents with virus symptoms
The infirmary nurses are
trained to weed out those with
symptoms indicating the virus
and then dispence the proper
medication
Without them we'd be more
swamped with patients than we
already are and we wouldn't be
able to see those who are really
sick." Dr Brown commented
of the nurses role in the infir
mary
ONE OF THE FIRST things
that must be determined when
a student seeks medical aid is
whether his symptoms are a
result of a virus or a result of a
bacterial infection. If the symp
toms are caused by bacteria,
then antibiotics will cure the
patient in a matter of days.
For these reasons the nurses
will administer aspirin, decon
gestant and throat lozenges If
the patient is not better within
a certain time limit, usually 3
days, they are treated for a
bacterial infection
It must be remembered that
a virus cannot be killed with
miracle drugs It must die
on it’s own The infirmary can
only make a patient more com
fortable while the virus wear
itself out
Di Gamma Kappa
Hosts FCC Head
Photo by ROB NOVIT
SORORITY MEMBERS ENTERTAIN CHILDREN
Zeto Phi Eta Helps
Through Story Hour
Demosthenians Debate
To Express Opinions
A group of University women
are helping others and them
selves through a unique service
THIS QUARTER
The University chapter of
Zeta Phi Eta. national profes
sional speech arts and speech
sciences (raternity, partici
pates in a weely story hour for
children aged four to six
EVERY SATURDAY, two
gpledges present an hour pro
gram at the Athens Reginal
Library The program which is
the pledge class project, has
been underway for two years,
except for last fall quarter
when the new library was under
construction
Jerri Kluger. president of
the fraternity said there is no
SET PROGRAM FOR THE HOUR
"The pledges often ead. but
act out stories and sing, too
THE LOCAL CHAPTER was
established in the 1940 s. Miss
Kluger said, then disappeared
for a while It was refounded in
1969
An open house is planned by
the group which will be held in
the Speech clinic in the Psy
chology department for excep
tional children. The open house
will be held for those in speech
therapy and for women who are
contemplating a career in the
field. Miss Lkuger said
By Sieve Glatser
Staff Writer
"I'm not going to be satisfied
gunless and until the Supreme
Court rules per say that in radio
and television this is not ob
scenity or it is obscenity "
This re-occuring question of
obscenity in radio and televi
sion was raised by Robert G
Wells, newly appointed com-
rmissioner to the Federal
Communications Commission
GWells was the featured speaker
at the Di Gamma Kappa ban
quet Tuesday night which
opened the 25th annual session
o( the Georgia Association of
Broadcasters
NOMINATED TO THE FCC
by President Nixon in Septem
ber. 1969. Wells past broad
casting experience in the mid
west well qualifies him for the
post
At the annual banquet. Wells
stated that he didn't believe in
censorship. "I'll be the first
one to back off completely
when we start censoring con
tent." Wells said. "I think
there's no place for it. certainly
at the governmental level
that is part of the first amend
ment. to let you say what you
want to."
"BUT I REALLY don't believe
it gave license to come into a
living room or home and say it
in any manner you want to. "
Wells stated that the final
decision as to what is or is not
obscenity should be left to the
Supreme Court. "We need to
get a solid case on this and slap
a wee bit of a tender reminder
an the licensee in the form of aj
fine and see what happens.' !
Wells said
‘IF THEY (the Supreme
Court i say that everything
goes. I still won t be satisfied,
but at least we won't worry
about it any longer, and we can
get on with other things
Wells also stated that the)
present FCC limitations on ra-i
dio and television station own-J
ership provide functional guide-*
lines for the industry Anyj
prompting to limit ownership td
one to a market has not comej
from the public, but rather;
from within the FCC.
"To make any substantial
industry-wide change in what
think is the life-blood of thi
industry would be a disservice!
to the licensee and. above all,',
to the public." Wells said. "If*
all stations werethe same size
and had the same resources.'
we d have a pretty dull broad
cast band. "
Wells said that he felt fines-
should be raised on violators of!
FCC regulations. Whereas a ten?
thousand dollar fine on a large;
station does not attract much
attention, he said, a one
hundred thousand dollar fine
might mean somethng.
Wells predicted that both li
cense fees and renewal fees
will be reaised shortly
By Kay* Simon*
Aiiiilanl F*alur* Editor
How many societies can list
their honorary members and
include such people as Andrew
Johnson. Henry Clay. Jefferson
Davis, and Martin Van Huren’’
Probably very few, but the
University of Georgia has one
society which can make such a
claim
Beginning in 1801. the lie
mosthenian Literary Society
gurganized as slated in its con
stitution "to promote the cause
o( science and truth by the cul
tivation ol oratory and the art
ot debate as weekly meetings
LEGEND TELLS that De
mosthenes, the societies' name
sake practiced reciting as he
climbed steep hills, defied the
waves of the sea to drown nut
the sound of his voice, and pol-
gished his speech by speaking
with pebbles in his mouth To
intensely practice speaking the
orator shut himself in a cave
and shaved hall his head, re
moving any temptation to re
turning In Mir outside world
Demosthenes unce said. A
vessel is known by the sound
whether n be cracked or not so
gmen are proved, by their
speech, whether they be wise or
hxilish "
I It! MOST HE MAY meetings
involve informal debates and
impromtu discussions on local,
state and national issues Stu
dents try to express their opin
ions in a correct manner while
cultivating a proper mode of
speaking
In February of 1901, William
Howard. United Stales Repre
sentative said of his member
ship in Ihe UGA chapter. "I be
lieve that I gained something in
self-reliance and acquired the
habit to think on mv feet, and
some readiness ol speech by
active participation in the so
ciety debates
The Demostheman Society
offers an opportunity for lead
ership training while partici
pating in inter-society debate
citnpctition The Suciely meets
its "rival across the way" (Phi
Kappa i in a yearly ciinpcti-
tion In addition, man' on ihe
varsity debate team are De-
mosthenian members
Perhaps Lord Bacon ex
pressed Ihe importance of the
art of speaking when he said.
"Heading maketh a fuller man.
writing an exact man, and
yaking a fluent man "
BECKY BROWN
Becky Brown
Joins Group
For Cruise
Becky Brown, a mathemat
ics education major has been
admitted to theWorld Campus
Afloat program of Chapman
College for the spr ng 1970
rsemester at sea
Miss Brown, of Atlanta will
join 500 other ocllege students
grepresenting 200 colleges and
universities She will board the
S S Rvndam in Los Angeles
Harbor for the studv-voy. ge to
ports in the Orient. Indi i Afri
ca and Europe
Union Gives Money,
Student Scholarship
The Communications Workers of America recently present
ed Dr Fred C. Davison. University president, with a $500 check
to be used as a scholarship for a needy student
CD. ForLson. president of the local 3203, CWA (AFL-CIO),
made the presentation
CWA members state wide contribute to the scholarship
which began at the University in 1965 In 1967 another $500
scholarship was added at Georgia State University
In 1968 Valdosta State College was added making three CS A
scholarships Since its beginning in 1965 the scholarship fund
has been an annual project for the CWA members
To be eligible for the scholarshps. students must be in the
last half of their junior year or in the first half of their senior
year and in need of funds to continue their education
A faculty committee selected by CWA and the University
will make the selection The recipient will attend the Georgia
slate convention of CWA at Jekell Island with expenses paid
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