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The Clarion
February 14, 2005
News
Patagonia
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geology students, but was also
open to other students.
On the trip, titled “New Year’s
Eve at the End of the World”, the
group visited Patagonia, which
forms the last thousand miles of
the continent of South America.
They visited the Santa Cruz
province, Argentina, Region XII of
Chile, and the island of Tierra del
Fuego.
The purpose of the trip
according to Reynolds was “to
give students the opportunity to
see some international geology in some
cool out-of-the-way places.”
It was a learning vacation on which
students could learn as much as they
wanted about the glaciers and the
Andes while “following in the footsteps
of the great explorers, like Darwin,
Magellan and Drake,” Reynolds said.
Did the group make any new
discoveries of their own? Reynolds
said, “I have strong suspicions that
there is an unreported meteor crater in
Glacier’s National Park in Argentina.”
Bonfires
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advisor in attendance during the
function.
“It’s in our hands now,” Dean
Yowell said. “We just need to
know who will be taking responsi
bility for the fire so it is not left
unattended.”
Originally, students and
campus organizations made
bonfires on a regular basis.
However, last spring Ingles
reported wooden pallets and
compressed cardboard stolen from
the store on 710 North Broad
Street. These items were used for
the campus. Dean Yowell said that
she never saw the petition, and it
was never turned in.
Things got out of hand last year
so some supervision will be good,”
Sophomore Matt Hutchins said. “I
don’t want to see the fires get out of
control again.”
Firewood is now available for
students who wish to host an event
involving bonfires. If you would like to
organize a bonfire event in one of the
two fire pits, located in the Village Quad
and in front of the Stamey Center,
contact Campus Life for more informa
tion.
every Tuesday at 7pm in the Clarion
office, MG 222A.
Scabies
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According to health officials anyone can get
scabies. It is nothing to be embarrassed or
ashamed of, and doctors say that it is fairly
common, especially when people live in close
quarters such as dormitories.
Scabies is a contagious mite infection that
occurs on the
top layer of skin.
The mite begins
laying eggs a few
hours after
contact and
within ten days
the eggs hatch
and become
adult mites. It
can affect people
from all socioeconomic levels with no regard to
age, sex, race, or standards of hygiene. Clusters of
outbreaks are occasionally seen in nursing homes,
institutions, and child care centers.
These parasitic mites are transferred by direct
skin-to-skin contact, and indirect transfer from
undergarments or bedclothes that have been
previously contaminated. Transmission is also
likely when partners spend the night together or
have close bodily contact.
Winter weather left ice on the BC campus this past
week (photo by Joel Graham)