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Thursday | March 30, 2006
Cases of
common cold,
common on
campus
Katie Wilson
Correspondent
The empty chairs in class, the
trashcans overflowing with tissues,
the constant sneezing from the stu
dent behind you. If you haven’t
come down with it yet, you have
most Hkeiy noticed the abundance
of people around you who have. So
what is this mystery illness making
its rounds through Wilmington?
Terry Ismert, adult nurse practi
tioner at the Student Health Center,
said the most common illness
affecting UNCW students is sim
ply the common cold.
“There have been a few cases
of the flu this year, but many times
a student will come into the health
center and think they have the flu
when, in fact, it is a cold,” Ismert
said.
According to Ismert, the symp
toms of the common cold often
start as a sore throat, progressing
to nasal congestion, a runny nose,
mild fever and sometimes a cough.
Sinus pressure and pain may also
be present in the beginning stages
of a cold, especially if you are not
taking a good decongestant. While
it is usual to see discolored yellow
or yellow-green mucus during the
onset of a cold, it should return to
a normal color after five to seven
days. Variations of these symp
toms and different combinations of
symptoms frequently constitute the
common cold. Some symptoms of
a cold can also be present with ill
nesses like sinus infections, bron
chitis and strep throat, but usually
such symptoms are more severe.
“It is always a good idea to con-
suh your health care provider if you
have questions about your symp
toms or progressions of symptoms,
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Volume LVII I Number 21
Pornography viewing becomes a problem in Randall Library
Justin McLeod
Lifestyles Editor
The Randall Library staff and
clientele have found that a number
of people have been viewing por
nographic material on the library’s
open area computers. Recently
there has been an increased num
ber of complaints, with one wit
ness claiming to have seen someone
viewing child pornography.
No one, thus far, has been willing
to speak with the police about these
claims.
“Child pornography and obscen
ity are a violation of the law and
will not be tolerated,” said UNCW
General Counsel Eileen Goldgeier.
Viewing child pornography is
considered a Class B felony or a
Class A felony if there are previ
ous counts against the accused. If
prosecuted and found guilty, one
can receive a sentence of six to 50
years in prison and up to $10,000
in fines.
Although no one has filed a
formal complaint referencing child
pornography, there have been many
complaints about the viewing and
printing of pornographic material
in the library.
“We have a few regulars,” said
Sue Cody, an associate university
librarian.
The patrons that view pornogra
phy have become so constant that
librarians recognize them upon
entry.
“For some of these people, it’s
part of the thrill that they are out in
public,” Cody said. Cody believes
that some of these viewers print out
the material and leave it for some-
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Photo illustrallon by Brett Gordon I THE SEAHAWK
While most students (like the one pictured here) use the computers in
Randall Library for educationial purposes, there have been reports of
individuals viewing pornography on the computers.
Diversity a major topic as Chancellor DePaolo speaks at open forum
nercent to that area. suggested busing freshmen to loci
Amanda Hutcheson
Assistant News Editor
Chancellor Rosemary DePaolo
held. an open forum Thursday,
March 23, to discuss issues facing
the university.
Ten progress measures were pre
sented, including increasing diver
sity, increasing student retention and
graduation rates and increasing sal
aries. DePaolo also presented a new
list of peer institutions for UNCW to
be compared with, including James
Madison University and the College
of Charleston.
DePaolo wants to decrease the
student-faculty ratio from 18.2:1 in
the 2004-05 school year to 17.2:1
by 2007
DePaolo emphasized a need to
increase enrollment among “histori
cally underrepresented groups.” To
accomplish this, she emphasized the
need for more money for scholar
ships, and expressed confidence that
doing so would not “lower the aver
age freshman SAT score.”
While DePaolo wants to increase
the 6-year graduation rate from 61
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Rosemary DePaolo
percent to
80 percent
by 2015, she
said that the
graduation
rate among
student ath
letes was
already at
80 percent.
This makes
the stu
dent athlete
graduation
rate at UNCW the third highest in
the UNC system and the highest
among LTNCW’s peer institutions.
Salaries were another area of
focus. DePaolo emphasized want
ing to increase faculty salaries until
UNCW is in the eightieth percen
tile among its peer group. When
a question was raised about staff,
as opposed to faculty, salaries she
said UNCW has “very little control
over faculty salaries. We have even
less control over staff salaries.” She
also pointed out that staff members
get health care benefits and that
they are being offered options in
that area.
Another area of concern was
increasing alumni donations.
DePaolo said that the fiindraising
phone-athon had been outsourced
to University of Georgia students,
but that when it was changed to
include UNCW students, there was
a big increase in donations. She
emphasized that freshmen retention
rates, the number of students living
on campus, and the average SAT
score of freshmen were related and
would all help increase alumni giv
ing over time.
One audience member asked
DePaolo about making it manda
tory for freshmen to live on campus.
DePaolo replied that 85 percent of
freshmen live on campus voluntari
ly, and that “the other 15 percent are
often local minorities, who with the
additional expense couldn’t afford to
go to UNCW.”
The issue of freshmen cars oh
campus was also discussed. While
one audience member thought that
fact should be marketed more,
another thought freshmen should
not be allowed to have cars. He
suggested busing freshmen to local
shelters in the event of a hurricane.
DePaolo emphasized that freshmen
having cars on campus was not
going to change, but that the cars
might be stored in lots off campus.
She said the number of freshmen
would overwhelm shelters, which
often don’t open until just before
storms and would not withstand a
category five hurricane. She also
said many freshmen need cars for
transportation to and from work.
BREAKING
SPORTS NEWS
UNCW Head Coach
Brad Brownell had
ijQterviewed for the head
coaching position at Ball
State and Wright State.
He has not received a job
offer from either school
yet Expect a fuO story in
Sports next week-