the Seahawk
NEWS I March 30, 2006
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because people are different, and there are
many different types of viruses that cause the
common cold,” Israert said.
Junior Lauren Campbell has sneezed,
coughed and had a runny nose and mild sore
throat for over two weeks.
“I’ve felt weak, run down, and it makes
me not want to work as much, but with all of
my extracurricular activities, 1 still have to get
things done,” Campbell said. She noted that
everyone around her, including her boyfriend,
friends and coworkers, have also had the same
symptoms lately.
So why is everyone catching a cold now?
Ismert said more illnesses may be present dur
ing certain times of the year due to changes in
the weather.
“When the weather turns cold, it drives
people inside, and colds are easier to transmit
to the people in close quarters when people
are coughing, sneezing and blowing noses
and then touching handles, desks and chairs,”
Ismert said.
Stress is another explanation of the increase
in illnesses among students. Things like tests,
papers and school combined with working
can cause stress, lowering the immune system
and making a student more susceptible to
infection.
To avoid catching a cold or other illnesses,
Ismert suggests students constantly wash their
hands, dispose of tissues properly, cover their
mouths when coughing or cough into the fold
of their arm, get adequate sleep, take a multi
vitamin, especially with an unhealthy diet,
and limit excess stress when possible.
“1 wish people would stop sneezing on me,
wash their hands more, stop spreading germs
and be more considerate,” Campbell laughed.
Treatment options for the common cold
depend on the symptoms. For a sore throat,
Ismert recommends gargling with warm salt
water and using a chloroseptic spray Tylenol
or Ibuprophen can relieve pain and fever,
while nasal drips and Claritin can help with
congestion. For a cough, try ATussin or a
DM-type cough syrup.
“If a student is concerned about a health
issue and needs reassurance about those
symptoms, whether it turns out to be a virus
or a more serious illness, then they should
come see us,” Ismert said.
The Student Health Center is located in
Westside Hall and is open from 8 a.m. to
4:30 p.m., no appointment necessary. On
Thursdays, the SHC opens at 9 a.m. For more
information, call 962-3280 or visit the SHC
Web site at www.uncw.edu/stuafi/healthser-
vices/shc.htm.
The UNCW
Graduate English
Association to hold
first conference
Katy Luquire
Staff Writer
The UNCW Graduate English Associa
tion will be holding its first conference this
weekend. In the association’s groundbreak
ing conference, graduate students will get a
chance to present their work based- around
“Title Effects: Writing through Watershed.”
Although the conference does not officially
begin until Saturday, April 1, the event begins
Friday March 31 at Rebel Books featuring
“creative writing and a mixer from confer
ence attendees, friends, our keynote speaker,
and our colleagues,” said Melinda Hollis, the
GEA co-chair, in an email interview.
Dr. Wagas A. Khwaja, the keynote speak
er, a creative writer and postcolonial scholar
from Agnes Scott University, will highlight
the ending of the conference on Saturday.
UNCW English professors Anthony Atkins,
Sue Richardson, Michael Ruwe and Barbara
Waxman will be introducing students at the
conference as well.
Before Khwaja’s presentation, graduate
students will present their scholarship in the
University Union with food and drink breaks
in between each presentation. Each student
will present for around 15 minutes, followed
by a question and answer session.
Hollis encourages everyone to come out
and see what your students have been work
ing on both in their scholarship and raising
the bar for graduate english studies at our fine
university.”
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