6F -- The M4ugan Daily - Football S*rday - November 6, 1999@ CAM PL3 N EWS VHS urges students to get meningitis shot By Adam Brian Cohen Last weekend, 21-year-old Pennsylvania State cine in a short period of time, said University said. Valy SrafRe - University student Ryan Hockensmith contracted spokesperson Joel Seguine. They left Champaign early Sunday and The University Health Service's automated bacterial meningitis and began showing symptoms UHS gave 650 meningococcal disease (bacteri- Hockensmith "slept the whole way home" during meningitis information line is quick to say: "There while in Champaign, Ill. He was covering the Penn al meningitis) vaccinations last week and admin- the 12-hour drive, Kalec said. is no outbreak." State-Illinois football game for Penn State's stu- istered 58 on Monday. "We stopped at his apartment first when we got Despite one reported case of viral meningitis - dent newspaper, The Daily Collegian. Winfield said bacterial meningitis is found in back, but he couldn't get out of the car by himself the more common and less severe type of menin- UHS began sending vaccination information one of every 100,000 people, but is four times He said he couldn't feel his legs he said. gitis - on campus. IS has bcgun sending letters letters out last week, said UHS interim Director more likely in college students. The symptoms are After taking Hockensmith into his house, Kalec to students living in residence halls and communi- Robert Winfield, after a meeting of the Advisory high fever, headache, stiff neck and discomfort and the others traveling with him discovered "pur ty housing, encour',ing them to get the $89 bac- Committee on Immunization Practices - a Center looking into bright lights, ple blotches all over his feet and legs. terial meningitis saccination. for Disca 'e Control committee that meets once The Penn State student was listed in critical con- Hockensmith was taken to Centre County UHS cites a surge (i imeningitis, both viral and every tIso years. ACIi changed its vaccination rec- dition Tuesday, said William Kalec, Hockensmith's Hospital in State College, Penn. The center didn': b oieeriaI On colege eampses nationwide in the ommendatioi for college students. friend and Daily Collegian football writer have the proper facilities, Kalec said, and past ew months is thre auss lir growing concern. Winfild said, letters will gradually be sent out to Kalec said Hockensmith complained through- Hockensmith was taken to Hershey Medical Aeosring to UHI It, sial loin of ein gitis is all tenaus in the residence halls, fraternity houses out the game of aches and chills and declined to Center, about 45 minutes away seris, but rarel I hi -e osserial fors, which and other students living in community housing. explore the Illinois campus Friday night. The Daily Collegian members who traveled is sate is muchmrrue da er5s. "We want evervone to know (the vaccine) is After the game. Hockensmith's condition wors- with Hockensmith were all given the antibiotic Ba'eirial mensnuisis his 'ppearred a Eastern asailable," he said ened and his friends took him to a hospital. Cipro to prevent the spread ofsthe disease. Miic iandisi Mis sit Siate .iersitiesinhS te Ii's;is sending ilout a limited number of letters "They tested him for mono and strep, but they -Dai/V Sports Edlitor Josh Kleinba icon' as m nTh cach day to unsent xcassive cidemand for the vac- released him that night" at about 1:30 a.m. Kalec triuted to this repiort. ARTS Football Saturday November 6, 1999 I d 9 c It c t. 'Collector' hits funny 'Bone' with unintentional comedy ByMathwOaret J , I0 1f . S easonal disorder causes depression, restlessness By Matthew Barrett Daily Arts Writer Citizens of New York beware - yet another killer is on the loose. This par- ticular incarnation poses as a cab driver to capture his victims, and, after locking the doors, takes his unsuspecting cap- tives on the ride of their lives before polishing them off in a variety ofrevolt- ing ways. To show just how sick and twisted he really is, the killer hangs a nasty little ison- ky from the rearview mirror in his cab and cuts The Bone a pointer finger Collector off the hands of his victims. A murderer on a iswsutyt spree, leaving s & Brierwood behind just enough clues for the cops to stay close - sure doesn't seem like any movie we've seen before. Faced with the task of catching this madman before he polishes off the entire city are police officers Lincoln Rhyme (Denzel Washington) and Amelia Donaghy (Angelina Jolie). The twist here is that, as a result of a police- related accident, Rhyme is a quadri- plegic who can only lend his brilliant mind to the case. He needs the young, tough, spunky rookie, Amelia, to do the legwork for him - this consists of her climbing through sewers and other tight quarters as Lincoln guides her on a headset. As we might expect, both cops have checkered pasts, probably because it's 'easier for the writer to tell us why they're so driven rather than to show us. Although the setup of Lincoln lead- ing Amelia doesn't make for a very exciting movie, it does provide us with a fantastic burst of unintentional humor. After Amelia stumshles, a little too late, on one of the killer's victims hand- cuffed to a wall, Lincoln instructs her, over the radio, to, saw off the victim's hands so that they can get the necessary evidence. Amelia isn't down with the idea, but Lincoln persists, reiterating that she must saw off the hands. This exchange continues for quite some time before Amelia decides that she just can't do it and Lincoln realizes that he might have been asking a little much from the new girl on the block. Neither of the leads are very effective in their parts, with Washington unable to rise above -the inferior material and Jolie seeming content to act reserved and annoyed throughout the story. Also appearing are Queen Latifah as Thelma, Lincoln's nurse, and Luis Guzman as a forensics expert. Although she might be able to carry a tune with the best of them, Latifah has done nothing in the recent past to establish why she should be an actress. Here she is unable to rise above her off-screen persona and comes off as nothing more than Nurse Latifah. Guzman, on the other hand, is once again at the top of his game, taking a small, throw-away part and making it memorable. Along with the atrocious acting, the film suffers from an unsteady hand by director Phillip Noyce. After making sharp action thrillers, such as "Patriot Games" and "Clear and Present Danger," Noyce falls smack on his face swith "Thse Bone Collector" Thse films is a dreadful experience, and the direction is hands-down the worst part. For some reason, Noyce feels that he can convey suspense or anguish to the audience by cutting back and forth between close- ups of characters while keying up the background score. And while this method may have worked in other films, here it's overused to the point that whenever something bad happens, we know just what to expect right down to the individual shots. "The Bone Collector" is a wretched film that deserves a quick death similar to any of the several victims in its story. The identity of the murderer is kept a secret throughout the story, but so few clues are given that the ending shoots at us straight out of left field. Somewhere in here there's the mak- ings of a good movie, but sorry, guys, someone already thought of them quite some time ago and called it "Rear Window." By Risa Berrin Daily StaftReporter A lack of energy and sleeping more than usual can be signs of feeling down. But people experiencing these symp- toms only during the fall and winter months, may be suffering from Seasonal Affective Disorder. Symptoms of SAD - a depression triggered by the onset of fall and winter and suppressed during spring and sum- mer - include fatigue, poor motiva- tion, decreased memory and concentra- tion, irritability, mood swings and sleep disturbance. "Many people overeat and over- sleep," said Mood Disorder Clinic Director Elizabeth Young, a professor of psychiatry. "But the hallmark of the syndrome isto show seasonal exacerba- tion of ordinary mood disorders." Holly Lowe, a clinical social worker at the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Md., said a person with SAD usually has a depressed mood that lasts for at least two weeks. "Many people with the disorder experience a loss of pleasure or interest in most things;" she said. "They may have a loss or increase of appetite, dif- ficulty with decisions or insomnia. Lowe said people can also experience hypo-mania, an excess of energy or arousal, at winter's end. These individu- als are extremely productive and require little sleep during spring and summer. Young said the shorter length of day in winter is a major factor of the disor- der, which affects 5 to 20 percent of the population. "The time of dawn also has an impact," she said. "In Ann Arbor, we are located so far wsest in the time zone that it becomes light late in the morn- ing." .. . .. . ;° - - ~ . ,_ ,y . k t, :z a r S c r a' ; ., _ _ Celebrate Victories! I Satellite T.V. 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Lowe said females experience SAD more than males at a ratio of three to one. She said females are more suscep- tible to the disorder at the onset of puberty. Treatment for the disorder includes light therapy, which exposes a person to artificial light without the harm of UV rays. For more severe cases, psychia- trists often prescribe antidepressants. Al Lew'y, vice chair of the depart- ment of psychiatry at the Oregon Health Sciences University, said he has been studying how melatonin plays a role in the disorder. lelatonin is a hor- mone secreted by mhscpincut 'hand that helps regulate the 24-hour sleep-and- wake cycle. Daylight signals the gland to shut off melatonin and allows the body to aw'ake. "We'rei now testing to see whether to use melatonin to treat the disorder," said 'Lewy, who has studied the disorder since 1979. Lewy said SAD initially received recognition in 1984, when a medical doctorcoined Ithe teri Seasonal Affective Disorder. Although tanning salons are not rec- ommended by psychiatrists for treat- ment, Tanning Technician Yasms Koval said customers visit salons frequently in the fall and winter to lift their spirits. "There are many customers that don't just come in for skin color pur- poses, but for the warm, bright feeling that the light provides," said Koval, who works at the Tanfastic tanning salon located on Main Street. Angelina Jolie don't eat meat but she sure like the "Bone." aye! Crows sell mise on new Desert Life' On their third studio album, "This Desert Life,' Counting Crows lead singer and chief songwrriter Adam Duritz drives home the point that he is eenally miserable. For those fans that did not already understand this from their first two albums, 1993's "August and Everything After" and 1996's "Recovering the Satellites," Duritz makes his pain unavoidable on the new album. But what is interesting is how he 'S wants to stay in his suffering as told through lines like, "If I could make it AAA rain today / And wash away this sunny Counting day down to the gutter / I would" from Crows "Amy Hit the Atmosphere. This Desert Life Counting Crows' strength has always aGC been in their lyrics and this album only Reviewed by furthers that assumption with influences nay ss wi'-rm coming from everywhere that gives Ay sein Duritz a voice all his own. "Mrs. Potter's Lullaby" has a strong Dylan influence with plentiful metaphors and allusions while "Four Days" is reminiscent of early REM. Counting Crows' modernization of '60s-style instrumenta- tion is still the dominating musical force on the album, but the band does attempt a few new tricks. The guitars are less heavy and more melodic as they use a multitude of effects and tones, and with the use of strings, a few songs reach that longed-for symphonic beauty that few rock albums ever read. 'to take acab when you SHARE A RIDE *j ;. Up to Four Friends f , Can Share aCab: *"* reserved rides available " Limit z coupon per ride Expires 5/1/00 WE-on- - - - CVAB The drawback is that everything song is about sadness. And while this formula has worked so far, you have to wonder how long it can last. Even their musically up-beat new single "Hanginaround" is lyrically depressing. The song, about being stuck in the same place for too long and not being able to do anything about it, almost seems like the band's autobiography. Counting Crows found their sound right from the beginning and have stuck with it ever since. Whether this is blessing or curse may very well be determined by the response to 'his album