The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, April 30, 2002 - 3
Experts discuss smallpox as possible threat
By Karen Schwartz of smallpox is great, in part because the vaccination expect everything to be treatable, "there is no proven
j Daily News Editor used to treat it is so dangerous and controversial. treatment for smallpox," especially because there is no
The live virus had to be used to vaccinate people, way to test the effectiveness of a new vaccine.
The last naturally acquired case of smallpox was McIntosh said, and it could contain other viruses. It His speech was followed by a panel discussion where
eradicated in Somalia in 1977, and in 1980, the World would not be acceptable in 2002, he said, because of specialists addressed the issues surrounding the recog-
Health Organization declared it officially eradicated possible bacterial contamination and negative side nization of smallpox and the level of preparedness to
worldwide. effects, including the loss of appendages and death. respond to outbreaks on local and national levels.
But smallpox is back at the forefront of conversation According to the Centers for Disease Control and Panelists raised concerns about how to protect nurs-
following Sept. 11 as a possible bioterrorism threat. Prevention, smallpox vaccination ended in 1972. es and others so they could respond without being in
Experts discussed the disease yesterday at the "People born before 1971 will have some protection harm's way, the pros and cons of mass vaccination
School of Public Health during an event, titled "Small- against the virus, but not as good as if they were re- campaigns either before or after an event occurs and
pox and Smallpox Vaccination: How to prepare for immunized now," McIntosh said. about the risks mass panic could cause.
Bioterrorism," He added that if smallpox were to be released today A public outcry would be only the start of the prob-
Kenneth McIntosh, a professor of pediatrics at Har- there could be serious consequences, especially for lems, said Gillian Stoltman, director of the Communi-
vard Medical School and director of the clinical those who have not been vaccinated. cable Disease and Immunization division of the
research program at Children's Hospital in Boston, "People who are under 30 have not been immunized Michigan Department of Public Health.
spoke at the event. yet and it is unclear what will happen to them," he said. "There are adverse events that occur (with this vac-
He outlined the history of smallpox, which he said While in Africa smallpox seemed to be only spread cine). We are going to have to deal with the fact that
started in India or China and then was carried to other through contact, in Europe it spread through small there could be adverse events - deaths that occur as a
BRENDAN5 OONNELL/oaIy countries by explorers. aerosol particles, McIntosh said, so it is also unclear result of the vaccination," she said, adding that 25 per-
Kenneth McIntosh explains the origins McIntosh also discussed vaccination for the man- how the disease would spread in the United States. cent of the population would not be candidates for vac-
of smallpox and Its relevance yesterday. agement of a smallpox-based attack. He said the threat He said despite this being an era where people cination because of other factors.
Warrant issued in
West Quad assault
DOWNRIGHT 'SHADY'
By Jeremy Berkowitz
Daily News Editor
Maureen Johnson, the former Univer-
sity student who won her lawsuit against
the University Board of Regents and
former Music School Dean Paul Boylan
Thursday, is not the only victim of sexu-
al harassment at the University. The
Washtenaw County Prosecutor's Office
issued a warrant last week on a male
student for criminal sexual conduct
against a student living in West Quad
Residence Hall.
The alleged assault occurred the
weekend before in a West Quad stair-
well where the victim claims the male
fondled her. She was able to escape and
contacted Department of Public Safety
officers who located and arrested the
suspect. He was released pending inves-
tigation. DPS spokeswoman Diane
Brown said the Prosecutor's Office and
DPS now have enough evidence to
bring the suspect to trial.
"We are attempting to make contact
with the male, so he can make arrange-
ments to turn himself in," Brown said.
The latest incident is one of several
this year that has raised sexual harass-
ment awareness issues on campus. Fif-
teen peeping tom incidents occurred last
semester where women reported male
suspects watching them in the shower.
In addition, Johnson's lawsuit in which
she claimed former Music Prof. Pier
Calabria sexually harassed her increased
consciousness among the community
through the publicity of her trial and a
sexual harassment forum. Johnson's
attorney Miranda Massie said the stu-
dents at the University must stand
together and fight discrimination.
"I feel that sexism is on the rise, and
that the only way we can make it safe
for woman is to make a stance against
sexism, sexual harassment and vio-
lence," Massie said. "If we try to ignore
the problem, it will only increase."
Brown said the key to fighting sexual
harassment is getting rid of the criminal
element on campus, which includes stu-
dents taking responsibility for them-
selves and their belongings.
University Sexual Harassment Policy
Office Director Kathleen Donohoe con-
cured with Brown in saying the campus
is not unsafe, but the incidences show
the need for more alertness.
See ASSAULT, Page 10
Summer jobs don't
lee upto students
expectations, wants
By Karen Schwartz
Daily News Editor
Now that another school year has ended, many students
staying in town for the summer are scouring Ann Arbor to
find the ideal summer job. Restaurants have help wanted
signs in the windows, camps are calling for counselors
and job postings in the classifieds are promising fun,
adventure and a chance to develop business skills "if you
call this number."
But not all these jobs turn out to be as worthwhile
as they sound, several University students said. On
and off campus, some students have had less-than-
ideal experiences with jobs they thought would be
better.
Engineering junior Rajiv Haque said selling Cutco
knives for Vector Marketing two summers ago did not
make the cut as far as good summer jobs are concerned.
He said that while he was allowed to make his own sched-
ule, he became annoyed because representatives from the
group he worked for were always checking up on him.
"They called you at home to see how much you sold
and how many appointments I had for the day. Sometimes
they'd call me up at 8 a.m. and wake me up," he said.
While the job sounded promising on paper, Haque said
the advertisements only picked out the good points.
"There were restrictions for who you got credit for sell-
ing to," he said. "There was a base pay for appointments
and then you get a certain percentage of how much you
sell. You wouldn't get your base pay if you didn't meet the
requirements."
Haque said the job can be especially difficult for
students who do not know many people who are very
well-off.
"If you don't know people who are going to buy your
product from you then don't do it because you're basical-
ly going to waste your time. You're not going to sell any-
thing or make much money," he said. "Most people are
not going to want to pay 50 dollars just for one knife."
Engineering senior Daniel Winterhalter was a member
of a University paint crew for three weeks at the begin-
ning of his freshman year. He submitted an online appli-
cation and found himself moving furniture and preparing
residence hall rooms to be painted.
He said while the job matched the description he was
given when he applied, it turned out to be much worse
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LSA junior Phil Barclay scrapes food for his job as a server
at the U club.
than he imagined.
"It was really hot in the dorms - over90 degrees most
days - and the windows had been closed for weeks or
months, so it was dusty too," Winterhalter said.
He left that job after less than a month of work for
another job that paid less and offered fewer opportunities
for overtime pay.
"The dust and the heat and the monotony combined
weren't worth the wage," he said.
In her attempts to make loads of summer cash, LSA
junior Elisha Eisenberg worked at Burger King and Cae-
sarland, a Little Caesars that includes a children's play
area and an arcade.
She said she did everything from cleaning Burger King
bathrooms with gum stuck in the toilets to cleaning the
play structures at Caesarland from the inside.
"You'd have to crawl through the play structures at the
See JOBS, Page 10
Hill Auditorium will close today in order to begin a $38.6 million renovation
project scheduled to last until Fall 2003.