The
Centers
for
Disease
Control and Prevention, the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration
and the Public Health Agency
of Canada are investigating the
source of a recent E. coli outbreak
that has infected 58 people and
resulted in two deaths in the
United States and Canada. This
particular strain, called E. coli
O157:H7, has been linked to leafy
greens and romaine lettuce.
Between Nov. 15 and Dec.
8, the disease spread to 13
states, including Michigan, and
multiple provinces in Canada.
Though the disease is reported
to have spread a month ago,
public health notices are now
being published.
Consumer
Reports
states
E.
coli
symptoms
typically
surface one to three days after
infection, but may take as long
as 10 days. These symptoms
include severe diarrhea and
abdominal pain. This particular
strain of E. coli can lead to
serious illness, kidney failure
and death if left untreated.
Young children, the elderly
and those with a weakened
immune system are the most
vulnerable to this illness.While
the Public Health Agency of
Canada has officially identified
the source of the outbreak as
romaine lettuce, the CDC is
still investigating the possible
origin. Preliminary results of
CDC genome sequencing of the
bacteria suggest the Canadian E.
coli strain and the American E.
coli strain are genetically closely
related, indicating a common
source of infection.
The Public Health Agency
of Canada advised those in
its eastern provinces to avoid
romaine lettuce and eat other
salad greens until further notice.
The CDC has yet to recommend
a particular food Americans
should avoid.
Consumer
Reports,
a
consumer-oriented
research
magazine based in the United
States, advised people to avoid
eating romaine lettuce until the
cause of the E. coli outbreak is
identified and removed from
stores.
Consumer
Reports
added
it could take time before any
recall is secured and executed, a
period during which consumers
can potentially become infected.
Jean Halloran, director of Food
Policy Initiatives at Consumers
Union, which is the policy
division of Consumer Reports,
says the FDA must act fast to
identify and recall the source of
the outbreak.
The outbreak has affected the
University community as well.
In the University 43rd annual
Monitoring the Future study,
researchers of the University’s
Institute for Social Research
surveyed
about
45,000
secondary
school
students
across the country on their use
of marijuana, vapes, tobacco,
alcohol,
inhalants,
heroin
and opioids. The researchers
released their findings in a
summary
titled
“National
Adolescent
Drug
Trends
in
2017,” and a full volume of their
work will be released by the end
of January.
The
investigation,
funded
by the National Institute on
Drug Abuse, surveyed students
in grades 8, 10 and 12, and
concluded
marijuana
use
among all students increased
significantly, from 22.7 percent
in 2016 to 24 percent in 2017.
Principal Investigator Richard
Miech believes the substantial
rise in marijuana use is related
to the decrease in percieved risk.
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Go Blue Guarantee, to take effect this semester, represents
a step in the right direction for students, applicants
JULIA LAUER/DAILY
University says in-state students with household income below $65,000 will receive free tuition starting Winter 2018
Starting this winter semester,
the Go Blue Guarantee will begin
to cover full tuition for in-state
University students whose families
make $65,000 a year or less. The
commitment will automatically
cover current qualifying students,
as well as future students who
apply and are admitted.
The
Go
Blue
Guarantee,
announced
last
summer,
aims
to
encourage
students
from
socioeconomically
underrepresented
communities
to apply to the University, with
the comfort that if admitted,
they will be able to afford it. The
University’s hope is to give high
school students who otherwise
wouldn’t
have
applied
the
confidence to do so.
At his appearance at the Senate
Assembly on Dec. 11, Schlissel
heralded the program as his
greatest achievement as university
president.
“I
think
we
should
all
be
extremely
proud
of
that
commitment we are making to
opportunity across the breadth of
our state,” Schlissel said.
He also mentioned how the
early action applicant numbers for
next year’s freshman class have
risen from previous years, which
he partly attributed to the Go Blue
Guarantee.
“This
year’s
numbers,
and
I think it’s because of the Go
Blue Guarantee in part, are even
stronger (than previous years),”
Schlissel said. “The December
1st year over year numbers are
significantly
up
in
applicant
numbers.”
While Schlissel suggested a rise
in applications, no information has
been officially released about how
many students who qualify for
the Go Blue Guarantee have been
admitted to the 2018 freshman
class.
The University is pursuing
various advertising efforts to
ensure Michigan high school
MAEVE O’BRIEN
Daily Staff Reporter
Students,
teens swap
cigarettes
for vapes
RESEARCH
University researchers
release findings from
Monitoring the Future
JULIA FORD
Daily Staff Reporter
MATT VAILLIENCOURT/Daily
Dining halls received an official mandatory orer from the Dining management to replace romaine lettuce Friday
morning.
After deaths from E. Coli breakouts,
dining halls replace romaine lettuce
Canadian and United States agencies report 58 infections and 2 deaths
REMY FARKAS
Daily Staff Reporter
Illinois conquered
The Michigan basketball
team shook off a slow start
to beat the Fighting Illini,
79-69, on Saturday afternoon
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Following
campus
outrage
over the impending visit of white
supremacist
Richard
Spencer,
the University has released a list
of events to discuss free speech
throughout
winter
semester
titled
“Speech
and
Inclusion:
Recognizing Conflict and Building
Tools for Engagement.”
At an emergency Board of
Regents meeting in November,
University
President
Mark
Schlissel
announced
that
the
University would allow Spencer
to speak on campus provided they
find a safe time and environment in
which to do so, much to the dismay
of many opposing students, faculty
and community members. #Stop
Spencer, a group committed to
preventing the Spencer event, plan
to protest Spencer’s event, though a
specific Error! Hyperlink reference
not valid. for the event has yet to be
determined.
Spencer’s lawyer, Kyle Bristow,
threatened the University with a
lawsuit if a date isn’t decided upon
by January 15.
‘U’ to host
events on
Spencer,
free speech
CAMPUS LIFE
Series includes lectures,
teach-ins, teach-outs on
“tools for engagement”
RACHEL LEUNG
Daily Staff Reporter
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