Tag: meningitis
Meningitis scare subsides
A fact of university life is exposure to diseases – including viral and bacterial meningitis, a serious illness that college age students may be particularly susceptible to. Earlier this month an e-mail sent across campus brought this risk of the disease to the fore, when the community learned that a student here had viral meningitis.
TB scare hits campus
A tuberculosis scare prompted an Aug. 28 University of La Verne Health Center e-mail to the ULV community about a summer program participant found to be infected with TB.
Fears ease in wake of meningitis case
A few weeks after discovering that University of La Verne freshman Carlos Carrazco had come down with bacterial meningitis instead of the more common flu bug, Brandt Hall residents and students in general are taking the chances that they, too, will contract the potentially deadly illness in stride.
Exaggeration epidemic spreads
The local papers were covered with it. The late night news bombarded its viewers with it. Parents feared for the safety of their children. Salivating reporters hungry for the scoop invaded Brandt Hall. What caused the mayhem? What caused the confusion?
Meningitis case under control
The University of La Verne student hospitalized with bacterial meningitis Sunday was released yesterday and is recovering at home.
Leo feeds addiction through song
Ryan Minic sits nervously outside the Oaks tapping his fingers to a quick beat on the metal table. He is addicted, to music that is. He asks everyone passing by: "Dude, do you have a guitar? I need a guitar! I need to jam right now!"