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TEXAS WESLEYAN
oct 0 6 2003
November 20, 2002
Fort Worth, Texas
Vol. 88, No. 6
News Briefs
International Week
International week con-
tinues with a soccer game
on the quad on Nov. 20 at 4
p.m. There will be a recep-
tion after the game with
free refreshments.
An international movie
night will be held Nov. 20
featuring "Sexo, Pudor y
Lagrimas" and "Amores
Perros." On Nov. 21 the
featured movies will be
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden
Dragon" and "Amelie." On
both days, the movies will
start at 7 p.m. in the
Science Lecture Theater.
For more information,
call the Intensive English
Department at (817) 531 -
4468.
Jazz Combo Concert
The Wesleyan Music
Department will be hosting
a concert on Nov.' 21 at
7:30 p.m. in Martin Hall.
For more information,
contact the Music Depart-
ment at (817) 531-4992.
Merry Wives of Windsor
performances continue
The Merry Wives of
Windsor, a comedy by
William Shakespeare, is
playing at the Thad
Smotherton Theatre, which
is located inside the Law
Sone Fine Arts Center. The
show will run from Nov.
21-24 and start at 7:30 p.m.
On Nov. 24, the matinee
will start at 2 p.m.
For more information,
call the theatre box office at
(817) 531-4211.
E-mail your News Briefs
to The Rambler at
twurambler(cuyahoo. com.
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Whooping cough case found in area
Nathan Mutchler
STAFF WRITER
A case of whooping cough has been
reported in Denton, causing area public
health departments to advise people to
make sure their immunizations are up to
date.
The Denton County Health
Department decided to begin alerting par-
ents after a 2-month-old girl was recently
diagnosed with whooping cough after
being admitted to the hospital.
The girl, now in intensive case, is the
first case of pertussis, or whooping cough,
among youth since the health department
began investigating cases last month.
Whooping cough is an infection in the
respiratory system caused by the
Bordetella pertussis bacteria. Whooping
cough is contracted when a person inhales
droplets from an infected person's cough
or sneeze.
Last month, when the largest outbreak
of whooping cough nationwide in three
decades began, eight cases of whooping
cough were investigated. This month, eight
more cases have been looked into. All of the
cases, until the recent one in Denton, have
been in adults.
The immunization for pertussis is most
effective when given to children between the
ages of 2 months and 7 years. The disease is
not as serious when it is found in adults,
because most adults have been immunized.
Photo courtesy of The University of Iowa Hygienic Laboratory
A case of whooping cough, also known as pertus-
sis, was reported recently in Denton. Anyone with
symptoms should be tested quickly.
A statement from the Denton County
Health Department said it was concerned
about whooping cough affecting young chil-
dren who had not yet been immunized, as in
the recent case of the child there. The health
department urges parents not to panic, but to
get their children immunized as quickly as
possible.
The first symptoms of whooping cough
are similar to those of a common cold: a
runny nose, dry cough and mild fever. After
about one to two weeks, coughing can
occur in spells that may last for more than
a minute. Between coughing spells, a vic-
tim may gasp for air with a characteristic
"whooping" sound, although infants'
coughs may not produce the same sound.
Severe coughing spells can cause a
child to turn blue in the face or to vomit.
Infants may actually stop breathing for a
few seconds. Although the severe spells
usually improve in about a week, cough-
ing can continue for several weeks.
Because adults and adolescents with
whooping cough may have milder symp-
toms, their whooping cough infections can
more likely be misdiagnosed.
Between 5,000 and 10,000 people were
killed by whooping cough each year
before the current whooping cough vac-
cine was put into effect in 1996.
Since then, fewer than 20 people per year
die from whooping cough. About 50 percent
of all whooping cough infections occur in
children younger than 1 year old, and only 15
percent occur in youths older than 15.
Doctors urge people who think they may
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Search for new dean continues Jeffcoat welcomes internationals
Phillip Nagano
NEWS EDITOR
The search committee for
the new School of Business dean
has narrowed down its search.
Thirty people have applied
for the job and the
committee is still tak-
ing applications.
"The quality of the
candidates that have
applied have been
excellent and they are
all excellent choices,"
said Dr. Frank
Norwood, professor of
business administra-
tion and chairman of
the search committee. ______
Norwood contin-
ued, "We have narrowed it down
to two groups. In the first group
there are four candidates and
there is a second group that has
candidates to pull from if the first
group doesn't produce what we
are looking for."
Right now, the search com-
mittee is checking references and
setting up interviews for after the
holidays with the first group of
Dr. Frank
Norwood
candidates. The interviews are
going to be conducted on campus
at the beginning of the spring
semester. Conducting the inter-
views after the holidays will
allow the candidates to get a feel
for Wesleyan, Norwood said.
Wesleyan's
dean search commit-
tee wants to have
someone in place as
soon as possible
because it had origi-
nally planned to have
a new dean in place by
January, Norwood
said.
The committee
has stopped running
an advertisement in
the Chronicle of
Higher Education, but the search
committee is continuing to take
applications. "With all the good
candidates that we have, there
was really no reason to continue
the advertisement," Norwood
said.
"Overall, we are very happy
with the quality of the applica-
tions," he said. "Hopefully we
will see someone in there soon."
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Photo by Faith Beverly
President JefTcoat greets the International students at the
International week reception which kicked off the festivities.
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