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University of Dallas
Officials reflect on handling of Ebola scare
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ICYMI:10 takeaways from election 2014
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Clare Myers
Staff Writer
Bridget Lewis
Staff Writer
Hunter Johnson
Editor in Chief
Time to visit
Taco Diner?
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Veteran’s
reflections on
Vietnam
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Volleyball
takes on
conference
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Big changes
coming to the
neighborhood
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UD’s Open
Studio Night
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It’s no-shave
November!
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dependent non-profit
organization started
in 1 995. Its mission is
to support liberal arts
education, uphold high
academic standards,
safeguard the free ex-
change of ideas on
campus and to improve
the quality of education
for the next generation.
It works with alumni,
donors and trustees to
accomplish its goals.
The “What Will They
Learn?” publication was
begun in 2009 to en-
courage colleges and
universities to build
a stronger curricu-
lum that will increase
chances of success for
the student’s future
after graduation.
The ACTA graded
over 1,000 colleges
and universities on
the strength of each
school’s general ed-
ucation curriculum.
Each school received
winner in the Louisiana
Senate race between
Mary Landrieu (D) and
Bill Cassidy (R), so a
runoff election will take
place in December.
Votes in Alaska are
still being counted due
to ballots coming from
remote locations.
More Repu bl i-
can victories: Voters
elected Republican
governors in many
states, including typi-
cally Democratic states
such as Massachusetts,
Maryland and Illinois.
Follow the money:
This was the priciest
round of midterm elec-
tions to date. $3.7 bil-
lion went into the elec-
tions nationally, and
the North Carolina Sen-
ate race between Kay
Hagan (D) and Thom
Tillis (R) became the
most expensive senate
race ever, exceeding
$1 00 million. Tillis won
by a slim margin.
Election night sur-
than that available to
most Ebola patients in
Africa, he passed away
1 0 days after his admit-
tance to Texas Health
Presbyterian Hospital.
The hospital soon fell
prises: The Republican
takeover was largely
expected. Some races,
though, were tight.
Kansas Governor Sam
Brownback (R) man-
aged a victory over
challenger Paul Davis
(D), and Bruce Rauner
under scrutiny for how
it handled Duncan dur-
ing his admission pro-
cess and treatment.
Dr. Dan Varga, chief
clinical officer to Texas
Health Resources, stat-
(R) defeated Pat Quinn
(D) in the Illinois guber-
natorial race despite
Obama’s in-person
campaigning on behalf
of Quinn. Democrats
also narrowly lost the
race for governor in
Maryland, Maine and
we are able to exercise
freedom in our own
daily lives.”
In previous years,
students and faculty
members have been
invited to purchase
pre-made ribbons and
coins commemorat-
ing friends and family
members in the ser-
vice. This year, how-
ever, supplies for the
ribbons will be pro-
vided in the Gorman
Faculty Lounge.
“[S]tudents can
create their own com-
memorative ribbons
and will be able to add
a personalized touch
in honor of loved ones
and acquaintances,”
Stevenson said.
As the event will
take place through-
out the day, students
are encouraged to at-
tend on their own time
to honor the United
States’ fallen heroes
and veterans.
Massachusetts.
Obama sees red:
Many attributed Demo-
crat losses to the presi-
dent’s low public ap-
proval rating. Obama
took the blame, and he
now must work with a
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a grade on a scale of
“A” through “F”. To get
an “A”, a school must
require six to seven of
the education require-
ments as part of their
curriculum, and these
cannot be negotiable
due to high ACT or SAT
scores. UD requires all
seven of these in its
Core curriculum.
UD is part of just
3 percent of schools
graded to require eco-
nomic courses, one
of the 13 percent of
schools to require a for-
eign language course
and one of the 1 8 per-
cent of schools to re-
quire American history
or government courses.
According to the ACTA,
UD’s Core curriculum is
among the best nation-
wide for the fourth year
in a row, making sure
students learn what
they need to be suc-
cessful in the future.
ed that reviews of the
hospital’s treatment
of Duncan would be
forthcoming.
“We’ve already
started the conversa-
tion around lessons
learned relative to the
first three patients that
we diagnosed at Pres-
byterian,” Varga stated.
“We will be doing an
external review of all
of the care surrounding
this and have commit-
ted to sharing those
findings publically and
... there are actually
the case reports of Mr.
Duncan’s care ... that
are being right now
written up for peer re-
view.”
There are also
questions left to be an-
swered regarding the
cases of Nina Pham and
Amber Vinson, nurses
who treated Duncan.
Although both nurses
have recalled their ex-
periences with treat-
ing Duncan, it is still
first person in the na-
tion to develop Ebola:
Thomas Duncan, a na-
tive of Liberia who was
visiting loved ones in
Dallas when he became
sick.
Dallas Countyjudge
Clay Jenkins described
what he saw when he
went to retrieve Dun-
can’s girlfriend, Louise
Troh, from the apart-
ment where Duncan
had been staying. The
apartment was in the
process of being de-
contaminated.
“The people in the
hazmat suits were
there when I went and
got Louise out of the
apartment,” he said. “I
didn’t want to further
dehumanize Louise,
who I’d met the night
before, who was sleep-
ing on the floor on a
couch cushion because
the bodily fluid waste
of Duncan was taking
up one room and the
young men were sleep-
ing in another... the
people in the hazmat
the previous two U.S.
military engagements.
At around 5:20 p.m.,
Father Thomas Es-
posito will give a brief
prayer in commemo-
ration of the service
members. Partici-
pating students and
faculty members will
then be invited to the
flagpole by the Tower,
where Second Lieuten-
ant Charlie Turner will
lead Army ROTC ca-
dets in the concluding
flag ceremony.
“We want first to
honor those who have
sacrificed life and limb
to protect us and our
country, particularly
those who have made
the ultimate sacrifice
of giving their lives,
and ensuring that their
sacrifice is not forgot-
ten,” Sergeant Eric Ste-
venson, president of
SFV club, said. “And
secondly [we want] to
remind ourselves why
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November 11, 2014 ®
Ben Demary
Contributing Writer
n Tuesday,
< 1 Nov. 1 1 ,
M I the St u -
dents for
Veterans (SFV) Club
will host an event in
honor of Veterans Day.
The event, which will
take place in the Gor-
man Faculty Lounge
between 9 a.m. and
6 p.m., will give stu-
dents and faculty the
opportunity to reflect
on the sacrifices of
fallen military service
members and to honor
their memory. This is
the fourth year the
SFV club (formerly the
ROTC club) will be
hosting the event at
the University of Dal-
las.
During the event,
volunteer readers will
recite the name, rank
and branch of heroes
who have fallen during
he Univer-
sity of Dallas
is one of 23
colleges and
universities to receive
an “A” grade from the
American Council of
Trustees and Alumni’s
in its sixth edition of
“What Will They Learn?”
This is the fourth con-
secutive year that UD
is on this list, and
is the only school in
North Texas to re-
ceive an “A” from the
ACTA. Additionally,
UD is also considered
a “Hidden Gem”, for
being one out of only
four schools to receive
credit for all require-
ments. These educa-
tion requirements are:
composition, litera-
ture, foreign language,
U.S. government or
history, economics,
mathematics and sci-
ence.
The ACTA is an in-
Remembering to
honor our Veterans
Photo courtesy of The Dallas Morning News
Amber Vinson, a nurse who contracted Ebola and recovered, laughs
with former President George W Bush at Texas Health Presbyterian
Hospital this past Friday when Dallas was declared Ebola-free.
suits were there to cut
up the mattress and
put it in barrels [for
disposal].”
Although Duncan
was able to receive far
better medical care
Photo courtesy of heavy.com
Current senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell celebrates his
reelection last Tuesday in Kentucky. With a GOP Senate majority on
the way, he is set to become the new majority leader.
alias is Eb-
> o I a - f r e e ,
J officials de-
dared this
past Friday. As cities
across the globe are
still preparing for the
potential of an Ebola
outbreak, Dallas is al-
ready looking back
on its ordeal with the
deadly virus.
The last 2 1 -day
monitoring period for
an individual exposed
to the infected patients
came to an end on Nov.
7. Officials and resi-
dents have begun to
reflect on this chapter
in the city’s history
and analyze how the
outbreak was handled.
On Nov. 5, The
Dallas Morning News
hosted a panel discus-
sion on the recent scare
featuring city officials
and members of the
media. One of the first
topics of discussion
was centered on the
UD gets ‘A’ grade from ACTA,
one of four ‘Hidden Gems’
> g oters across
% g the nation in-
^^g dicated their
w dissatisfac-
tion with President
Barack Obama and a
“do nothing” Congress
last Tuesday in the
midterm elections. For
those readers to whom
“midterms” means ex-
ams and not politics,
here is a list of take-
aways.
Republicans take
Congress: The GOP
picked up seven Sen-
ate seats to secure a
52-44 majority. It also
increased its majority
in the House to 244-
1 84. This is the first
time since 2006 that
Republicans control
both houses of Con-
gress.
Two Senate races
have yet to be decided.
There was no majority
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