UWindsor students may be at risk for mumps virus By Hannah Larking News Editor January 28, 2009 The Ministry of Health is playing catch-up after announcing that 80 per cent of people born between 1970 and 1991 are not fully protected from the viral disease, mumps.
 According to a report released on the Ontario Ministry of Health website, people born between those years were only vaccinated once, rather than twice, with MMR, the vaccine that protects against measles, mumps and rubella.
Outbreaks of mumps have recently been documented across the country, including in Ontario, said Judi Wilson, health promotion nurse at Health Services. Mumps is a contagious viral disease that can result in serious complications. Among other things, mumps can cause swelling of the testicles, a condition known as orchitis, and often results in infertility. >> | Blue Monday marks saddest day of 2009 By Hannah Larking
News Editor January 28, 2009 If last week was worse than your usual case of the Mondays, it’s likely you were not alone.
 According to British psychologist, Cliff Arnall of Cardiff University, Monday, Jan. 19 marked the saddest day of the year 2009.
Acknowledging the saddest day of the year is a fairly new tradition. The date, calculated based on factors including weather, debt, time since Christmas, time since failing New Year’s resolutions, and motivation levels, has been coined Blue Monday.
Blue Monday began as a commercial opportunity for a company named Sky Travel to sell flights, but quickly became a landmark in the psychological calendar.
While feeling down now and again is entirely normal, Blue Monday provides an opportunity to evaluate the severity of depressive symptoms, and at the same time bear in mind that persisting signs of the condition could prove to be a greater problem. >>  | | Campus Kiss | | Budgetary adjustments rampant on campus By Hannah Larking
News Editor January 28, 2009 The winter break was an opportunity for everyone to sort out some after-Christmas financial troubles, and the UWSA was no exception.
 According to Tiffany Gooch, UWSA executives have agreed that as long as the student pub, The Basement, breaks even this year, they’ll be happy.
“We’re not really hoping for the pub to make a dramatic amount of money,” said Gooch, University of Windsor Students’ Alliance president. “We’re just hoping to break even.”
Gooch described the pub’s business as “not fantastic” but remained optimistic about its future revenue.
The pub, which was reported to have racked up close to $800,000 in debt, re-opened in August after being closed for three months.
While the UWSA tries to recover from this debt, they too have to contend with the deteriorating economy. “We are losing money on our investments like everyone else in the country,” Gooch said. >> |
