University of Arkansas Fayetteville - Razorback Yearbook (Fayetteville, AR)

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ebola SCARE STORY: DARCY BOULTINGHOUSE PHOTO: CDC DESIGN: HANNAH MOLL The outbreak of the deadly ebola virus had many A students concerned for their safety, especially a ter two nurses who cared for the first ebola patient in the United States, Thomas Duncan, acquired the disease themselves. It makes you really wonder what the CDC ls oing for our nurses and other health care professi onals to stop the spread, senior nursing student Shayla Hadley said. It ' s really scary, because e nurse s at Texas Health Presbyterian in Dallas were not prepared to know how to deal with it, yet ey were immediately blamed for getting sick due ° a breach in protocol. Until then, it ' s just going to e ep spreading until the CDC supplies our nurses i 1 the information and equipment necessary to ee p themselves safe. The ebola virus was spread through direct contact Wl an infected individual ' s bodily fluids, as well as ° n f am ' na1:e d objects, such as needles and linens. t e time, there were five known strains of the isease, one of which was discovered in the United states in 1989. State Sre WaS 80 e ° ' a out break in the United w th eS k r ' ° r ° ° ne we are ex P er ' enc n 9 now, inf 6 ' erence being that no humans were w ec ec h clinical instructor Jeremy Devers said. It as discovered in a research lab in Reston, Virginia anH 0 ' n ecte d monkey arrived at the laboratory estroyed all of the primates kept there. rec 8Vers ex plained that, although the incident rec 6 rnuc 1 ess me dia coverage than the more ent outbreak, the public reacted similarly in both There was massive fear, Devers said. At the time they thought it was airborne, but it was discovered later that it still spread by point-to-point contact. Not a single lab worker was infected, but they tested everyone and kept the lab workers on isolation for weeks and weeks after the discovery, and everyone was terrified. Although the first ebola outbreak was contained without any human infection, Hadley explained that she was particularly fearful of the disease ' s second presence in the United States. When I heard the news, I was in the parking lot of Wal-Mart, Hadley said. I had checked the news on my phone and then refused to get out of my car. People laugh, but I wasn ' t about to take any chances until I learned more about the disease, and especially not until our own health care workers were educated on how to handle it. In the meantime, Hadley encouraged health care workers, including students, to remain cautious when working with patients, a trait she practiced during her own clinical rotations. Until we have a better grasp on how to handle the virus, we need to know how to use our personal protective equipment, Hadley said. Personal protective equipment is the gloves, gowns and eyewear healthcare workers wear when anticipating contact with isolated individuals in the hospital setting. The best thing you can do is do to protect yourself against ebola, or any infectious disease, is to do your research and educate yourself about the facts of the disease, Hadley said. EBOLA SCARE 21

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STUDENTS HIT CAMPAIGN TRAIL STORY: ALEXIS WHITLEY PHOTO: HANNAH LAREAU DESIGN: KELLY WALSH The blank campus sidewalks transformed overnight into chalk-covered pavements trying to grab the attention of potential voters. It could only mean one thing. The Associated Student Government Fall election was about to take place. Candidates began campaigning on Friday, September 5, 2014 to fill the vacancy positions in the ASG Senate. ASG is a student-led organization that acts as an organized voice for all students and strives to effectively represent student interest. Six students decided to campaign together as a team in order to better reach the different organizations they are involved with on campus. Their team included Connor Barbe, Molly Hiller, Celeste Gibson, Drake Breshears, Chase Randall and Hayden Wynne. In preparation for the campaign, we took pictures by Old Main and chalked all over campus, junior Molly Hiller said. We also did a lot of word-of-mouth and social media advertising, senior Connor Barbe said. And six social media accounts are stronger than one, said junior Celeste Gibson. ASG gives students the ability to make a difference on campus. They have the opportunity to write bills for any issues they want to address. Being a part of ASG gives you a voice in the school, Gibson said. If you want something to change, you have the power and financial stability to do it. You also get to know the higher up executive members and work with the faculty. Barbe, Hiller and Gibson all set goals that they planned to accomplish if chosen to be on ASG Senate. Their team, as well as many other candidates, emphasized campus safety as a top concern they would confront as a member of ASG. I want to update the Safe Ride system because I feel like there are a lot of faults with it, Hiller said. It needs to have a better online network as well as an app. I also think we don ' t have enough lights on campus. One of the things I stress about in my platform is smoking on campus, Barbe said. If we ' re going to be a tobacco free campus we need to enforce it. With a total of 1,997 student-voters voting, the results determined that Barbe, Hiller and Gibson would be sworn in as members of the ASG Senate. The other candidates that were chosen as members included Drake Breshears, Hayden Wynne, Collins Knight, Chase Randall, Brock Hyland, Anna Kay Hilburn, Katie Balok, Zoe Cacheria, Jake Kyte, Elizabeth Pittman, Gabby Bermea, Chance Townsell, Harrison Gilker, Hunter Pool, Thomas Dickson, Ryan Sandfort, Jordan Akiyoshi, Kristen Cagle, Andy Bingham, Megan McPherson, Nick Carter, Michael Sharp, Sam Shade and Marilyn Speed. ASG Campaign 23