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Clean laundry? Think again H1N1 By Michelle Cohen ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT What’s cleaner: a public toilet seat, door handle or your empty washing machine? The answer may surprise you. UA microbiologist Dr. Chuck Gerba, who was recently interviewed on CBS’s “The Early Show” about his study of washing machine germs, said the answer is probably not your washing machine.

“People think we’re too clean, but we’re not,” said Gerba. “Clothes are a good example. Clothes have more germs than ever.” Gerba wanted to find out if certain viruses and bacteria could survive in a load of laundry after being washed in detergent with and without bleach. So he added several different types of bacteria, such as salmonella, and viruses, such as hepatitis A, to loads of laundry in a study published in the

July 2007 edition of Applied and Environmental Microbiology. “(We found) viruses can live up to a month after being washed (in nonbleach detergent) and bacteria can live up to a few days,” he said. Gerba said these germs could cause several kinds of illnesses, such as diarrhea, meningitis or a cold. “Hepatitis A can cause infections, and if you are infected with that, it can kill you,” he said.

The amount of germs in household washing machines and public facility machines are “probably about the same, but it depends on how frequently someone is using hot water and bleach,” Gerba said. The study also found that certain germs, such as the flu, couldn’t survive easily in washing machines. “Certain ones, like influenza, are LAUNDRY, page 5

clinic for high-risk patients By Jennifer Koehmstedt ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT

MEETING OF SOULS

Campus Health Services will host an H1N1 flu vaccination clinic today at Arizona-Sonora Residence Hall targeting those who are at the greatest risk for complications from the flu. According to the Campus Health Web site, any student who lives in the residence hall is able to get the vaccination. However, due to limited supplies, the clinic will prioritize those who are in the 18-and-younger risk group. Students who live off-campus are also able to get vaccinated at ArizonaSonora if they fit into a high-risk category, said Terri West, a spokesperson for Campus Health. Students considered a risk priority are those who are 19-24 years old with a high-risk medical condition such as diabetes, a physical disability or pregnancy, along with those who live with or care for children younger than six months of age, West said. Campus Health, like medical facilities all over the nation, is experiencing a vaccine shortage, she said. “We’re hoping to get more vaccines. We placed an order for something like 5,000, but we haven’t got nearly that much coming,” West said. “We had a little bit last week, so that’s what we’re trying to use now.” West said Campus Health will try and have a clinic open to all of campus. She recommends that students go onto the Campus Health Web site to check for updates on when future vaccine clinics will be held. “They’re going to do (a clinic) on the Mall, but that will be posted,” she said.

IF YOU GO

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An individual honoring the dead joined thousands of Tucsonans who paid homage to souls who have passed on during the annual All Souls Procession coordinated by the organization Many Mouths, One Stomach. The procession of costumed and decorated participants went from University Boulevard and Fourth Avenue, through downtown, and around to Sixth Avenue and Stone Avenue.

BOX: ‘if you go’ What: H1N1 vaccine clinic Where: What: Arizona-Sonora H1N1 vaccine clinicResidence Hall Where: Arizona-Sonora Who: Provided by Campus Health Residence Hall to all students living Services and open in residence halls by Campus Health Who: Provided When: 4and p.m. – 6 p.m. Services open to all students

living in residence halls When: 4 p.m. – 6 p.m.

Phi Psi found not UA ranks 70 in sex report responsible for theft By Michelle Monroe ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT

ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT The Greek Standards Board has found the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity not responsible for the theft of 10,000 Daily Wildcat newspapers on Oct. 8, according to the board’s official final report released Friday afternoon. In its final report, the Greek Standards Board outlined several reasons for its decision. Information that worked against the Daily Wildcat during judicial deliberations included incidents surrounding the Spanish homework found among a pile of thousands of the stolen newspapers on West Anklam Road on Oct. 9.

Given that Daily Wildcat employees found the stolen newspapers, the board decided the evidence did not show the fraternity was responsible for the theft. Instead of in an official court of law where the defendant must be proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, Daily Wildcat representatives were only charged with the task of showing that the fraternity was, more likely than not, responsible for the theft, according to official Greek Standards Board procedures. The final report also cites Phi Kappa Psi’s police report issued to the THEFT, page 3

The UA ranked 70 out of 141 schools surveyed in Trojan Brand Condoms’ Sexual Health Report Card. For the past four years, Sperling’s BestPlaces, an independent research company, has drawn from schools within the BCS system and analyzed the sexual heath resources and information available to students, said Allison Goldstein, a representative for Trojan Brand Condoms. “They chose to use our company because we’re experts in qualitative analysis, looking at things like opinions and attitudes,” said Bert Sperling, president of the company. The schools from the BCS system were surveyed in order to include large universities as well as smaller

institutions such as the Ivy Leagues, Sperling said. Around half a million students were surveyed, approximately 30 percent of all undergraduate students in America. Information on Arizona was gathered in three parts. The first part was a two-page questionnaire mailed to students, followed by a phone call. Next, a team of employees reviewed the Campus Health Services Web site for usability and services provided, Sperling said. The final step of the survey was an independent Facebook campaign that invited students to participate in a fivequestion online poll regarding their attitudes about the health center. The UA sits a mere one spot above the median in the rankings, but far

out-performs ASU, ranked at 113. “We did find that the Web site usability was high, easy to use, so that was quite powerful in our calculations,” Sperling said. Other areas in which the UA scored well were hours of operation for Campus Health Services, the availability and prices of contraceptives for students, HIV and STD testing, and the effectiveness of sexual assault reporting and counseling programs. “Arizona scored above average in these areas but not top marks in any of them,” Sperling said. The main areas in which the UA can improve are peer groups and lecture outreach programs, including an advice column in the student newspaper and the opportunity for “drop-ins” as