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Volume 80, Number 6
The Rotunda Choosing the Lesser of Two Evils Since 1920
West Nile Virus Found in Prince Edward County BRYSON MINNIX Staff Writer
On September 29,2000, the Prince Edward County Health Department was alerted to a dead crow in Darlington Heights in the southern area of Prince Edward County. It was picked up by health officials and taken to the state lab for preliminary testing and then to the Center for Disease Control. On October 13, the C.D.C notified the local health department that the crow was infected with the West Nik River Virus. The West Nile River Virus causes encephalitis, an inflammation of the brain. Most people infected with the virus experience no symptoms. Some of those infected will experience mild flu-like symptoms or symptoms similar to meningitis. In rare circumstances, usually among the elderly or those
with prior medical conditions, the West Nile River Virus may cause seizures, paralysis, or death. The virus originated in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. It was First detected in the United States in 1999 in the New York City area. The Prince Edward County case is the first confirmed occurrence of the virus south of Maryland. Human infections and deaths have occurred in New York, but there have been no reports of humans in Virginia contracting the virus. Birds are most susceptible to contracting the West Nile River Virus and crows are more likely than other birds to become infected. Dr. David Goodfriend, Health Director of the Piedmont Health District, said, "it is unknown why crows are more re
See VIRUS p. 10
November 2,2000
Allison Joseph: Soul Writer STEPHANIE ftlGCSBY Ads/General Manager Allison Joseph is a very interesting woman. The daughter of Caribbean immigrants, she was born in London and has lived in Canada and New York, most specifically the Bronx. She is very comfortable to be around, very open, and wise. Her poetry is not what you might call common, but rather down to earth. I had tried in vain prior to my interview with her to read some of her work online, but to no avail. However, I immediately learned that to understand her work is not to read it necessarily, but to hear her talk about it. She teaches at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. a college of 22,000 students, in a town very much like Farmville, for the town grows in size upon
the arrival of students each fall. She is a consummate fan of the New York Yankees, and at the beginning of her reading last Thursday she began by stating "I'll keep you here, but not long; there's a series on," which
Photo by George Lanum prompted her immediately into the reading of her poem "Bronx Bombers." This poem is included in her collection of poems entitled What Keeps Us Here, which coincidentally was her thesis for her Masters in Fine Arts and won the Women's Poet Series Competi-
tion in 1992 held at Roger Williams University. Among many of the questions I asked her, one of which was "What is your favorite work?" She answered, "I don't know if I've written it yet." She met and married poet Jon Tribble at the University of Arkansas and describes her love for him in the poem "Learning the Blues." Upon describing her writing, she says that she is "influenced by things that have happened [to me]. I'll just explore more types of poetry. I don't think I'll ever stop writing." When I asked her if she ever has students come to her and say something like "I know where I'm going, I just don't know how lo get there," she said "That's the question you ask
See JOSEPH p. 10
Two LWC Business Students Win Scholarships to National Institute PRESSRELEASE Longwood School of Business students Angela Goodpasture and Amina Bayou have won scholarships to a fiveday marketing seminar in Chicago, the Direct Marketing Collegiate Institute, November 8 through 12. They are two of 25 college seniors nationwide to be selected. According to Longwood assistant professor of management and marketing Dr. A*g* Tracy T\iten Ryan, scholarship selections were based on student essays, extracurricular activities, employment experiences, faculty and employer recommendations and academic standing. Topics for the institute in-
clude database marketing, privacy, and testing and offers. Angela Goodpasture, from Richmond, says that her love of sports has fueled an interest in sponsorship and event marketing. She studies promotion campaigns ranging from NASCAR corporate sponsors to Hallmark cards. I n addition to maintainGoodpasture ing a 3.8 overall grade average and a 4.0 in her major, Goodpasture is president of the Longwood chapter of the American Marketing Association, public relations officer for Phi Beta Lambda (an honorary business fraternity) and business
manager of Longwood's Independent Innovation Marketers' Association. Last summer, as a marketing assistant for Robinson Sigma (now C.B. Richard Ellis), Goodpasture worked on a marketing brochure, ads, newsletter and website. This semester she tutors other students in finance course work. She has worked in Richmond for the Virginia Housing Development Authority; M. N. Corbin Brokerage, Inc.; and Virginia Building and Reconstruction, Inc. Amina Bayou, from Annandale, already has impressive work experience in e-commerce and online customer ser-
vice thanks to internships the past three summers with Sun Microsystems, headquartered in Burlington, Mass. At Sun, Bayou helped organize and implement direct marke t i n g campaigns and trade shows; this past summer she [concentrated on a I project for implementing email man|agemeni tools and other web tools such as interactive chat and auto response. She also researched other companies with reputations for good web-based customer service. In addition to honing her
marketing skills. Bayou is a member of the Longwood women's soccer team, the Greek Judicial Board and Alpha Delta Pi sorority. She has received two Leadership Awards from the college and was chosen to serve as an Orientation Leader. Both Bayou and Goodpasture are working toward B. S. in business administration degrees with concentrations in marketing. Each was recommended by professors and former employers for leadership, intelligence, character and motivation. Contents Presidential Candidate!
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