Show L3III jllOOfl Bo Possible food poisoning by Sue Hodgson managing editor Starting about midnight Tuesday the High Rise johns were crowded with residents who had been hit by the unidentified “bug” that plagued over 140 students between Tuesday night and Wednesday afternoon “—People were waiting in line to get in” said Rich Durso an East High Rise resident who was one of the victims “It was coming out both ends” said one girl in West High Rise Students in Richard’s Hall were also ill Residents in all three dorms eat in the high rise cafeteria There are 860 of them “Every indication of our first report makes it look like food poisoning” District said Sanitarian Leona Lundstrom a registered environmental helath specialist Students report that the 140 estimated by dorm officials is very conservative The East High Rise head resident said that about 50 of the men in that dorm were ill Durso However floor on the fifth that reported alone 48 of 58 residents were ill He said that their percentage was pretty representative of the rest of the floors There are seven floors in both the East and West HR students interviewed said they had eaten in the High Rise cafeteria Tuesday night “Most of us feel that it’s from the food or milk” said a girl in All of the ill West HR Dorm officials are reluctant to say the problem is food poisoning The possibility of a virus hasn’t been ruled out they say Ms Lundstrom said it is possible that the “bug” is a virus “However” she said “we are proceeding under the assumption that it is food poisoning Those affected were more violently ill than is normal with a virus” Tests were made and sent to Salt Lake for analysis she said They will not be back until some time next week Dr Willis Hayward the campus doctor said that about 25 students came to him Wednesday who had the typical symptoms of the “bug” vomiting and diarrhea He said that someone with a virus is not likely to have these He would not symptoms to as what the problem speculate was until the health official’s report had come in “It could be a virus bacteria toxin or food poisoning” he said Utah State University Logan Utah Friday Nov 8 1974 Vol 72 Number 19 12 pages The time is waning when you can run through the autumn leaves snow is around the bend Photo by Ken Sink Logan Canyon wrecks kill 12 in 20 months Lowell Bair who is in charge of Cache and Rich Counties for the by Mike Donahue for Student Life The young man who had died instantly at the scene of the accident lay alongside US 89 in Logan Canyon beneath a blood-dotte- d white sheet A passenger in the dead driver’s car sat 20 feet away sick and in shock A huge wrecker was backed lengthwise across the road feeding its cable down to the Utah Highway Patrol troopers who were attempting to pry the smashed auto away from a pine tree it had slammed into There was another passenger trapped inside unconscious and bleeding It was hard to say how fast the automobile had been traveling but at whatever speed it could never be put back together again Finally with a sound of grating steel and crumping safety glass the car was pulled up four feet to the roadside where ambulance attendants were able to free the passenger and move him to the waiting ambulance canyon deaths scene It was an in Logan Canyon where 12 people have died in the last 20 months “The problems in the canyon all started on Feb 5 1973" Sgt 12 U Highway Patrol said during an interview “That was the first time in quite a while we had had a fatal accident in the canyon “Since that time” he continued “there have been eight accidents in the canyon that have been responsible for 12 deaths — four of them in the last 40 days” “Every accident we have had in the canyon has been alcohol or speed related” Bair said He said each of the most recent accidents have involved persons 17 to 21 years old Trooper Justin Anderson who has investigated numerous canyon accidents said he felt that the reason for so many wrecks involving young people in the canyon was that “they just don’t respect the road” Can’t blame roads “The road really can’t be blamed because if a person keeps his attention on what he is doing it is just like anywhere else” Anderson said He added that many of the accidents which he had heard about or been involved with had been alcohol related “The whole problem is alcohol” Anderson said “People ASUSU budget wisely they’ve had bad luck with some concerts but I don’t see them the staff reporter “The moment ficers don’t perform then I think someone should question what they are doing" reports Dr Val Christensen ASUSU studentbody government advisor "I would write the article myself" the ASUSU of- This year’s executive council “is the most productive group I have ever1 had” said Christensen"! think the group (is using playground idea “We have started referring to the canyon as a playground” he said “because that is just the impression we get” “All the college and"High school the canyon are “people not speed wasn’t a real issue in many kids think that is just what it is obeying the yellow line and accidents other than making and this just isn’t so” he added them more serious than they— tailgating” would have otherwise been Warning needed Bair agreed with Anderson that for is a critical 1‘There speed the road wasn’t the cause of the Bair said he feels there is a “If there were everyone and this speed may or accidents This to warn people of what is need limit be not the one in posted place may repeated accidents aid Anderson is the he said of or on one type road” happening in the canyon speed” can control “We have had eight fatals in a to “where blame able be keep person “then we might of th vehicle” that But my district Cache and Rich the road somewhat just Counties and six of those have case isn’t the in Control been occurred have accidents Logan Canyon” he said “The mandatory he the down and ’’something is happening and it canyon” all'up statute to stop” the of that added has He on all “and types explained Anderson agreed and said he road The 1st one was on a new concerned with canyon driving is stretch that could have been the “only one in the whole book had heard of cases where people that says a person ‘must keep have sped through the canyon considered safe” control of his vehicle’” just to see how fast they could Bair agreed with Anderson that make it through Concerned with canyon “The canyon is not a retreat” Bair said he was getting ex- every curve and every driver has of he said “People have to learn to because but a critical the with concerned speed tremely the number of fatal accidents respect it That road could be a canyon “We want to impress people involving alcohol this couldn’t be mile wide and there would still be that the canyon accident have taken into consideration with all accidents” Bair said he had never seen the reached almost epidemic the accidents who a “We that believe fatal accident rate as high as it person proportions with the speed and ” a drink to has had has has been in the last 40 days “In alcohol Bair said something of said he “Non-fata- l zero” critical were all the time I have been in Cache accidents speed out once Bair with last year” down compared again pointed County I have never heard of fatal recent of the some a is now that there he added “and anything like the three accidents in have the in the last 40 days that have left and accidents to back trend canyon definite up— go the accidents are becoming more involved the young because of the four dead” he said is most productive eiiec by Ken Sink think they can go up the canyon to serious” Bair said he felt that in the first have a few beers and then drive of this year people were isn’t months It the canyon just through more speed conscious but this is safe” Anderson said the most no longer the case Anderson said he felt that frequent violations he knows of in ASUSU monies" wasting Christensen would like to see an expansion of the USU While volunteer programs Christensen has no control of the Executive Council he can influence the members An “idea man" Christensen describes his job as being to “get them going and then get out of their way I provide continuity in the Executive Council from year "Students don’t realize the studentbody government has 40 concerts a year all coordinated and by the cultural 500 STAB events directed by the said activities Christensen He gets defensive when students say the Executive Council isn’t working “It’s like picking on my own kid” "The Christensen admitted added Christensen The studentbody government newspaper shouldn’t attack groups or individuals unless on a took a different course when responsible level Who defines Christensen began advising the officer? six responsibility?” years ' ago “The ' ’ i i to year” the Institutional Council is only trying to enforce existing policies The controversy over the council’s proposed actions was “a point of discussion which they have a right to do” “I want an active lively responsible student newspaper Christensen i feels ’ vice-preside- vice-presiden- i t” tii nt one ever government has turned from fun and games to a concern with student problems” "It is going to be a lively and active year” said Christensen “I wish they would slow down I do what I enjoy doing” Christensen plans to continue his work at USU “as long as I can be useful” He is going to try to improve his effectiveness and his relationship with students Christensen said “I would rather be around student body officers than anyone" |