Columbia Today: Oct. 13, 2009
Today’s News
The seasonal flu vaccine is hard to come by as more people scramble to be vaccinated for protection against both the regular flu and H1N1. Fingers are pointing at the media for its intense coverage of the swine flu. To read more, go here.
The 2002 No Child Left Behind Act is causing problems among Title I schools in Columbia. Under NCLB, students can transfer in to Title I schools, but if schools refuses such a transfer, government funding is pulled. Get the full story here.
Boone County held a contest for high school students to design a logo for its stormwater management program. The top ten students whose designs have made the cut get to take a design class under MU associate professor and director of undergraduate studies Deborah Huelsbergen to hone their entries. Check out more here.
What’s Happening
The Homecoming Blood Drive begins today at Hearnes Center Fieldhouse from 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. KOMU reports that it is the largest blood drive on a college campus. The blood drive continues until Thursday.
Tomorrow, meet with MU staff and others to hear of their work with survivors of rape in Rwanda in an event called The Survivor Chronicles: Victims of Rape as part of the Genocide in Rwanda. Meet in N208 Walt Disney Room of Memorial Union from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Lunch will be provided.
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