Some students living in McIver Residence Hall have been getting MRSA, and although it can't be proven, they're worried it might've come from the communal bathroom. One doctor disagreed.
I'd venture she hasn't spent much time in a dorm bathroom lately, so I'd have to disagree with her disagreement. You haven't lived until you've shared a bathroom with 20 people who are legally old enough to choose the leader of the free world but can't not pee on a toilet seat. Or vomit in a shower. Or defecate in a water bottle and leave it in an elevator.
I've seen things over the last five semesters — none of which are less believable than bacteria.
— Danny
QUICK HITS
- UNC's swimming team prepares to dive in to a tri-meet against Duke, N.C. State and Virginia this weekend.
- The Carrboro Police Department is considering using what's essentially a $90,000 video game to help officers with firearm training and decision making.
- The Library will bring back every decade since the '80s, hour by hour, on Saturday. It'll be like WXYZ decade nights except crammed into four hours, crammed into the Library.
IN TOWN NEWS
BREAKING: Mediterranean Deli is somewhere people go for coffee, apparently? Also, Chapel Hill Mayor Pam Hemminger met with residents to answer questions, discuss recent events and talk about how the town can better address them in the future.
IN CAMPUS NEWS
Students are worried there might be MRSA in a dorm bathroom, but it hasn't been proven. For those of you who don't know, MRSA is an antibiotic-resistant staph bacteria that lives on some people's skin and can cause really gross, painful infections. To be honest, my bathroom last year in Ruffin saw worse.
IN CAMPUS DRAMA
The Graduate and Professional Student Federation has to get signatures from 10 percent of the student body to get its proposed split passed. Which sounds super boring, so let's think of it more as: UNC students get to vote, "The Voice"-style, to decide on finalizing GPSF's very public divorce with Student Congress.
IN CAMPUS INCLUSIVITY
UNC's Greek organizations were super hesitant to talk about LGBTQ members or policies. Some of them cited being worried about their national chapters' policies. Others said they didn't want it to affect recruitment. But a few organizations said they address sexuality and gender — or at least support the LGBTQ members they do have.
IN THE BLOGS
We tracked down what all the current presidential candidates looked like in college. Because Martin O'Malley has to win at something.
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